The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-04-24
Charter for Town of McGregor.

ing Charter, TO VII: t4
Section LIST. The limits of the Town
of McGregor shall be as determined by
the plat of the same duly acknowledged
and recorded in the proper Office.
4; Sec, ed. tThe qualified voters a: general
Elections, residing within the limits Of
the recorded part of the Town of Nc
Gregor, shall on tho second Saturday Of
May, A. D. 1857, at the Storc of John
Chambers, between the hours of ten
O'clock A. NJ, aud two P. M, and annu
ally thereafter on the second Saturday of
April at such place as the Town Council
shall direct, proceed toelect by ballot, a
Mayor, Recorder and FIVE Trustees, also
Treasurer, Marshall, Recorder and As
SCISSOR, who shall hold their Office for the
term Of one year, and until their success
ors are elected and qualified s'r h. "taa
SEC. Sd. The Mayor with any two Of
the Trustees, or in the absence of the
Mayor, any three Of the Trustees, shall
sit as Judges at all subsequent Elections,
and the Recorder, or in his absence one
of the Council, shall sit as Clerk pro
tempore, and at all such Elections the
polls shall be opened between the hours
Of ten and eleven in the forenoon, and
close at three in the afternoon, and at the
close Of the polls the votes shall be count.
ed and the poll books be certified by the
Judges of the Election and filed in the
Office of the Recorder, whose duty it shall
be within seven days thereafter to give
publicity to the result of said Election in
the columns Of some newspaper publish
cd in Clayton County, and the persons
elected shall within twelve days Of their
Election take and subscribe an oath to
support the Constitution and laws Of the
United States and that Of the State of
Iowa, which oath shall be administered bv
an officer duly authorized to administer
oaths, which oath shall be deposited with
the Recorder of the Town.
Sec. 4th. The Mayor, Trustees and
Recorder of said Town shall be body
polite and corporate with perpetual sue
cession, to be known as the Town of Nc
Gregor. shall have power to acquire prop
Eerty real and personal, for the use Of the
Town, and to convey the same.
They may havea common Seal which
they may alter at pleasure and may appear
as party in any civil action, and whom
the Town is made defendant, notice serv.
ed on the Mayor or Recorder shall be
sufficient. rs -.rt -.
Sec. 9Th. The Mayor, Recorder and
Trustees, or a majority thereof, of whom
the Mayor or Recorder shall be one, shall
have authority to make, ordain and pub
.lish all by lava and ordinances no. incon-g
sistent with the Constitution of the u.
s., or Of this State, as7 they shall deem
necessary and proper, for the promotion
Of morality, good order, interest, safety.
health. cleanliness and convenience of
said Town and its citizens. ~ 3, e.s;s..rE
They shall. have power to fill all vacan-
cies by appointment Of record, that may
happen by death or for any other cause,
of any Of the officers herein mentioned. !
They shall slso have power to pre- scribe
the duties of the Marshall, Assessor and
Treasurer and power to appoint such
other officers as they may deem needful,
to prescribe their duties and require Sc
curi:ies for their performance, and to re-
move them at pleasure, to establish the
fees of all officers including the, Recorder,
Marshall and Assessor. They shall have
power to impose fines for the breach of
their ordinances, but no fine shall be i'm
posed on any person for any one breach
of any one ordinance, of more than ten
dollars, which fine may be recovered with
costs be fore any Justice ofthe Peace, by &C.
ton of debt, in the name of the corpora:
ton, and the party SO fined may be com
mitted to the County Jail until such costs
be satisfied, provided such commitment
shall be at the cost of the corporation,
and shall not exceed a period offve days.
All fines collected in pursuance of this
&C. shall be paid over to the Treasurer of
the corporation by the officer collecting
the me. 1. ~
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the May
or to see that the laws and ordinances of
the Town are executed and their viola
tons punished, to supcrintend and direct
the official conduc. of the subordinate Of
ticers, to sign and seal all commissions,
licenses and permits, granted by the Town
Council
lie shall be the presiding officer of the
Town Council when present, and shall
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