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Temuka Leader, Issue 1476, 6 March 1886, Page 4

B Y-LAW No. 3 UF THE TEMUKA TOWN BOARD. Whereas byiSeotion 36 of the Town DUtrict Act, 1881, the Board is empowered to mike By-Laws in manner provided with leipect to Borough Councils by Pa'rt XII- of the “ Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and in relation to aty matters oompruod (herein ; the -esidMPaPt XII., together with any enactment pasitd in amendment of any of the provision! cont-ired in the said part, shall apply to any By Ltws ■ made by'any Board under t! is Act in relation to any of the aforesaid matter*. "Tiirtß W MEBTIKSS. 1. T ie date of Ordinary Meetings shall be fixed by the Board fro a time to time as may be required. ; J. . ‘ . 2. The Ole k shall convene a'Spenfil Meeting on the writ’ en < rdfr of,tl)o‘CbairinaD, or of any three of the Members, inch order to state the nature of the business to be transacted. 3 All Me; tings sb»H bo called ty circular, which sha : l bo pasted at least three clear days btforo the date of Meeting. 4. Three Members mmtbe present to form _a quorum. . 5. If at the expiration of half-an-hour after the t'm fixed for any Meeting there be not a quorum present, the Meeting 'shall st r ;nd aoj;urned, and the hour at which such adjournment ie made, and the names of the Members present, shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Board, Meetings may adjourn from time to time as may be fourd necessary. OBDBS C J PBOOBEDIIfQS ; g. The buiiness of the Board shall com* menoe on all occasions as soon after the time fixed by the Board si there is a sufficient number of Members present to form a quorum. Such’ Meetings shall he oped tq the representatives' of thh' - Press "and ths Public, unless the Board otherwise decide. 7. At all meetings of the Board, the Chairman, or in his absence such Member of the Board ss the majority of the Members assembled shall ohoote, shall preside, and such Chairman or presiding Member shall have a deliberative vote, and in all oases of equality of votes shsll alio have a easting rote, 8. At all Ordinary Meetings of the Board the first business shall be the reading of the minutes of any preceding Meeting not previously confirmed, and putting a question in order to their ootfiimatioo, and no discussion ■hall be permitted thereon except as to their accuracy as a record of the proceedings. 0, The said qu?s ion having been agreed to, the minutes shall be signed by the Chairman in token thereof. 10. After ttie signing of the minutes as aforesaid, the order of business at an Ordinary Meeting shall be as follows, or as near thereto as may be practicable, but for the greater convenience of the Board at any particular Meeting thereof it may bo altered by resolution to that effect: (A) Beport by Chairman. (b.) Beading correspondence,and considering and ordering thereon. (o) Beoeption of deputations, and reading petitions and memorials, which must be presented by Members of the Board. (d ) Presentation of reports'of Committees and departmental reports and returns. (a ) Ordinary business. (? ) Orders of the day, including subjects continued from proceedings of former Meetings, and any basinets which the Chairman may think fit to bring under consideration. (&) Other motions of which previous notice hss been given. (h) Payments. (I.) Notice of motion. 11. The'- order Of buiineis at a Special Meeting shsll be the order in which such business stands in notice thereof. 12. Notice of motion may be given at any time to the Clerk. All such notices shall be in writing, and signed by the mover. The Clerk shall give seven days’ notice to each individual Member before the Meeting at which such motion is to be discussed. 13. No motion, except that for receiving the tame, shall, unless under some urgent circumstances, : be made on any petition, memorial, or other application, until the next ordinary meeting of the Board after that at which it wm presented. 14. Except by leave of the Board, motions shsll be moved in the order in which they have been received and recorded by the Clerk in the Notice of Motion Book, and if not so moved, or poitponed, shall lapse. 15. No motion entered in the Notice of Motion Book shall be proceeded with in the absence of the Member who gave notice of the same, unless by rome other Member producing written authority from him to that effect, 16. Any Member desirous of proposing s motion or amendment, or of discussing any matter under consideration, must rise and addreis the Chairman, and shall not be interrupted, unless called to order, in which ease he shall sit down, and the Member calling to order shall be heard > thereon and the question of order disposed’ of, ■ when the Member in possessiob of the Chair may proceed with the subject. 17. Any Member desirous of proposing an original motion or 4mehdmeht must state tbe nature of the same before he addresses the Board thereon. 18. No motion or amendment shall be withdrawn without leave of the Board. 19. No moliob' or amebdmentl-shall be discussed or put to the vote of the Board unless it be seconded, but a Member may. however, require enforcement of r a By of the Board by directing the Ou* ! ; rmaD » 8 attention to the thereof 20. A Member moving a r Q^n |hall be held to have spoken ther' but a Member merely secondirg a nm- u be b#ld to have spoken j t 21. If two f more Mambers.rise to speak at the time, the Chairman shall decide entitled to priority. No Member shall ipeak a second time on the same unless entitled to reply, or in explanation when. he. has been misrepresented or misunderstood, 23. Any Member moving a suspension of tbe By-Law or any clause of the same, shall be entitled simply to state the nature of such motions and the objects thereof, but no diteuision shall take place upon such motion, and immediately after the dec sion of the question for the purpose for which they were suspended, they shall oome into force igsin 24,’The.,Chairman...when oallei upon to eoide upon points of order or. practice, shall iate the provision, rule, or practise, which e deems, applicable to 'the case, .without disor commenting on tho somOg &nd his roision ee to order or explanation in eaoh tie *h»ll be final, , . 2S; No Member shall digrcfS from the abject mftfer cf (he question under disistiOD, or comment upon tbe words used y any other' Member during a previous ebate, and all imputations of improper moves, and all personal refl?ction« on Memere, shell he deemed;highly disorderly. 26; Whenever any Member shall make use [ ah expression disorderly or capable of being splied offensively to any other Member, tbe [ember so offending shall be required by ie Chairman to withdraw his expression and > make satisfactory apology to the Board. 27. A Member odled to order shall sit owo, unless permitted to explain. 28. Any Member using offensive or disrderly language, and having been twice died to order, or to withdraw, or apologise ir such conduct , and refusing so to do, shall gjguilty of an offence. 2fl; Any person (not being a member} who ball, havisg been admitted to any Meeting