, 1884-03-20

treeholder OF said city at the time of his election and
does not possess all the qualifications required of electors
under this charter. Councilmen shall be residents of the
wards from which they are elected, and if any council
man shall remove from the ward from which he is elected
ms seat shall be declared vacant, and whenever there
shall be a vacancy in the office of councilman, or any
other elective office, as herein provided, except mayor, a
special election shall be ordered by the mayor TO fiji
such office, and he shall give ten days notice thereof by
proclamation.
SEC. 7. Every legal voter of this Territory, who
shall have been a bona tide resident of his ward five
days and of the city three months next preceding any
city election, shall be qualified to vote therein at such
election ProUided, That no person shall be deemed A
qualified elector at any such election who has not paid a
poll tax for the year preceding the one in which such
election is held, which poll tax, to entitle such person to
vote, must have been paid at least twenty DAYS previous
to the day OF such election PrOridsd, That no person
shall be disqualified from voting under this section by
reason of not having paid such poll tax, if he or she is
not required by law to pay such poll tax.
SEC. s. Regular meetings of the city council shall be
held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
SEC. 9. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
city council, and shall have a casting vote when the
council is equally divided, and none other, and shall have
the experimenting control of all the officers and affairs
of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the
city and this act are complied with the mayor shall com,
mission all officers appointed or elected.
SEC. 10. AT the first and at each succeeding CITY cleo
ton there shall be elected a mayor, ii city treasurer and
a city clerk, who shall be er otfcio assessor, each of whom
shall respectively hold their offices for one year, and until
their successors are elected and qualified. The MAYOR
shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
council, a city attorney, a marshal, who shall be e~r.otfc,o
tax collector, a chief engineer and an assistant engineer
of the fire department., a civil engineer and such police
men as may be required, not exceeding two regular
policemen, each of which appointed officers shall hold
his office for the term of one year and until his successor
is appointed and qualified: Provided, That any of said
officers may be sooner removed by the mayor, the coun-
ell concurring, for inefficiency, maladministration of his
office, or when the interests of the city require a change.
When any nomination of the mayor is not confirmed, it
shall be his duty to ut once send in other names until
the council does confirm.
SEC. IL. The mayor shall sign all orders and drafts
upon the treasury for money, and the city clerk shall
attest the same and atix thereto the seal Of the city and
keen n accurate record thereof in n hook to he roviIa1
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 bv the
city clerk.
SEC. II. The mayor shall have power to sign or veto
any ordinance passed by the city council Prorided, That
any ordinance vetoed by him may be passed over his veto
by a vote of %two-thirds of the members of the council
elected, Notwithstanding the veto, and should the mayor
neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance or return the
same with his objections, in writing, at the next regular
meeting of the council, the same shall become an ordi-
nance without his signature.
Sec. -. He shall, from time to time, communicate to
the city council such information, and r]ecommend 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. IA. The mayor and any two councilmen, or IL
majority of the councimen, shall have power to call
special meetings of the city council, the object of which
shall be submitted to the council in writing, and the call
and object, rs well as the disposition thereof, shall be
entered upon the journal by the clerk.
SEC. Is. The mayor shall have power, when he deems
it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit
his accounts or other papers, and to make a report to the
council in writing touching any subject or matter he may
require pertaining to his office.
SEC. 16. The mayor shall be active and vigilant in
enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of
the city, and he shall cause all subordinate officers to be
dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty,
and he shall have such Jurisdiction as may be vested in
him by ordinance over all places within two miles of the
corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any
health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof.
SEC. IL. When any vacancy shall happen in the office
of mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the city,
removal from Office, refusal to qualify, or otherwise, the
president of the council for the time being shall exercise
the Office of mayor, with all the rights, privileges and
jurisdiction of the mayor, until such vacancy be filled, or
such disability be removed, orin case of absence
until the mayor shall return, and during the time he shall
so act, he shall receive the same compensation the mayor
is entitled to, and in case of such vacancy, other than Il
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.
SEC. IS. The mayor and council shall have power to
remit fines and torfeitures, to grant reprieves and pardOns
for all ofenses arising under the ordinances of the city.
Sec. 10. The mayor and council of said city shall
have the care, management and control of the city and
its finances, and shall have power to enact, ordain, alter,
modify or ronnol any and all ordinances NOT rannpnunt