3-17-4. Ordinances; roll call vote; adoption.
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A. If a majority of all the members of the governing body vote in favor of adopting the ordinance or resolution, it is adopted. The municipal clerk shall record in the minutes book the vote of each member of the governing body on each ordinance or resolution.
B. Within three days after the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, the mayor shall validate the ordinance or resolution by endorsing "Approved" upon the ordinance or resolution and signing the ordinance or resolution.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-16-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.