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for ordinances, but not less than three copies thereof shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the Office of the County Clerk, and notice of the availability of said copies shall be published by the Clerk. (h) After enactment, ordinances shall be published once in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the County. Such publication shall be by title only and shall specify the ayes and noes. 3. Emergency Ordinances (Section 3-11, Hawai`i County Charter). The County Council may adopt emergency ordinances to meet public emergencies affecting life, health or property. Such ordinances may not be used to levy taxes, authorize the borrowing of money or to grant, renew or extend franchises. Emergency appropriations may be made pursuant to Section 10-8, Hawai`i County Charter. Emergency ordinances shall be plainly designated as such and shall contain a declaration describing the emergency in clear and specific terms. Any emergency ordinance may be considered and adopted after one reading, with or without amendment, or be rejected at the meeting at which the same is introduced. The affirmative vote of all Council Members present or by two-thirds of the entire membership shall be necessary for adoption of such ordinances. Emergency ordinances shall be published in the same manner prescribed for other adopted ordinances and shall become effective upon approval by the Mayor or at such later time, preceding automatic repeal, as the same may specify. Amendments to any emergency ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner prescribed for adoption of emergency ordinances. Every emergency ordinance, including any amendments made after adoption, shall automatically stand repealed as of the sixty-first day following the date of adoption of the original ordinance. 4. Submission of Bills to the Mayor (Section 3-12, Hawai`i County Charter). Every bill adopted by the Council shall be duly authenticated by the Clerk and the Chairperson and thereupon presented to the Mayor for approval. Such bill shall become effective as an ordinance upon its approval or such later date as specified therein. If the Mayor disapproves a bill, the Mayor shall return the bill together with any objections in writing to the Clerk within ten days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after receipt. If the Mayor does not act within such ten-day period, the bill shall become effective as an ordinance as if the Mayor had approved it. The objections of the Mayor shall be entered in the journal of the Council and the 3