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17 Council 121.01 execution thereof. A motion to reconsider shall require the same number of votes as is required to adopt an ordinance or resolution. After a motion for reconsfderation hoe once been acted upon, no other motion fora recon- sideratfon thereof shall be made without unanimous consent of the members present. (39) Introduction. Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced in Council only in printed or written form, with the name of the member introducing the same endorsed thereon. Ordinances submitted by the initiative shall have endorsed ti~ereon "Submitted by Inftfative Petition." (40) Preparation of legislation. In-order that adequate time may be given to the preparation of iegislation, members of Council shall present requests for Iegisla.tion to the Law Department not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting at which such legislation is to be introduced for first reading, and not cater than 5:00 p. m. of the Wednesday preceding introduction of legislation for passage under suspension of the rules. (41) Form of ordinances. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, "except those submitted by initiative petition, which shall be "Be it ordained by the people of the City of North Olmsted. " All ardinancea before introduction shall be in typewritten form, with two additional copies, on the forms to be provided by the City Clerk.. No ordinance or resolution or section thereof shall be revised or ~t- amended unless the new ordinance or resolution contains the entire ordinance or resolution, or section revised or amended, and the original ordinance, resolution or section so amended shall be repealed. (42) Emergency ordinances. If any emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive atwo-thirds affirmative vote of all members of Council, such measure shall cease to be before Council as an emergency measure and shall have the standing that a measure would have had if it had not been read as an emergency measure . (43) Reference to committee. All ordinances and resolutions shall be read by title on the day when introduced, unless such reading is dispensed with by a two- thirds vote, and, unless otherwise ordered by Council, shall be referred by the presiding officer to the appropriate committee, which reference shall be announced forthwith by the Clerk. The committee or committees to which they are referred shall, after due consideration and at least one public hearing, report the same back with or without proposed amendments and with recom- mendations for approval or disapproval. When so reported, such ordinance or resolution shall, unieas otherwise ordered, be read a second time and laid over until the next meeting of Council, when the same shall be read a third time and a vote taken thereon. No ordinance or resolution, except a resolution of condolence or one of an extreme emergency nature, shall be acted upon by Council until it has been referred to and reported upon by a committee or committees of Council. (44) R,eferenee to more than one committee. Whenever any pending matter is referred to more than ane committee for consideration and report, such committee may consider the same in joint session as a joint committee, if the chairmen of the committees concerned consent thereto. The chairman of the committee first named shall preside at such joint sessions, and each