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1894 COUNTY OF E L GIN BY-LAW NO. 1894 TO REGULATE THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE ~fUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN AND THE GF'FICERS AND CO~®1ITTEES THEREOF WHEREAS, it is expedient to regulate the proceedings in Council and in Committees of the same, and the Officers of the Corporation of the County of Elgin, and to amend and con~ solidate all other By-Laws relating to the proceedings in Council, THEREJ?ORE, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin enacts as follows: PROCEEDINGS IN COUNCIL 1. .< MEETINGS AND ADJOURNMENT Œ' COUNCIL 1- In all the proceedings had or taken in the Munici- pal Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin, the following rules and regulations shall be observed, and shall be the rules and regulations for the order a.nd despatch of business in the said Council, and of the Committees of the said Council. 2. The hour of meeting on the first day of first session shall be 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and for every dtµer day or sitting in the session, such hour shall be regulated at the previous adjournment. 3. Unless there shall be a quorum present in half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting of Counci.l, the Council shall then stand aBsolutely adjourned until the next regular hour of meeting, and the Clerk shall, if required by two members, take down the names of the mewbers present at the expiration of such half hour. 4. The Council shall always adjourn at the hours of 12 o'clock, noon, and 6 o'clock, afternoon, if in session at these hours, unless otherwise determined by a vote of a majority of the members present. 5. The Council shall always adjourn at the hour of 11 o'clock p.m., if in session at that hour, unless otherwise determined by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 6. The members of the Council shall not leave their places, on adjournment, until the Warden or other presiding officer leaves the chair """',.',"""'=~""'v~~·""'~_~"" speak beside the }e- l.l';I^' ' 18. Any member may require the question or motion under discussion to be read at any time during the debate, but not so as to interrupt a member while speaking 17 16. Council is . No No member in session member . shall question in debate shall smoke 15. No meill)er shall speak disrespectfully of Her Majesty the Queen, nor of any of the Royal Family, nor of the Governor-General, Lieutenant-Governor, or other person adminis- tering the Government of the Dominion, or of this Province; nor shall he use offensive words against this Council, or against any member thereof. in the Council Chamber while 14. JUly member called to order shall at once sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the ruling of the Warden or other Presiding Officer shall be final, unless otherwise deci- ded by the Council on an appeal from such ruling. 13. Vfuen the Warden or other Presiding Officer is putting the question, no member shall walk across or out of the room, nor interrupt the speaker, except to a question of order, nor pass between the speaker and the chair, and no councillor sha.ll leave his place during the sitting of the Council without turning to the chair as he retires, and making a bow in such a manner as that any member present may have an opportunity to object to the absence of such retiring member. 12 Every member present when a question is put shall vote thereon, unless the Council shall excuse him, or he be personally interested in the question, but such interest must be resolvable into a personal pecuniary profit, or such as is peculiar to that member and not in common with the interests of the County at large \ 11. When two or more merabers rise at once, the Warden shall name the member who is to speak first, but his decision shall be subject to an appeal by Council and may be overruled by a majority vote thereof. 10. Every member, previous to his speaking to any question or motion, shall rise from his seat and address himself to the Warden or other Presiding Officer 9. Immediately after the Warden Officer shall have taken his seat at the session, then the minutes of the preceding to each member shall be confirmed as read or be signed by the Warden and Clerk. or other Presiding first day of each session as mailed amended and shall 8. In case the Warden shall not be in attendance, the Clerk. shall call the meeting to order, until a Chairman shall be chosen, and the member so chosen to preside shall take the chair during the absence of the Warden, but at the meeting only at which he has been so chosen. 7. As soon after the hour of meeting as there shall be a quorum present, the Warden shall take the chair and members shall be called to order. ORDElt OF PROCEEDINGS IN II COUNCIL '''1'\'1 -,.~~=<,; lOth. Consideration Ò'f By';;,Laws 9th New business 8th Unfinished business 7th. Reports of Committees 6th . Giving notice 5th Enquiries by members 4th . Presenting petitions. 3rd. Reading communications 2nd Confirmation of Minutes 1st Roll Call members 24. The Clerk shall have prepared for the use of the the general order of the day, containing ORDERS OF THE DAY III. 23. It shall be lawful for the Warden or other Presiding Officer, subject to an appeal to the Council, to order the doors of the Council Chamber to be closed; and when the doors shall be directed to be closed, all persons, except the members and the Clerk, shall retire and, or, expel or exclude from any meeting any person who is guilty of improper conduct 22. Questions under the proper order of the day may be put to the ¡varden or other Presiding Officer, or through him to any member of the Council, relating to any motion, or other matter connected with the business of the Councilor the affairs of the County, but no argument or opinion is to be offered, nor any facts stated, except so far as may be necessary to explain the same; and in answering any such questions a member is not to debate the matter to which the same refers 21. Upon a division of any question before the Council or any Comraittee thereof, except Conlffiittee-of-the-Whole, and if required by any member of Councilor the Committee, the names of those voting on the matter before the Councilor the Committee shall be recorded YEA and NAY as the members vote on the question. 20. After a motion is passed, or a report adopted, no motion to alter or amend the same shall be considered during the same session of Council, unless the motion to alter or amend is moved and seconded by two members from among those who voted with the majority that carried said motion or report f\%f 19. No member shall speak more than once on the same question, without leave of the Council, except in explanation of a material part of his speech, which may have been miscon- ceived; but then he is not to introduce new matter. The mover and seconder may speak a second time. I~. ~_~ L"", ",=.',"""'" 38. The Warden or other Presiding Officer may vote with the other members on all questions, and any question on which there is an equality of votes shall be deemed to have been negatived, if the Warden has voted~ ,~.,¡"p.':_-v;=-=,;~". ':'. ,-·B.'~~'C"'''''!O..'''~_'''''''~~ê- _=_2;"""'·"'~~'.ô:~"":~_ -.-- -- -- -- -----..---.,---------- --.-~-=.='_:,,'?-"'" 37. When the Warden or other Presiding Officer is called on to decide a point of order or practice, he shall state rule or authority applicable to the öase1'iwitho~t argument or comment, when required. 36. Members shall always take their places division is called for. when any 35. Whenever the Warden or other Presiding Officer is of opinion that a motion offered to the Council is contrary to law, or the rules and privileges of the œouncil, he shall apprize the members thereof immediately before putting the question thereon, and quote the law or rule of authority applicable to the case, without argument or comment. 34. After any question is finally put by the Warden or other Presiding Officer, no member shall speak to the question,\ nor shall any other motion be made until after the result is declared; and the decision of the Warden or other Presiding Officer as to whether the question has been finally put shall conclusive be 33. When the question under consideration contains distinct propositions, upon the request of any member the vote upon each proposition shall be taken separately aIild allY 32. Only one amendment shall be allowed to an amendment, amendment more than one must be to the main question. 31. All amendmeits shall be put in the reverse order in which they are moved; and every amendment submitted shall be reduced to writillg, and be decided upon or withdrawn before the main question is put to vote 30. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order unless a vote is being taken, but no. second motion to adjourn shall be made until after some intermediate proceedings shall have been laid shall 29. A motion to refer the main motion to a Committee preclude all amenQment of the main question until decided. 28. After a motion has been read by the Warden or other Presiding Officer, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Council, but may be withdrawn at any time by consent of a majority of the members present 27. All motions shall be in writing, except to dispose of reports or communications, or to refer to Committees, and shall be seconded before being debated or put to vote; and all motions shall be read by a member rising in his seat, and shall then be conveyed to the Warden, who shall again read the same money, given 26. No resolution, asking for or making a grant of shall be voted upon until one day's notice has been that such resolution will be offered ~,c 4'-·'" ,..' /:¿s.< .. 25. The business shall, in all cases, be taken up in the way in which it stands upon the orders of the day, unless otherwise determined by a vote of a majority of the members present taken without debate thereon All amendments made in Committee of the Whole shall be reported by the chairman to the Council, through the Warden or other Presiding Officer, who shall receive forthwith. After report, the by-law shall be 48 . Any by-law for the appropriakion of money, brought in on the report of a Committee of the Whole, shall pass through all its stages without being again referred to the Committee of the Whole, unless upon special motion in writing. 47 The question: "That this by-law be now read a first time," shall be decided without amendment or debate, and shall be read a second time before it is committed, and read a third time before it is signed by the Warden. 46. When a by-law is read in the Council, the Clerk shall certify the readings, and the time, on the back thereof. After by-laws have passed he shall be res- ponsible for their corrections should they be amended. 45. Every by-law shall be introduced by the Clerk and shall be authorized by a Committee of Council. 44. READING OF Bÿ:'aWS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON v. A motion in Committee of the Whole to rise without reporting, or that the chairman leave the chair, shall always be in order, and shall take precedence of any other motion. On such motion debate shall be allowed, and on an affirmative vote the subject referred to the Committee shall be considered as disposed of in the negative, and the ~arden or other Presiding Officer shall resume the chair and proceed with other business. 43. On motion in Committee of the Whole to rise and report the question shall be decided without debate. 42. Questions of order arising in Committee of the Whole shall be decided by the chairman, subject to an appeal to the Council, and if any sudden disorder should arise in the Committee, the. Warden or other Presiding Officer will resume the chair, without any question being put. , 41. The rules of the Council shall be observed in Com- mittee of the Whole, so far as may be applicable, except that no motion shall require to be seconded, but no motion for the previous question, or for an adjournment, shall be allowed; and in taking the yeas and nays the names of the members shall not be recor- ded, nor shall the number of times of speaking on any question be limited 40. 39. Whenever it shall be moved and carried that the Council go into a Committee of the Whole, the Warden or other Presiding Officer sha,ll leave the chair, and shall appoint a Chairman of Committee of the Whole, who shall maintain order in the Committee, and who shall report the proceedings of the Committee. t,,!· ,.,. ,_1': , ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IV 1st. Finance. 2nct. Agricultural. 3rd. Property. "'''O<''''';'''C;'''~'''''''='''=''"'=''"' There shall be a~huaìl~ appointed, at the first meeting of each newly elected Council, the Following Committees, which shall compose the Standing Com- mittees of the Council for the year: 55 54. · That the Warden appoint a Committee of four members of Council to strike Standing Committees for the year, appoint representatives to various boards, and the Warden shall be, ex-officio, a member of all the Standing Committees. Of the number of members composing any Standing or Select Committee, such number thereof as shall be equal to a majority of such Committee, exclusive of any ex-officio members, shall be a quorum to do business. 53 VII. ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES All petitions or other written communications on any subject within the cognizance of any Standing Committee shall, on presentation, be referred to the proper Committee by the Warden without any motion; and no member shall speak upon, nor shall any debate be allowed on the presentation of any petition or other communication to the Council; but any member may move that in referring said petition or other communication certain instructions may be given by the Council, or that the said peti- tion or communication complain of some present personal grievance, requiring immediate remedy, the matter contained therein may be brought into imme- diate discussion and disposed of forthwith. 52. Every member presenting any petition, remonstrance, or other written application to the Council, shall examine the same, and shall be answerable that they do not contain any impertinent or improper matter, and that the same is respectful and temperate in its language; he shall also endorse thereon the name of the applicant and the substance of such application, and sign his name thereto, which en- dorsement only shall be read by the Clerk, unless a member shall require the reading of the paper, in which case the whole shall be read. 51. Every petition, remonstrance, or other written application intended to be presented to the Council, must be fairly written or printed on paper or parch- ment, and signed by at least one person. 50 · PETITI®NS AND VI COlVlMYNICATIONS All by-laws adopted shall be printed øf the Cøuncil. If'" 49 · in open to debate and amendment before it is ordered for a third reading. When a by-law is reported without amendment it is forthwith ordered to be read a third time at such time as may be appointed by the Council. the p1;Ç>ceedings IEE::::"~"' (4) No order or authority to do any matter or thing shall be recognized as emanating from any Committee unless it is in writing, nor unless it is signed by the cha.irman, or acting chairman, or secretary thereof, and refers to the minute of the Board or Committee under which it is issued. (3) In his absence, one of the other members shall be elected to preside, who shall discharge the duties of the chairman for the me,~,:ting 'until the arrival of the chairman. ". (2) He shall sign all such orders and documents as the Committee may legally order. (1) The chairman shall preside at every meeting and shall vote on all questions submitted, and in case of an equal division the question shall be passed in the negative. The business of the respective Standing and Select Committees shall be conducted under the following regulations: 61. COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the Council may attend the meetings of any of the Committees, but shall not be allowed to vote nor take any part in the discussion or debate. 60. Special meetings of Committees may be called by the chairman whenever he shall consider it necessary to do so, and it shall be the duty of the Chairman, or in his absence the Clerk of the Council, to summon a special meeting of Committee whenever requested in~iting to do so by a majority of the members of the Committee. 59 . The time and place of meetings of Committees during sessions of Council shall be arranged with the Clerk by the chairman, and in his absence by the Clerk. 58. The members of each Standing Committee shall, at their first meeting, elect a chairman from among themselves, and as soon as such chairman has been elected, the time of the future regular meetings of the Committee shall be determined by the members thereof, and also the hour at which each of such meetings shall be held. 57. Each Standing Committee of the Council, except where otherwise specially provided, shall consist of such members of the Council, not exceeding one member from each Municipality, as the Council shall name as aforesaid. 56. 11 th. Reception and Entertainment. lOth. Public School Consultative Committee. 9th Legal. 8th County Roads . 7th. Elgin Manor 6th. Equalization and Assessment. ....: 5th.. 4th. Educational. Petitions and LegislatioR (2) To regulate and'have supervision of all matters connected with the Jail, Court House, Registry Office, Law Library and all grounds and buildings belonging to the County except Elgin Manor and the property and buildings used by the Road Department. The committee to be authorized to approve and pass all accounts in connection with above and issue orders on the County Treasurer for payment of accounts. OJ To consider and report on all affairs in con- nection with the repairing, purchasing, leasing or selling of County property. 64. It shall be the' dut~ of the Property Committee . . PROPERTY COMMITTEE It shall be the duty of the County Roads Committee to co-operate with and direct the County Road Superintendent in the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges, and that the said Committee be authorized to approve and pass all accounts for work on said roads and to issue orders on the County Treasurer for payment of same. 63. COUNTY ROADS COMMITTEE (8) To see that all duties and services which ought to be performed by the Treasurer, and the officers in his department, are full executed. (7) do To advise the Treasurer, when called upon to so, in all matters pertaining to his office. (6) To consider and report on all affairs con- nected with the leasing or selling of County property. (5) To report to the Council not later than the June Session, in each year, as to the manner in which the revenue required for the current year should be raised. (4) It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to present to the Council not later than June in each year a full and particular exhibit of the financial affairs of the Council at the termination of the preceding financial year, together with an estimate of the amount required to be raised by assessment during the current year. FINANCE COMMITTEE (3) To consider and report respectively on any and all matters referred to them by the Council or Warden, the chairman signing such report and bringing up the same. (2) To cause to be prepared and introduce into the Council, all such by-laws as may be necessary to give effect to the reports or recommendations of the respective Committees that are adopted by the Council. (1) To report to the Council from time to time, whenever desired by the Council, and as often as the interests of the County may require, on all matters connected with the duties imposed on them respectively, and to recommend such action by the Council in relation thereto as may be deemed necessary. The general duties of all the Standing and Select Committees of the Council shall be as follows: 62 . DUTIES OF COMMITTEES He shall use all diligence in/enforcing the prompt cO.1- lection of all rates, interest, rentals, or other du~s of the Corporation, and where necessary, enforce payment of the same by a prompt recourse to legal process.' 72 . He shall also keep special books and registers for recording the debenture debt of the Corporation, the retirement of the coupons or interest warrants of the same, and all other:;'·chaR9"es ïn . the same. 71 The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept, according to the most approved system of bookkeeping, such books of account as may be necessary to show distinctly the reoeipts and disbursements, and all other reckonings and accountings of what nature or kind, soever, connected with the monetary transactions of the Corporation. .70. 69. \ The security of the Treasurer, as required by law, shall be by guarantee bond of any good and sufficient Company or Association duly incorporated for granting bonds of suretyship for parties holding positions of trust, and as to the amount of the same and all other particulars, shall be subject to the approval of the Council. The Treasurer shall be the head of the Financial Depart- ment of the Corporation, and shall be the principal officer and adviser of the Corporation, through the Finance Committee, in all matters relating to the mone- tary and financial operations of the County, and especially with regard to its debt, and the estimates to be prepared annually for providing the ways and means for protecting the same, and meeting the annual expen- diture, with a careful regard to the maintenance of the County credit. 68 . TREASURER The duties of the various officers of the Corporation, in addition to those prescribed by law, or by any By-Law or Resolution of the Council, shall be as follows: AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS CFTHE CORPORATION APP0INTMENT It shall be the duty of the ~qualization and Assess- ment Committee to co-operate with and direct the Chief Assessing Officer in all matters pertaining to the assessment and equalization in the County of Elgin and to deal with matters of salaries and capital expen- ditures in connection with same. 67. EQUALIZATION & ASSESSMENT It shall be the duty of the Elgin Manor Committee to regulate and have supervision of all matters connected with Elgin Manor and be authorized to approve and pass all aocounts and issue orders on the Treasurer for payment of same. COMMITl'EE 66. WI!' PIX:.. 65. ELGIN It shall be the duty of the Legal Committee to advise with the County Solicitor and detennine procedure when aotions are entered against the County. Said Committee to have authority to issue orders on County Treasurer for payment of costs, damages, and expenses up to $1,000.00 in any case, as may be necessary, and report to this Council. LEGAL COMMITTEE MANOR COMMITTEE ',JI1iII ~;~~.~~;;;;'=::;~~~~,::,~,~.:,~-~-~~~- _""_·_-,~'''.'''~e·~'"'.-~''''''-.~ (4) To attend all meetings of Committees when requested by Chairman, Acting Chairman or Warden, and act as Secretary thereof. """'-""'''''"'"'''''''''''',,- -~ ,~. "-- -"-'-"0 ~ (3) the To have charge of the Co~nty seal and only to attach same to any document connect~d with the Corporation. (2) To give notice to the members of the Council of all special meetings thereof; said notice to be mailed to each member at his residence or place of business. (1) To notify each member of the Committees to which they are appointed under this By-Law, so soon as the appointment has been made, of the time and place at which the first meeting of the Committee will be held. It shall be the d~ty of the County Clerk to perform the duties required of him by statutory or other authority: 79. COUNTY CLERK The accounts and transactions of his department shall be subject to an audit by the County Auditors as the Council may direct, and these shall prepare the Annual Detailed Audit and Abstract Report of Receipts and Expenditure. 78 He shall generally superintend the transactions of his department, and the officer of the same, and duly compare, check, and verify the entries of receipts and disbursements with the accounts and vo~chers of the same, and with the books of the office. 77 He shall, as early as may be after the close of the finan- cial year, cause to be prepared for publication any state- ments of assets and liabilities, and s~ch other information regarding the County debt, and any other special accounts of the Corporation, as may be required by the Council. 76 . He shall be guided in the payments and disbursements of his office by the By-Laws,. Rules and Regulations of the Corporation with regard to the passing and verification of acco~nts by the several Committees, or by statutory or other a~thority, and by the appropriations made for their liquidation, advising with the Committee of Finance or the Council when requisite. 75. He shall further be the custodian of all bonds and securi- ties of fidelity given for the faithful discharge of the duties of officials and servants of the Corporation, save his own, which shall be deposited with the County Clerk or otherwise as the Council may direct. .< I¡it",' 74. 73. He shall be the custodian of all titles and evidences of titles, deeds, ins~rance policies, mortgages, leases, bonds, agreements, or other instruments relating to the property and rentals of the County, and shall only allow the same to be taken from his office on the order of the Councilor on the requisition and receipt of the County Clerk or the County Solicitor, for use in any legal pro- cedure, or on the order to produce of any Court of Law or eq~ity. (12) To preserve and file all cOII1It\1mications and tenders addressed to or read before the said Committee, and to furnish them when required, a oopy of any account, letter, report, specification, or other document in the possession of the said Department. ¡.) (11) To communioate a copy of any order or minute of the saidCommitt~e made~t ~~9h meeting, to such officials of the Corporat~on or other persons as may be affected there- by, or to whom the Committee m~y order the same to be communicated. (10) To conduct the correspondence of the said Committee, and keep copies of all letters written by him on office business. (9) To cause a notice of any special meeting of the County Road Committee to be mailed to each member of said Committee. (8) To furnish all necessary plans and specifications for all engineering works under the control of the County Road Committee. (7) To report from time to time to the County Road Com- mittee, or to the Council, as the case may require, any obstruction he may meet with in the course of his duties-. or any other matter upon which he may require advice or instruction. (6) To have general superintendence and control of all personnel in his department, and of all Corporation con- tractors, subject to the terms of their respective contracts. (5) To examine and certify all bills for material and labour against the Corporation for works in his charge, and to make or cause to be made, the surveys and examina- tions necessary for the purpose. (4) To decide upon, select and employ such personnel as may be required from time to time for any Corporation work under his control which has not been let by contract and such employees shall be paid by the County upon the Engineer's certificate, reported to the Treasurer, and shall be subject to dismissal at any time by him or the Council, and all such appointments and dismissals shall be reported to the County Road Committee. ; ENGINEER 80. It shall be the duty of the County Engineer: (1) To report to the Council, at each session if neces- sary, as to the improvements and repairs which, in his opinion, should be undertaken by the Corporation; and also to present to the said Committee a WRPplementary report as to any additional improvements and repairs to be undertaken during the year, and which were not included in the last preceding report. (2 ) To have the general superintendence and control of all employees of the Department in t he carrying out of all works of construction and repair of buildings ordered by the Council (Property Committee). (3) To be responsible to the Council for the due perfor- mance of all such work, unless by the resolution, by-law, or contract for the same, such works have been entrusted to some other engineer or architect. ""t' ...: v - -----, ·..·..·...:;1, ""'~ 88. In all unprovided cases in the.,Proceedings of Councilor in Committee, the Law of Parliament shall be followed, and in such cases the decision of the Warden or other Presiding Officer shall be final, and acquiesced without debate. No standing rule or order of the Council shall be sus- pended,except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 87. 86 . No person, except Members and Officers of the Council, shall be allowed to come within the bar during the sittings of the Council without the permission of the Warden or other Presiding Officer. 85. GENERAL No contractor or other person found by the County Engineer, or pèrson in charge on behalf of the Council, or by any Committee of the Council, or declared by a Resolution of the Council, or ascertained by a judicial decision, to have been gUilty of defrauding, or attempting to defraud the County, shall again be employed in any capacity on behalf of or receive any contract from the County, withòut the express sanction of the Council. It shall be the duty of the various officers of the Corporation to forthwith report all such frauds, or attempted frauds, of which they may become cognizant, to their superiors, and for such superiors to report the same to the Committee to whose department the subject of the fraud belongs. CLAUSES No member of the Council shall have power to direct or interfere with the performance of any work for the Cor- poration, and the officer in charge shall be subject to his superior officer, if any, and to the Council, or to any Committee (while acting in that capacity, and not otherwise), to which the Council may, in any case, give authority in that behalf 84. That no tenders be accepted on behalf of the Corporation of the County of Elgin for any purpose unless such tender be accompanied by a certified cheque for such amount as the Committee having to do with the matter may determine. 83. MONEY APPROPRIATIONS, ACCOUNTS, EXPENIDITURES AND IMPROVEMENTS , That it shall be duty of all other Officers of this Corporation fo furnish the County Solicitor, upon request, with any documents, books, or papers, or copies of the same, in the custody or possession of such Officers, and to give to the said Solicitor such other aid and assistance as he may require in the performance of the duties of the said office. CONTRACTS 82. The person appointed as Solicitor shall attend to such duties and give such legal opinions as may be required by the Council, or the chairman of any Committee thereof such opinions to be in writing if requested. , 81. THE COUNTY SOLICITOR 1111"1. .):~ (l3) To prepare and have the custody of, and be responsible for, all such plans and estimates as may from time to time be prepared for the use of the County.' "~'""" rA' --- ~~"'!L' ;? --116 .r /7 . ~."" ~ / , lerk ./ Read a Third Time and finally passed this June, A.D. 1965 4 Warden day of 16th .\,,~: . , day of 16th June, I ~ i 1. Read a Second Time this Read a First Time this 16th day of June, A.D. A.D 1965 1965 . . That all other By-Laws and By-Law are hereby repealed. 94 resolutions That all pay lists for meetings of Councilor Committees be certified by the County Clerk or Warden before being paid by the County Treasurer. contrary with this 93 The Warden of the County, while acting on any Committee, shall receive the same allowance and mileage as are paid to the other members of said Committee. 92. (5) That the Warden-elect shall forthwith declare and read aloud the declaration of the completion thereof he shall take the sign and office, and on chair. (4) That he shall thereupon take from a ;receptacle in which the cards have been placed, one card at a time, as it comes to his hand, and call upon the member whose name appears thereon to say for whom he casts his vote, and the Clerk shall place the figure under the name of the member for whom the vote was cast. When all the members have voted, the Clerk shall forthwith inform the members of the result, and the Clerk shall continue the same pro- cedure until he shall find that a majority of the votes have been cast for one member, and shall thereon declare the election of such member. (3) That the Clerk shall inform the members that ready to proceed with the election of one of their number to be Warden. he (2) That the Clerk shall prepare lists of the names of the members in perpendicular and horizontal lines, and a card for each member with the name of the member written or printed thereon. is (1) The Clerk of the County shall take the chair at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Tuesday of the month of January in each year, or at such hour and on such day thereafter as he shall find the majority of the members of the Council present in the Council Chamber. 91 . ELECTION OF WARDEN Every By-Law which has passed the Council shall, imme- diately after being signed by the Warden, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation, be deposited by the Clerk for security in the vault connected with his office. 90. Any Officer who shall refuse, or wilfully fail or neglect to perform any duty enjoined upon him by any By-Law or Resolution of the Council, or who shall in the discharge of his official duty be guilty of any fraud, extortion, oppression, favouritism, partiality, or wilful wrong or injustice, shall be subject to removal from office. tJr '". ,,'.,,:;<'V" "" . Va'l;iW<:",'.., .~ 89. , .