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17-' .MINICIPAL LAW.
Council for or^'iiuization mul rlcctioii of wanlrii. Tii liis (ihscucf tlu>
int'inlH'i'H of tlu' ("ouiicil iiiiiy cleft one ol' tlicir own ninnljcf to preside
After rciulin;,' iiml fiiin;; the certiticiituM of election, anrl the ileelara-
tionsof oHice iiinl i|naIilication have Itcen taken by the ineniliers and a
majority i,(|noi'inn) of the whole ("onnctil hein^ pi'esenl, the Clerk or otlier
jiresidinj^ oHicer will call for nominations for warden in accordance with
the provisions of any hydaw of tiie Council for such election.
One methofi is for the Clerk to <fi\e the i-e(|uired lenyth of time, say
fifteen minutes, lor such nomination, an<l at the expiration of such time to
dislriliute slips of pa|)er amone' the mcud'rrs on which to write the namt!
of the nominee for whom they vole. 'I'hc hallot papers liein;^ collected the
Clerk, with the assistance of tw<i mendiei's who are not nominees whom he
shall choose, shall proci'cd to count the \otes. in case of the reijuisite
majority for any candidate he is declared dill}' elected : if there has not
lieen a clear majority of the ncndicrs |)resent for any one candidate, then
the name of the crandidate receiv iue' the lowest nuMd)cr of votes is dropped
ami another Imllot taken, and so on until an electi(jn is secured. In case
no (jne of the nominees receives the re(|uisite majority, new nominations
may he taken ami proceeded with as lud'ore.
The ])referable method is. and, in the absence of any lule or regulation
of the Council, the election will be l>y open vote by jji'iix and ittiifx.
The usual form for such nonunation is: "I move that Mr. A. li. be
warden for the ])resent year."' If this motion is secondeil and receives the
votes of a majority of the mend)ers present the candidate is declared <luly
elected. If the first candidate fails to secure the majority vote, the motion
for the ne.xt nomintic will be put to the Council, ami so on until an election
is .secure<l.
4 In case of an etiuality of votes (a tie) see Section 1.S2.
la.l. Organization, and Election of Chairman. In ]iolitical, reli-
gious, or other conventions or public meetin^^s, the or;fanizati(jn and electi(jn
of a chairman or |)resident are very .similar in each case. The usual
cour.se, where no ])revious avrau^^ement or organization has provided a
chairman, is, for some one interested in the purpose of the meetin<; and
possil)ly responsible for its beinj^ called, to call the asseudtly to order and
ask for the nonunation of a chairman, or for himself to move, " That
Mr. ..4. li. do take the c' air." This motion beinj,' .si.'conded, it is put to the
nieetinji' in the u.sual way. Incase another person .slxaild be nominated,
the motions are jmt in the order in which they are made. The usual
method of \otin;;' is by raisin^j the hand, or, in assemltlies where cveiy
person is seated, it is a common method to ask mendKU's to rise in theii-
])laces, and in either case the temi)orary chairman or .secretary or tellers
will count the votes for and against the motion.
When a chairman is elected he takes the chair and ])i'oceed.s in the
same manner to complete the orj^anization of the assembly by the election
of a permanent secretary ami other (jtlicers deeme<l neces.sary.
An orj^anization thus eti'ected is frc(|Uently sutKcient for all the pur-
poses of the nieetin;^; but if, for any rea.son, it is desired to have a <freater
luunber of otKcers, or to Imve them selecteil with more deliberation, it is
the ordinary practice to organize temporarily in the manner previously