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quired by this Act, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars ($ 100).

SEC. 111. 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 Council 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, and during such absence in excess
of ten days, the Mayor shall receive no salary; provided, fur-
ther, 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.

SEC. 122. 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, at 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. Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two members
thereof at any time to consider only such matters as shall be
mentioned in the call for said Mayor and City Council. All
legislative sessions of the said Mayor and City Council, whether
regular or called, shall be open to the public.

SEC. 113. 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 sub-
ject within the local government instituted by this Act.

Every ordinance imposing any penalty, fine, imprisonment
or forfeiture for a violation of its provisions shall, after the
passage thereof, be published in every issue of each of two
newspapers published in said city for three (3) days succes-
sively (excluding Sundays), providing the amendments and
corrections made in digesting and revision for publication in
book form need not be so published; ordinances passed by the
Mayor and City Council, and requiring publication, shall take