2An Ordinance providing for the powers and duties of the mayor of the
gown of Edgewater,Florida.
Ordinance # 2.
Be it ordained by Town Council of the Town of Edgewater,Florida:
Sec.1, that the mayor shall be elected for one year and snail serve
until his successor is elected and qualified. The compensation of
the said mayor shall be fixed by ordinance. The mayor shall have
the powers of a justice of the peace for the preservation of peace
within the Town of Edgewater and also upon public grounds belonging to
the said Town.
Sec.2, that the mayor kshall have jurisdiction for the trial of all
offenses against the ordinances of the Town. Shall have power by his
warrant to have brought before him any person or persona charged with
violating any ordinance,to require the attendance of witnesses for the
Town and defendant,to administer oaths,to take affidavits,to inquire
into the truth or falsity of all charges,to decide upon the guilt or
innocence of the accused,to fix by his sentence a penalty,to pardon or
release persons convicted by him, and to have all powers usual and
incident to his office.
Sec.3, that the mayor shall have power to bid in or cause to be bid in,
pr.,perty for the Town at all tax sales and all judicial sales under due
process of law.
Sec.4, that the mayor shall have power to call special meetings of the
Town Counoil.
Sec.5, that all ordinances passed by the Town Wouncil shall,before be-
coming a law,have the assent of a majority of the Town Council and be
approved by the Mayor
Sec.6, than any ordinance not approved by the Mayor may become a law
by the approval of two thirds of the Councilmen.
Sec.'J, that the duties of the mayor and the powers incident to his
office shall be performed by the President of the Town Couneil,if for
any reason the mayor is incapaciated,and if at the same time the said
President of the Council shall be incapaciated then the acting Presid-
ent of the Council shall perform the duties of,and have the powers
incident to the mayor until such a time as the office of mayor or
President of the Council shall have been filled
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Sec.C, that this ordinance shall become effective after being passed
by the Town Council,approved by the mayor,and published one time each
week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
Passed by the Town Council of Edgewater Florida on the Thirteenth
day of Januar ,y 1925
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