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to the Mayor within ten days of their passage, for his approval, and he-
shall return the same to the next regular meeting of the Council with his
approval or disapproval written thereon and signed by him; and any ordi-
nance or by-law returned by the Mayor without his approval shall not
become an ordinance or by-law of the town unless the Council at the same
meeting to which the said proposed ordinance or by-law was returned to
them without the approval of the Mayor, shall by a unanimous vote of the
whole Council adopt and pass the same; and the Mayor shall be entitled
to be present at any or all meetings of the Council, and when present he
shall preside over the meeting and may participate in their debates or dis-
cussion, but he shall be entitled to no vote; the concurrence of the Mayor
with a majority of the Council shall be necessary for the transaction of
corporate business and contracts made for the town, but it shall not be
necessary to note in the minutes the approval of the Mayor of each trans-
action therein stated or acted upon by the Council; but the town clerk
shall present to the Mayor the corrected and approved minutes of each
meeting of the Council; and the Mayor shall sign his name to said min-
utes to signify his approval of all the matters and transactions therein
recorded; but if he disapproves of any of the transactions therein recorded
in the minutes he shall note his disapproval at the foot of the minutes,
and such disapproval shall be an effective veto of the action so disapproved
of, unless said veto is overruled by the unanimous vote of the Council at
their next regular meeting. The Mayor shall receive the annual salary
of Four Hundred ($400) Dollars which said sum shall be payment in
full for all services rendered to said town as Mayor or otherwise, provided,
however, that the Mayor may be reimbursed by the town for actual and
necessary traveling expenses while outside the corporate limits of Poco-
moke City on business for the said town; and the Mayor shall perform
the duties of Building Inspector for said town without compensation.

1906, ch. 549. 1920 Code, sec. 260. 1927, ch. 446, sec. 260.
204. The Council shall meet on the first Monday of every month, and
adjourned or special meetings may be called by the Mayor as often as
necessary for the transaction of business, and two Councilmen shall con-
stitute a quorum. At the regular meeting on the first Monday in May of
each year the new Councilman or Councilmen elected at the previous
annual election shall be entitled, if duly qualified, to take their seat in
the Council, and the Council shall first proceed to elect a president, whose
duty it shall be to preside over the Council in the absence of the Mayor;
and the president of the Council by virtue of his office shall be acting
Mayor or Pocomoke City whenever the Mayor of said town shall be absent
from the town for the space of three days at any one time, and in such
absence of the Mayor he may perform any of the duties imposed or con-
ferred upon the Mayor by the provisions of this charter; wherever in the
charter any powers are conferred upon or any duties imposed upon the
Mayor and Council the concurrent action of both the Mayor and the Coun-
cil shall be necessary for any effective and legal performance of all acts