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• <br />• <br />• <br />2190 LAWS OF FLORIDA <br />Section 29. In the event there should occur, from any cause, <br />a vacancy in any of the elective offices of aid municipality, <br />whether it be in any of the offices provided for and created by this <br />Act, or whether it be in any offices that may hereafter be created, <br />it shall be the duty of the City Council to fill such vacancy. In <br />the event there should occur from any cause a vacancy in any of <br />the offices of said municipality, other than elective offices, it shall <br />be the duty of the Mayor of said municipality to fill such vacancy, <br />subject to confirmation by the City Council. In either event the <br />person so app'ointecl to fill any such vacancy shall hold office for <br />the unexpired term of his predecessor. <br />Section 30. The City Council shall be composed of five coun- <br />cilmen, each of whom shall receive not exceeding three dollars for <br />each regular or special meeting he attends. The City Council shall <br />prescribe its own rules and procedure and may prescribe penalties <br />for non-attendance or disorderly conduct of its members and en- <br />force the same. Four-fifths of its members concurring, it may <br />expel a member for improper conduct in office. A majority of <br />the members of the Council shall be necessary to constitute a <br />quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may <br />adjourn from time to time until a quorum is obtained. The Coun- <br />cil shall hold meetings at such times as it may determine, holding <br />not less than one regular meeting each month. And said Council <br />shall be the judge of the qualification, election and returns thereof <br />of its own members and shall prescribe rules relative to any con- <br />test over any election to membership thereon. <br />Section 31. The City Council shall organize immediately after <br />any general City election by electing one of its members president, <br />who shall preside over the Council. When acting as Mayor, he <br />shall be disqualified from acting as president or as a member of <br />the City Council. A president pro tem shall be elected to preside <br />over the Council during the absence or disability of the president <br />of the Council. <br />Section 32. The City Council shall have the power and is <br />hereby authorized to create by ordinance such additional offices <br />and provide for the election or appointment of additional officers <br />or employees as it may in its judgment deem necessary. The Coun- <br />cil shall have power at any time by ordinance to abolish any <br />offices thus created. <br />Section 33. The City Council may snake such other and further <br />ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the State, as shall be <br />deemed expedient for the good government of the City, the public <br />01 <br />