Revising the Governing Rules Regulations of the Legislative Branch of the City of South Bend

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(1) 4R4 The previous question shall be put in this form: "Shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present, and its affect shall be to put an end to all debate, and until decided, shall preclude all other motions or amendments, except the motion to adjourn. If the motion is sustained, the presiding officer shall at once put the question, first upon pending amendments, and then upon the main question. (m) 444 The motion to postpone to a day certain can be amended by altering the time. (n) 4ff4 The motion to commit may be amended by altering the committee or by giving instructions. (o) 4R4 A motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be in order, and it shall also be in order to offer a further amendment by way of substitute, to which one amend- ment may be offered, but neither may be withdrawn before amendment or decision is had thereon. (p) 494 No motion or proposition postponed indefinitely shall be taken up again at the same or next succeeding meeting. (q) 4p4 A question shall be divided on the demand of any member, if it includes two(2) or more distinct propositions. (r) 4Q4 A motion to strike out and insert shall be in- divisible, but a motion to strike out being lost shall neither preclude amendment nor motion to strike out and insert, and no motion or proposition on a subject different from that under con- sideration shall be submitted under color of amendment. (s) Motion to Reconsider 4R} When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall be in order for any member of the majority at the same or the next regular meeting, to move for the reconsideration thereof. ; Such a motion upon being made may be seconded by any Councilman and may be made at anytime. It shall be debatable and requires a majority vote to prevail: preuided that No such motion shall be introduced at a subsequent meeting, unless the member intending to make the same shall have given written notice of such intention at the meeting at which the vote which he desires to have reconsidered was taken. (t) 49} When a resolution is offered or a report or other matter presented, the presiding officer may take the recep- tion thereof for granted, unless objection be made, when a formal motion shall be required. (u) 4t} Appeals, questions of order, objection to the consideration of a question, the reading of papers, leave to with- draw a motion and suspension of the rules are questions which shall take precedence of and be decided before the question which gave rise to them; which several questions cannot be amended, and all questions of order which may arise pending a question which is not debatable must be decided without debate. (v) 4u� FORM OF ORDINANCES: All legislation of the city shall be by ordinance or by resolution. The word "resolution" as used in tnis chapter shall be the official action of the Council in the form of a motion, and such action shall be .limited to matters required or permitted to be done by resolution by this chapter or by state or federal law and to matters pertaining to the internal atiairs or concerns of the city government. All other acts carrying apenalty for the violation thereof, shall be by ordinance. Each ordinance shall be identified by a number and short title, or by a code section number when a codification or compila- tion of ordinances is completed. Ordinances shall be numbered in order as they are passed, but dispatched in order as they are in- troduced by bill number except when the Council shall direct otherwise. -10-