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elected, said veto shall stand. In the case of any ordinance, law or regu-
lation of the said Council the Mayor shall in the event of his disapproval
thereof, give his reasons therefor in writing within thirty days after
receipt thereof by him from said Council, or such ordinance, law or regu-
lation shall be considered to have passed and shall then in all respects be-

come valid without his approval.

1922, ch. 52, sec. 14.

156. The Common Council shall meet each year upon the second Wed-
nesday next succeeding the election, and after qualifying by taking the
prescribed oath, proceed to elect one of the number of the Council as presi-
dent; said Council shall meet thereafter on the second Monday of each
month for the transaction of the regular business of the town, but it may
meet oftener if required; at all meetings of the Council, four members
present and voting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness, and a majority vote of all the members shall be necessary for the
passage of any ordinance, law or regulation; during the term of said
Mayor or Councilmen, if any of them should die, resign or remove from
the town or be otherwise disqualified, the vacancy shall be filled by the
Council for the unexpired term. The Common Council shall be the judge

of the qualifications of its own members, and may provide by ordinance
for contested elections.

1922, ch. 52, sec. 15.

157. There shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirma-
tion of the town Council on the fourth Monday in April, 1923, and on
the fourth Monday in April every five years thereafter, three assessors
who shall be qualified voters of said town who shall constitute a board of
assessors and whose duties it shall be, after having qualified by taking
oath to faithfully, honestly and impartially perform their duties as such
assessors, to assess each and every piece of land separately in the name
of the actual owner at a fair cash value at public sale, as near as they
may be able to determine the same, and to show in the said assessment
each piece of land with the assessed value of each and the name of the
actual owner thereof when the same can be obtained. Immediately upon
completion of said assessment the Board of Assessors shall give notice
of the fact to the Mayor, who will cause notice theerof to be posted in
three conspicuous places in said town or published in a newspaper or
newspapers published in said town or county in which the town is sit
uated, or both, which said notices shall state that the assessment books
will be open for inspection on three evenings from 7.30 to 10.30 P. M.,
within three weeks from the date of said notice. If any owner of any
property so assessed shall feel aggrieved by said assessment he may appeal
to the Mayor and Common Council, which is hereby constituted a board
of final appeal and equalization of said assessment, within fifteen days
from the last inspection day. And said Mayor and Council may make
such deduction from or addition to the assessments made by the Board