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Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 2906, 19 April 1878, Page 2

Municipal. _ :i ' ' iV THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL. IN accordance with tVc ion 310 of" The Municipal Corporations Act 1876, tlio following copy of a Byo-lanr proposed to bo mado by the Council of tlio Borough of Thames ia hereby published f'or funeral information. F. C. DEAN, Town Clerk. Thames, April 16th, 1878. BYE-LAW NO, 9. Bye-law of the Council of the Borough of Thames, made under special order of the said Council, dated the day of , 1878, confirmed the day of 1878, and sealed with the common seal of the said Borough the . day of , 1878. In pursuauco of the powers vested iu them under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," tho Council of the Borough of Thames ordain as follows, that is to say That bye-law No, I, passed by the said Council on the 21st day of Slay, 1874, shall bo read and construed as if the words "andPartXl."lml not been inserted in the said bye-law; and, further, in pursuance of the.powers vested in them under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1875," the Council of the Horough of Thames ordains as follows, that is to say L In all cases not herein provided for, resort shall be had to the rules, forms, and usages of Parliament, whioh shall be follrtwed so far as the same are applicable to the proceedings of the Council.;, 2. At every meeting of the Council the first business thereof shall be the reading and putting a qurstion for the confirmation of the minutes of tho proceedings at the preceding meeting, and no discussion shall be permitted thereon except as to their accuracy as a record of the proceedings, and the said minutes shall then be signed as by this Act required, and the rough minutes of the proceedings of the Council at any meeting shall be read at the close of such meeting if required by any Councillor. 3. After the signing of tho minutes as aforesaid the order of business of an ordinary meeting shall bo as follows, or as near thereto as may be practicable, but for the greator convenience of the Council at any particular meeting thereof it may be altered by resolutions to that effect

1. Reading of copies of letters sent by the authority of the Council 2. Beading letteru received, and considering and ordering thereon 3. Deception and reading of petitions and memorials 1 4. Presentation of reports of committee, 5. Payments 6. Ordinary business 7. Orders of the day, including subjenta continued from proceedings of former meetings 8. Extraordinary business and new rules and regulations 9. Other motions of which previous notice has been given • 10. Notices of motion. And the order of business at a special meeting shall bn the order in which such business stands in tlio notice thereof. 4. Whenever a division shall be doraamled by any Councillor or Councillors, the Councillors supporting the afbrmativc shall vote first, and then those supporting the negative, after which the result shall be declared by the Chairman. 5. All addresses to the Governor or other distinguished person shall be presented by the Mayor and Town Clerk unless otherwise ordered by the Council. 6. All .notices of motion shall bo dated and given by the intending mover to the Town Clerk at tlio close of the meeting of Council, or if hot required by law to bo given at a meeting then three clear days prior to the next meeting of Council, anil the Town Clerk shall enter the same in the notice of motion book in the order in which they may be received, 7. No member shall make any motion initialing a subjcct for discussion, but in pursuance of notice given as prescribed in tho last preceding clause if objected to by any Councillor.8. Except by leave of the Council motions shall bo moved in the order in which they havo been received, and recorded by. the Town Clerk in the notice of motion book, and if not so moved or postponed shall be struck out. 9. No motion entered in tho notice of motion book shall bo proceeded with in the absence of thQ Councillor who gave notice of tlio same unless by some other Councillor having authority from him to that effect. 10. Any Councillor desirous of making a motion or amendment, or taking part in discussion thereon, shall address the chairman, and shall not be interrupted unless called to order, when he shall cease speaking iintil the Councillor (if any) calling to order, shall have been heard thereon, and the question of order disposed of, when tho Councillor in possession of the chair may proceed with the subject. 11. Any Councillor desirous of proposing an original motion or amendment must stato the nature of the same before he addresses tho Council thereon.

12. No motion or amendment.shall be with* drawn without tho leave of the 'Council, 13. No motion or aim-ndnient shall bo discussed oi' put to the vote of the Council unless it be seconded, but a Councillor may, however, require the enforcing of any standing order of the Council by directing the Mayor's or Chairman's attention to tho infraction thereof, 14. A Councillor moving a motion shall be held to have spoken, thereon, bnt a Councillor merely seconding a motioial'i'Mnol. bo hold to have spoken upon it. ' 15 16. If two or moto Councillors corauienco to speak at tho same time, the Mayor or Chairman shall decide which is entitle 1 to priority. 17, No Councillor shall speak a second time on the Bame question, unless entitled to reply, or in explanation, when he bos been misrepresented or misunderstood. ' 18. The Mayor or Chairman, when called upon to decide on points of order or practice, ■shall state the provision, rule, or practice which he deems applicable to the case, and his decision as to order or explanation in each case shall be final. 19. 1 ... 20, Whenever any Councillor shall make use of any expression, disorderly, or capable of being applied offensively to any other Councillor, tho Councillor so offending shall be required by the Mayor or Chairman to withdraw his expression, and to make satisfactory apology to the Council. 21 22, ... ... _ ... 23, Any Councillor not attending, in compliance with an order for a call of the whole Council, without reasonable excuso to the satisfaction of the majority thereof, shall be guilty of an offence, and rendered liable to a fine by the Council not exceeding £2. 24, Any Councillor may of right demand the production of any of the documents of tho Council applying to the question under discussion. 25, Tho Council shall voto by show of hands or otherwise, and any Councillor present and the affirmation then in the negative, and then not voting, not being disabled by law from so doing, shall bo guilty of au offence, and made liable to a fine not exceeding £5. 2(». The Mayor or Chairman shall in taking the sense of the Council put the question first result thereof shall be recorded in tho minutes. 27. No sccond or subsequent amendment whether upon an original proposition or on an amendment, shall be takeu into consideration until the previous amendment is disposed of. 28. If an amendment be'earried the question or amendment, as amended, shall become itself the question or amendment whereupon any further amendment ■ upon any portion of the question or amendment coming after such firstmentioned amendment may be moved. 2!). If an amendment be negatived then a sccond may be moved to the question to which