The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 314
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hand; and each member shall attend such sessions, unless absent
with leave, or for a good and sufficient reason.
Art. 10. Any member who fails to attend the sessions, with-
out good and sufficient reason, shall be fined not less than two
nor more than ten dollars, which fine shall be applied to the
municipal funds.
Art. 11. Any member of the corporation has the right to re-
quest an extra session of that body, whenever he may deem it
necessary.
Art. 12'. The president shall call such extra session on the
presentation of a petition, requesting it either verbally or in writ-
ing; and no member shall fail to attend the same under the pen-
alty prescribed in the 10th article.
Art. 13. Subjects shall be introduced and discussed methodi-
cally in the ayuntamiento; each member who wishes to speak shall
notify the same to the president, who, shall see that each one
speaks in his regular turn, and that he is not interrupted while
speaking.
Art. 14. The discussions shall be public, unless decency or
other important circumstances require them to be secret.
Art. 15. The secret discussions shall continue as long as the
subject may require.
Art. 16. The vote on all ordinary subjects shall be taken by
calling upon those who approve to rise, and those who disapprove
to keep their seats.
Art. 17. Whenever the subject is an important one, or when-
ever any member, in order to save his own responsibility, or for
public information, should call for the ayes and noes, the vote
shall be taken in that way and recorded, each member, as called,
pronouncing his name, and stating whether he approves or dis-
approves.
Art. 18. The vote can also be taken by secret ballot whenever
the question is relative to appointments, or whenever it may be
deemed necessary. Such secret ballot may be taken by each
member approaching the president or secretary, and signifying
his vote, which shall be registered in his presence, or by means
of tickets which shall be delivered to the president, who will de-
posit them in a ballot box, and the secretary shall take them out,314
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918, periodical, 1918; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101073/m1/320/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.