Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-02

| 'hClCoIIcI III SuCn HGIdS DIS the ume OF the as
SCISSORS is about to expire, an assessor shall b.
elected to serve for two years. No person
holding any other Office under the corporation
shall be elected TO or hold the Office of asses
sor. In the event of the death, resignation
inability, or refusal 10 serve, Of any person e
lected an assessor, the vacancy shall be fiIlet
Immediately by the Board of Aldermen AM
Board of Common Council, in Joint meeting
IN which manner all vacancies in the board O
assessors shall be filled: Provided, That unit
the assessors, authorized TO be elected by this
act, shall have been duly elected and qualified
to enter upon their duties, full power and au.
thority are hereby given to the said corpora
ton to provide for the temporary appointment
OF assessors to perform the duties required Of
the assessors to be elected under this act. The
board of assessors shall assess and value, and
make return of all and every species of pro-
perty by law taxable, at such times, and un.
der such regulations, as the said corporation
shall prescribe, and shall make return of all
persons subject to q school-taX, in the said CT
ty, under such regulations as the said corpora
ton shall prescribe and if the said assessors,
or either of them, shall refuse or wilfully neg
lect 20 assess and value and make return of all
and every species of property by law taxable,
which may be known to them, or either OF
them, or come to their knowledge, or shall re-
fuse or wilfully neglect to make return of any
person subject 10 a school-tax, they, or the
one so offending, shall be subject to fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence
at the discretion of the circuit court of the Dis
trict of Columbia for the county of Washing
ton, and shall thereafter be incapable of hold
ing any office under the corporation; and the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Common
Council may, by joint resolution, remove any
assesso: from office for any misconduct in Of
flee.
Sec. 4. Ind be it further enacted, That the
register, collector, and surveyor of the said CT
ty shall severally be elected on the first Mon
day IN June next, and on the same day in ev-
cry second year thereafter, at the same time
and place, IN the same manner, and by the
persons qualified TO vote for Mayor and mem
bers of the Board of Aldermen and Board OF
Common Council: Provided, That, if said
first Monday in June next shall be the regular
day for the election of mayor of the said city,
then the next election thereafter, of register,
collector, and surveyor, shall take place on
the same day in the following year, and then
on the same day in every second year thereaf-
ter, as above provided and the commissioners
of election shall make out duplicate certificates
Of the result OF the election for register, COL
lector, and surveyor, and shall return one to
the Board of Aldermen and the other to the
Board of Common Council, on the Monday
next ensuing the day of election; and the per-
sons having the greatest number of votes for
those Offices respectively, shall be register,
collector, OF surveyor, as the case may be; but
in
shall have an equal number of votes for either
of said offices, then it shall be lawful for the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Common
Council to proceed forthwith, by ballot, in
Joint meeting, to determine the choice between
such persons; and the said register, collector,
and surveyor, shall respectively hold their Of
fees until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified, unless sooner removed
from office; and full power and authority are
hereby granted to the Corporation of Wash
ington to pass all such laws as may be neces-
sary to define and regulate the respective du-
ties, powers, and authority of the said regis
ter, collector, and surveyor; and, also, to pre-
scribe the amount of bond and security to be
given to the said corporation by each, before
entering upon the duties of their respective
offices, and generally to pass all such laws as
may be necessary to insure an efficient and
faithful discharge of the duties of their respec-
tive Offices by the said register, collector, and
surveyor and in case the said officers, or Ell
Their of them, shall fail or refuse to comply
with any law, resolution, or order of the said
corporation, or shall fail or refuse to obey any
order of the mayor of the said city, or shall
fail to discharge the duties of their respective
offices with fidelity and a strict regard to the
interests of the said corporation, or shall prove
unable or incompetent, from any cause what
ever, to discharge such duties, or shall be
guilty of any malversation in office, or shall
be convicted of any high crime or misdemean-
or, it shall be lawful for the majority of the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Common
Council, by Joint resolution, to remove such
officer, and to order an election to fill the va
cancy; and in case of the refusal or failure of
any person elected to either of said Offices to
accept of the same, or to give such bond and
security as may be required by said corpora
ton within twenty days after his election, or
in case of the death, resignation, or removal
from the said city of any person elected to or
holding either of said offices, it shall be law
full for the Board of Aldermen and Board of
Common Council to declare said office vacant,
and to order an election to fill the vacancy
And in all cases where it shall become neces-
sary to hold an election to fill vacancy in
either of said offices, the same regulations
shall be observed as to the appointment OF
commissioners to hold aaid elections, and as
to holding the elections and the returns of the
same, as are observed at the regular elections
Provided, That authority is hereby given to
the Mayor of the said city to appoint tempo
rarilv, under such regulations as the said cor
poration may prescribe, some discreet person
to discharge the duties of such vacant Office
until an election can be had, and successor
duly elected and qualified to enter upon his
duties.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That ev-
cry free white male citizen Of the United States,
who shall have attained the age of twenty
one years, and shall have resided the city
of Washington one year Immediately prece-
ding the day of election, and shall be resi-
dent of the ward in which he shall offer to
vote, and shall have been returned on the
books of the corporation during the year end
ing the thirty-frst of December next preceding
the day of election as subject to school tax
for that year, Except persons non compos men.
It's, vagrant, paupers, or persons who shat!
have been convicted OF any infamous crime
and who shall have paid the school.tax, and
all taxes on personal property due from him
shall be entitled to vote for Mayor, member:
of the Board of Aldermen and Board of Com
mon Council, and assessors, and for every OF
fcer authorized to be elected at any election
under this act, Or the act or acts to which this
is amendatory or supplementary: Provided
That if, during the year ending on the thirty.
first day of December next preceding the day
of the first election after the passage of this