§ 21. Procedure for adoption.

The town council shall have the right to adopt such ordinances authorized by the powers granted under this Act, as are deemed necessary or advisable for the government of said town. Every ordinance shall be three times read in the town council previous to its passage. It may be twice read, once by its title only and once in full at the meeting in which it is introduced, and the third time in full at the succeeding regular meeting when it is acted upon, provided by unanimous consent of all the members the said ordinance may be ordered to a third reading at the meeting of its introduction and to be put upon its final passage. Ordinances may be so passed at special meetings called for that purpose. An ordinance may be passed by the vote of a majority of the town council. All ordinances passed by the town council shall be promptly submitted to the mayor for his approval; if approved he shall sign the same and return to the town clerk. If the mayor disapproves such ordinances he shall return the same to the town council with his objections and to act upon the same, and if the town council shall pass it by a three-fifths vote, which vote shall be entered upon the minutes, the ordinance shall then become a law, the mayor's vote to the contrary notwithstanding, and if the mayor fails or refuses to return any ordinance to the clerk within ten days after he receives the same, said ordinance shall become a law without his approval. Every ordinance passed by the town council and approved by the mayor, or which shall become a law by being passed by a three-fifths vote of the town council over the vote of the mayor, or which shall become a law without his approval, shall be published once each week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper printed within the Town of Baldwin or posted in two public places in the town. The town council shall in each ordinance designate which method of publication shall be pursued, and no ordinance shall be in force as a law until the expiration of thirty days from date of posting, or from date of first publication, provided that sanitary and police regulations may go into effect upon being posted for a period of three days in three public places in the town.

(Ch. 24387, Art. V, § 1, Sp. Acts 1947)

Editor's note

The provisions of the above section, insofar as they relate to enactment procedures, have been repealed by F.S. § 166.021(4). Such procedure is now controlled by F.S. § 166.041.