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.

XIV. No ordinance or resolution, sent to this Board from the other Board for concurrence, shall be called up for final passage on the same day on which it shall be presented, unless by the consent of two-thirds of the members present voting to consider it finally.

XV. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to 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 Aldermen ; and to deliver to the Mayor, certified in like manner, all such ordinances and resolutions which shall have been received from the Board of Aldermen and concurred in by this Board, and which are required to be submitted to him for approval; and the Clerk shall certify to the other Board, the proceedings of this Board, in reference to all acts or business originating with the other Board.

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

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

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

XIX. No person shall speak more than twice to the same question with out leave of the Board; nor more than once, until every member, choosing to speak, shall have spoken; nor more than once upon the previous question.

XX. 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 shall desire it.

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 After a motion is stated by the President, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Board; but it may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment.

XXII. When a question is under debate, no motion shall

be received, unless

1. To amend it.

2. To commit it.

4. To postpone it.

5. For the previous question, or

3. To lay it on the table. 6. To adjourn.

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 of the main question, 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, or 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 to vote 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. 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, not only in the case required by law, but when any two members require it.

XXIX. In all divisions taken by the Board, by ayes and nays, on the call of the member, it shall also be the duty of the Clerk, to enter on the minutes the name of the member so calling for the division.

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

XXXI. No member shall be absent 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 a statement of facts, and also their opinion thereon, in writing; and no report shall be received, unless the same be signed by a majority of the Committee.

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, is to be delivered to the President, or any other member of the Board, on any day, but not later than four o'clock on the day on which the Common Council convene, except on extraordinary occasions; and the President, or other member to whom it shall be given, shall examine the same, or endorse thereon the name of the applicant, and the substance of such application, and sign his name thereto, which endorsement 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. The STANDING COMMITTEES, to consist of three members each; shall be as follows:

1. Applications for Office.

2. Assessments.

10. Markets.

11. Police, Watch and Prisons.

3. Arts, Sciences and Schools 12. Public Offices and Repairs.

4. Charity and Almshouse. 13. Roads and Canals.

5. Ferries.

6. Finance.

7. Fire and Water.

8. Lamps and Gas.

14. Streets.

15. Cleaning Streets.

16. Wharves, Piers and Slips. 17. Public Lands and Places.

9. Laws and Applications to 18. Salaries.

the Legislature.

19. Ordinances.

XXXVII. The President may call Special Meetings of the Board, whenever, in his judgment, the interests of the city may require it.

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

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

JOINT RULES

OF THE

BOARDS OF

ALDERMEN AND ASSISTANTS

1841.

1st. Each Board shall transmit to the other, all papers on which any ordinance or resolution shall be founded.

2d. When an ordinance or resolution, which shall have passed in one Board, is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the Board in which the same may have passed.

3d. Messages from one Board to the other, shall be communicated by the respective Clerks of each Board, unless the Board transmitting the message, shall especially direct otherwise.

4th. It shall be the power of either Board to amend any amendment made by the other, to any ordinance or resolution. 5th. In every case of a difference between the two Boards, upon any subject, either Board may request a conference, and appoint a Committee for that purpose, and the other shall also appoint a Committee to confer. The Committee shall

meet at such hour and place as shall be agreed upon by their Chairmen, and state to each other, verbally or in writing, as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Boards, and confer freely thereon. And they shall be authorized to report to their respective Boards, such modifications or amendments as they may think advisable.

6th. It shall be in order for either Board to recede from any subject matter of difference subsisting between the two Boards, at any time previous to conference, whether the papers on which such difference has arisen are before the Board receding formally or informally.

7th. The two Boards shall meet together in Common Council, for the purpose of making appointments, on the first Wednesday in each month, and oftener, if they, by concurrent resolutions, shall so determine, in the Chamber of the Board of Aldermen; at which meetings the President of the Board of Aldermen shall preside, or in his absence the President of the Board of Assistants. A majority of each Board shall be requisite to form a quorum, and the vote shall be taken by ballot.

8th. The commissions or notifications of all appointments shall issue under the seal of the Common Council, signed by the President of the Board of Aldermen and Clerk of the Common Council.