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tions, to the other Council by which likewise it shall be re-considered; 

 and if approved by two-thirds of that Council also, it shall be a binding 

 law or ordinance upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned being com- 

 plied with; in such cases the votes of both Councils shall be determined 

 by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting shall be entered 

 on the journal of each branch respectively; every bill which shall be 

 presented to the Mayor, and not so returned by him at the next stated 

 meeting of the Councils, shall take effect as if it had been approved by 

 him, unless such bill shall have been presented to the Mayor within five 

 days of such next stated meeting, in which case he shall have the right 

 to return the same at the next stated meeting succeeding the one last 

 mentioned. 



Sec. 32. That all laws or ordinances which shall be approved by the 

 Mayor, passed by two-thirds of Councils without his approval, or be- 

 come a law by neglect in returning the same, shall be published three 

 times in one or more of the public newspapers published in said city, 

 within twenty days after being severally approved, passed by two-thirds, 

 or after having become a law ; and the publication of the same with the 

 dates and times of publication, shall be approved by the oath or affirmation 

 of the clerk of the Select Council, which shall at all times be deemed and 

 taken as sufficient evidence of such publication and the dates and times 

 thereof; and the said laws or ordinances, together with the affidavit of 

 the publication thereof, shall be recorded by the clerk of the Select 

 Council in books provided for that purpose, and in the Eecorder's office 

 of Lancaster county, within forty days from and after being so as afore- 

 said approved, passed by two-thirds, or after having become a law ; and 

 any such law or ordinance which shall not be published and recorded as 

 aforesaid, shall be null and void. 



Sec. 83. That it shall not be necessary for any order or resolution of 

 either branch, or to which the concurrence of both branches of the 

 Council may be required, to be presented to the Mayor for his approval, 

 but the same shall be binding for all purposes ; the Councils may transact 

 business by an order or resolution, and every such order or resolution 

 shall be filed in the archives of said city, and shall be evidence for the 

 purposes therein contained. 



Sec. 34:. That the qualified voters of the city of Lancaster shall on 

 the first Friday in May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, 

 and on the first Friday in May in every second year thereafter, elect one 

 discreet person to serve as Mayor of the said city, for the term of two 

 years, and until his successor shall be elected and duly qualified; he 

 shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and 

 shall have resided four years next preceding his election within the said 

 32. Ibid., Sec. 19. 33. Ibid., Sec. 20. 34. Ibid., Sec. 21. 



