Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-03-27


ii 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 consideration deferred to
some specified future date. In
cases of emergency the above re.
quirement may be suspended by
the affirmative votes of four
members of the council. Every or
dinance, unless it be passed as
an emergency ordinance, shall be-
come 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 circu-
lation in the municipality. An
emergency ordinance shall be-
come effective on the date speci-
fled in the ordinance, but no or.
dinance shall become effective un.
til approved by the mayor or
passed over his veto by the coun.
Gil.
IA. All ordinances passed by the
council shall be promptly deliv-
cred by the clerk-treasurer to the
mayor for his approval or disap-
proval. If the mayor approves
any ordinance, he shall sign it.
If the mayor disapproves any or
dinance, he shall not sign it. The
mayor shall return all ordinances
to the clerk-treasurer within six
days after delivery to him lin
Guiding the days of delivery and
return and excluding Sunday
with his approval or disapproval.
Any ordinance approved by the
mayor shall be law. Any ordi-
nance disapproved by the mayor
shall be returned with a message
stating the reasons of his disap-
proval. Any disapproved ordi-
nance shall not become a law I'M
less subsequently passed by ia.
vorable vote of four-fifths of the
whole council within thirty-five
calendar days from the time of
the return of the ordinance. If
the mayor fails to return any
ordinance within six days of its
delivery as aforesaid, it shall be
deemed to be approved by the
mayor and shall become law in
the same manner as an ordinance
signed by him.
Is. If, before the expiration of
twenty calendar days following
approval of any ordinance by the
mayor or passage of any ordi-
nance over the mayors veto, a
petition is filed with the clerk
treasurer containing the sigma
lures of not less than twenty per
centum 5000 of the qualified
voters of the town and requesting
that the ordinance, or any part
thereof, be submitted to a vote
of the qualified voters of the town
for their approval or disapproval,
the council shall have the ordi.
nance, or the part thereof re-
quested for referendum, sub.
mitted to a vote of the qualified
voters of the town at the next
regular town election or, i'm the
councils discretion, at a special
election occurring before the next
regular election. No ordinance, or
the part thereof requested for
referendum, shall become effec-
tive following the receipt of such
petition until and unless APP
proved at the election by a major
ity of the qualified voters voting
on the question. An emergency
ordinance, or the part thereof re-
quested for referendum, shall con-
tinue in effect for sixty days fol-
lowing receipt of such petition.
If the question of approval or dis
approval of any emergency ordi.
nance, or any part thereof, has
not been submitted to the quail
fled voters within sixty days fol
lowing receipt of the petition,
then the operation of the ordi.
nance, or the part thereof re-
quested for referendum, shall be
suspended until approved by a
majority of the qualified voters
voting on the question at any
election. Any ordinance, or part
thereof, disapproved by the
voters, shall stand repealed. The
provisions of this section shall
not apply to any ordinance, or
part thereof, passed under the
authority of Section 81. levying
property taxes for the payment
of Indebtedness. but the provi.
sions of this section shall apply
to any ordinance, or any part
thereof, levying special assess.
ment charges under the provl-
sions of Sections g. and 90. The
provisions Of this section shall
be self-executing, but the council
may adopt ordinances in further.
ance of these provisions and not
in conflict with them.
16. Ordinances shall be perma-
nently filed by the clerk-treasurer
and shall be kept available for
public inspection.
The Mayor
II. The mayor shall be elected
as hereinafter provided and shall