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one or more of the members within two weeks after his or their
election, such failure shall be deemed a refusal on the part of the
party or parties to discharge the duties of the office, and those
elected and qualified shall proceed, as in the case of a vacancy, to
fill the vacancies occasioned by such refusal or neglect.

1878, ch. 440.

145. The mayor, by virtue of his office, shall preside over all
the meetings of the city council, and see that the ordinances of
the city are duly and faithfully executed; he shall appoint a
bailiff, clerk, treasurer, and such other officers as may be neces-
sary for the good government of the city, and shall present the
names of such appointees to the city council for confirmation or
rejection ; he shall annually, on the third Monday in December,
report to the council in writing the general state of the city, with,
an accurate account of the money received and expended, which
said report shall be published in one or more newspapers of said,
city, giving a full and particular statement of all receipts and
disbursements; he shall have power to remove any of the officers
appointed by him for neglect or violation of any duties pertaining
to their respective offices, and shall appoint others in their stead,
and shall report such removal and appointment to the city
council at their next regular meeting, for their approval or
disapproval; he shall have general supervision of the city, and
shall receive for his services an annual salary of fifty dollars.

Ibid.

146. All ordinances passed by the city council shall be at-
tested by the clerk and approved by the mayor; if the mayor
shall disapprove any ordinance passed by the council, he shall
return the same, with his reasons therefor, at their next regular
meeting, when, if passed by five-sixths of all members elected to
said council, over the mayor's veto, it shall be an ordinance to all
intents and purposes as if it had been approved by the mayor;
and if the mayor shall fail to return any ordinance passed by
said council, at their next regular meeting after it shall have
been presented to him, such ordinance shall be a law in like
manner as if he had signed it; the passage of all ordinances shall
be by "yeas and nays," entered on the journal of said council,