The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-15
THE CITY ppBT-LrHIT SPECIFIED.

81. The City Council may, in the name and
for the use of the city, contract loans, Or cause
to be issued certificates Of debt or bonds
| but such loans, certificates, or bonds shall
| not be irredcemable for period greater than
thirty:four years Provided, however, that
they shall not contract such loans orissue such
| certificates Of debt or bonds for the purpose
| of subscribing to the stock or appropriating
money or bonds for the benefit of any COM
pany incorporated for work OF internal
| Improvement or other purposes, without
| first being authorized so to do by three
| fourths OF the legal voters of the city voting
| on the question and the Council shall,
when such debt or loan is created, provide q
sinking fund for the payment Of the same.
Neither shall tfe city endorse the bonds
Of any such company without the same au-
thority: Prouided, however, that the said
Counciimay issue or cause to be issued bonds
for other purposes than those for railroad or
internal improvement companies; but the
bonds or Understanding debt of the city Of
Richmond shall not in the aggregate exceed
eighteen per centum of the assessed value
Of the taxable real estate Of said city, and
any excess of such bonded or interest bear
ing debt over and above the limit herein
prescribed, which may be created or issued
in violation Of this provision, shall be void
as to said city. ..f@:
HIGH CONSTABLE.
10S. There shall be elected by the quail
fed voters of the city of Richmond, at the
first charter election one Hish Constable for
said city, who shall hold his office for term
of two years and until his successor be ap-
pointed aud qualified, unless sooner removed
from office. Said High Constable shall keep
bis office in some convenient place in the
city to be approved by the Mayor, and shall
receive such compensation for services de-
volsed upon him. by any ordinance as the
Council may prescribe. He shall have in
civil cases the same powers and duties, and
be subject to the same penalties as may be
prescribed by law for other conStables, and
shall perform any other duties which the
City Council may prescribe not in conflict
with the provisions of this act, the laws Of
the State, or laws of the United States."
HOW CERTAIN OFFICERS ARE TO BE ELECTED.
9. Any officer who, by the provisions Of
elected or appointed by the City Council,
shall be elected or appointed by the two
branches in joint meeting. The president OF
the Board of Aldermen Shall preside at such
Joint meeting, and each member Of the TWO
joint meetings of the two Boards.
THE MAYORS VETO.
8. All ordinances, resolutions, and acts OF
the City Council shall be signed by the presi.
dent of each branch, and shall be presented
to the Mayor for his approval, who, if he
objects thereto, shall, within five days after
it SHALL have been presented to him for bis
assent, return it to that branch Of the City
Council in which it originated, with his OBJ
jections in writing, and if majority Of the
whole number of the members of each
| branch shall be of opinion that the ordinance,
resolution, or act ought to be passed, it shall,
notwithstanding the objections Of the Mayor,
| become a law.
CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
4. The board Of aldermen may appoint q
clerk, who shall attend the meetings of said
board and keep record of its proceedings,
and shall perform such other acts and duties
as the said board may from time to time re-
quire of him.
). This act shall be in force from its pass