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be called by the clerk-treasurer upon the request of the mayor or a major-
ity of the members of the council. All meetings of the council shall be open
to the public, and the rules of the council shall provide that residents of the
town shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in
regard to any municipal question.

7.   COUNCIL TO BE JUDGE OF QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS MEM-

BERS

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its
members.

8.   PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF 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 president of the council.

9.   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.

10.   VACANCIES IN COUNCIL

Vacancies in the council shall be filled as provided in Paragraph 41 of
this charter.

11.   PASSAGE OF ORDINANCES; PUBLICATION; EFFECTIVE

DATE

No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced.
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 intro-
duced, it shall be passed, or passed as amended, or rejected, or its consider-
ation deferred to some specified future date. In cases of emergency the
above requirement may be suspended by the affirmative votes of four
members of the council. Every ordinance, unless it be passed as an emer-
gency ordinance, shall become effective at the expiration of twenty calen-
dar 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 municipality. An emer-
gency ordinance shall become effective on the date specified in the ordi-
nance, but no ordinance shall become effective until approved by the mayor
or passed over his veto by the council.

12.   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 delivery to him (including
the days of delivery and return and excluding Sunday) with his approval
or disapproval. Any ordinance approved by the mayor shall be law. Any