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<baltimore-city-law heading="Chapter 16 – Journal">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-1" heading="Contents generally">
    <text>The following shall be entered on the Journal whenever being presented or considered:</text>
    <para num="(1)">all reports and actions taken on any bill; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">every question, motion, or amendment presented to the City Council for decision.</para>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-2" heading="Bill titles">
    <para num="(a)">First entry. When a bill is entered on the Journal for the first time, the entry shall contain the bill’s number and its full title.</para>
    <para num="(b)">Subsequent entries. Subsequent entries for the bill may be by number and an abbreviated title.</para>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-3" heading="Members’ names">
    <text>The name of every Councilmember introducing a bill, presenting an order, or making a motion shall be entered on the Journal.</text>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-4" heading="Amendments">
    <para num="(a)">When proposed. Every amendment shall be printed in the Journal when proposed.</para>
    <para num="(b)">When later considered. If a proposed amendment lies over, it shall again be printed in the Journal when considered.</para>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-5" heading="Votes">
    <para num="(a)">Roll call votes. Every vote taken by roll call shall be entered on the Journal, specifying how each Councilmember voted.</para>
    <para num="(b)">Others. For any other question, only the result of the vote need be entered on the Journal.</para>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-6" heading="Remarks, etc">
    <text>A majority of the Councilmembers present may request that the Journal include remarks, prayers, messages, or other relevant matters appropriate to the Council’s business.</text>
  </section>
  <section prefix="Rule" num="16-7" heading="Rules">
    <text>The Rules adopted by the City Council at the start of a new 4-year term, and any subsequent amendments to those Rules, shall be printed in full in the Journal when adopted.</text>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
