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citizens as in his judgment and discretion may be necessary and proper;
and said summons may be by proclamation or order, addressed to the
citizens generally, or those of any ward of the city or sub-division thereof,
or such summons may be by personal notification; such special police,
while in service, shall be subject to the orders of the Mayor, shall perform
such duties as he may require, and shall have the same powers while on
duty as the regular police force of said city; and any person so summoned
and failing to obey or appearing and failing to perform any duty that
may be required by this Act, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars ($100).

1922, ch. 96, sec. 22.

22. In case the Mayor is unable to perform the duties of his office by
reason of temporary or continued absence or sickness, the said City Coun-
cil shall appoint, by ballot, by a majority vote of all members thereof, one
of their number to act in his stead, whose official designation shall be
"Acting Mayor," and the Councilman so appointed shall be vested with all
powers, and shall perform all the duties of Mayor during such absence or
sickness, and shall receive the salary of the said Mayor during such
vacancy; provided that if such disability continue ten days or longer
during such absence in excess of ten days the Mayor shall receive no
salary; provided, further, that the Councilman receiving compensation
as Acting Mayor shall not receive his salary as Councilman for the same
time he receives compensation as Acting Mayor.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 23.

23. The said Mayor and City Council shall meet at least once every
week in regular meeting at such time as shall be fixed by said Council an
the City Hall to consider and take under advisement and act upon such
business as may come before them. A majority of said Mayor and City
Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, but
no action of said Mayor and City Council shall be effective unless upon a
vote of a majority of such quorum, and no final action shall be taken in
any matter concerning the special department of any absent Commissioner,
unless such business has been made a special order of the day, or such
action has been taken at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council.
All legislative sessions of said Mayor and City Council, whether regular
or called, shall be open to the public.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 24.

24. The Mayor and City Council of said city shall be vested with the
power and charged with the duty of making all laws and ordinances not
inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the State, touching every
object, matter and subject within the local government instituted by this
Article.

Every ordinance imposing any penalty, fine, imprisonment or forfeiture
for a violation of its provisions shall, after the passage thereof, be pub-