Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-08

and faithfully to receive and return the
votes of such persons as are by law en-
titled to vote for members OF the board
OF aldermen and board of common coun-
Gil, in their respective wards, according
to the best of their judgment and under
standing; and not knowingly to receive
or return the vote of any person who is
not legally entitled to the same" The
polls shall be opened at ten O'Clock in
the morning, and be closed at seven
O'Clock in the evening of the same day.
Immediately on closing the polls, the
said commissioners for each ward, or a
ma ority of them, shall count the ballots,
and make out, under their hands and
seals, correct return of the persons
having the greatest number of legal
votes for members of the board of alder
men and for members of the board of
common council, respectively, together
with the number of votes given to each
person voted for; and the persons having
the greatest number of votes for the two
boards respectively, shall be duly elect
ed, and, in all cases of an equality of
votes, the commissioners shall decide
the choice by lot. The said returns
shall be delivered to the mayor, on the
day succeeding the election, who shall
cause the result of the election to be
published in some newspaper printed in
the city of Washington; a duplicate re-
turn shall, together with list ofthe per-
sons who voted at such election, also be
made on the day succeeding the cleo
ton, 10 the register of the city, who shall
preserve and record the same and shall,
within two days thereafter, notify the
several persons, so returned, of their
election. And each board shall Judge of
the legality ofthe elections, returns, and
qualifications, of its own members, and
shall supply vacancies in its own body,
| by causing elections to be held to fill the
same, and appoint commissioners to hold
the same; and such commissioners shall
give at least five days public notice of
the time and place of holding such cleo
tons; each Of the members of either
board shall, before entering on the du-
! tics of his office, take an oath or afiirma-
ton " faithfully to execute the duties of
his Office, to the best of his knowledge
and ability" which oath or affirmation
shall be administered by the mayor or
some Justice ofthe peace for the county
of Washington.
Sec. z. ind be ii further enacted,
That the corporation aforesaid shall have
full power and authority to lay and col
lect taxes upon the real and personal
property within the said city, provided
that no tax shall be laid upon cal pro-
perry, at higher rate than thee quar-
tiers OF one per centum on the assessment
valuation thereof, except for the special
purposes hereinafter provided and that
no tax shall be laid upon the wearing ap-
parel, or necessary tools and implements
used in carrying on the trade c. occupa-
ton of any person; nor shall the same
be subject TO distress and sale for any
tax; and, after providing for Ill objects
Of a general nature, the taxes raised on
the assessable property in each ward
shall be expended therein, and in no
other; to establish board of health,
with competent authority to enforce its
regulations, and to establish such other
regulations as may be necessary to pre-
vent the introduction of contagious dis
eases, and for the preservation OF the
health of the city; to prevent and re-
| move nuisances; to establish night
watches or patrols, and erect lamps in
the streets; to preserve the navigation
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joining the city; to erect, repair, and
Regulate, public wharves, and to deepen
creeks, docks, and basons; to regulate
the manner Of erecting, and the rates of
wharfage at private wharves; to regu-
late the statpning, anchorage, and moor
ing, Of vessels; to provide for licensing,
taxing, and regulating auctions, retailers,
ordinaries, and taverns, hackney car
riages, wagons, carts, and drays, pawn
brokers, vendors of lottery tickets, mo-
ney-changeE, and hawkers and pedlars
to provide for licensing, taxing, regu-
lating, or restraining, theatrical OF pub
lie shows, and amusements; to restrain
or prohibit Eippling houses, lotteries, and
all kinds Of gaming; to regulate and
establish markets, to erect and repair
bridges; to open and keep in repair
streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, drains,
and sewers, agreeably to the plan of the
city; to supply the city with water; to
provide for the safe-keeping Of the
standard weights and measures as fixed
by Congress, and for the regulation of
all weights and measures used in the
city; to regulate the sweeping of CHM