Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-06-10

and peddlers; all auclioneers or horses or
other animals, in the highways or public
grounds of The corporation; all vendors oi
Uunpowder; all layerns and houses Of public
entertainments; ell buckslers in the public
streets or markets; and in granting such Ii.
ccnse, may exact and receive such sum OF
sums of money as the council shall think fiji
and expedienL Any such council may also
require the owners of all vehicles, Of every
description, used for The carriage or trans
por,alion Of persons or property, lor hire IN
The corporation, all underwriters or owners
Of heurses. 10 lake out a license; bul the own
or of any such vehicle may be made liable
for the breach of any ordinance regulating
the conduct Of the drivers thereof,
SEC. 81. Loans may be made by munc.
ipal corpora,ions, in anticipation Of the rev.
enues of the current fiscal year, and payable
within such year; but the aggregate amount
Of such loans, in any one fiscal year, shall
not exceed, in case Of special road district,
i one thousand dollars, of an incorporated viz
lage, FIVE thousand dollars, of city OF the
Asecond class. fifty thousand dcVars, OF city
OF the first class, one hundred thousand doi-
lars.
SEC. 98 That the council of any munc'
ipai corporation, shall not authorize any
loan or appropriation not predicted on The
revenues Of The corporation for the currenl
fiscal year, and shall not authorize any Or
der or appropriation of money, when there
is not in The city treasury money unappropr-
aled, sufficient 10 pay such appropriations;
and any appropriation otherwise made or
authorized, shall be held and deemed utter.
ly void, and Of no effect as agans. said cor
poration.
OF ELECTIONS AND QUALlFICA.
TIONS OF OFFICERS.
Sec. 99 The first Monday in April shall be
the regular annual period for The election ol
all municipal officers; and all officers whose
election is provided for in this act, or may
be provided for by any bylaw or ordinance.
shall be elected on ha, day. Special elect
ions Of members OF the city council Of any
city, shall BE- held q, such lime as The mayor
may direct. so that ten days notice thereof
be given. The trustees or council oil every
municipal corporation, shall direct the place
or places for holding elections for municipal
officers In all cities there shall be place
appointed in each ward Tor holding ALI elcc.
lions. ANY person who, al the lime Of any
eleclion of municipal officers, would be a
qualified voter. under The laws Of The States.
for county officers. and shall actual Y reside
in the corporation or ward in which he offers
to vote. shall be deemed qualified voter.
And all elections shall, in at respect be
4 ,L had
by law. in case of township elections. j. ..'
Sec. 100 The returns Of all municipal elec-
tons in cities and incorporated villages, which are
divided into election districts and wards, shall be
made to the clerk or recorder of the corporation,
and shall be opened b, him within the time pre-
scribed as to the clerk Of the court OF common
pleas in the county elections. He Shall call to
his assistance the mayor OF the corporation, or II
there be no mayor, or the mayor Shall have been
acondidate at such election, then any justice OF
the peace of the county, and in his presence make
out an abstract and ascertain the candidates cleo
ted in all respects as required by law OF the clerks
of the court of common pleas; anu shall, in ike
manner, make out a certificate as TO each candl-
date 50 elected, and cause the same to be deliver
ed to linn, 10 be left at his usual place OF abode
At all elections in cili9s and incorporated villages
which are not divided into election districts, or
wards, the mayor and trustees any three OF whom
Snatl nc quorum. snail serve as LlC
recorder shall serve aS clerk and after canvasSlng
the votes which may be given at such election,
shall declare the result, and the recorder shall
make oui and deliver to each person elected to
any Office in such city or incorporated village, a
eartiicae Of such election.
Sue lGl. All officers elested or appointed in
aGy Dmncipal corporation, shall take an oath or
nt'iuutiOn TO oSupport the constitution OF the I'M
;ed States, and the constitution of the State o
w. ,,,lo 81, p,t roN,r Of oG,n
ard the trustees or council of any municipal cor
poratIon, may require from such officers as they
may think proper, bond, with proper penalty
and surety for the faithful discharge of the duties
of their Office; aud such trustees or council Shall
power to declare The Office Of any person appoln-
ted or elected to any Office, who shall fail to take
an onth OF Office, or give bond when required, for
ten days after he shall have been notified of his
appointment or election, vacant, and proceed to
appoint, as in other cases of Vacascy.
FURTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SEC. 102. All bylaws or ordinances shall, as
soon rs may be after their passage, be recorded
"A book kept Tor that purpose, and be authen-
ticated by the signatures of the presiding officer
of the council and the cleik and all bylaws Of a
ghneral or permanent nature, and those imposing
any fine, penalty or forfeiture, shall be published
in some newspaper of general circulation in the
municipal corporation; and it shall be deemed a
such fine, penalty or Forfeiture to show that no
such publication was made.
Sec. 103. On the passage or adoption of every
bylaw or ordinance, and every resolution or order
to enter into a contract, by any council of any
municipal corporation, The yeas and nays shall be
called and recorded; and to pass or adopt any by
law or ordinance, Ir any such resolution or order,
a concurrence of majority of the whole number
members elected to the council shall be re-
aired; all appointments of officers by anv coun-
il shall be made viva voice. and the concurrence
"a like majority shall be required; the names of
those voting, and for whom they voted, on Inc
vote resulting in 40 appointment shall be record
ed. No money shall be appropriated by the coun-
Gil, except by an ordinance
Sec. 104. No street Or highway shall be opened
Strengthened or widened, nor shall any other i'm
provement be made, which will require proceed,
ingS to condemn private property, without The
concurrence in the bylaws, ordinance or reSOu =
ton, directing the same, oftwothirdS of the whole
number of the members elected to the council and
the concurrence Of like majority shall be re-
quired to direct any impro vement or repair Of
street or highway, the cost of which is to be as
SeSsed on the owners of property, unless two
thirds of the owners to be charged shall petition in
writing therefor
SEC. 1906. In all cities Of the first class, where
there shall be q board Of city Improvements, no
improvement or repair in relation to streets, sew
ers or bridges shall be ordered OF directed by the
city council, except on the report and recommen