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(26) DISSENT MAY BE RECORDED. Any Member shal have the liberty to dissent from of protest against any ordinance, resolution or order of the Council and have the reasun of his dissent entered upon the record. ( 27) MOTION TO RECONSIDER. In all other cased a motion to reconsider will be entertained only when made by a member who voted with the prevailing side. A majority of those present can reconsider any vote, but the motion to do so shall be made at the sane session of the council during which such vote was taken. A motion to recunsider shall have precedence of all other business, and when it has once been put and lost, it shall not be renewed. The rule, however, is subject to section 9 ante. ( 28) WHEN COMMITTEES SHALL REPORT, AND WHAT MATTER. Every committee shall, unless otherwise ordered,report at; the next regular meeting upon the subject matter referred to it, or show good cause why such report is not made. (29) MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES, HOW CALLED, CHAIRMAN QUORUM. The members of a committee shall meet on the call of the Chairman, who shall be the first naned person on the committee. In the albsence of the Chairman the person named second on the committee shall be recognized as the chairman, a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (30) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES TO BE IN WRITING. The reports of a committee shall be in writing, and signed by at least two memebers; and the papers referred, as well as all written opinions in reference thereto from the City Attorney (or solicitor) shall be returned with the reports. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent return of minority reports. (31) REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. All standing committees of the Council shall make written reports of their respective departments to the Council quarterly, and an annual report at the regular meeting in September of each year, and the latter report shall be, for the fiscal year. Such reports when adopted shall, be annually published with the reports of the officers of the City. (32) CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY. WHEN THEY MAY BE ACTED ON. VERIFACTION OF APPLICATION FOR REMISSION OR REPAYMENT OF FINE OR TAX. No claim against the City shall be acted upon at any meeting of the Council, except by unanimous consent, unless the sane has been considered and reported on by the Connittee on Finance & Claims. Every application for a remission or repayment of a fine or tax shall to verified by oath of the applicant and, without special order, shall stand referred to the Committee on finance & Claims. (33) RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. The rules for the "Construction of Statutes," as given in the Code of Virginia, shall,so far as applicable,govern the construction of these ordinances and of all other ordinances and resolutions of the Council. (34) CALENDAR OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS. A calendar of all referred and deferred petitions and communications to the City Council shall be kept for the use of the President of the Council. (3 5) ORDER OF BUSINESS. At every regular meeting of the Council the order of business shall be as follows: 1. Roll Call. 2. Reading of minutes. The journal of the preceding meeting shall be read, and no objection being made, shall be approved and signed by the person presiding. Such ordinances as ray have been adopted at the preceeding meeting and copied in the Ordinance Book shall also be read and no objection being made, shall be approved and signed by the person presiding. 3. Petitions & Communications. Every petition or communication shall be referred without debate to an appropriate cornmittee, after their purport has been briefly stated by the nerlber offering same. 4. Reports and communications from. City officers, including financial statements. 5. Reports of standing committees in their order; (a) Finance & Claims. (b) Streets & Sanitation. (c) Water & Sewers. (d) Gas & Lights. (e) Fire Department. (f) Grounds Buildings. (g) Poor. (h) Public Schools. (i) Ordinances. (j) Cemeteries. (k) Health. (l) Police. 6. Reports of special committees. 7 Ordiances for second reading. 8 Offering of original resolutions, orders and ordinances. 9. Miscellaneous and unfinished business.