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or any limitation upon, this general grant of power. ' The City shall have the power to act pursuant to procedure estab- lished by any law of the State, unless a different p~ocedure is estab. fished by ordinance. ARTICLE IlS FORM OF GOVERNMENT · Section 300. FORM OF GOVERNMENT. The munlcipsl govern- ment established by this Chsrter shall be known as the "Council. Manager" form of government. ARTICLE IV CITY COUNCIL Section 400. CITY COUNCIL: NUMfiER, SELECTION, AND TERMS OF MEMfiERS. The City Council shall consist of five members elected from the City at large at tho tlmec and in the manner provided in this Charter for s term of four years. The term of each member shall begin the first Tuesday foflowing such election and esch shall serve, except as otherwise provided for in this Charter, until his successor is elected and qualified. If, at any municipal election for members of the City Council, there shall be no choice between candidates by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number 'of votes, then the City Council shall proceed to determine tho election of such candidates by lot. At the first election under this Charter es provided in Article XII the three members elected to tho City Council receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office until the second Tuesdsy of ,a~oril, 1957, and the two members receiving the lowest number of votes shall hold offlse until the ~ecofld Tuesday of April, 1955. Section 401.' CITY COUNCIL: QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS. Each member of the City Counci~ shall be a qualified elector of the City and shall have resided in said City for at least two years next preceding the date of his election or appointment, if a member of the City Council shall casse to be a qualified elector of the City or shill be convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, his offlce shall immediately become vacant and be so declared by the City Council. Section 402. CITY COUNCIL: COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. Each member of the City Council shall receive as compensation for his services as such a monthly salary in the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($7'5.00). Further, each member of the City Council shsll receive reim- bursement far required travel and other expenses while on official busi- ness outside the City as authorized and approved by the City Council. Absence of a member of the City Council from ell regular end special meetings of the City Council during say calendar month shall render him ineligible to receive the monthly salary for such a calendar month unless by permission of the City Cc~uncll expressed in its offlcisl minutes. Section 403. CITY COUNCIL: VACANCIES. In the event of a vacancy in the City Council, for whatever cause, tho City Council shall