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4^)j 0' (21) FILT,IN J BLANYS IN CERTAIN ORDINANCES,— In filling blanks in ordinances or resolutions involving money or time, tI-e question shall be put first upon the largest sum or the longest time. (22) MAJORITY VOTN TO IOVEMT U'_' LESS OTHERWISE ORDERED. -- In all matters rending before the Council, a majority shall govern except in cases where it is otherwise specially provided. (23) 31MERS NOT TO VOTE WTTErT PE RSO?`TALI,Y OR PN,C�)NIARTLY INT��RFSTVr) --IN OTRER CASES To VOTE UNLESS EXCUSED. - - No members having an immediate personal or Pecuniary interest in the result of any question before t1re Council shall vote thereon. In all other cases every member present when a question is put, shall. vote unless excus:;d by the Council. (24) YEA AND NAY VOT":.-- On the call of any member of the Council, the vote on any question may be taken by ayes and payed and recorded, provided the demand be made before otter business has been taker. up. (25) nISSENT MAY BE RECORnEr-+ Any member from or protest against any ordinance, resolution reason of his dissent entered upon the record. (26) "'OTTOIT TO RFCONSI')ER. -• In all cases entertained only when made by a memo r who voted of those present can reconsider any vote, but the sane session of the Council during which suer was have precedence of all other questions, and when shall not be renewed, shallhave the liberty to dissent :;r order of the Council and have the a motion to reconsider may be with the Prevailing* side. A majority motion to do so shall be made at the taken. A motion to reconsider shall it has once been put and lost it (27) WEN COI:77ITTFSS SHALL REPORT, ANT) ON WuAT MAM,R.-- Fvery committee shall, unless otherwise ordered, report at the next regular meeting upon tine subiect matter referrad to it, or show good cause w`ly such report is not made. (28) REPORTS OP C0717FITV,h, TO BE IN WRITING. -- The reports of a committ" a shall be in gritinr7, and the gapers referred as well as all written opinions in reference tliureto by the City Attorney (or solicitor) shall be ret,xrned with the reports. (29) RUT.,N'S FOR TTJE CONSTRUCTION OF ST ATTJTES. -- TT, a rules for the" Construct ion of Statutes" as given in the Code of Virginis shall, so far as applicable, 4overn the constniction of these ordinances and of all otter ordinances and resolutions of the Council. (30) CALENDAR OF UT�FIVISTfED BUSINESS. -- A canendar of all referred and deferred petitions and communications to the City Council shall be kept for the use of the president of the Council. (31) ORDER OF : USI L1ESS. - - At :very 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 still be read, and no objection beim► made, shall be approved and aimed by the person pr. esidinF►. Such ordinances as may have been adopted at the previous meeting► and copied in the Ordinance Book shall also be read, unless reading is dispensed with, and no objection being made, shall be approved and signed by the person presiding. 3. Petitions and communicat ions . After their purport has been briefly stated by the mer.ber offering* the same the Council may consider the same or otherwise dispose of them. 4. Reports and communications fr,:)m city offieers, including financial statements. 5. Reports of committees. 6. Ordinances for second reading. 7. Offering of original resolutions, orders and ordinances. b. Miscellaneous and unfinished business. The order of business s' -,all not be departed fromexcept by unanimous consent. (32) SPECIAL ORDER OF 3tJSINESS. -- When any matter is made the special order for a future meeting, it shall at such meeting take priority of all o tomer business except the .reading of the minutes of t':.71 last meeting. All ordinances and Barts of ordinances in conflict hertjwith are hereby rzgealed. Adopted. at a meet Ayes: Brown, Joao lerk. the Council September 1,1922. N resiaenz.