Section 122. The municipal charter ordinarily designates the time for holding meetings of the governing body of a municipality, but it is customary to delegate this power to the governing body, as calculated to enable such bodies to transact their business to a better advantage.

In addition to the regular meetings fixed by charter or rule of the governing body, special meetings may be held on the call of a certain number of members and by the giving of proper notice to all the members; and the purposes of such special meeting are usually required to be contained in the notice.

Essentials of a Valid Meeting.

Section 123. At common law a valid meeting required the presence of the mayor or other head officer, a majority of the members of each select or definite class, and some members of the commonalty, and of each of the indefinite classes, if there were more than one. Now, the number of members required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of corporate business is ordinarily fixed by the charter, and in the absence of such provision, a majority of the body will be a quorum.13

12 Wetmore vs. Story, 22 Barb. (N. Y.), 414.

The power to formulate its own rules of procedure is usually conferred on the governing bodies of municipal corporations.