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27 JANUARY, 1892.
or so soon after the business of the Special Meeting to be
summoned for that time is completed.
The Chairman submitted the motion to a show of hands
and declared it carried.
XV. NOTICES OF MOTION.
By Mr. Calton.
That the following Resolution, passed on the 20th January,
1892, viz.:
That a Clerk be appointed for the Sanitary
Department, at a salary of £1 per week. That
advertisements be issued in the local newspapers
inviting applications for the office, and that it be
referred back to your Committee to see the candidates
and select three to go before the Vestry for
election:
be rescinded.
By Mr. Catmur.
(1) That the Resolutions recorded in the Minutes adopting
the Reports of No. 1 Committee on December nth,
1891, of No. 1 Committee, No. 3 Committee, and
Dusting and Cleansing Committee on January 6th, 1892,
be rescinded; and that those Reports be brought up
again by the several Committees to the Vestry and
then considered in the usual regular manner.
(2) That the conduct of the Chairman, on Wednesday,
January 6th, 1892, in neglecting to advise the members
upon a question of order, and on Wednesdays,
December 11th, 1891, and January 6th, 1892, in refusing
to allow any question, explanation, or debate upon
motions to adopt long Committee Reports, was grossly
irregular, was unfair both to private members and to the
Committees, was opposed to the interests of the ratepayers,
and deserves the severe censure of this Vestry.
(3) That it is desirable that questions of order should be
answered distinctly by the Chairman; and the rule or
custom which applies to the case quoted for the instruction
of members and proper justification of the
Chairman's ruling.
(4) That the long standing custom of the Vestry by which
Reports from Committees containing many and diverse
recommendations have been explained and discussed
seriatim if required by any member, is a valuable rule
and ought to be respected and maintained,