Method of transacting business by Council.; Veto, authentication and publication of ordinances.
Section 16
SEC. 16. Method of transacting business by Council.; Veto, authentication and publication of ordinances.—Unless the Secretary of the Interior orders otherwise, the Council and publication shall hold ordinary sessions twice a week for the transaction of business on days which it shall fix by resolution, and such extraordinary sessions, not exceeding ten days any one year, as may be called by the Mayor, except the sessions provided for in section thirty-seven of this Charter. It shall sit with open doors unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of four members. It shall keep a record of its proceedings and determine its rules of procedure. Five members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and four affirmative votes shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, resolution, or motion. The ayes and nays shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, upon all resolutions, or motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, and at the request of any member upon any other resolution or motion. Each ordinance enacted by the Council, and each resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, shall be forwarded to the Mayor for his approval. Within ten days after the receipt of the ordinance, resolution or motion, the Mayor shall return it with his approval or veto. If he does not return it within that time, it shall be deemed to be approved. If he returns it with his veto, his reasons therefor in writing shall accompany it. It may then be again enacted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council.