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journal. Every ordinance enacted by the City shall embrace
but one subject, which shall be described in its title, and no
ordinance shall be revived, amended or re-enacted by mere
reference to its title, but the same shall be set forth at length,
as in the original ordinance. And no ordinance shall become
effective until it be read on three different days of the session in
each Branch, unless all the members elected to the Branch
where such ordinance is pending shall so determine by yeas and
nays, to be recorded on the Journal, and no ordinance shall be
read a third time until it shall have been actually engrossed for
a third reading.

222. In case it becomes necessary for the President of the
Second Branch to fill the unexpired term of the Mayor, as
herein provided, the Second Branch shall thereupon elect a new
President for the unexpired term, but they shall not elect as
such President one of their own number.

MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL LAWS.
ARBITRATION——COURT OF.

223. The Board of Trade shall have power and authority to
create and organize within itself a Court of Arbitration for the
adjudication and settlement, according to the principles of law,
equity and commercial usage, or of either, applicable thereto,
of any and all controversies concerning or growing out of con-
tracts of sale, manufacturing or letting on rent; of the making
or negotiating or transfer of bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bills of lading, railroad, warehouse or similar receipts, and
other such commercial paper; of guaranties, of agency, of bail-
ment, of partnership, of insurance, of affreightment, or of any
other transactions, of whatever specific class, pertaining to
trade, commerce, navigation, manufactures or mechanical
arts, or business connected with any of these, or contracts for
personal work, labor and service done or rendered, or to be
done or rendered, in and about the pursuit and transactions of
trade, commerce, navigation, manufactures or mechanical arts,
one or more of the parties to which controversies is or are
members of the said corporation, in all cases wherein such