McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-13
ORDINANCE NO. 8.
Regulating the Election and Appointment
and Defining the Duties and Fixing Sal
aries and Fees Of Village Officers.

and Defining the Duties and Fixing Sal
aries and Fees Of Village Officers
BE IT ORDAINED. BY the Chairman and
Board of Trustees of the Village of McCOok:
ARTICLE OBJECTIONS.
Section /. That on the first Tuesday of
April Of , each year an Eleet,en shall III be held
of five Trustees who shall hold their Office for
one year. or until their successors are elected
and qualified. Said election shall be held in
such place in the village as may be designated
by the Board of Trustees, ut least ten days
notice of the same being given by the Village
Clerk by publication or posting notices in
Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees shall annu-
ally, ut least ten days previous to the said
election, appoint three electors of the village
to act as Judges, and two electors thereof to
act as Clerks of Election.
Sec. 3. II any Judge or Clerk of Election
shall refuse to act. or fail to be present at the
time fixed for opening the polls, the vacancy
village selected by the remaining Judges. If
no Judge of Election be present, a full board
may be selected by the qualified electors pres
Election shall severaIly, before receiving any
votes, take and subscribe an oath or afhrma-
ton to perform their duties according to law.
Sec. 1. AT said election the polls shall be
opened at nine o'clock, n. NJ, and remain open
until seven O'Clock, p. NJ.
ARTICLE II.
Sec l. The Board of Trustees shall appoint
an Attorney, Clerk and Treasurer, who shall
hold their offices one year or until their sue
cessOrs are appointed and qualified, and Off
GERS SO appointed are removable at any time
by the power appointing them; all appoint
ments shall be in writing, and all officers shall
before entering upon the duties of their re-
of Office which shall be filed in the Office of
the Village Clerk.
Sec. 2. On organization of new council each
year, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
shall appoint committees as follows, viz {: On
Finance, Ordinances, Fire Department, Streets
and Alleys and Health: each committee to con-
SiSt of two members OF the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE III.
Sec. l. The Chairman shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Trustees. and shall
have casting vote when the Board is equally
divided and none Other,and shall have the SUI
perintcndlng control of all the officers and
affairs of the village, and shall take care that
the Ordinances of the Village are complied
with, and shall perform such other duties as
are prescribed by ordinance or statute.
Sec. 2. The Village Attorney shall be the
legal adviser of the Board of Trustees. He
shall commence, prOSecuteand defend all suits
and actions necessary to he commenced, pros
ecuted or defended on behalf of the corpora
ton, or that may be ordered by the Board of
Trustees, and when requested shall attend
meetings of the Board of Trustees and give
them his opinion upon any matter submitted
to him either orally or in writing us may be
required.
Sec. 3. The clerk shall have the custody of
all laws, ordinances and other records OF the
village. He shall keep Il correct record of the
proceedings of the Board of Trustees and also
Il correct record of all Licenses issued by him
and the amounts received for such licenses.
He shall pay all money so collected to the Vii
lage Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor.
He shall also make an annual report in writ
ing at the close of his official year and at such
other times as he may be required by the
Board of Trustees. and shall show therein the
whole amount of money received by him in
his official capacity and belonging to the Viii
lage, to whom the same has been paid and for
what purpose, and shall perform such other
duties as may be required by the Ordinances
of the Village
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall be the custodian
of all monies belonging to the Corporation.
he shall keep separate account of each fund
or appropriation and the debts and credits
belonging thereto, he shall give every person
paying money into the treasury Il receipt
therefor, specifying the date of payment and
on what account paid. He shall at the end of
each month render an account under oath to
the Board OF Trustees showing the state of
the treasury ut the date of such account and
shall perform such other duties as may be re-
quired by Ordinances of the Village or Statute
of the State of Nebraska. The Treasurer shall
before entering upon the duties of his office
give Il Bond payable to the Village of McCook.
Red Willow county, Nebraska, in the penal
sum of Five Thousand Dollars, with sure
conditioned for the faithful performance of
his duties.
ARTICLE 1E.-sALAEIEs AND FEES OF OFFICERS.
Sec. l. Clerk shall receive $500 per year,
payable quarterly. Treasurer shall receive
81 per year, payable quarterly. Village At
torney shall receive $4,000 per year, payable
quarterly. In addition to his salary the Viii
lage Clerk is authorized to collect the sum of
twenty-five cents from each person to whom Il
village license is issued for issuing and record
ing such license.
ARTICLE V.
Sec l. This Ordinance shall take effect and
be i'll force from and after its passage, approx
al and publication.
Passed and approved this 5th day of Decem-
Der, 1883. j. E. BERGER,
Attest Chairman.
+. NJ. KIMMELL, Clerk.