CHARTER OF THE CITV OF LANCASTER. 157 



to time, and have power to compel the attendance ol' abscjit nicmberH 

 under such rules and penalties as may be provided. 



Sec. 28. That each Council may determine the rules of its procoedingn, 

 which shall, however, not be inconsistent with any joint rule that may 

 be adopted by the two branches of said Councils; and each branch sliall 

 have power and authority to vacate the seat of any of its members for 

 misbehavior, neglect of duty or other misdemeanor; each branch shall 

 keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be at all times open to 

 public inspection, and the yeas and nays of the members on any question, 

 shall, at the request of any two of them, be entered on the journal ; all 

 the voting in the said Select and Common Councils, or in any convention 

 of the same, shall be viva voce, and on the final passage of a bill or 

 resolution, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays. 



Sec. 29. That the Select and Common Councils shall assemble for the 

 transaction of business, on the first Wednesday of every month in each 

 year, and at such other times as they may deem necessary, which meet- 

 ings shall at all times be open and accessible to all citizens dejiorting 

 themselves with order and decorum. 



Sec. 30. That the legislative powers of the said city shall be vested in 

 the said Select and Common Councils, who shall have full power and 

 authority to make, ordain, constitute and establisli such and so many 

 laws, ordinances and regulations, as they shall deem necessary to pre- 

 serve and promote the peace, good order, health, benefit and convenient 

 government of the said city, subject to the approval of the Mayor as 

 hereinafter provided ; and to annex penalties not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars for the breach thereof, and the same to enforce, put in use and 

 execution by the proper officers, and at their pleasure said laws, ordi- 

 nances and regulations to repeal, alter and make anew, as occasion may 

 require: Provided, That the same shall not be inconsistent with the Con- 

 stitution and laws of the United States, or of this Commonwealth: AivJ 

 provided also, That it shall not be la\N^ul for Councils at any time to pass 

 an ordinance, or by other means provide for the payment of any money 

 in the shape of per diem pay, or compensation of any kind, for services 

 rendered by them in their capacity as Councilmen, or members of com- 

 mittees emanating from Councils. 



Sec. 31. That everv bill for a law or ordinance, which shall iiave 

 passed both branches of the Councils, shall be presented to the Mayor: 

 if he approve he shall sign it: but if he shall not approve he shall return 

 it with his objections to the Council in which it originated, which shall 

 proceed to re-consider it; if, after such re-consideration, two.third.s of 

 that Council shall agree to pass the bill it shall be sent, with the objec- 



28. Ibid., Sec. 15. :iO- "^i<!- ^^^^-^ \l 



29. Ibid., Sec. IG. »!• ^^'''^■' ^«*'- ^^- 



