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18. The Borough Treasurer's cash book and the Bankers'
pass book shall be placed on the table at every meeting of the
Council.
Correspondence.
19. The Town Clerk shall submit all communications (unless
in his opinion urgent, or unless otherwise directed by the Mayor)
in the first place to the Committee which deals with the subject
to which the communication relates.
Applications to be in writing.
20. All applications or notices from the public to the Council
shall be written or printed.
Admission of Deputations and Applicants.
21. Every deputation or person admitted by order of the
Council shall be required to be provided with a memorial or
statement in writing, to be laid before the Council, setting forth
the nature and object of the application. Notice shall be given at
the Town Clerk's office of all memorials and statements intended
to be presented to the Council five clear days before their
presentation.
Attendance and Conduct of Strangers.
22. Inhabitants and ratepayers shall, unless the Council
otherwise direct, be admitted to the meetings of the Council until
the space allotted to them is filled. Any person misconducting
himself or herself or in any way interfering with or interrupting
the business of the Council, shall be requested by the Mayor or
Chiarman to withdraw, and on failing to comply with such request
shall on the direction of the Mayor or Chairman be removed.
If at any time the Mayor considers that in the interests of
the Council it is advisable to exclude any person or body of persons
from the gallery he shall be at liberty to exercise his discretion in
refusing or preventing the admission of such persons.
23. Any person not being a member of the Council, who
shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or shall interfere with or
interrupt the business or proceedings of the Council, and who
shall not withdraw when called upon by the Chairman of the
meeting to do so, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a
penalty not exceeding forty shilligs.
Power of Chairman to adjourn Meetings.
24. Should disorder arise at any meeting of the Council, the
Chairman, acting in his discretion, as a matter of right, can quit
the Chair, and announce the adjournment of the sitting to a time
he may then fix, and by that announcement the meeting shall be
immediately suspended. Provided that no such adjournment or
suspension of the sitting shall exceed thirty minutes in duration.