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break a tie vote 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.  Rules and order of business; journal.

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 of
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.  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
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 provision that an
ordinance may not be passed at the meeting at which it is
introduced may be suspended by the affirmative vote of
three 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 municipality. 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