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CHARTER Ch. 3, § 3 shall have a vote and voice in the proceedings, but no veto. He shall be the official head of the 'city, but shall have no jurisdiction or authority to hear, determine, or try any judicial matters. In times of public danger, or emergency, he, or during his absence or disability, the city manager, may take command of the police and maintain order and enforce the laws, and for this purpose, may deputize such assistant policemen as may be necessary. During his absence or disability, except as above provided, his duties shall be performed by another member appointed by the council. He shall authenticate by his signature such instruments as the council, this Charter, or the laws of the state shall require. (Acts 1975, Ch. 416, § 1) Sec. 8. Appointment of clerk; miscellaneous authority; minute book. The council shall appoint a clerk to serve at the will of the council, and shall have authority to adopt rules and appoint such officers and committees as they [it] may deem proper for the regulations of their [its] proceedings and for the convenient transaction of business; to compel the attendance of absent members; and enforce orderly conduct at meetings. The council shall keep a minute book, in which the clerk shall note the proceedings of the council, and shall .record said proceedings at large on the record book, and keep tlYe same properly indexed. CHAPTER 3. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Sec. 1. Council to act by ordinance or resolution; confinement of ordinances to one subject. ~ Except in dealing with parliamentary procedure, the council shall act only by ordinance or resolution, and with the exception of ordinances making appropriations or authorizing the contracting of indebtedness, [ordinances] shall be confined to one subject. Sec. 2. Manner of introduction; enacting clause; passage of ordinance on day of introduction. (a) Each proposed ordinance, or resolution, shall be introduced in a written or printed form, and the enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the council shall substantially be "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia", and all resolutions shall begin with ~'Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia". (b) No ordinance shall be passed on the same day it is introduced before the council unless Said ordinance shall' state that an emergency exists, in which case all councilmen present vote in the affirmative on the question of the emergency. Sec. 3. Effective date of ordinances; limitation on passage of emergency ordinances.' (a) No ordinance passed by the council shall take effect until at least ten (10) days from the date of its passage; except that the council may, by the affirmative vote of the majority of its members, pass emergency measures to take effect at the time indicated therein. Supp. No. 13 15