2138                                Municipal Charters

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 within six days after delivery to him (including the days of
delivery and return and excluding Sunday) with his approval or dis-
approval. Any ordinance approved by the Mayor shall be law. Any ordi-
nance disapproved by the Mayor shall be returned with a message stating
the reasons for his disapproval. Any disapproved ordinance shall not be-
come a law unless subsequently passed by a favorable vote of five-sixths of
the whole Council within thirty-five calendar days from the time of the
return of the ordinance. If the Mayor fails to return any ordinance within
six days of its delivery as aforesaid, it shall be deemed to be approved by
the Mayor and shall become law in the same manner as an ordinance signed
by him.

13B. (Referendum): If, before the expiration of twenty calendar
days following approval of any ordinance by the Mayor or passage of any
ordinance over the Mayor's veto, a petition is filed with the Clerk contain-
ing the signatures of not less than twenty per centum (20%) of the quali-
fied voters of the Town and requesting that the ordinance, or any part
thereof, be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the Town for their
approval or disapproval, the Council shall have the ordinance, or the part
thereof requested for referendum, submitted to a vote of the qualified
voters of the Town, at the next regular town election or, in the Council's
discretion, at a special election occurring before the next regular election.
No ordinance, or the part thereof requested for referendum, shall become
effective following the receipt of such petition until and unless approved
at the election by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question.
An emergency ordinance, or the part thereof requested for referendum
shall continue in effect for sixty days following receipt of such petition.
If the question of approval or disapproval of any emergency ordinance, or
any part thereof, has not been submitted to the qualified voters within sixty
days following receipt of the petition, then the operation of the ordinance,
or the part thereof requested for referendum, shall be suspended until
approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question at
any election. Any ordinance, or part thereof, disapproved by the voters,
shall stand repealed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
ordinance, or part thereof, passed under the authority of Section 64, levy-
ing property taxes for the payment of indebtedness, but the provisions of
this section shall apply to any ordinance, or any part thereof, levying spe-
cial assessment charges under the provisions of Sections 94 and 95. The
provisions of this section shall be self-executing, but the Council may adopt
ordinances in furtherance of these provisions and not in conflict with them.

14.    (Files of Ordinances): Ordinances shall be permanently filed
by the Clerk and shall be kept available for public inspection.

THE MAYOR

15.    (Selection and Term): The Mayor shall be elected as herein-
after provided and shall hold office for a term of two years or until his
successor is elected and qualified. The newly elected Mayor shall take office
on the second Friday in November following his election. The Mayor hold-
ing office at the time this Charter becomes effective shall continue to hold
office for the term for which he was elected and until his successor takes
office under the provisions of this Charter.

16.    (Qualifications of Mayor): The Mayor shall be a qualified voter
in the Town as provided for in Section 22 of this Charter.