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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 540

the meeting and may participate in their debates or discus-
sions, 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 min-
utes the approval of the Mayor of each transaction therein
stated or acted upon by the Council; but the town clerk
shall present to the Mayor the corrected and approved min-
utes of each meeting of the Council, and the Mayor shall
sign his name to said minutes to signify his approval of all
the matters and transactions therein recorded; but if he dis-

Disapproval to
be noted at
foot'of
minutes.

approves 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; and the Mayor shall receive the annual salary of
fifty dollars.

Section 209. 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 transac-

Meeting of
council.

tion of business, and two Councilmen shall constitute 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 quali-
fied, 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 of 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 conferred 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
Council shall be necessary for an effective and legal perform-
ance of all acts performed by virtue of the powers so con-
ferred. All cases where powers are so conferred on the
Council the concurrence or approval of the Mayor shall not be
necessary. In the enactment of resolutions, by-laws and ordi-