The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-04-26
Bylaws and Ordinances
OF THE
VILLAGE OF DOWAGIAC


A. d., 1860, By the President an,
Trustees Of the Corporation Of til
village of Do,cagiac, in The Count.
Of Cass and State of Michigan.
ARTICLE /. Be it ordained and established by tn
President and Board of Trustees, of the village o
Dowagac, in the County of Cass and State O
Michigan: That the Board of Trustees of sal
village, shall hold their regular meetings on tn
first Tuesday of each moth, at o'clock P. NJ.
ART. 2. Be it further ordained and establishe,
by said Board of Trustees: That special meeting
of said Board may be called by written reques
of the President or two Trustees, the Clerk O
said Board giving notice thereof to the Trustees.
ART, 8. Be it further ordained and establishe,
BY said Board of Trustees: That the President ant
four Trustees or any five members of said Board
shall constitute quorum for the transaction o
business. gF-f
ART. 4. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees That at any meeting
of the Board Of Trustees, if there shall not be
quorum assembled the President and one Trustee
any two members of said Board may adjourn
such meeting.
ART. g. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees That the said Board o
Trustees shall meet at the Clerks Office the
Saturday next preceding the Annual Corporation
Election of said village, for the purpose of making
a final settlement with the Treasurer, Marshal and
other officers of said Corporation for the year
ending on the first Tuesday in March.
ART. G. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees: That the said Board
of Trustees shall. at the expiration of each year
cause to be published, ju t and true statement
of all monies received and of all monies expended
during the year next preceding which statemen,
shall contain in detail all receipts and expenditures
ART. 7. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees That all warrants
drawn on the Treasurer of this village shall be
signed by the President of the Board of Trustees
and countersigned by the Clerk.
ART. s. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees: That the Treasurer OF
the said Corporation of the village of Dowagiac
shall, upon the payment of any money to him
belonging to said Corporation, execute and deliver
to the person paying the same, his receipt and
duplicate of the same containing statement OF
the source means by which such money was
obtained and keep a correct account of all monies
received and disbursed, in a book for that pur-
pose and shall meet with the said Board OF
Trustees at the Clerks office on the Saturday next
preceding the Annual Corporation Election for
said village, with said book together with his
vouchers of disbursement for settlement with said
Board.
ART g. Be it further ordained and established
BY said Board of Trustees: That the Marshal shall
within five days from and after the time any
money shall come into his hands belonging to the
ted for taxes) pay the same to the Treasurer of
said village and at the same time inform the said
Treasurer of the source or means by which such
monies were obtained, and forthwith, deliver to
the Clerk of said village, duplicate receipt of
such payment.
ART TO- BE it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees That the Assessor or
Assessors shall annually take and complete the
assessment of personal and real property of the
Corporation of the village of Dowagiac, in the
month of April in each year. and give the notice
required by Law of the completion Of said assess
ment.
ART. II. Be it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees: That it shall be the
duty of said Board. upon the delivery to them of
an Assessment Roll complete, to annex thereto
their warrant directed to the Marshal of said village
him to collect the taxes therein
assessed according to the provisions of the Statute
within sixty days from and after the issuing of
such warrant; and the Marshal shall, within said
time, pay the monies collected by virtue of said
to the Treasurer of said Corporation and
take his receipt therefor and return the assessment
roll together with duplicate receipt of such pay
ment to the Clerk of said Board.
ART II. BE it further ordained and established
BY said Board of Trustees: That the Clerk of said
village shall. annually, between the first and
second Tuesday in the month of Nav make a
Highway list and duplicate the same, containing
the name of each and every person within the
Dowagac liable to pay poll tax.
ART. Is. Be it further ordained and established
By said Board of Trustees That the Street Com
missioner or Commissioners, shall, within sixty
days from and after the delivery to him them of
any Highway list collect and apply the labor there
in assessed upon the public highways, streets
lanes and alleys, of said Corporation of Dowagiac,
subject TO the directions of the Board of Trustees
of said village, and also make and deliver to said
Board of Trustees, at their first regular meeting
report in writing in full detail of the
amount of labor collected and where applied with
the amount committed.
ART. II. BE it further ordained and established
by said Board of Trustees That the Fire Wardens
when ordered by the Board of Trustees of said
village, shall examine the buildings and premises
designated in such order, for the purpose of ascer
tanning the condition of stove-pipes, chmneys and
fixtures and make a report of their examination
1t the irsiregular meeting of said Board of Trus-
ees thereafter.
ART. Is. Be it further ordained and established
BY said Board of Trustees That the President and
two Trustees or any three members of the Board
Of Trustees, may at any time authorize the Clerk
Of said Board, to issue license to Concerts and
Shows theatrical or otherwise, to be exhibited
within this Corporation, and the Clerk of said
village. shall make record of the time of issuing
any such license, to whom given, and the amount
received for the same in book kept by him for
hat purpose.
ART. 16. Be it further ordained and established
oy said Board of Trustees: That the Marshal shall
exercise his authority as Chief of the Police, in
luelling riots dispensing unlawful assemblages,
preventing a breach of the peace and generally in
the ordinances. bylaws, regulations and
orders Of the Board of Trustees.
ART. II. Be it further ordained and established
BY said Board of Trustees That an Attorney at
Jaw residing within the limits of the Corporation
Of the village of Dowagiac. shall be annually APP
pointed by said Board of Trustees, whose duty it
shall be to appear for said Corporation and prose-
cute or defend in all the Courts of said Corpora
ion, all prosecutions and suits in which, said
Corporation may be party or interested. The
said Attorney shall give opinions in cases where
said Corporation may be party or interested
when requested by said Board of Trustees relating
10 the interest of said Corporation.
At meeting of the Board Of Trustees, of the
village of Dowagiac, held at the Clerks Office of
said village, the twenty seventh day of February,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty: A 81
Be it further ordained and established by said
Board of Trustees: The we, the said Board of
Trustees, do hereby approve of and adopt the
oregoing bylaws. numbered as articles l, 2, 5, A,
}, 6, Z, g. 8, TO- IL, H. b. IA, 15 16, II, for the
good government and regulation of the Corpora
lon of the village of Dowagiac, in the County of
Cass and State of Michigan, and that they shall
AXE effect in three weeks from and after the time
IF the first publication of the same in newspaper
n said County; and that all bylaws heretofore
enacted by said Corporation contravening the pro-
visions of these bylaws hereby repealed, from
and after the time these bylaws shall take effect.
Done at the village of Dowagiac, in said County