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Immediately after the expiration of the period of publication for ordinances or summaries of ordinances required by Section 2.09 of the Charter, the Clerk of the Council shall enter on the record of ordinances, in a section to be left for such purpose under the recorded ordinance, a certificate attesting to the completed publication and on what dates such publication was made and shall sign his/her name thereto officially. Such a certificate shall be prima-facie evidence that legal publication of the ordinance or summary of the ordinance was made.
The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its Members. A majority of all the Members elected shall be a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel attendance of absent Members in such a manner and under such penalties as are prescribed by ordinance. The Council shall provide rules for the manner of calling special meetings.
The Council shall determine its own rules and keep a journal of its proceedings and may punish or expel any Member for conduct unbecoming of an elected official or violation of its rules and declare his/her seat vacant for absence without valid excuse where such absence has continued for two months. No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Members elected and until the delinquent Member has been notified of the charge against him/her and has had an opportunity to be heard.
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