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121.01 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 14 (18) Joint committee. When it is desired that legislation shall be considered by two or more committees jointly, a reference by the President of Council without objection, or upon motion to refer by any member duly seconded and adopted by a majority vote of the members elected to Council, to a joint committee composed of the membership of such standing committees shall operate to constftute such committees a single committee. A quorum of such joint committees shall consist of a majority thereof counting member- ship in each committee separately so that a member of each of two or more committees constituting such joint committee shall be counted once for each committee of which he is a member. A majority vote, similarly counted, shall be required for action by such joint committee.. (19) Roll call of Council. Every member shall be in his seat at the time of roll call; otherwise he shall not be recorded as present except upon special order of Council. (20) Duty to vote. Every member present shall vote on all questions upon the call of the yeas and nays, unless excused by the unanimous consent of Council. No member shall vote on any question in which he is financially interested or which in any way involves personal or private rights. Any member present, unless so excused or excepted as above, who refuses to vote upon any question relating to City government upon which he may vote when the yeas and nays are being taken, shall be guilty of contempt of Council, and may, for such contempt, be censured by a majority vote of Council or may be expelled from Council by a vote of two-thirds of all members of Council. (21) Yeas and nays. On the passage of every ordinance or resolution and on the appointment of every officer, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, entered in full upon the records and published in the official journal. On any other question, the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the records on the request of any member seconded by any other member. Upon the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall call the names of members alphabetically and record the vote. When once begun, voting shall not be interrupted except that any member, upon first declaring his vote, may explain his vote in a statement consuming not more than two minutes. (22) Change of vote. Before the announcement of the vote on 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. No councilman shall be permitted to change his vote as recorded after the roll call has been verified and the result declared. (23) Recording vote of absent member. Any member, having been unavoidably absent, may at the next meeting be permitted to have his vote recorded upon any question acted upon during such absence; provided such vote shall not change the result. Such member shall not be entitled to move a reconsidera- tion of the question to be voted upon. (24) Right of floor. When any member is about to address Council, he shall rise from his seat and 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.