Section 5
SEC. 5. Sections twelve and thirteen of the same Act are amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. The Vice Mayor.&mdashThere shall be a vice-mayor who shall be elected in the same manner, and shall possess the same qualifications, as the mayor. He shall be presiding officer of the City Council, and shall, during the absence of the Mayor from the city or his disability for any reason, discharge the duties of his office and exercise all his powers, except that of removing any officer from office. "SEC. 13. The City Council—Meetings—Ordinances.&mdashThere shall be a City Council composed of the vice-mayor and four other members who shall he elected in the same manner and shall possess the same qualifications, as the mayor. The Council shall fix the time and places for its regular meeting's, which shall be held once in each week, and shall hold special meetings when called by the Mayor. Any meeting, regular or special, may, in case the amount of business shall require, be adjourned from day to day until the business is completed. Meetings shall be open to the public, unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members. It shall keep a record of its proceedings and determine its rules of procedure not herein set forth. A majority of the Council shall Institute a quorum, for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. 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 motion or solution. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the City Council shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, or any resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, but other measures shall prevail upon the majority vote of members present at any meeting duly called and held. Each ordinance shall be sealed with the city seal, signed by the Mayor and the city secretary, and recorded in a book kept for that purpose. Each ordinance shall, on the day after its passage, be posted by the city secretary at the main entrance to the municipal building, and shall take effect and be in force on and after the tenth day following its passage, if no date is fixed in the ordinance."