VII. On motion, in Committee, to rise and report, the question shall be decided without debate.

VIII. No amendment shall be allowed in the Board on any question which has been decided in Committee of the Whole, unless by the consent of two-thirds of the members present.

IX. If the question in debate contains several points, any member may have the same divided.

X. A motion to refer or lay on the table, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments to the main question.

XI. When a question has been once put and decided, it shall be in order for any member who voted in the majority, to move for the reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be made after the ordinance, resolution, or act, shall have gone out of the possession of the Board; and no motion of reconsideration shall be taken more than once.

XII. No act, resolution, or ordinance shall be sent from this Board to the other Board, for concurrence, on the same day on which it passes this Board, unless upon the consent of a majority of the members present, first had and obtained; nor shall any ordinance sent to this Board from the other Board, for concurrence, be acted upon the same day it passed the other Board, unless by consent of a majority of the members present, except in cases of invasion, insurrection, or pestilence.

XIII. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to publish all ordinances and amendments of ordinances, which shall be passed, and also the proceedings, in the newspapers employed by the Corporation, except such parts as may require secrecy; and whenever a vote shall be taken upon the passage of a resolution or ordinance which shall contemplate any specific improvement, or involve the sale, disposition, or appropriation, of public property, or lay any tax, or assessment, he shall, before the same is sent to the other Board, and immediately after the adjournment, cause the same to be published, with the ayes and noes, with the names of the persons voting for and against the same, in at least two newspapers, as a part of the proceedings, and shall thereafter certify, and send to the other Board, every act, ordinance, and resolution which has originated in and passed this Board, and which requires a concurrent vote of the Board of Councilmen; and to deliver to the Mayor, certified in like manner, all such ordinances and resolutions which shall have been received from the Board of Councilmen, and concurred in by this Board, and which are required to be submitted to him for approval, and shall certify to the other Board the proceedings of this Board in reference to all acts or business originating with the other Board.

XIV. The President shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board.

XV. Every member, previous to his speaking, shall rise from his seat, and address himself to the President.

XVI. When two or more members shall rise at once, the President shal name the member who is first to speak.

XVII. No person shall speak more than twice to the same question without leave of the Board; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.

XVIII. While a member is speaking, no member shall entertain any private discourse, or pass between him and the Chair.

XIX. No question on a motion shall be debated or put, unless the same be seconded. When a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the President before debate; and every such motion shall be reduced to writing, if any member desire it.

XX. After a motion is stated by the President, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Board; but it may be withdrawn at any time by the mover before decision or amendment.

XXI. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless :

1. To amend it.

2. To commit it.

3. To lay on the table.

4. To postpone it.

5. For the previous question.

6. To adjourn.

XXII. A motion to lay on the table shall be decided without amendment or debate, and a motion to commit, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate on the main question.

XXIII. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

XXIV. The previous question, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate, and shall be put in this form: "Shall the main question be now put?"

XXV. Every member, who shall be present when a question is put, shall vote for or against the same, unless the Board shall excuse him, unless he be immediately interested in the question, in which case he shall not vote; but no member shall be permitted to vote upon a question, when a division is called, unless present when his name is called in its regular order.

XXVI. A member called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the Board, if appealed to, shall decide on the case, but without debate. If there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.

XXVII. All questions shall be put in the order they are moved, except, in filling up blanks, the longest time and the largest sum shall be first put. XXVIII. The ayes and noes shall be taken at the request of a member, and the name of the member calling for the division shall be entered on the Minutes.

XXIX. Upon a division of the Board, the names of those who vote for, and those who vote against, the question, shall be entered upon the Minutes.

XXX. All appointments of officers shall be by ballot, unless dispensed with by the consent of the Board, and a majority of the whole number present shall be necessary to constitue a choice.

XXXI. No member shall absent himself without permission from the President.

XXXII. All Committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

XXXIII. Committees, appointed to report on any subject referred to them by the Board, shall report the facts in relation to the subject referred, with their opinion thereon, in writing, and shall attach thereto all resolutions, petitions, remonstrances, and other papers relative to the matter referred; and no report shall be received, except the same be signed by a majority of the Committee; but nothing contained in this rule shall prevent a majority of any Committee from submitting a report. And no report shall be printed, unless by the express direction of the Board, specifying the number of copies to be printed.

XXXIV. Whenever the doors are directed to be closed, all persons, excepting the members and the Clerk, shall retire.

XXXV. Every petition, remonstrance, or other written application intended to be presented to the Common Council, may be delivered to the President, or any member of the Board, and the member to whom it shall be given shall examine the same, and indorse thereon the name of the applicant, and the substance of such application, and sign his name thereto; which indorsement only shall be read by the President, unless a member shall require the reading of the paper, in which case the whole shall be read.

XXXVI. STANDING COMMITTEES, consisting of three members each, shall be appointed on the following subjects:

1. Arts and Sciences.

2, Croton Aqueduct.

3. Finance.

4. Ferries.

5. Lamps and Gas.

6. Lands and Places.

7. Law Department.

8. Markets.

9. Printing and Advertising.

10. Public Health.

11. Repairs and Supplies.

12. Roads.

13. Salaries and Offices.

14. Sewers.

15. Streets.

16. Wharves, Piers, and Slips.

XXXVII. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all Committees; but a majority of such Committee, exclusive of the President, shall be sufficient to agree upon a report.

XXXVIII. The members of the Board shall not leave their places, on adjournment, until the President leaves the Chair.

XXXIX. No person shall be permitted on the floor of the chamber of this Board, inside the railing, other than members and ex-members of the Common Council, his Honor the Mayor, the heads of the several departments of the City Government, and the reporters of the press, unless by written permission, obtained from a member of the Beard, to be countersigned by the President; nor shall any such permission extend beyond the day for which it is given. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-atArms rigidly to enforce the rule.

XL. None of the foregoing Rules and Orders shall be amended or repealed, except by the vote of at least a quorum.

D. T. VALENTINE, Clerk.

JOHN BRICE, President.

RULES OF ORDER

OF THE

BOARD OF COUNCILMEN,

1866.

1. UPON the appearance of thirteen members, the Board shall be called to order by the President, or, if he be absent, by the Clerk, and a President pro tem. appointed by the Board, for that meeting, or until the

President appear.

II. After reading and approving the Minutes, the order of business, which shall not be departed from, except by the consent of thirteen members, shall be as follows:

1. Presentation of Petitions.

2. Motions and Resolutions, for which the Senatorial Districts shall be called in numerical order.

3. Reports of Committees.

4. Motions to take up and consider

1. Resolutions.

2. Reports of previous meetings.

5. Communications and reports from the Departments.

6. Special Orders of the day.

7. General Orders.

8. Messages from the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen may be received at any time.

9. Unfinished business may be resumed at any time, under the same

order upon which it was taken.

III. Every petition, remonstrance, and other paper presented to the Board, shall be presented by a member in his place; and, before presenting the same, the person presenting shall indorse thereon the substance thereof, and sign his name thereto.

IV. No motion or resolution shall be debated or put, unless it be seconded, nor until it be stated by the President; and every such motion shall be reduced to writing, if any member desire it.

V. When the Board shall be equally divided, including the vote of the President, the question shall be lost.

VI. A motion or resolution may be withdrawn at any time, before action is had on it, by consent of the Board.

VII. All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided by the President, without debate.