The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-09
president shall exercise all the pow
ers md discharge all the duties Of the

president shall exercise all the pow
ers md discharge all the duties Of the
s. In case that the, president shall be
absent at any meeting of the COM
mon council, the vice president
shall act rs presiding officer for the
1stine being, and discharge the duties
i OF said president. .855
/ The president Of the common
council, while performing the duties
Iof mayor, shall be styled the .sacting
mayor and acts performed by him
! while acting "a mayor as aforesaid,
shall have the same force and valid
ity as if performed by the mayor.
The mayor, president and vice pres
dent of the common council shall
! have the right to administer oaths
and afhrmati0ns.
al There shalt be a. clerk at said
city, styled thereby clerk, who.shall
fbe Selected BY the, common council
and keep his Office at the city hall
or aplace OF meeting of the common
council or such other place cOnven-
lent thereto, as the=cQrnp1on council
maydAtefmine. He Shall keep the
corporate seal and all the papers and
records of the city, and Ike p a record
OF. the Jsproceedings Of the common
council, at whose meetings it shall
>bn his duty to attend Copies of all
papers filed i'm his office and tran
scripts from all records of the COM
mon council, certified by him under
the corpora seal shall be evidence
| on rts,. ho ~
produced. He'shall draw and coun-
| tersign all orders on the treasurer in
pursuance of any order or resolution
Of the common council, and keep a
full and accurate account thereof i'm
books provided for that purpose
The city clerk shall have power to
administer oaths and affir atiOns.
55.- The common council shall
have power to elect an attorney for
the city, who shall perform all pro-
fessional services incident to his
Office, and when required shall fur
nish opinions upon any subject sub.
mitted to him by the common coun-
Gil orits committees s~aA.'
6. The treasurer shall receive
| all moneys belonging to the city,
Including license money. and firPs,
and keep accurate and detailed &C.
counts thereof, in such manner rs
the common council small direct
The treasurer; shall, exhibit to the
common council, at least fifteen days
before the annual election or sooner,
if required by: them, a full and de
/ tailed account OF the receipts and ex-
penditures after the date of the last
annual report, and also of the state
of the treasury, which account shall
be filed with the city G. ERIK and a copy
of the same published in one or
more of the city newspapers. Heshall
'also report to the common council at
s1ch times and in such manner as
| thew may require. - JS',s L. IL
!, H. Theremay.be, a chief ofpolice
| Of said city, who maybe appointed
by the mayor, by and with the con.
sent of the common council, ,andwho
shall perform such duties as shall he
prescribed by the common council
for the preservation of the public
peace. All police officers of said city
shall apossessr the powers of. consta.
bles at common law, or by the laws
Of this state, and it shall be their
duty to execute and serve all war
rants, process, commitments and all
writs whatsoever issued by the city
justice, for any violation of the laws
of the state Of Minnesota or OF
the ordinances, or bylaws OF
said city; and also all writs and
process whatsoever issued by the
city justice in Civilizations and they
shall have authority to pursue and
| arrest any person fleeing f. m justice
| in any part of this state; and when
performing the duties Of constables
as aforesaid, shall be entitled to like
fees. Watchmen shall have author
ity to arrest and detain any person
guilty of :ny breach of the peace, or
any violation of the laws Of the
state, or. of the ordinances or by laws
of the city, and tor these, purposes
shall possess the powers of constables
at common law, while on duty;
/. as. The common council may, at
their first meeting after the annual
election, or an adjournment thereof,
elect by ballot street commissioner,
who shall hold his Office for one year
andfuntil his successor is elected and
qualified. ~@'' ?ts'sH
It shalt be the duty of the street
Commissioned to superintend all work
and Improvements on the streets,
! BRIDGES and public: grounds of the
city; to hire lal,Orers, and carry into
effect all orders and ordinances of the
common council in relation to work
or improvements upon the streets,
roads. ~ and, bridges, and public
grounds of the city and he shall be
required. to executes bond with sure:
ties satisfactory to the common
council, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties, and that
he will account for all moneys col.
lected or received by him in his Off
cial capacity, or belonging to the
city 80 4 "
+ 20. The common council shall in
the monthof May, ireach year; after
the annual charter election, elect an
assessor, who shall be styled thereby
assessor" who shall perform all the
duties in relation to tie assessing OF
property; for the purpose oflevyine
all city, county and state taxes, and
upon the completion Of the assess.
ment roll he shall return the same
ro.the eesiamon cbuneil ,sWiao may al.
ter, revise and -cqualize the same as
| They'll y deem it. just and proper.
Sll{E city assessor shall hold His Office
creme year, md until bis successor
Il elected and qualified. -
s10.S Tl16 Justices, OF the, peace fol
the city, styletl-t},e "city justices,''
shall pp$sess all observation-disclosures
and rights Of a Justice of the peace
for the county Of StearpsN7der the
| Hsve, IN addition tfiefeto, ju-
risdietfonS to hear and Try all com.
plants for: violation ofnny. prOvis.
ion 0T,pr0yisiOns f-thP charter, and
ON o itf aiiice by INV, rule Of regu-
latit1rs ,flsdendraadoptea by virtue
thereof, sany1a of JsM seasesa recognizable
before a justice-ef the peace, in
T wlttS SsH Ea' bqagesa 3i a;'
in the recovery 6f' any fife Or forfeit
ure or penalty under. any bylaw,
orduiaaes aosaIapiaU oK aB5Fstlieo said
city,or its CHARTER d nd tn.an Gases of
offences Committed aGssSSiinhst g'the
same. And the saiflsaitNssjustices
shall have jurisdiction in cases Of lar
cepN, and may hear and try the same
where the amount claimed to have
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