J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      983

10.    President of the Council.

The Mayor shall serve as president of the council. The mayor may-
take part in all discussions, but he shall have no vote. The council
shall elect a vice-president of the council from among its members,
who shall act as president of the council in the absence of the presi-
dent of the council.

11.    Quorum.

A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, but no ordinance shall be
approved nor any other action taken without the favorable votes of
a majority of the whole number of members elected to the council.

12.    Procedure of Council.

The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It
shall keep a journal of its proceedings and enter therein the yeas and
nays upon final action on any question, resolution, or ordinance, or at
any other time if required by any one member. The journal shall be
open to public inspection.

13.    Vacancies in Council.

Vacancies in the council shall be filled as provided in Section 39
of this charter.

14.    Ordinances.

No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is intro-
duced. At any regular or special meeting of the council held not less
than six nor more than sixty days after the meeting at which an
ordinance was introduced, it shall be passed, or passed as amended,
or rejected, or its consideration deferred to some specified future
date. In cases of emergency the [above requirement] provision that
an ordinance may not be passed at the meeting at which it is intro-
duced may be suspended by the affirmative votes of four members of
the council. Every ordinance, unless it be passed as an emergency
ordinance, shall become effective at the expiration of twenty calendar
days following approval by the mayor or passage by the council
over his veto. Each ordinance shall be published at least twice in a
newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in the munici-
pality. An emergency ordinance shall become effective on the date
specified in the ordinance, but no ordinance shall become effective
until approved by the mayor or passed over his veto by the council.

15.    Veto.

All ordinances passed by the council shall be promptly delivered
by the clerk-treasurer to the mayor for his approval or disapproval.
If the mayor approves any ordinance, he shall sign it. If the mayor
disapproves any ordinance, he shall not sign it. The mayor shall
return all ordinances to the clerk-treasurer within six days after de-
livery to him [including the days of delivery and return and ex-
cluding] (excluding the first day, including the last day, and exclud-
ing any Sunday) with his approval or disapproval. Any ordinance
approved by the mayor shall be law. Any ordinance disapproved