The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-04-01
AN ORDINANCE

To provide for the organization and incOrpOr-
alton of a city OF the second class.
BE 1T ORDAINED, By the Chairman and Board
of Trustees of the village of McCOOk, Neb.:
SECTION 1. The Village of McCOOk, Red
Willow County, Nebraska. organized on the
9th day of November. A D., 1883, under the
corpOrates itself under the provisions of Chap
| ter IA of the Compiled Statutes of the State of
Nebraska, as amended March 9Th, 1854, entitled
"CitieS of the second class and Villages to be
| called the city of McCOOk, and said village is
hereby declared to be a city of the second class.
SECTION =. The city of McCOok shall be di-
vided into two wards; to be bounded, limited
and numbered as follows, to-wit: All of the
territory lying east of the centre of Main Ave
nue.. within the Incorporated limits of McCook,
| shall constitute and comprise the first ward /;
tire of said Main Avenue within the limits of
McCook, to comprise the second ward.
SECTION 8. There shall be held on Tuesday,
| 9th day of April, 1856, an election, at which
election the following officers shall be elected,
to-wit: One Mayor, one Police Judge. one City
Clerk. one City Engineer. one City Treasurer,
two Councilmen in the first ward. and two
Councilman in the second. Also, a Board of
Education. consisting of six 90 members. Two
of said board to serve for 3 years, two for 2
| years, and two for year.
SECTION 4. The poll or voting place in the
first ward shall be at the office of Cooley L. Col
vim, in said ward, and w. w. Fisher, A. J. Pate
and HIM. Reed shall act as Judges of election,
and r.. S Wilcox and j. p. Israel shall act as
clerks of said election, in said ward. The poll
or voting place in the second ward shall be at
the Hocknell Hose Cart building on Dcnnison
street in said ward, and b. +. Olcott, r.. S.
Cooley and w. H. Rea shall act as Judges of
said election and Pat Walsh and Al .Steadman
shall act as Clerks of the election in said ward.
All votes shall be cast between the hours of
s o'clock. A. Nj. and 6 o'clock, P. NJ. in said
wards. mountain time. PROVIDED, Thatif the
Judges and Z, Jerks do not appear at the time
and place herein mentioned and enter upon
the duties of said offices, their places shall be
filed by consent of those residents of said ward
present at said ward poll, as soon as may be
after said hour OF 8 A. NJ.
SECTION 5. The said Judges and Clerks pro-
vided for IN section 4, shall make tally lists of
all votes cast as near as may be in the manner
provided by law for such offices at state cleo
lions. and shall return the same certified to be
correct and true. to the city clerk within two
days after said election day.
SECTION 6. The clerk shall file and preserve
such tally lists, from which the council shall
ascertain the name of officers elected. at their
next meeting after said election, which meet
ing shall be held on the evening of the second
day after said election.
SECTION7. This ordinance shall be published
in The MCCOOK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, for three |
consecutive weeks, commencing March 4, 1856.
Passed and approved this firstday of March,
1856. w. Z. LATOURETTE. hartman.
Attest: F. NJ. KIMMELL, Village Clerk.