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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3930, 12 June 1877, Page 3

Hawke's Bay County Council Chamber, Napier, June 11, 1577. AT a Meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council, held on the 11th clay of June instant, the following resolution was duly passed : — Resolved the resolution passeel at the special meeting of this Council, held on the 27th clay of April last, adopting the Bye-laws as hereafter set out be confirmeei. ('"^'X Passed by the County Council of L.S. ) Hawke's Bay this lltli day of .^ / June, 1877. BYE-LAWS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HAWKE'S BAY 7 . BYE-LAW No. 1. Regulation of Proceedings of Council, officers, &c. 1. Tlxe sitting of the Council shall be on tlxe second Monday of every month, at 11 a.m., unless otherwise altered by the Council. 2. The first business shall be the reading and confirming the minutes of any previous \ meeting, anel no eliscussion shall be permitted / thereon except as to their accuracy as a rek corel of the proceedings, anel the saiel minutes I Bhall then be signed by the Chairman. 3. After the signing of the minutes as aforesaid the business shall be as follows, unless altered by resolution to that effect : — 1. Reaeling of copies of letters sent by authority of tlxe Council. 2. Reaeling letters received, anel considering and ordering thereon. 3. Reception and reaeling of petitions anel memorials. 4. Presentation of reports of Committees and of the officers of the Council. 5. Payments. 6. Ordinary business. 7. Orders of tlxe day, including subjects ' continued from proceedings of former meeting. 8. Extraordinary business and new byelaws, regulations, &c. 9. Other motions, of which previous notice has been given. 4. The Secretary shall send notice of such meeting, addressed to the members, unless otherwise ordered by the Council at least three days previous to the meeting, which notice sli. 11 contain an abstract of the business to be brought before the meeting. 5. Whenever tlxe Council shall stand adjourned for wan_ of a quorum, the hour at which such adjournment is made, and the names of the members present shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Council, and the Minute Book be signed by the Clerk. order, &c, of debate. 6. The Chairman shaU put the question first in the affirmative, then in the negative, and after the question has been put, ancl his decision given thereon, a division may be called for, ancl tlxe Chairman shall declare the result thereof. 7. An entry of the division list shall be made by the clerk in the Minute Book. 8. Any member desirous of making a motion or amendment, or taking part in discussion thereon, shall rise and address the Chairman, and shall not be interrupted unless called to order, when he shall sit down until the member calling to order shall have been heard thereon anel the question of order disposed of, when the member in possession of the chair may proceed with the subject. 9. Any member desirous of proposing an original motion or amendment must state the nature of the same before he addresses the Council thereon. 10. No motion or amendment shall be discussed or put to the vote of the Council unless it be seconded. 11. No motion or amendment shall be withdrawn without leave of the Council. 12. A membei* proposing a motion shall be held to have spoken thereon ; but a member merely seconding a motion shaU not be held to have spoken upon it. 13. If two or more members rise to speak at the same time the Chairman shall decide which is entitled to priority. 14. No member shall speak a second time on the same cpiestion unless entitled to reply, or in explanation, when he has been misrepresented or misunderstood. 15. The Chairman shall decide on all points of order or practice without discussing or commenting on the same, and his decision in each case shaU be final. 16. No member shall digress from the subject matter of the question under discussion, or comment upon the words used by any other member in a previous debate. 17. A member called to order shall sit down unless permitted to explain. 18. Any member may, as a right, demand production of any documents of the Council that apply to the question under discussion. 19. All motions, whether original motions or amendments, shall be in writing, signed by the mover, ancl delivered to the Chairman immediately on their being moved and seconded. 20. No second or subsequent amendment, whether upon an original proposition or on an amendment, shaU be taken into consideration until the previous amendment has been disposed of. 21. If an amendment be carried, the emestiou or amendment as amended shall become itself the question or amendment, whereupon auy further amendment upon any portion of the question or amenebneut, coming after such first mentioned amendment, may be moved. 22. If an amendment be negatived, then a second may be moved to the question to which the first amendment was moved ; but oidy one amendment shall be submitted to the Council for discussion at a time, 23. The mover of every original proposi-V-qk-on, but not of any amenebneut, shall -kave a right to reply, immediately after which the question shall be put from the Chair ; but no member shall be allowed to speak more than once on the same epxestion, unless permission be given to explain, or the attention of the chair be calleel to a point of order. 24. Any one or more of the Bye-laws herein contained may be suspended for that sitting on motion, duly seconded, made without notice, provided that six members, including the Chairman, be present and consent thereto ; but notice shall always be given when practicable. LAPSED QUESTIONS. 25; If a debate on any motion, moved and seconded, be interrupted by the number of the members present becoming insufficient for the transaction of business, such debate may be resumed at the point where it was so interrupted, on motion upon notice. 26. If a debate on any order of the clay be interrupted by such inefficiency of numbers as aforesaiel happening, such an order may be restored to the Notico Paper for a future clay on motion upon notice, anel then such debate shall resume at the point where it was interrupted. PETITIONS. 27. No petition shall be presented except by a member of the Council, nor shall any petition be presented after the meeting shall have proceeded to the orders of the clay. 25. It shall be incumbent on every member presenting a petition to acquaint himself with the contents thereof, and to ascertain that it does not contain language disrespectful to the Council. 29. Every member presenting a petition shall write his name at tho beginning thereof. 30. Every petition shall be in writing, and shall contain the prayer of the petititioner.. at the end thereof. 31. Every petition shall be signed by the persons whose names arc appended thereto, by their names or marks. 32. No letters or affidavits, or other documents, shall be attached to any petition. 33. Every member presenting a petition shall confine himself to a statement of the persons from whom it comes, of the nuxnbei of sionatures attached to it, and of the material allegations contained in it, and to the reading of the prayer thereof. OFFICERS. 34. All salaries for officers uneler the control of the Council shall be voted an nually, anel all engagements entered inte between the Councfl anel its officers shall be terminable upon one month's notice beinf given on either side. In all cases of misconduct or incapacity on the part of the officers, the Chairman shall have power to suspend any officer until the next meeting of the Council, when the matter shall be then dulj reported. 35. In all cases where any of the officers oi the Council are entrusted with the care ox contro] of the funds of the Council, security shall be given to the satisfaction of the Coun-