§ 7.4. Publication and Recording of Ordinances:  


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  • Each ordinance shall be published within ten days after its enactment in one of the following two methods: (a) The full text thereof may be published in a newspaper as defined in Section 17.4, or (b) in cases or ordinances over five hundred words in length a digest, summary or statement of purpose of the ordinance, approved by the Council, may be published in a newspaper as defined in Section 17.4, either separately or as part of the published Council proceedings or summary thereof, including with such newspaper publication a notice that printed copies of the full text of the ordinance are available for inspection by and distribution to the public at the office of the Clerk; if method (b) is used, then printed copies shall promptly be so made available as stated in such notice.

    All ordinances shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book to be called "The Ordinance Book," and it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Clerk to authenticate such records by their official signatures thereon but the failure to so record and authenticate any such ordinance shall not invalidate it or suspend its operation.

State law reference

Mandatory that charter provide for ordinance adoption procedures, MCL 117.3(k), MSA 5.2073, (k).