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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter oj the City of Lake City
thirds vote of all the members present, it shall go
into effect. If the Mayor shall fail to return any 10/257
ordinance, or shall return the same unsigned,without
objections in writing, at or before the next regu­
lar meeting of the Council after its passage, he
shall be deemed to have approved the same, and
it shall become a law without his signature.
Sec. 14. That the Mayor shall communicate,
from time to time, to the Council such information
and recommend such measures touching the public
service as he may deem proper, and shall perform
such other duties as the ordinances prescribe.
Sec. 15. When, in his opinion, the public good
requires, the Mayor may appoint and discharge
special policemen and detectives.

Sec. 16. That the Mayor shall call special
meetings of the Council, and when called he shall
state the objects for which called, and the business
of such meetings shall be confined to the objects
so stated.

Sec. 17. That the Mayor may be impeached
by the Council for misfeasance,malfeasance or non­
feasance in office; for drunkenness, habitual, in­
toxication or gross immorality. Should charges
be preferred against the Mayor, the Council shall
furnish said Mayor with a copy of the articles of
impeachment, and shall proceed without un­
necessary delay to investigate and decide them.
It shall require a two-thirds vote of said
Council to remove him from office.
Sec. 18. That in case of death, or the absence
of the Mayor, or his inability from any cause to
discharge the duties of the office of Mayor, the
President of the Council, or in his absence, the

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