The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-28

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Sec. Sc. Thecorporate authorily Of citizens.
orgenized or TO be organized under this act,
shall be vested IN one principal officer, to be
styled the Mayor in one board OF trustees, to
be denomina ted the City Council, together with
anellofher officers as are in this act mentioned
" as may be created under its authority.
SEQ. 81 .s The mayer shall be elected bien-
mall ih,eities Of the frst class, and annually
incities Of the second class, on the first Mon
day Of April By the qualified seters of the
city he shall be d qualified electof, and reside
within the limits Of the city, and shall hold
hiss office during the term FOR which he shall
have been elected and until his successor shall
have beenelacted and qualified; he shall keep
an office at some convenient place in the city,
to be provided by the city council, and shall
keep the corporate seal OF thecity In his charge;
9he shall sign all COMMISSIONS, licenses and per-
mits, granted BY the authority Of the city
council, and such other acts, as by law oror orr
dinance mayIeqnire his certificate. In case of
the death disability, resignation, or other va
cation Of his Office, the city conncil may, by
vote Of majority Of all its members, appoin.
some other person to act until the expiration Of
the said term. The mayor Of the city shall be
its chief executive officer and conservator of
tspeace, and it shall be his special duty to
cause the ordinances and regulations of the
city to be faithfully and constantly obeyed; he
shall supervise the conduct of all the officers
Of the city, examine the grounds of all reason
able complaints made against any of them,
and cause all their violations Of duty, or their
neglects, to be promptly punished, or reported
to the proper tribunal for correction; he shall
have and exercise within the city limits, the
powers conferred upon the sheriffs of counties,
to suppress disorders and to keep the peace;
he shall also perform such other duties com
patible with the nature Of his Office, as the
council may from time to time require; heshall
receive such salary, payable quarterly out of
the city treasury, as may be provided by ordi-
nance, but the amount of said salary, shall
neither be increased nor diminished during any
incnmbent's term of Office.
Sec. 58 That until otherwise provided by
the city council constituted by this act, the
numbers, divisions and boundaries Of the sew
eral wards of cities heretofore incorporated,
day Of September, "A. D.. one thousand eight
hundred and tifty-one Provided, that the city
council created by this act, may at any time
create additional wards, and the boundarie
thereof and Of those now established alter in
such manner as may be deemed expedient.
Sec. SO. That the qualified voters of each
ward within the several cities shall, on the
first Monday Of April, A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three, elect, by plur
ality of votes, two trustees, who shall be resi-
dents Of the wards in which they shall be elec
y ted, and who shall at the time be qualified vo
ters therein: and when the city council elected
under this act, shall have been organized, as
hereinafter provided, they shall proceed and
determine by lot the term Of service of each
trustee, SO elected, 80 that one of the trustees
from each ward shall serve for two years, and
the other for the term Of one year; and at every
\ succeeding annual city election, one trustee
shall be elected by the qualified votersof each
ward, who shall possess the qualification
4 inbefore required, and whose term of service
shall be two years, so that the terms of thetwo
trustees of each ward shall always expire
in different years, and the persons thus
chosen shall hold their offices until their sue
aessors shall be elected and qualified. The
trustees elected for each city, shall on the mex
Monday after their election, assemble together
and organize the city council; majority Of the
whole number Of trustees, shall be necessary
to constitute quorum for the transaction o
business; they shall be judges of the election
returns, and qualification Of their own mem
bers; they shall determine the rules Of theil
proceedings, and keep journal thereof, which
shall be open to the inspection or examination
of any citizen, and may compel the attendance
of absent members, in such manner and undel
such penalties, as they shall think fit to pre-
scribe; they shall elect from their own body, q
president, who shall preside at their meetings
during the term for which they shall have been
elected and in the absence Of the president, ihey
may elect presidentpro. tempore; they shall al
SO appoint from the qualified voters of the city, a
city clerk who shall have the custody of all the
laws and ordinances of the city and shall keep q
regular and correct journal of the proceedings
Of the council, and shall perform such Other
duties as may berequired by the ordinances o
the city; the clerk in Office at the expiration O
the term of service of any council, shall con
tinue in Office until his successor shall be ap
pointed and qualified
Sec. 60. Each city council shall cause to bt
provided for its clerk Office seal, in the cen
tire Of which shall be the nameof the city, anC
around the margin the words "City Clerk,
which seal shall be affixed to all transcripts
orders, or certlncateS, Wnleh IL may DC neceS
sary or proper to authenticate under the pro
visions of this act, or of any ordinance of the
city. For all attested certificates and trans
cripts, other than those ordered by the city
council, the same fees shall be paid to the clerk
as are allowed to county officers forsimilar ser.
vices.
Sec. 81. The city council shall possess al
the Legislative powers granted in this act, anc
otherc corporate powers of the city, not herein
or by some ordinance Of the city council, mad
in pursuance Of this act, conferred ON som,
officer Of the city; they shall have the manage
rnentand control of the finances, and all of tht
property, real and personal, belonging to th,
corporation; they shall provide the times ant
places of holding their meetings, which shal
at all times be open to the public; and the
mayor, or any three trustees, may call special
meetings, by notice to each of the members o.
the council, served personally, or left at his
usual place Of abode; they shall appoint, OIL
provide by ordinance that the qualified voters
of the city, or Of the wards or districts, as the
case may require, shall elect, all such city off
GERS as shall be necessary for the good govern
meAt Of said city, and for the due exercise o.
its corporate powers, and which shall have
been provided by ordinance, as to whose ap
pointment or election provision is not hereir
made; and all city officers whose term of ser
vice is not prescribed, and whose powers ant
duties are not defined in and by this act, shal
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