Title
To provide
Rules for the Government
of the
Council of the City
of Philadelphia.
Body
RESOLVED, By the
Council of the City
of Philadelphia, That for the government
of this
Council the following
Rules are hereby adopted:
I. Meetings
1. The
Council shall meet at scheduled Thursday sessions at ten o'clock A.M. Additional meetings shall be held at such other times as the
Council, by vote
of the majority
of all the members shall provide. The
Council, by a vote
of a majority
of all the members may suspend a stated meeting, or recess or adjourn to a specified time.
2. The President
of the
Council may call special meetings
of the
Council whenever in the President's opinion the public business requires, and the President shall be required to call special meetings whenever five (5) members
of the
Council make a written request therefor. In the case
of a special meeting the subject or subjects to be considered shall be specified in the call therefor, and such subject or subjects alone shall be considered at the said special meeting to the exclusion
of all other matters, unless the
Council shall by vote
of two-thirds
of all the members agree thereto at the said special meeting.
Written notice
of all special meetings
of the
Council shall be forwarded to all members
of Council not less than forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Sunday) preceding the same, unless there shall be waiver
of such notice at or before the time fixed for the said special meeting.
3. A quorum shall consist
of a majority
of all the members
of the
Council, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance
of absent members. Should no quorum attend within thirty (30) minutes after the hour appointed for the meeting
of the
Council, the
Council may thereupon adjourn until the next day, or from day to day, until such time as a quorum shall be present. The names
of the members present and their action at such meeting or meetings shall be entered upon the Journal.
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