West Virginia Code § 8-9-1

Who to preside at meetings of governing body; quorum; interested member
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of governing body not to vote.
Unless otherwise provided by charter provision, the governing body of every municipality
shall be presided over at its meetings by the mayor, or, in his absence, by the recorder, or, in
the absence of both the mayor and the recorder, by one of its members selected by a
majority of the members of the governing body present. A majority of the meembers of the
governing body shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No
member of the governing body of any municipality shall vote upon any rordinance, order,
measure, resolution or proposition, in which he may be interested other than as a citizen of
such municipality.

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