Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-12-23

sUdll any Hle'ilDtI VI Citiict DOdIu,
within the time for which he shall have
been e'eciedj rs such, be eligible 10
any Office of profit in the gift Of the
CITY council. All officers shall be cho-
scu aud vacancies filled for the cur
rent year, except as herein otherwise
directed. The city council shall take
care that moneys shall not be paid
from the city treasury unless granted
or appropriated and shall secure
Just aud proper accountability, by re-
quiring bond with sufficient penalty,
and surety or sureties from al! persons
entrusted with the receipt, custody or
disbursement OF moneys shall have
the care and superintendent of city
. buildings, AMI the custody, care aud
management of all city estate and
property, with power to let or sell that
which may be legally let or sod, and
to purchase and take in the name of
the city, such real and personal prop
erty as they may think useful to the
public interest. All taxes ordered to
be assessed by the city council or by
the General Assembly, shall be assess
ed, apportioncd and collected accord.
Ing to the modes prescribed by the
laws of the State; and the city coun-
Gil as often as once year shall cause
to be published, for the information of
the inhabitants, particular account
ofreceipts and expenditures, with a
schedule of city property and debts.
Sec. ). Al the bylaws, ordinances
and regulations heretofore made by the
freeman of the town Of Newport, or
by the town council thereof, and now
in force, shall, Notwithstanding this
act, be and remain in force until they
shall expire by Limitation or be repeal
ed by the city council. And prosecu-
tions and suits may be continued,
commenced and proceeded thereon, in
the name of the city, or, as the case
may be, of the officers or other per-
sons by said bylaws, ordinances and
regulations, empowered or directed to
prosecute and sue and the fines and
penalties recovered shall 90 to the
uses in such bylaws, ordinances and
regulations named, or according to
law.
Sec. The court of Justices of
the town Of Newport shall be styled
the court of Justices of the city of
Newport and in addition to its pre-
sent powers and jurisdiction, which
are hereby continued to it, shall have
cognizance of all offences against the
bylaws and ordinances which may be
established by the city council not ex-
ceedng twenty dollars fine, or three
months Imprisonment, and may, on
conviction thereof, award such SEN
tence as to law and justice may ap-
pertain and any person aggrieved by
such sentence, may appeal theretrom
to the court of common pleas for the
county OF Newport, under the restric-
tions and conditions provided by law
in other cases OF appeal from said
court. II shall be lawful for said court
80 to alter and vary the form of wrlts
and other process, as to make the same
consistent with the organization, style,
and Jurisdiction OF, the court and such
writs and process shall have the same
validity and extent, and be served
obcyed, enforced, and returned i'll the
same modes and by the same officers,
as are the writs and processes from
the court of justices of the town of
Newport.
Sec. Z. There shall be annually ap-
pointed by the city council one Judge
OF probate, to whom shall be paid
salary, to be fixed by the said city ycoun-
Gil, which shall not be diminished with
in the time for which such Judge shall
have been appointed. The said Judge
shall exercise the same probate uris-
diction now exercised by the town
council, of the town Of Newport ; and
the probate business thereof unfinished
at the time of his coming into office,
shlil be proceeded in and finished by
the said Judge of probate, who shall
receive, in addition to his salary, the
probate fees as by law established.
Sec. &. There shall be annually ap-
pointed by the city council city clerk,
whose powers and duties shall be
those now possessed and exercised by
the town clerk Of the town of New
port, (including that cf probate cIcrk,j
and including the power to take the
acknowledgement of deeds, &c, with
such others as may be prescribed by
this charter. by the bylaws, ordlnan-
ces, and regulations established hy the
city council or by the laws OF the
State whose compensation, shall be
the fees OF office as by general law eo-
tablished.
Sec. 8. For the purpose Of holding
elections, the said city shall be divid-
ed into four wards, to contain, as near
ly as may conveniently be, an equal
number of inhabitants and electors
And it shall be the duty of the city
council from time to time, not oftener
than once in five weeks, to revise, and
if needfrl, to alter said wards, in such
manner as to preversc, as nearly as
may be, such equality. A quorum for
the transaction of business in ward
meetings shall consist of at least c!ev-
en- electors. In each ward there shall
annually Oh the third Wednesday of
April, be chosen and qualified a
warden and clerk, who shall hold their
Offices Tor one year, and until others
shall have been chosen and qualified
to act in their places. The wardcns
shnll nrnslhn N ,nnntinns of the Yards