Sec. 18. Ordinances appropriating money, imposing
taxes, etc., vote necessary—when carried over.
(a) Every ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding
one hundred dollars, imposing or releasing taxes, or
authorizing the borrowing of money, or creating a debt, or
donating any property of the City, where the value of such property
is one hundred dollars or more, a vote of a majority of all
members elected to the Council shall be necessary, and the
"Ayes" and "Noes" shall be entered on the journal of the
Council.
(b) No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding
the sum of one thousand dollars, imposing taxes, or authorizing
the borrowing of money, shall be passed by the Council on
the same day of its introduction; nor shall any such ordinance
or resolution be valid unless at least three days intervene between
its introduction and passage, but this paragraph shall not apply
to the annual appropriations as provided in section 20, post.
