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Sec. 3.12. Publication of ordinance. Except as otherwise provided by law or by this Charter, the city clerk shall give notice of the enactment of every penal ordinance and of every other ordinance required by law or by this Charter to be published, by causing the said ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published at least one EB time within ten f-l-G-} days following the date of final passage thereof in some newspaper of general circulation within the city. The city clerk shall note on every ordinance and on the record thereof the dates and medium of its publication, and such notation shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with the requirements of this section. Sec. 4.01. City manager. (b) Term and salary: The city manager shall not be appointed for a definite term, but may be removed by a vote of the majority of the entire council. The action of the city council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final, it being the intention of this Charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility of each suspension or removal in the city council. In case of temporary absence or disability, the city manager may designate by letter filed with the city clerk a qualified administrative officer of the city to perform the duties of the city manager for a period not to exceed thirty (301 days. In the event of failure of the city manager to make such designation, the council may by resolution appoint an officer of the city to perform the duties of the city manager, until the manager shall return or the disability shall cease. The city manager shall receive compensation as may be fixed by the council. Sec. 5.03. Filing for office. Any qualified person who desires to become a candidate for election to a place on the city council shall file with the city clerk at least forty five (151 days prior to the election day an application for his or her name to appear on the ballot. Such application shall clearly designate the place on the council to which the candidate seeks election and shall contain the candidate's sworn statement of compliance with the qualification for holding the office sought under the laws of Texas and the provisions of this Charter. Sec. 5.05. Election by majority. At any regular or special municipal election the candidates in each place on the ballot who shall have received the majority of votes cast in such election for such place shall be declared elected. In the event no candidate for a designated place on the city council receives a majority of the votes cast for that place in the regular or special election, a runoff election shall be held between the two R1 candidates who received the greatest number of votes for such place. The runoff election shall be held exactly (4j four weeks following the preceding regular or special election. Sec. 6.03. Forms of petitions. Initiative petition papers shall contain the full text of the proposed legislation in the form of an ordinance, including a descriptive caption. Referendum petition papers shall contain a sufficient description of the ordinance sought to be referred to identify it, or if the ordinance has been passed by the council, the full text of the ordinance sought to be referred shall be included in such papers. The signatures to the initiative or referendum petitions need not be all appended to one EB paper, but each -3-