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- 3 - • "Article IV, Section 11: POBM OF L~ISLATIVE ACTION All legislative action by Council shall be by ordinance or resolution introduced in written or printed f ona. An affirmative vote of at least a sajority of the members of Council eligible to vote shall be required for the passage or enactment of every ordinance or resolution. Beery ordinance or resolution shall be read at three different Council meetings, provided that this requirement ..y be dispensed with by a two-thirds vote of the members of Council eligible to vote if a written or printed copy of the oddinanos or resolution shall have been furnished to each member of Council prior to its introduction. Ordinances and • resolutions shall be deemed to have been read if the title thereof is fully read, provided that at the request of at least two members of Council ouch ordinance or resolution shall be read in full. No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject matter, which subject shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance or resolution shall be revised or amended unless the ordinance or resolution superseding it contains the entire ordinance or resolution eo teviaed or amended or the section or sections so revised or amended, and having been revised or amended the original ordinance, resolution, section or sections thereof, shall be expressly repealed. a All ordinances, resolution, statements, orders, groclerationa and reports required by law or by this Charter or by ordinance to be published or posted shall be posted in only one place, nadmely,~the City Hall, and for a period of not less than f ifteen (1'S) days prior • to the etfective date thereof. M emergency ordinance or resolution shall also be so published or posted as a~esaid, but said require- ment for posting or publishing shall not postpone the dfective date thereof as provided in this Charter." 4. That Section 2 of Article V of the Charter be amended to require that the Director of L- bs a qualified elector and resident of the City for two years prior to his election, such amended Section 2 of Article V to read as follows: • "Article V, Section 2: DIRHC'TOR OF LAW Ths Director of Law shall be the head of the Law Departasnt of the City and shall be elected at the regular municipal election in the year 1961, and every second year thereafter, far the term .of two (2) years. Ria term shall begin and he shall assume of~iee on the f irat day of January next following such election. The Director of Law shall be eapowered to designate such assistants as shall be authorized by and approved by Council. No person shall bs eligible to be the Director of Law unless he is authorized to practise as an attorney in Ohio and has been engs~ed in the active practice of law in Ohio continuously for a period of five years next preceding his election, has been a qualified elector and a resident of the City for at least two years prior to the date of his election, and shall continue to be a qualified elector and resident of the City during his term of office. The Director of Law shall act as legal counsel and serve in such capacity the Mayor, Council, administrative officers, departoents, and the comaiaeions and boards of the City. As legal counsel and attorney, he shall represent the City in all pro- ceedings in court or before any administrative body and in such other matters and contrioversies as he is by resolution orcrdinance directed to prosecute. He or an Assistant Director of Law shall act as Prosecuting Attorney for the City. He shall perform all other duties now or hereinafter imposed upon city solicitors by the laws of the State of Ohio uhless otherwise provided by ordinance of the Council and shall perform such duties as Council and the Mayor may impose upon hio~ consistent with his office.