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boundaries OF any such election pre-
cinct be changed within one month
prior TO any municipal election.
There shall be but one polling place
in each election precinct and but
one ballot box used 1t any election
therein. AMI the voters shall vote
in the precincts in which they re-
side.
Sec. 5. The government OF all
cities Of the second class is hereby
vested in city council to be COM
posed OF n mayor, who shall be n
qualified voter in his city, and ten
councilmen, two from each ward,
who shall be qualified voters in their
respective wards. The mayor shall
be elected by the qualified voters Of
their respective cities and the coun-
ciimen shall be elected by the quail
fled voters Of their respective wards;
and they shall hold their offices for
the term OF two years and until
their SUCCESSORS are elected and
qualified.
Sec. 6. At the first municipal
election held after the passage and
approval Of this act, and at all sub
sequent elections held in all cities OF
the second class now existing in
this Territory, and all cities of the
second class which may hereafter
be Incorporated or organized, there
shall be elected the following named
officers: a mayor, recorder, treas
urer, marshal and an assessor and
collector, who shall be elected by
the qualified voters OF their respec-
tive cities and shall reside therein,
and ten cCuncilmen and five justices
Of the peace; and they shall hold
their offices for the term Of two
years and until their SUCCESSORS are
elected and qualified. Two Of such
councilmen and one justice of the
peace shall be elected from each
municipal ward by the qualified
voters Of their respective wards,
aud shall reside therein. In case
the mayor, recorder, treasurer. mar
shall, or assessor and collector shall
move his residence outside Of the
corpOrate limits % the city. or in
case any councilman or justice Of
the peace shall move his residence
outside Of the municipal ward, by
and from which he was elected, his
office shall at once become vacant,
and shall be filed by the city coun-
Gil Of any such city by appointment
from the qualified electors of such
city or ward in which the vacancy
occurs, as the case may be, until
the next ensuing municipal cleo
ton. In case the vacancy occurs in
the office Of mayor, recorder, treas-
urer, marshal, or assessor and col
lectOr,o the successor shall be an
pointed from the qualified electors
Of the city; and in case the vacancy
occurs in the Office Of councilman
or justice OF the peace, the successor
shall be appointed from the quail
fled electors Of the municipal ward
in which the vacancy occurs.
Sev. Z. The judicial power Of all
cities Of the second class shall be ve.t-
ell in the justices OF the peace Of such
cities. Such justices shall have ex-
elusive original Jurisdiction Of cases
arising under or 10y violation Of any
ordinance or by-lawofsaid cities, and
shall have the same jurisdiction rs
precinct justices Of the peace in
either civil or criminal cases. The
rules Of practice and mode Of pro-
eeeding in said Justices courts shall
he the same as are or may be pre-
scribed by law for Justices courts in
either civil or criminal cases. The
jurisdiction Of each Of said Justices
shall be co-extensive with the cor
porate limits Of the city.
From oil final judgments Of said
Justices courts appeals shall be al
lowed to the district or other appel
late courts provided by law, in the
same manner and upon the same
terms as provided by law for appeals
from Justices courts.
CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS.
Chapter 3.
See. /. That all cities now exist
ing in this Territory, and all those
hereafter incorporated, having less
than five Thousand inhabitants.
shall be known as cities Of the third
class; and all Of the provisions Of
this chapter relating to cities OF the
third class ale hereby made aDplica-
hle 70 all cities having less than five
thousand inhabitants now existing
in this Territory, as well as to all
such cities hereafter Incorporated,
and shall be so construed.
See. .. The city council Of any
city now existing in this Territory,
and Of any city hereafter incorpOr-
ated, are hereby authorized to ap-
point commissioners to take the
census OF such city, before any mu-
nIcipal election, for. the purpose Of
ascertaining TO which class any
such city may belong; and when
ever the city council Of any city Of
the Thru class have reason TO be-
lieve that the population Of such
city has increased ~ that the city
belongs TO the second class, il shall
be the duty Of the city council of
such city 70 appoint such commits
sioDers, and cause such census TO
he taken, verified and returned 10
them. IL from the verified returns
Of said commissioners It shall be
shown that any such city belongs to
the second class, il shall be the duty
of the mayor Of such city to certify
to the governor of the Territory,
attested by the seal Of the city, the
number OF inhabitants Of such city:
and the governor shall declare, by
public proclamation, that such city
belongs to the second class and is
subject 10 the provisions Of this act
relating to cities OF that class.
See. 3. The city council and
officers Of such city shall continue
in authority from the date Of such
proclamation until the city council
and officers provided for cities Of the
second class are elected for such
city and qualified. And the city
counc Of such city shall, after the
date. Of such proclamation, and at
least four months prior 10 the first
ensuing municipal election there
after, divide the city into five NUM-
cipai warls and prescribe the boun-
diaries thereof by ordinance. Such
warts shall be as compact in form
and equal in population as may be,
and each ward shall constitute an
election precinct for municipal cleo
tiOns. Provided, that If any ward
shall contain five hundred legal
voters the city council shall divide
such ward into two or more election
precincts and make the precincts as
compact in form and equal in popu-
lation as may be, 50 that there shall
not lie more than FIVE hundred
voters in any one precinct; but
no election precinct shall be
made out Of parts Of any two or more
wards, nor shall the boundaries of
any such election precinct be
changed within two months prior to !
such municipal election. There |
shall be but one polling place in each |
election precinct anu but one
ballot box used at any election |
therein. And the voters shall vote |
in the precincts in which they re-
side.
Sec. 4. At the fiat ensuing NUM-