§ 3-23. Failure of Mayor to return ordinance.


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  • Whenever an ordinance shall take effect without the Mayor's signature by reason of his/her failure to return it to the Council by filing it with the Clerk within 10 days after it has been presented to him/her, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certificate in substantially the following form:
    I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance was adopted by the Council on the _____ day of _____, _____, and was presented to the Mayor duly certified on the _____ day of _____, _____, and upon his/her failure to sign or return and file it with the Clerk within 10 days thereafter, the said ordinance took effect in like manner as if the Mayor had signed it.
    Dated:
    Clerk