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LAWS OF FLORIDA 2187 Beginning with the election held in December, 1929, a Mayor shall be elected for the term of two years. Section 14. That all officers of the City of Vero Beach shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Section 15. Each officer of the City as soon as convenient after his appointment or election shall take before the Mayor or before any person authorized to administer oaths, an oath or affirmation that he will support, protect and defend the Constitution and gov- ornment of the United States and of the State of Florida against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that he will bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the same and that he is entitled to hold office under the Constitution and laws of the State of Florida, and that ho will faithfully perform the duties of the office on which he is about to enter. Section 16. Said corporation shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and he impleaded, and shall have a com- mon seal which may be changed by the City Council at pleasure. Section 17. Said corporation may own, purchase, lease, receive; acquire and hold property, real and personal, within and without the territorial boundaries of said corporation to be used for any and all such public purposes as the City Council may deem neces- sary and proper, and that said corporation is hereby fully empow- ered to sell, lease, convey and otherwise dispose of any and all prop- erty, real and personal, which may belong to said corporation, and . the City Council shall prescribe by ordinance the manner of making such conveyance. Provided, however, that the electric light and power plant and/or-waterworks and/or any other public utilities owned or operated by said City shall never be sold, leased or other- wise disposed of unless such sale, lease or disposal shall first be rat- ifled, approved and confirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said City who are freeholders, voting at an election duly called and held for such purpose in accordance with the rules and regulations of said City providing for the holding of general elec- tions therein. Section 18. The City Council shall by ordinance provide for the holding of all general and special elections and for the return and canvass of the same and for the registration of voters. Section 19. The Mayor shall have the power to preserve peace and order and to enforce the ordinances of said City and shall have such powers and duties as are conferred upon him by ordinance. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance and shall not be changed during his term of office. He shall have jurisdiction for any