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RULES OF ORDER GOVERNING 'IiiE COUNCIL OF TciE CITY OF NORZTi OLt9STND Page 7. Rule 38-1. Preparation of Legislation. In order that adequate time may be given to the preparation of legislation, members of Council shall present requests for legislation to the Law Degartmeat not later than 5:00 o'clock P. ~. on the Friday preceding the meeting at which such legislation is t o be introduced for first reading, and not later than 5:00 o'clock P, ~. of the '~®dnesday preceding introduction of legislation for passage under suspension of the rules. Rule 39. Form of Ordinances. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall b® "Be it ordained by the council oP the city of North Olmsted," except those submitted by initiative petition, which shall be "Be it ordained by the people of the city of North Olmsted." All ordinances before introduction shall b® in typewritten form, with two additional copies, on the forms to be provided by the city clerk. No ordinance or resolution os section thereoY shall b® revised or amended unless the new ordinance or resolution contain the entire ordinance or resolution, or section revised or amended, and the original ordinance, resolution, section, o r sections so amended shall be repealed. Rule 40. urgency Ordinances. IP any emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive atwo-thirds affirmative vote of all members elected to council, such measure shall cease to be before the council as an emergency measure and shall have the standing that a measure would have had if it had not been read as an emergency measure. Rule 41. Reference to Committee. All ordinances end resolutions shall be read by title on the day when introduced, unless such reading is dispensed with by a two-thirds vote; and unless otl~rwise ordered by the council shall be referred by the the presiding officer to the appropriate committee, which reference shall be announced forthwith by the clerk. The committee or committees to which so referred shall, after due consideration and at least one public hearing, report the same back with or without proposed amendments and with recommendations for approval or disapproval. iflhen so reported such ordinance or resolution shall, unless otherwise ordered, be read a second time and laid over until the next meeting of the council, when the sauce shall be read a third time and a vote taken thereon. No ordinance or resolution except a resolution of condolence or one oP an extreme emergency nature, shall be acted upon by the council, until it has been referred to and reported upon by a committee or committees of council. Rule 42. Reference to Adore then One Committee. ~9henevar any pending matter is referred to more than one committee for consideration and report, said committee may consider the see in Joint session as a Joint committee, if the chairman of the committees concerned consent thereto. The chairman of the committee first named sha21 preside at such Joint sessions, and each member of the Joint committee shall have one vote for each committee of which h® is a member composing the Joiri~~committee. ~. maJority of the members of each of the separate committees shall constitute a quorum of such committee and the vote shall be taken by roll call of each of the separate committees constituting the Joint cou:mnittee. Tts report shall be made in the same manner and under the same rules as reports are made by standing committees. yule 42-1. ttelieving Committees. (a) Any committee to w rich an ordinance or resolution :has been referred by the presiding officer under Rule 41 without specific motion to commit may be relieved of further consideration oP such legislation by a ms~tion duly made, seconded and adopted by atwo-thirds vote of all members elected to Council; provided a maJority vote of the members elected to Council shall be sufficient to relieve a coamanittee if notice of the intention to relieve such committee or committees of further consideration of said legislation has been made at tiie meeting preceding the meeting at which such motion is made. _ (b) Any committee to wnich an ordinance or resolution has been referred by motion to commit or recommit may b® relieved of further consideration of such legisla- tion at the neat meeting Yellowing the meeting at which such legislation was referred by a motion to reconsider the vote to commit or recommit as the ease may be, which motion shall require only a maJority vote of the members elected to Council; and at any time subsequent to the meeting seat succeeding the meeting at which such legisla- tion has been committed or recommitted, the procedure to relieve the committee shall be as provided in paragraph (c) oY this rule.