§ 2-1-14. Mayor to be presiding officer; mayor pro tempore.

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The mayor, or in his absence, the mayor pro tempore, or in the absence of both, any member of the city council who may be designated (a quorum being present) shall take the chair at the hour appointed for any regular, adjourned or special meeting. The mayor shall preserve order and decorum. He shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the city council. On every appeal he shall have the right in his chair to assign his reason for his decisions, and any member of the council may state the grounds for his appeal.

(Code 1958, Sec. 2-16)

Cross reference

Presiding officer, Charter, Sec. 2.3; selection and duties of mayor pro tempore, Charter, Sec. 2.4.

                    
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