Legal Documents of Mountain City

Section 5. Ordination clause etc. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances shall begin with an enacting cause as follows: "Be it ordained by the Town of Mountain City, Tennessee" and shall at the end contain the following provision: "This ordnance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of the Town requiring it."

Section 6. Requisites for a valid ordinance. Be it further enacted, That no ordinance shall become effective until it shall have been passed at two (2) separate meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the final passage or adoption thereof being at least one week after the first passage. Only the caption of ordinances shall be required to be read at both meetings. During the time between the first and second readings of an ordinance, the ordinance shall be kept on file in the office of the town recorder for public inspection. After final passage of an ordinance it shall be signed in open meeting by the mayor, and the minutes of the meeting shall reflect that it was so signed, together with the date of the signature. The vote on every ordinance shall be solely by voice vote, and the town recorder shall show in the minutes how each member of the Board voted. The recorder shall keep a set of ordinances signed by the mayor in a separate and permanent book readily accessible to the public.