Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-01-23

= meetings. OF the Town Council in ea&
= year at such times and places as III:
be prescribed by the Town Council
Article Third: ;.
OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
c Sec. l. The chief executive offic,
shall be Mayor, who shall be electe
bythequalified voters of the town, an
shall hold his Office for one year an
until his successor is elected and quail
fed.
\ Sec. 2. No person shall be cligib1
! to the Office ct Mayor who shall nc
/ have been resident Of the town 70
J. o,ao S.err src-AU lucCc1IiuS HIS eJeCtlOI
! or who shall be under twenty five year
, of age, or who shall not at the time q
! his election he a citizen of the Unite,
States.
| Sec. 8. If any Mayor, during tn
term for which he shall have bee1
! elected, remove from the town or shal
f beabsent from the town for the space o
more than three months, his office sllal
+ he deemed to be vacated, and the Tow,
: Council shall order an election to fiji
such vacancy.
i Sec. 4. When two orrmore persons
shall have an equal number of votes
for Mayor, the judges of the election
shall certify the same to the Town
Council, who shall proceed to deter
mine INC same by lot in such manner
as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Sec. ). Whenever any election for
Mayor shall be contested, the Town
Council shall determine the same as
may he prescribed by ordinance.
Sec. 6. Whenever any vacancy shall
happen in the Office of Mayor, it shall
be filled by election.
Article Four.
OF ELECTIONS.
Sec. l. On the first Monday in April
a. D. 1874 All election shall be held in
said town for one Mayor, who shall be
cr-cficio Police Magistrate for the town
Of Bozeman, and two Aldermen for
each ward, who shall act as Street
t.o.nmisSiOncrS in their respective
Wards, withoutpay; and forever there.
after Oh the first Monday in April of
each year there shall be an election Of
ono Mayor, and two Aldermen for each
Ward for said town.
Sec. .. Immediately after the cleo
ton and qualification Of the Mayor of
said town he shall appoint the follow
ing officers. to-wit: One Town Mar
sllaI, who shall be Day Watch and
Constable; ono OF more Night Watches,
a; occasion may reGui:e, cne Town
Clerk, ono Town Treasurer, one Town
Attorney, who shall hold their rcspec-
tive offices for tlle term OF one year
and until.t',cir Successors are appoint
ed and qualified; the Town Attorney,
the Town Clerk, and the Town Treas
urcr shall serve without compensation |
from the city funds until there shall |
be three thousand inhabitants in said
town, Wien the Town Council shall
determine the compensation to which
they shall be entitled.
Sec. 3. All male inhabitants over
the age Of twenty-one years who are
entitled to vote for members of the
Territorial Legislature, and who shall
have been actual residents of said town
ninetytsays next preceding said cleo.
ion, shall he entitled to vote for town
,ffieers, Pr0rided that said voters shall
ast their votes in the Ward in which
hey respectively reside.
Article Five.
POWERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
Sec. /. The Town Council shall have
'ower and authority to levy and col.
ect taxes for town purposes, as herein
tated, upon all taxable property real,
mixed and personal within the limits
f the town not exceeding $500 per
mum, and may enforce the collection /
f the same in any manner that may
e prescribed by ordinance not repug-
ant to the Constitution of the United :
tates or the Organic Act of this Ter :
tory. The taxes, fines and forfei-
lreS and licenses raised under this
lct shall be applied. 1st: Towards :
of the Town Watch harein :
r0vided for, then toward the pre- q
entiOn Of fires, as herein provided !
n, then toward street improvement, =
, herein provided for. :
Sec. 2. The Town Council shall have s
over to appoint all officers except b
lch as are elected or otherwise pro- Y
ded for in this Act, but shall not al d
W compensation to any except as
erein stated. h
Sec. 3. The Town Council shall have v
,wer to require of all officers ap- #
,inted or elected in pursuance of this p
It bonds, with penalty and security, 81
r the faithful performance of their n
spective duties, as may be deemed tt
:pedient; and also to require Of all g
|icers appointed or elected as afore-
id to take such 0aths or affirmatiOns 81
the Town Council may prescribe G
+ the faithful performance of the du:
s Of their respective Offices before c.
tering upon the discharge Of the II
me. lii
J BORROW MONEY ON THE CREDIT ~ =.
OF THE TOWN. =.
Provided: Tlict no sums of money af
all be borrowed at Q greater interest
m fifteen per cent. per annum, nor G.
~ any sum or sums be borrowed e. th