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RULF.,S OF ORDER GOV~NING ZtiE COUPICIL OF TfiE CITY OF NORZEi OUSTED Page 5. Rule 21. Change of Vote. Before the announcement of the vote an any measure the clerk shall read the vote so taken upon the demand of any member, at which time any councilman on account of error or for any other reason may change his vote; but no councilman shall be permitted to change his vote as recorded after the roll call has been verified and the result declared. Rule 22. Recording of Vote ad' Absent Bliember. Any member, having been unavoidably absent, may at the next meeting be permitted to have his cote recorded upon any question acted upon during such absence; provided such vote shall not change the result; and provided further that such member shall not be entitled to move a reconsideration of the question to be voted upon. Rule 23. Right of Floor. then any member is abort to address the council he shall rise from his seat end respectfully address himself to the presiding officer, and when recognized by the chair shall confine himself to the question under debate, avoid personalities and refrain from impugning the motives of any other member's argument or vote. Rule 24. Time Limitation of Speaking. No member shall be allowed to speak for a longer time than ten minutes at any one time without permission of the council. No member shall speak more than once on the same motion until every other member desiring to speak on that motion shall have had an opportunity to do so. Nor shall the mayor nor any director speak longer than fifteen minutes upon the same motion, ordinance or question without the earsent of the council. Rule 25. Members Called to Order. IP any member in speaking or other rise transgresses the rules of the council the president shall call the offending member to order. The member so called to order shall immediately take his seat unless permitted by the president to explain. Any member may, by raising the point of order, gall the attention of the president to such transgression. The point of order shall be decided by the president without debate. Every such decision of the president shall be subject to appeal to the council by any two members. Rule 26. Right of appeal. any member may appeal to the council from e ruling of the presiding officer, and if the appeal is seconded, the member making the appeal may briefly state his reason for the same, and the presiding officer may briefly explain his ruling; but there shall be no debate on the appeal and no other member shall participate in the discussion. The presiding officer shall then put the question, "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?" If a ~,jority of the members present vote aye, the ruling of the chair is sustained; otherwise it is overruled. Rule 27. Adember May Read from Books, etc. any meanber while discussing a question, may read from books, papers or documents, any matter pertinent to the subject under consideration without asking leave; provided, hvxever, that such reading shall be subject to and included within ~e time limitation prescribed in Rule 24. Rule 28. Division of ~,uestion. If the question contains two or more divisible propositions, the presiding officer may, and upon request oP a member, shall divide the same; but a motion to strike out a provision acid insert a substitute is not divisible. Rule 29. Personal Privileg®. any member may rise to explain a matter personal to himself, and on stating that it is a matter of personal privilege, he shall b® recognized by the president, but shall not discuss a question or issue in such explanation, Such explanation sha?1 not consume more than five (5) minutes of time unless extended by consent of the cowacil. Matters of personal privilege shall yield only to a motion to recess or adjourn. riule 30. No Person, Other Than the Clerk and~iislassistanta Shall Be Permitted at the Clerk's Desk While the Yeas and Nays are Being Taken. e c a s f SECTION V. ~60TIONS Rul® 31. Purpose and Form. Motions shall be used only to expedite the orderly transaction of the business oP council and shall not be substituted for resolutions or ordinances. The form of all motions shall be "I move that" followed by the substance of the motion. IIpon demand of any member any motion shall be reduced to writing. ,any such '~.;