, 1884-03-15

Territory Wyoming:
SECTION l. That all of that portion of the Territory
of Wyoming in the county of Johnson, situate on Clear
Creek, Immediately adjoining the United States military
reservation of Fort Mckinney, on the east, as laid out
and plated for a town site by Juliet w. Hart, admins
tratriX of the estate of Verling X. Hart, deceased, under
and by the name of Buffalo City, together with all the
additions that may be hereafter made thereto according
to law, is hereby declared to be a corporation by the
name of the city of Buffalo.
SEC. {. The said city of Buffalo is hereby made a
body corporate and polite, and invested with all the
lpowers and attributes of a municipal corporation, and
shall have power to sue and be sued; to purchase and
hold real and personal property for the use OF the city;
to sell and convey any real or personal property, and
make such order respecting the same as may be condu-
Give to the interests of the city; to make all contracts
and do all other acts in relation to the property and
affairs of the city necessary to the exercise of its corpo-
rate or administrative powers to have and use a corpo-
rate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to exercise
such other and further powers as are or may be conferred
by law.
SEC. 8. The powers hereby granted shall be exercised
by a mayor and a board of trustees consisting of three
members.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the board of trustees
to designate one person resident within said city, upon
whom, by the laws of the Territory, shall have been con-
ferred the jurisdiction of justice of the peace, who shall
be styled a police justice, and who shall have concurrent
jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases arising under
the ordinances of said city, and the practice before such
police justice in such cases shall conform as near as may
be to the provisions of the justices code concerning COM
plants, continuances and appeals.
SEC. 5. The mayor of said city shall be elected for the
term of one year, and shall hold his Office until his sue
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under this charter there shall be elected three trustees,
one of whom shall hold his office for a term of three
years, one for two years and one for one year, and until
their successors are elected and qualified. The first cleo
ton under this charter shall be held on the first Tuesday
in April, 1884, and thereafter an annual election shall be
held on the first Tuesday in April in each year. At each
annual election after said first election there shall be
elected a mayor to serve one year and one member of
the board of trustees to serve three years. At such
annual election the polls shall be open at nine o'clock a.
m. and remain open until four o'clock p. m. No person
shall be eligible to the Office of mayor or trustee who is
not a resident freeholder of said city at the time of his
election, and does not possess all the qualifications re-
quired of electors under this charter.
SEC. 6. Every legal voter of this Territory who shall
have been a bona fde resident of said city three months
next preceding any city election shall be qualified to vote
therein at such election.
Sec. 7. Regular meetings of the board of trustees
shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month.
SEQ. 8. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of
the board of trustees, and shall have a casting vote when
the board of trustees is equally divided, and none other,
and shall have a experimenting control of all the officers
and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordi-
nances of the city and this act are complied with. The
mayor shall commission all officers appointed or elected.
SEC. 8. There shall be a city treasurer, a city clerk,
who shall be er-otco city assessor, a city marshal, who
shall be e~1-cfcio collector of city taxes, and such police
men as may be required, all of which officers shall be
appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent of the
board of trustees, and each of whom shall hold his office
for the term of one year, and until his successor is
appointed and qualified: ProUded, That any of said
officers may, be sooner removed for cause by the mayor,
the board of trustees concurring.
SEC. 10. The mayor shall sign all warrants and drafts
upon the treasury for money, and require the city clerk
to attest the same and afiX thereto the seal of the city,
and keep an accurate record thereof In a book to be pro-
vided for that purpose. And all conveyances of real
estate by said city shall be signed by the mayor and have
attached thereto the official seal of the city and be attested
by the city clerk.
SEC. II. The mayor shall have power to sign or veto
any ordinance passed by the board of trustees ProUided,
That any ordinance vetoed by him may be passed over
his veto by a vote of two-thirds of the trustees elected
and should the mayor refuse to sign any proposed ordi-
nance or return the same with his objections in writing
at the next regular meeting of the board of trustees, the
same shall become an ordinance without his signature.
The mayor shall from time to time communicate to the
board of trustees such information and recommend such
measures as, in his opinion, may tend to the improvement
of the finances of the city, the police, health, security,
ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city.
SEC. IL. The mayor and two trustees shall have
power to call special meetings of the board of trustees,
the object of which shall be stated in writing and shall
be entered upon the journal by the clerk.
SEC. 13. The mayor shall have power, when he deems
1T necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit
his account or other papers and to make a report to the
board of trustees in writing, touching any subject or
matter pertaining to his office.
SEC. IA. When any vacancy shall happen in the office
of mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the city.
refusal. to qualify, or otherwise, the president of the board
of trustees, for the time being, shall exercise the office
of mayor, with all the rights, privileges and jurisdiction
of the mayor, until such vacancy is filled; or in case of
temporary absence, until the mayor shall return. And
in case of such vacancy, other than temporary absence
or disability, the person exercising the office of mayor
shall cause a new election to be held, giving ten days
notice thereof by PROCLAMATION. e~
SEC. IS. The mayor shall have power to remit fines
and to grant r~eprieves and pardons for all offenses arising
under the ordinances of said city.
SEC. 10. A majority of the board of trustees shall
constitute a quorum to do business, but no action of the
board of trustees by which money may be drawn from
the treasury, or contract made which will bind the city
in the future, shall be taken, unless such action receive
the t1rmatlVe vote of a majority of all the trustees elected