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Appointment of and reference to a joint committee of reference.
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78.—(1) Whenever the City Council or the Borough Council considers that it is expedient that any particular matter relating to the administration of the City or the administration of the Borough or to the administration of both the City and the Borough should be referred to and discussed by a committee (in this section referred to as a joint committee of reference) appointed under this section, such Council may resolve that such matter shall be referred to such committee accordingly.
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(2) A joint committee of reference shall consist of—
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(a) such number (not exceeding three) of members of the City Council as shall be nominated for the purpose by that Council, and
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(b) such number (not exceeding three) of members of the Borough Council as shall be nominated for the purpose by that Council.
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(3) Whenever the City Council or the Borough Council resolves that a matter shall be referred to a joint committee of reference, the following things shall be done by the said Councils respectively, that is to say:—
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(a) the Council by which such resolution was passed shall nominate such members of such committee as it is entitled and thinks fit to nominate, and
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(b) the last-mentioned Council shall communicate such resolution and nomination to the other of the said Councils, and
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(c) such other Council shall at the next meeting after such communication is received by it nominate such members of such committee as it is entitled and thinks fit to nominate.
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(4) When the City Council or the Borough Council has resolved that a matter be referred to a joint committee of reference and the several things mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section have been done, such matter shall be deemed to have been duly referred to the joint committee of reference nominated in pursuance of that sub-section, and such committee shall, as soon as conveniently may be, meet and discuss such matter and report the result of such discussion to the said Councils respectively.
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(5) All meetings of a joint committee of reference shall be held in the City Hall or other convenient place to be provided by the City Manager.
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(6) It shall be the duty of the City Manager to provide from amongst the officers of the City Corporation all such secretarial assistance as may be required by any joint committee of reference.
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(7) The City Manager and the Borough Manager respectively shall, whenever so required by a joint committee of reference, attend the meetings of such committee, and each of the said Managers shall be entitled to attend meetings of a joint committee of reference (whether he has or has not been required by such committee so to do) and to take part in the discussions at such meetings.
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(8) All expenses (other than the provision of a place of meeting and secretarial assistance) incurred by a joint committee of reference shall be defrayed in the first instance by the City Corporation, and shall subsequently be apportioned between the City Corporation and the Borough Corporation in proportion to the rateable valuation of the City and the Borough respectively, and so much of such expenses as is so apportioned to the Borough Corporation shall be paid by that Corporation to the City Corporation on demand.
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