City of Providence

LOCAL LAW OF THE PROVIDENCE CITY ASSEMBLY

The Medical Documentation Act

1803

Passed in a Session of the City Assembly

Introduced by Alderwoman Victoria Anne d’Arkent

The Medical Documentation Act shall require the Practitioner-General to document all certified doctors within the capital City of Providence.

INTRODUCTION

In order to provide benefits to the doctors of Providence and to ensure they are medically licensed, this act will require the Practitioner-General to keep an updated and public documentation of all certified doctors within the capital of Providence.

SECTION I: Definitions

1. "Doctor" shall be defined as: "a qualified practitioner of medicine certified by the Practitioner-General"

2. "Practitioner-General" shall be defined as: "the individual charged with the upkeep of the Providence Medical Institution"

SECTION II: Documentation

1. The Practitioner-General shall be tasked with the documentation of all certified doctors within the capital City of Providence.

2. The Practitioner-General shall regularly update the documentation to include all newly certified doctors within the City of Providence.

3. The Practitioner-General shall release the documentation to the public.

Introduced by Alderwoman Victoria Anne d’Arkent on 1803

Cosponsored by Alderman Oliver Halcourt

SIGNED INTO LAW BY

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, CIPRIAN DE LA BALTAS, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

LOCAL LAW OF THE PROVIDENCE CITY ASSEMBLY

The Styrne Act

1803

Passed in a Session of the City Assembly

Introduced by Alderman Olivier Halcourt 

Preamble:

Throughout the Imperial City of Providence, there are no current accommodations for the handicapped. This bill provides relief to those within the disabled community that may suffer from a debilitating condition, and perhaps even the elderly community who have trouble with mobilization. This bill, if passed, would require all public buildings within the City of Providence to offer proper accommodations which will be further defined.

SECTION I:

1. All buildings accessible to the public shall construct one lift, to and from the upper or lower level, per every flight of stairs.

      a. An alternative to lifts would be handrails.

SECTION II:

1. If the proprietor of any public property neglects to offer the accommodation(s) to the disabled and elderly as outlined in Section I, they will be subject to one of two penalizations fully dependent on the magnitude of their failure to comply:

      a. Various fixed penalties such as fines, with the amount dependent on the economic state of the City at the time of issuance, paid directly to the City Treasury. 

      b. If caught in violation several times, the proprietor will be referred to the appropriate government bodies for further judgement.

Introduced and Sponsored by Alderman Olivier Halcourt on 1803

Co-sponsored by Alderwoman Victoria Anne d’Arkent

SIGNED INTO LAW BY

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, CIPRIAN DE LA BALTAS, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

LOCAL LAW OF THE PROVIDENCE CITY ASSEMBLY

The Local Administration Act

1802

Passed in a Session of the City Assembly

Introduced by Alderman Leonard Halcourt and Lord Mayor Ciprian de la Baltas

Preamble

The Charter for the City of Providence has provided the office of the Lord Mayor with many responsibilities and powers. However, the Charter does not regulate the Office of the Deputy Mayor of Providence and the right of the Lord Mayor to appoint his own advisors and delegate to them specific duties within his Administration, his right to appoint the managers of the tavern and the library, and many other matters. The purpose of this reform is to offer legal safety to such regulations in a way that it is useful to the Lord Mayor.

SECTION I: THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MAYOR

The Lord Mayor shall have the right to unilaterally appoint or dismiss the Deputy Mayor of the City of Providence, who shall:

      a. Oversee the City Government of the City of Providence and uphold the will of the Lord Mayor, acting as the Lord Mayor’s deputy and as his most loyal advisor.

      b. Act on behalf of the Lord Mayor and be able to exercise all the powers, rights and duties of the Lord Mayor, including all those assigned to the Lord Mayor by the Imperial Charter for the City of Providence, in the local laws and in the mayoral decrees. 

            i. Any decision adopted by the Deputy Mayor can be overruled by the Lord Mayor.

      c. Not be considered a member of the City Board.

            i. However, he shall have the right to attend the meetings of the City Board and supervise the operations of its members as the Lord Mayor’s deputy.

      d. Succeed and replace the Lord Mayor in his position in situations of long absence, permanent mental or physical incapacity, death or resignation.

            i. The invocation of this precept in the situations described within it shall only require a majority vote in the City Assembly in the situations of long absence and permanent mental or physical incapacity.

            ii. In the other situations described within this section, the succession and replacement of the Lord Mayor by the Deputy Mayor shall be automatic.

      e. Staff his office, the Office of the Deputy Mayor, as he sees fit.

SECTION II: THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS

The Lord Mayor shall have the right to unilaterally appoint or dismiss Municipal Commissioners, who shall:

      a. Be assigned to Offices unilaterally created or suppressed by the Lord Mayor within his Administration and act with the powers, rights, duties and administrative responsibilities delegated by the Lord Mayor.

      b. Provide aid and advice to the Lord Mayor, as their loyal advisors and upholders of his will.

      c. Not be considered members of the City Board.

            i. However, they shall have the right to attend the meetings of the City Board.

      d. Staff their offices in such a way as to lawfully and dutifully execute the duties of their station.

SECTION III: APPOINTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE LOCAL TAVERN, LIBRARY AND THEATRE

1. The Lord Mayor shall have the right to unilaterally appoint or dismiss the Administrator of the City Tavern.

      a. The Lord Mayor shall control the hiring and dismissing of the personnel of the City Tavern.

      b. The City Assembly shall have the right to overturn the dismissal of the Administrator of the City Tavern by the Lord Mayor with a fourth-fifths majority.

2. The Lord Mayor shall have the right to unilaterally appoint or dismiss the Administrator of the City Library.

      a. The Lord Mayor shall control the hiring and dismissing of the personnel of the City Library.

      b. The City Assembly shall have the right to overturn the dismissal of the Administrator of the City Library by the Lord Mayor with a fourth-fifths majority.

3. The Lord Mayor shall have the right to unilaterally appoint or dismiss the Administrator of the City Theatre.

      a. The Lord Mayor shall control the hiring and dismissing of the personnel of the City Theatre.

      b. The City Assembly shall have the right to overturn the dismissal of the Administrator of the City Theatre by the Lord Mayor with a fourth-fifths majority.

SECTION IV: ADVICE TO THE CROWN

1. The Lord Mayor or the City Assembly shall have the right to propose to the Crown the appointment or dismissal of the City Magistrate. The Crown shall hold supreme authority on this matter as prescribed in the Imperial Charter for the City of Providence.

2. The Lord Mayor or the City Assembly shall have the right to propose to the Crown an Amendment to the Imperial Charter for the City of Providence. The Crown shall hold supreme authority on this matter as prescribed in the Imperial Charter for the City of Providence.

3. The Lord Mayor shall have the right to propose to the Crown the dismissal of Aldermen who consistently fail to attend the meetings of the City Assembly and to propose to the Crown their subsequent replacements as Aldermen. The Crown shall hold supreme authority on this matter. 

4. When the advice regulated in this section is issued by the City Assembly, the Lord Mayor shall still be able to use his veto power, which shall be able to be overridden in the terms prescribed by the Imperial Charter for the City of Providence.

SECTION V: AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHTS OF THE LORD MAYOR ACT OF 1801

Section 4 of The Rights of the Lord Mayor Act of 1801 is hereby repealed entirely.

Introduced by Alderman Leonard Halcourt and Lord Mayor Ciprian de la Baltas in 1802.

SIGNED INTO LAW BY

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, CIPRIAN DE LA BALTAS, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

LOCAL LAW OF THE PROVIDENCE CITY ASSEMBLY

The Standing Orders of the City Assembly

1801

Passed in a Session of the City Assembly

Introduced by Lord Mayor, Doctor Desmond Morgryn

Preamble

Following the destruction of the Helena City Assembly, much of the former order and formalities that distinguished such an Assembly have been lost. To try and remedy this, this Bill introduces rules to the Assembly, so that it might be orderly and efficient.

Standing Order No. 1

• A Standing Order of the City Assembly may be proposed or removed by any member of the City Assembly with a simple majority vote

• The Lord Mayor shall receive a say in the proposals or removals of Standing Orders of the City Assembly

• In the case of a tie in voting any proposal to add or remove a Standing Order shall be denied

• Standing Order No. 1 cannot be removed or changed upon the passing of this act

Standing Order No. 2

• A Speaker of the City Assembly is to be chosen from among the Aldermen every two years

• The Duty of this Speaker is as follows

  • To call a session of the City Assembly to Order

  • To select the order in which matters, such as legislation and Lord Mayor’s Questions, shall be addressed

  • To call upon Alderman to speak and silence those who speak out of turn

  • To maintain order in the Assembly

  • To formally call to close sessions of the Assembly

• The Speaker is permitted to select a Deputy should they be unable to attend a meeting of the City Assembly

• The Speaker is trusted with holding a meeting of the City Assembly at least once every two years

Standing Order No. 3

• All members are to be addressed either as Alderman or the Honorable gentleman or lady

• Aldermen may only speak when called upon by the Speaker of the City Assembly

  • An Alderman can signal their intent to speak by rising from their chair

Standing Order No. 4

• Aldermen must send copies of their legislation to all other Aldermen before it can be debated or voted on and permitting a 24 hour gap so that Aldermen might read and interpret the proposed legislation (OOC: Post in #documents-city-assembly)

• The process of proposing legislation is as follows

  • The Alderman proposing legislation shall rise and read out it’s title and any sponsors to the legislation

  • The proposing Alderman may be permitted to give a speech in support of their legislation

  • At least three points of debate shall be permitted, during this time the Speaker of the City Assembly shall call upon Alderman who indicate they wish to speak

  • When debate is over a vote may be cast in which Alderman in favor of the proposed legislation shall say ‘aye’ and those not in favor shall say ‘nay’ 

  • The Speaker of the City Assembly shall twice announce which party, the ayes or nays, have a majority

• Proposed legislation may be voted on regardless of if a quorum is met

  • In this case Alderman are permitted to vote in absentia

• The Speaker may prohibit votes in absentia 

  • They are prohibited from doing this if the legislation has been presented in an meeting of the City Assembly where a quorum was met

  • They are prohibited from doing this if the legislation has been twice proposed or the City Assembly has not met for 7 Saints Days

    • These meetings include meetings in which a quorum is not met

Standing Order No. 5

• During any session of the City Assembly time must be allotted for the questioning of the Lord Mayor and their administration 

• The Lord Mayor or a representative from their administration must be present to answer any questions brought forward by Alderman

Standing Order No. 6

• Every two sessions of the City Assembly the people of the City of Providence shall be permitted to bring forth whatever issues they may have that they wish to be heard by the Lord Mayor and City Assembly

• The people shall be limited to three issues 

Standing Order No. 7

• The Speaker of the Assembly is hereby given the power to order an Alderman to depart from a session of the City Assembly for violating any of the Standing Orders

• The Speaker must announce which Standing Order was violated 

• If the Speaker is unable to state the violated Standing Order, the order to depart shall be annulled 

Standing Order No. 8

• If members of the gallery disrupt, either verbally or physically, the business of the City Assembly the Speaker retains the powers granted within Standing Order No. 7

  • The Speaker is permitted to address the audience member by name

  • If the Speaker does not know the audience member’s name, they should be addressed as Citizen of Providence

• The Speaker does not have to announce the violated Standing Order as the only violation can be of Standing Order No. 8

Standing Order No. 9

• The Speaker is given the power to interrupt proceedings at any point, provided they can give a reason for such an interruption

• When the Speaker rises from their chair all Aldermen should be seated and remain silent unless called upon

Voting on the Standing Order of the City Assembly may be done in absentia by the order of the Speaker of the City Assembly

Introduced by Lord Mayor Desmond Morgryn in 1801.

SIGNED INTO LAW BY

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, CIPRIAN DE LA BALTAS, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

LOCAL LAW OF THE PROVIDENCE CITY ASSEMBLY

The Rights of the Lord Mayor Act

1801

Passed in a Session of the City Assembly

Introduced by Lord Mayor Doctor Desmond Morgryn

Preamble

The Charter for the City of Providence has provided the office of the Lord Mayor with many responsibilities and powers. However, there are still many rights the office of the Lord Mayor ought to possess to better represent and lead the People of Providence.

The Rights of the Mayor. Sections:

1. The appointment of Head City Clerk shall be made by the Lord Mayor and with the approval of the City Assembly

      a. The dismissal of a Head City Clerk shall not require approval of the City Assembly

      b. The Lord Mayor shall control the hiring and dismissing of Clerks

            i. The Lord Mayor must keep a minimum of 5 Clerks on staff at any given time.

2. The Appointment of City Solicitor shall be made by the Lord Mayor and with approval of the City Assembly

      a. The dismissal of a City Solicitor shall not require the approval of the City Assembly

3. A budget shall be formed by the Lord Mayor to adequately fund projects and offices within the City and be approved by the City Assembly

      a. Failure for a budget to be formed will lead to a cessation in the collection of taxes for the City of Providence

      b. Voting for the Budget may be done in absentia after the budget has been proposed for a length of 12 Saints Hours

      c. A proposed budget shall take precedence over all other duties and proposed legislation during meetings of the City Assembly

      d. Budgets may last for up to 4 years before new budgets must be proposed

4. The Office of City Treasurer shall be created and appointed by the Lord Mayor with approval of the City Assembly. The Duties of this Office are:

      a. To work with the Ministry of the Treasury and represent the City when creating a budget

      b. To be given a chance to speak in favor of or against any proposed budget in a meeting of the City Assembly

5. The Lord Mayor shall aid the City Magistrate in the overseeing of elections for the City Assembly when requested by the City Magistrate

      a. Elections must be held every 2 years for Alderman

      b. The length of an Aldermans’ term may not exceed 4 years in office

6. The Lord Mayor has the right to call together sessions of the City Assembly should there not be an elected speaker or if the Assembly has not for 7 Saints Days

      a. The Lord Mayor shall chair the meeting if the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are absent

      b. A quorum is not required for this meeting to continue

            i. All voting on proposed legislation or the approval of offices may be done in absentia

Voting on this legislation may be done in absentia should a quorum fail to be achieved at the next session of the Providence City Assembly

Introduced by Lord Mayor Desmond Morgryn in 1801.

SIGNED INTO LAW BY

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, CIPRIAN DE LA BALTAS, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.