Subsection (a) of section nineteen of Act Numbered Eighty-two
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section nineteen of Act Numbered Eighty-two. known as "The Municipal Code," is hereby' amended by adding thereto the following:
" Provided, however, That if he is unable to act as such substitute by reason of absence or temporary inability, the said duties shall dent. be discharged by a councilor who shall be designated by a majority of the council assembled at a special session called by the municipal secretary or in default of the latter, by the municipal treasurer.— If, after such call is made, the majority necessary to form a quorum is not obtained, any lesser number of councilors assembled may compel the presence of absent members: and any of the latter not having a good and sufficient excuse may be detained and arrested wherever round, by an order of a majority of the councilors so assembled which shall be enforced by the municipal police. Such meetings shall be presided over by the senior councilor."