1925_private laws_162_9
CHAPTER 161 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF HAMILTON LAKES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION
A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum. Its meetings shall be-public and the mayor, who shall be the official head of the town, shall if present preside, and shall have the same powers as the other members of the council to vote upon all measures coming before it, but shall have no power of veto. In the absence of the mayor the mayor pro tempore shall preside. The town clerk shall be ex officio the clerk of the council and shall keep records of its proceedings, but in case of his temporary absence, or in case a vacancy should occur in the office, the council may elect a temporary clerk who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties and may act as clerk of the council until a town clerk is chosen and qualified. All final votes of the council involving the expenditure of money or the enactment of ordinances shall be entered on the records.