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<br />SEC.26. MEMBERS FAILING TO VOTE -- DISQUALIFICATION OF VOTING.
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<br />A member who is present and fails to vote when the yeas and nays are taken, shall
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<br />be netered on the journal as pro sent and not voting; but no member who has an immediate,
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<br />person or pecuniary interest in the; result of the question shall either vote or be
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<br />counted upon it.
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<br />SEC. 27. ELECTION BY COUNCIL.
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<br />At all elections the voting shall be viva voce, and each member shall be entitled
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<br />to one vote, and only one person shall be elected at a time. If on any vote no one
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<br />received a majority of all votes, th.e name of the person receiving the smallest
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<br />number of votes shall be dropped, and shall not again be put in nomination until a
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<br />vote intervenes. (Constitution, sec.27. )
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<br />At each election the roll shall be called by the clerk in alphabetical order, and
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<br />each member shall vote when his name is called, unless excused.
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<br />SEC. 28 WITNESS BEFORE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE -- HOW ATTENDANCE SECURED.
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<br />The Council or any committee hereof when specially authorized thereto, the Board
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<br />of police Commissioners and the Board of Fire Commissioners, if there be such Boards,
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<br />shall have the power to require the attendance of any person as a witness, and the
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<br />production by any person of all. proper books and papers when, in the investigation by
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<br />such abody, such attendance and evidence is necessary and proper.
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<br />Summons to attend as a witness or to produce books or papers shall be in writing
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<br />sigmed by the presiding officer of the body issuing same, and shall be served by the
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<br />Sergeant at arms or a member of the police force, in the same mariner as a process to
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<br />commence an action at law, such witness shall be sworn by the officer presiding at such
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<br />investigation, and shall beliable to the penalties for perjury or false testimony given
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<br />at such investigation. Any persoin failing or refusing to obey such summons, or
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<br />refusing; to testify or to produce such books or papers, may be summoned before the
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<br />Mayor (or Police Justice) of tlie City, and, upon failure to give a satisfactory excuse
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<br />shall be fined in a sum notless than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars,
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<br />or imprisoned for a period of time not, greater than thirty days.
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<br />A person found guilty under this section shall have the right of appeal, as in
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<br />case of misdemeanor, to the Corporation Court of the City (Code. sec. 1015g.)
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<br />SEC. 29. RULES OF ORDER BY COUNCIL.
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<br />The rules of order and procedure of the Council, subject to the right of the body
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<br />to suspend same by a two-thirds vote, shall be as follows;
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<br />(1) PARLIAMENTARY RULES. REED'S MANUAL -- SUSPENSION OF RULES.
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<br />The proceedings of the Council, except as its own rules may otherwise provide,
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<br />shall be governed by Reed's manual of parliamentary rules, and no rule adopted by the
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<br />Council stiiall be suspended without concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected
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<br />thereto.
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<br />(2). The President or Presiding officer to enfore rules,etc.
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<br />The presiding officer shall enforce the rules of the Council preserve order and
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<br />decorum, appoint all. committes, not otherwise provided for, and discharge such other
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<br />duties as appertain to his office.
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<br />(3). PRESIDENT TO DECIDE QUESTIONS OF ORDER
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<br />The President shall decide questions of order and may, without vacating his chair,
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<br />give his reasons for his decisions.
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<br />From any decision of the chair, an appeal may be taken to the Council, the quertion
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<br />being; "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained as the decision of the Council?".
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<br />Upon such appeal, no debate shall be allowed, if it refers to a question of decorum,
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<br />but, if it relates to the priority of business, or to the relevancy,or applicability of
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<br />propositions the appeal may be debated.
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<br />(4). PRESIDENT TO STATE QUESTIONS AND ORDER AND DECLARE RESULTS OF VOTES.
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<br />The President shall rise to put a question, but main stare it sitting. Questions
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<br />shall be distinctly put in the following form, namely: "As many as agree that ,etc. ,etc.,
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<br />(as the case may be) say "aye'", and afterer the affirmation vote is given, "Those opposed
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<br />sav 'no' . The President shall declare all votes and in doubtful cases may direct,
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<br />or any member may demand, a divison which shall be taken by a rising vote or poll.
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<br />(5) MEMBERS NOTTO WITHDRAW WITHOUT LEAVE.
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<br />After a member, at any meeting, has been recorded as present, he shall not, without
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<br />permission from the President, absent himself from such meeting until its adjournment.
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<br />(6) MEMBERS -- CONDUCT IN ADDRESSING THE BODY.
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<br />Every member, before speaking to a question, offerirlg a resolution, petition,
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<br />or other comtlunication, shall first rise from his seat and respectfully address the
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<br />presiding officer as,"'Mr. President," who shall pronounce his name.
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<br />We shall confine himself to the question before the Council, avoid all personal
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<br />or indecorous and resume his seat when he has finished. No discussion of
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<br />a sectarian,or pulitical nature shall be alloyed. No member shall interrupt another
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<br />speaking,excecit to rise to a point of order, the point to be briefly stated to
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<br />the presiding officer.
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<br />(7) MEMBERS -- ORDER OF RECOGNITION BY THE PRESIDENT.
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<br />When two or more members rise at the same time, the President shall name the one
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<br />to speak; but in all cases, the member first rising and addressing the Chair shall
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<br />speak first.
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<br />(8) MEMBERS -- NUMBER AND LENGTH OF SPEECHES.
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<br />No member shall speak more than once on the sane question until every member
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<br />choosing to sneak shall have done so, nor more than twice, nor for a longer time than
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<br />fifteen minutes on any question without the permission of the Council.
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<br />(10) -- MEMBERS-- HOW TO CALL TO ORDER
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<br />If in sneaking any member trangress the rules of Council, the Presidnet
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<br />shall, and any memeber may, call. him to order, in whicih case
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<br />his seat, ideas permitteed to explain. If there be no appeal, the decision of the
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<br />Chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to
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<br />order he may proceed; if otherwise, he shall not proceed except by leavel of the Council.
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<br />(11). NON-MEMBERS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ONLY BY PREMISSION.
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<br />No person who is not a member of the Council shall orally address it ,until
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<br />leave to do so has applied for through a member of the Council and granted by it.
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