§ 35. Introduction, Reading and Passage

Every ordinance shall be fully and distinctly read in open council meeting on two different days previous to being put upon its final passage. Any ordinance, however, may be introduced, read twice, once in full and once by title, and put on its final passage at a single meeting by a unanimous vote of all members of the council present at the meeting. Upon the final vote on any ordinance, the ayes and nays of the members of the council shall be taken and recorded in the journal. If the ordinance passes, the recorder shall endorse it with the date of its passage and his name and title of office; and, within three days thereafter, the mayor shall sign it with the date of his signature, his name and title of his office. The failure of the mayor to sign any ordinance within the time prescribed shall not prevent the ordinance from becoming law. Ordinances shall become effective on their date of adoption unless otherwise stated in the ordinance.