§ 19. Governing authority; quorum; voting majority required; mayor's veto.

Be it further enacted, that the mayor or mayor pro tem and three councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of votes shall determine questions before them; provided, that the mayor or the mayor pro tem, if he is presiding in the place of the mayor, shall vote only in case of a tie vote; and provided further, that all votes making appropriations or authorizing the expenditure of city funds, or fixing the salaries of officers and employees, shall be by the yeas and nays duly recorded on the minutes; and provided further that on any question any councilman may demand the aye and nay vote, and on such demand the vote shall be so taken and recorded on the minutes.

The mayor or mayor pro tem, when performing the duties of the mayor, shall have the veto power and may veto any resolution or ordinances passed by the council, in which event the same shall not become a law or have the effect of a law unless subsequently and at the next regular meeting thereafter it shall be passed over his veto by three-fourths vote of the entire council, duly recorded on the minutes; but unless he shall file in writing with the clerk of said city his veto of any measure passed by the council, with his reasons for withdrawing his assent, within three days after its passage, the same shall become a law just as if signed and approved by said mayor; but he may approve the same in writing and the measure shall go into effect immediately.