As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Includes ordinance and resolution as defined by N.J.S.A.
40:49-1 and duly enacted according to law.
(N.J.S.A. 40:93-1; 40:93-3; 40:49-2; 40:93-4; 40:93-5; 40:93-6;
40:93-7)
All ordinances of the Borough of Somerville shall be introduced,
read, heard, published and enacted in the manner provided by law.
Each ordinance passed by the Council shall be returned by the Mayor
to the Clerk after the Mayor has signed or approved it. If the Mayor
neither signs nor disapproves an ordinance within five (5) days from
the date of its delivery to the Mayor, it shall, as provided by N.J.S.A.
40:93-8, take effect in like manner as if signed. The publication
of ordinances shall be governed by the provisions set forth in N.J.S.A.
40:93-2.
Whenever an ordinance shall take effect without the Mayor's
signature by reason of his failure to return it to the Council by
filing it with the Clerk within five (5) days after it has been presented
to him, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certificate in
substantially the following form:
"I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance was adopted by the
Borough Council on the _____ day of ________ and was presented to
the Mayor duly certified on the _____ day of ________, and upon his
failure to sign it or to return and file it with the Clerk within
five (5) days thereafter, the said ordinance took effect in like manner
as if the Mayor had signed it.
"Dated:
_______________ Borough Clerk"
The Clerk shall record all ordinances and resolutions in permanent
books which shall be provided for that purpose, and shall cause the
codification to be revised accordingly. After each ordinance he shall
also record and certify the proof of publication thereof as required
by law. Each ordinance recorded shall be signed by the Mayor and Clerk,
who shall attest that it was duly adopted upon a date stated, and
shall be deemed to be a public record of the ordinance.