How elected.

ber of the Common Council, and three citizens at large, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, of which the Mayor of the city of Cambridge shall be a member, and Chairman ex officio.

SECT. 3. There shall be elected forthwith, in convention of the City Council, one member of the Board of Aldermen, and one member of the Common Council, to hold Terms of office. Office for the current municipal year; and three citizens at large, one of whom shall hold office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years from the third Monday of January last, their several terms of office to be determined by lot. And annually thereafter, in the month of January, there shall be chosen one member of the Board of Aldermen, and one member of the Common Council, to serve for the current municipal year; and one citizen at large, whose term of office shall be three years from the third Monday of said January; and in case of a vacancy in said Board of Trustees, by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled forthwith, in the manner aforesaid.

Duties of Trustees.

Librarian.

Moneys, how to be expended.

SECT. 4. Said Board of Trustees shall meet and organize as soon as may be; may choose one of their number Secretary; and three members of said Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; they shall choose forthwith, and thereafter annually in the month of January, a suitable person to be Librarian, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the Board, and shall receive such compensation as the Trustees may from time to time determine: Provided, however, the amount shall in no case exceed the sum especially appropriated by the City Council therefor; and in case the amount appropriated by the City Council for salary of Librarian shall exceed the amount paid by said Trustees, the balance shall be expended in the purchase of books for said Library.

SECT. 5. The Trustees shall expend all moneys presented to the Library, or appropriated by the City Council, for

the purchase of books, or the improvement of the Library; they may establish such fees for the use of said Library, Fees. and shall make and publish such needful By-Laws and Regu- By-Laws. lations, as shall extend the benefits of the institution as widely as practicable throughout the community; and all moneys received for the use of the Library shall be paid quarterly into the City treasury.

tees.

SECT. 6. The said Trustees shall present to the City Report of Trus Council, on or before the first day of December in each year, a report of all their acts, doings, and proceedings, and a statement of the condition of the Library, the number of books added during the past year, with an accurate account of all receipts and expenditures, together with such information and suggestions as they may deem desirable.

be paid.

SECT. 7. No money shall be paid from the City treasury Moneys, how to on account of the Library, except by order of the Trustees, and in pursuance of an order signed by the Mayor; and in no case shall the amount drawn exceed the amount appropriated for the Library.

AN ORDINANCE

PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION, AND PRESCRIBING THE
DUTIES, OF ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Cam- Oct. 20, 1858. bridge, as follows:

sessors.

SECT. 1. The qualified voters of the City of Cambridge Assistant Asshall, at their annual meeting for the election of municipal officers, elect five Assistant Assessors, one from each Ward; and such Assistant Assessors shall hold their offices for the term of one year.

SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Assessors Their duty. 4

in the First and Fifth Wards to visit, in company with one or more of the Assessors, the different estates in the district comprising said Wards, and to assist the Assessors in taking a list of the polls, in estimating the value of personal property, and in appraising the value of the real estate; the Assistant Assessors in the Second and Fourth Wards shall, in like manner, perform the like duties in the district compris ing the said Wards; and the Assistant Assessor in the Third Ward shall, in like manner, perform the like duties in said. Third Ward.

SECT. 3. Said Assistant Assessors shall receive for their services two dollars per day each, while engaged in the duties above specified.

RULES AND ORDERS

OF

THE COMMON COUNCIL,

Adopted Jan. 3, 1859.

Rights and Duties of the President.

SECT. 1. The President shall take the chair precisely at the hour to which the Council may have adjourned, shall call the members to order, and, a quorum being present, shall cause the minutes of the preceding meeting to be read, and proceed to business.

SECT. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Council, on motion of any member, regularly seconded; and no other business shall be in order until the question on the appeal shall be decided.

SECT. 3. He shall declare all votes; but if any member doubt the vote, the President, without further debate upon the question, shall require the members voting in the affirmative and negative to rise and stand until they are counted, and he shall declare the result; but no decision shall be declared unless a quorum of the Council shall have voted.

SECT. 4. He shall rise to address the Council, or to put a question, but may sit while reading.

SECT. 5. The President may call any member to the chair,

but such substitution shall not continue longer than one meeting. When the Council shall determine to go into committee of the whole, the President shall appoint the member who shall take the chair. The President may express his opinion on any subject under debate; but in such case he shall leave the chair and appoint some other member to take it, and shall not resume the chair while the question is pending, provided the same is taken before an adjournment. But the President may state facts, and give his opinion on questions of order, without leaving his place.

SECT. 6. When a motion is made to take a question by Yeas and Nays, the President shall take the sense of the Council in that manner, provided one third of the members present are in favor of it.

SECT. 7. He shall propound all questions in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion shall be previous in its nature; except, that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and the longest time shall be put first.

SECT. 8. After a motion is seconded, and stated by the Presi dent, it shall be disposed of by vote of the Council, unless the mover withdraw it before a decision or amendment.

SECT. 9. When a question is under debate, the President shall receive no motion, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged; and a motion to strike out the enacting clause of an Ordinance shall be equivalent to a motion to postpone indefinitely.

SECT. 10. The President shall consider a motion to adjourn as always in order, unless a member has possession of the floor, or any question has been put, and not decided; and it shall be decided without debate.

SECT. 11. He shall put the previous question in the following form: "Shall the main question be now put?" and all further amendments or debate of the main question shall be suspended, until the previous question be decided.