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destruction of property by fires to the ord
and regulations of the City and the laws of the
State of Minnesota with reference to the same.
Providing for Other Offices.
Section So The City Council shall have power by
luton to create and discontinue offices and employees other
than those herein prescribed provide modes OF filling
the and prescribe the duties pertaining thereto accord
to its judgment and the needs of the City Any
appointed may be removed at any time by majority
of the Council.
Appointment of Employees
Section CO. The City Council may appoint such
ployees may be required perform services antors
of public buildings, warehouse clerk superintendent of
light and water power stationary engineers and hremen
and persons perform services supernend and
within the scope of their authority and which they have
power to authorize performed
Qualification of Appontive Officers and Bonding En-
Section 6l Every person elected or appointed to an
office under the provisions of this Charter SHALL before he
upon the duties of his Office take and subscribe
oath of his office required by law, and file the with
the City Clerk except otherwise provided by law and
this Charter Any employee of the City Council as may
be required, shall execute to the City OF Ely bond in
such the Council may prescribe and approve
Chapter VIII.
The City Council Governing Body
Section o. The City Council shall be the governing
body of the Municipality 1t shall exercise the corporate
power of the City, and subject to the limitations OF this
Charter and shall be vested with all powers of legislation
in Municipal affairs, adequate to complete system of
local government consistent with the Constitution of the
State.
Meetings
Section OS. All Legislative sessions OF the council,
whether regular special shall be open the public
Quorum.
Section o. majority of the members of the Council
shall constitute quorum for the transaction OF business.
Rules.
Section 65 The Council shall establish rules for its
proceedings.
Majority Votes.
Section c. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed
without receiving the affirmative of the majority of
the members of the City Council which shall be entered
upon the minutes and records of the proceedings.
Ordinances and Resolutions.
Section g. The Ayes and Noes shall be taken upon the
passage all ordinances and resolutions and entered upon
the journal of the proceedings of the Council.
Subject and Title.
Section g. Every ordinance and resolution shall be
confined to subject which shall be clearly stated in
the title If any subject shall be embraced ordinance
which shall be expressed in its title such ordinance
shall be void only much thereof shall not be
expressed in its title.
Enactng Clause
Section o. The enacting clauses of all ordinances
passed by the City Council shall be in these words The
City Council OF the City of Ely do ordain
Requirements.
Section 70 To constitute ordinance bill
ceve readings previous to its passage but shall not
be read other than regular sessions twice at the
session The second reading shall be by sectous
which time amendments may be offered but the reading OF
section shall not preclude the offering of any amendment
to preceding
Reconsideration.
Section H. When any bill is put upon its final passage
and fails to and motion is made to reconsider the
upon such motion shall be taken before the next
regular meeting OF the City Council after the meeting at
which such motion made.
Signing and Attesting
Section r. All ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor
aested by the City Clerk and published once in the OF
fetal paper of the City and recorded in the book of ord
nances before the shall take effect.
Revisions and Amendments.
Section 49, No ordinance shall be revised reenacted or
amended by reference to its title only but the ordinance
to be revised reenacted amended the section or
sections thereof to be amended the section
tons be added thereto shall be set forth and adopted
the method provided this section for the adoption OF
ordinances.
Repeating.
Section a. No ordinance section thereof shall be
repealed except by ordinance adopted in the pro-
vided in this Charter
Ordinance Granting Franchise
Section Is. No bill for the granting OF any franchise
shall be put its final passage until after the expiration
of thirty (30) days after the introduction.
Record of City Ordinances.
Section 76 and correct copy of all ordinances
shall be kept by the City Clerk in book marked City
Ordinances" such record copy, such record copy with
la certificate of the City Clerk the original ordinance
with proof of publication atested shall be prima facle
evidence of the of ordinances and of the due
passage and publication of the and shall be ad-
missble such in any Court of proceedings Nothing
the passage and publication of ordinance the usual
way provided compilations of ordinances prepared and pub
shed under the direction of the City Council shall be
prma ace evidence of the contents OF such ordinances
and all the regularity of the proceedings relative to the
adoption publication and recording the and shall be
admissible evidence in any Court of the State without
further proof.
Municipal Court to Take Judicial Notice.
Section IT, In all prosecutions and proceedings OF every
kind before the Municipal Court of this City, such Court
shall take judicial notice of all ordinances of the City
shall not be necessary to plead prove such
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