§ 38. Procedure after passage of ordinance. Every ordinance of the\ncommon council shall immediately after its passage be separately\nengrossed and signed by the president and attested by the clerk. The\nclerk shall thereupon present the same to the mayor. If the mayor\napprove it he shall sign it and return it to the clerk, and the\nordinance shall thereupon take effect. If he disapprove it, he shall\nreturn it to the clerk with his objections stated in writing, and the\nclerk shall present the same with such objections to the common council\nat its next regular meeting. The common council may, within thirty days\nthereafter, reconsider the same; if, after such reconsideration,\nthree-fourths of all the members of the common council shall vote to\npass the ordinance the same shall take
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§ 38. Procedure after passage of ordinance. Every ordinance of the\ncommon council shall immediately after its passage be separately\nengrossed and signed by the president and attested by the clerk. The\nclerk shall thereupon present the same to the mayor. If the mayor\napprove it he shall sign it and return it to the clerk, and the\nordinance shall thereupon take effect. If he disapprove it, he shall\nreturn it to the clerk with his objections stated in writing, and the\nclerk shall present the same with such objections to the common council\nat its next regular meeting. The common council may, within thirty days\nthereafter, reconsider the same; if, after such reconsideration,\nthree-fourths of all the members of the common council shall vote to\npass the ordinance the same shall take effect notwithstanding the\nobjections of the mayor, unless a greater number of members were\nnecessary according to the provisions of this chapter for the original\npassage of the ordinance, in which case unless as many members as were\nrequisite for the original passage of the ordinance shall vote to pass\nthe ordinance it shall not take effect. If any ordinance shall not be\nreturned by the mayor to the clerk within ten days after it shall have\nbeen presented to him, or if such ordinance shall be returned within\nsuch period without the mayor's approval or disapproval, the same shall\ntake effect in like manner as if the mayor had approved and signed it.\nIf any ordinance presented to the mayor contains several items of\nappropriation of money or embraces more than one distinct subject, the\nmayor may approve the provisions relating to one or more items or one or\nmore subjects and disapprove the others. In such case those items or\nsubjects which he shall approve shall take effect and he shall append to\nthe ordinance at the time of signing it a statement of the items or\nsubjects which he disapproves and said items or subjects so disapproved\nshall not take effect. He shall return to the clerk a copy of such\nstatement and the items or subjects disapproved may be separately\nreconsidered by the common council and shall only become effective if\nagain passed by it as above provided. All the provisions of this section\nin relation to ordinances disapproved by the mayor shall apply in cases\nin which he shall disapprove any item or subject contained in an\nordinance appropriating money or embracing more than one distinct\nsubject.\n