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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION ONE (1),
ORDINANCE 212, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. Section 1, Ordinance 212, is hereby repealed
and the following is substituted therefor.
The Mayor shall hold his office during the term for which
1^le shall have been elected, and until his successor shall have
been elected and qualified. He shall keep an office at some
convenient place in the City, to be provided by the City Council,
and shall keep the corporate seal of the City in his charge. In
case of his death, disability, resignation, or other vacation
of his office, the City Council may, by vote of a ma3ority of
all its members, appoint some other person to act until the
expiration of said term or disability, if the unexpired term
of his office is less than six (6) months; otherwise, an election
shall be ordered in accordance with the laws of the State; a
removal from the City shall be deemed a vacation of his office.
Section 2. All other parts of Ordinance 212 remain in
full force and effect unless amended by this ordinance.
Section 3. Emergency Clause. It being found and determined
by the City Council of West Memphis, Arkansas that updating of
the city ordinances for codification purposes is immediately
needed and there are some parts of ordinances out-of-date which
should be repealed, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and approval. `'
ADOPTED this ~ day of~ ~G ~~~ ~j, , 1972.
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