NRS-16877 | By-laws Committee minutes [Leichhardt Council]

This series consists of minutes from the By-laws Committee of Leichhardt Council. The minutes cover the period between 22 December 1892 and 3 April 1909. Contained within the minutes are the names of people attending the meetings and a record of the by-laws discussed and recommended by the committee to council. Matters dealt with by the committee include by-laws regarding building regulations, public behaviour and the driving of vehicles in the Leichhardt Municipal area. By-laws compiled by the Municipal Association and the Health Board are also discussed by the committee.The Council minutes of 21 February 1872 (1) state that the ‘Council proceeded to elect Committees for the ensuing municipal year.’ The motion was then carried that 'the Committees of Finance, Works, By Laws and General Purposes consist of the whole council'. S.153 of the 1867 Act empowered councils to make by-laws for numerous purposes. Under S.159 By-laws had to be approved by the Governor and published in the Government Gazette.Section 109 of the Municipalities Act of 1867 (Act 31 Vic. No.12), which was assented to on 23 December 1867, allowed municipal councils to appoint either standing committees or occasional (special) committees, composed of councillors, and to delegate to the committees 'any inquiry negotiation or arrangement or power to do any emergent act or to carry out any work which such Council may have ordered agreed to or directed'. However, Committees had to report to the council at the earliest opportunity.The reports and recommendations document the decisions made by the Committee at its meetings. The minutes of each meeting of the Committee were confirmed at the following committee meeting and signed by the chairman to guarantee that they were a true and accurate record. However such recommendations were not binding upon Council. The Committee's recommendations were normally submitted to the next Council meeting. Council could reject the recommendation, send the recommendation back to the committee for further discussion, amend the recommendation, or accept the recommendation. The recommendations were not binding upon Council unless, and until, adopted by Council as shown in the minutes of the Council meeting.Endnote1. Held by Leichhardt Council.

本数据集收录莱卡特市议会（Leichhardt Council）章程委员会（By-laws）的会议纪要，时间跨度为1892年12月22日至1909年4月3日。纪要内容涵盖参会人员名单，以及委员会讨论并向议会提交审议的章程草案记录。委员会处理的事项包括莱卡特市政辖区内的建筑规范、公共行为规范及车辆通行相关章程，同时亦会讨论市政协会与卫生委员会拟定的章程草案。

1872年2月21日的议会纪要（注释1）记载：“议会将为下一市政年度选举专项委员会”。随后一项动议获得通过，即“财务、工程、章程及总务委员会由全体议员组成”。1867年法案第153条授权议会可基于多种目的制定章程；根据第159条规定，章程须经总督批准，并在《政府公报》（Government Gazette）上刊登。1867年12月23日获得御准的《1867年市自治法案》（第31维多利亚年第12号法案）第109条规定，市议会可任命由议员组成的常设委员会或临时（专项）委员会，并可向委员会授权开展“任何调查、磋商或协调工作，或行使紧急处置权限，或执行议会已下令、同意或指示的相关工作”。但委员会须尽快向议会提交工作报告。

委员会的工作报告与建议事项记录了其历次会议的决议内容。委员会每次会议的纪要均需在下次委员会会议上审议确认，并由主席签署，以确保其记录真实准确。但此类建议对议会不具有约束力，通常会被提交至下一次议会会议审议。议会可选择驳回该建议、将建议退回委员会重新审议、修改建议内容，或采纳该建议。此类建议对议会不具备约束力，除非经议会审议通过并记载于议会会议纪要中。

注释1：该档案由莱卡特市议会收藏。