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-9- (b) A tax delinquent for more than the limitation period prescribed by this section and any penalty and interest on the tax is presumed paid unless a suit to collect the tax is pending. The City's tax lien shall be prior to all other claims, and no gift, sale, assignment or transfer of any kind, or judicial writ of any kind, can ever defeat such lien. All persons or corporations owning or holding personal property or real estate in the City of San Marcos on the first day of January of each year shall be liable for all municipal taxes levied thereon for such year. The City of San Marcos is hereby made liable for all of said taxes, whether the same be due upon personal or real property, or upon both. Sec. 3.11. Procedure for passage of ordinances. The council shall legislate by ordinance, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall be: "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of San Marcos. " The city attorney shall ap- prove all ordinances adopted by the council, as to the legality thereof, or shall file with the city secretary written legal objec- tions thereto. Evidence of approval of an ordinance by the city attorney may be by notation on the ordinance itself, or by separate paper or instrument. Every ordinance enacted by the council shall be signed by the mayor, mayor pro tem, or by two (2) council mem- bers and shall be filed with and recorded by the city secretary. All proposed ordinances requiring a public hearing or hearings shé111 be finally acted upon by the citycouncil within ninety (90) days of the most recent public hearing. If final action is not had within such ninety (90) day period following such public hearing, then another public hearing shall be held pursuant to applicable notice requirements of federal, state and local law,and no action had by the city council requiring public hearing shall be effective unless such action was had within ninety (90) days following the most recent public hearing thereon. All ordinances shall be read in open meeting of the council on three ( 3) several days, provided that the readings required herein shall be sufficient if they are read by descriptive caption only if the proposed ordinance is posted, available at a readily ac- cessible location and filed with the city secretary within seventy- two (72) hours prior to the public meeting at which it is to be considered; provided further, that the rule herein described re- quiring ordinances to be read on three (3) several days be dispensed with for the purpose of adopting emergency ordinances, which shall upon consent of five (S) council members be adopted. Unless other- wise provided by law or by this charter, no ordinance shall be- come effective until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage, except where an ordinance relating to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, is adopted as an emergency measure by the favorable votes of five (S) or more of the council members and contains a statement of the nature of the emergency.