(a) Insofar as required by statute and for all ceremonial purposes, the Mayor shall be the executive head of the city. He shall be considered to be a Commissioner for all purposes but shall have no veto power. He shall be the presiding officer of the Commission.
(b) He shall be a conservator of the peace and may exercise within the city the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress riot and disorder, and shall have the power to command the assistance of all able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the city and to suppress riot and disorder.
(c) He shall authenticate by his signature such instruments as the Commission, this charter or the laws of the State of Michigan or of the United States shall require.
(d) He shall exercise only such powers as statute, this charter or the Commission shall specifically confer upon or require of him.
Statutory reference:
Provision for duties of officers mandatory, see M.C.L.A. § 117.3(d)