The record-union., 1892-03-26

LdlDinS 10 LDe OFFICES OF ms PRINCIPAL.
SEC. 40. The City Assessor shall be allowed
during the months OF March. April, May and
June OF each year such number of additional
deputies TO be paid by the city, not exceeding
one for every ten thousand Inhabitants or
fraction thereon, as may be necessary to carry
the work OF assessment forward promptly TO
completion. The salaries o. such deputies
shall not exceed three hundred dollars each
for the entire time employed.
SEC. Al. The term of Office of the Auditor
snail be two years.
CITY TREASURER.
SEC. AZ There shall be q City Treasurer,
who Shall be elected by the qualified voters
of the city at each general municipal election.
he shall have been u citizen of the State and
resident and qualified elector OF the city for
at least five years next before his election. 1t
snail be The duty of the City Treasurer to re-
celVe ana keep ali moneys that shall come to
Inc city Dy taxation or otherwise and TO pay
the same out on demands legally audited in
the manner hereinafter provided; and without
such auditing he shall diSburSe no public
moneys whatever, except the principal and
interest of the municipal debt, when payable
lie snail receive no money into the City Treas
ury unless accompanied by the certificate OF
Cne City Auditor, pro SIded for in Section , Z
hereof. He shall issue 10 any person paying
money into the city treasury an order 10 the
CITY Auditor directing the City Auditor to
issue a receipt to such person, which order
sllail contain statement oil the amount paid
INTO the city treasury, the name of the person
paying the same, ana The fund to which the
same Is applied. lie s all make q report at
the close OF business each SATURDAY. to the
Auditor, showing all moneys received during
the week, together with the number of each
order Tor a receipt given by him therefor and
nom Wnom received, and to what fund APP
pied. Whenever the city shall provide a
proper vault and I $ for the keeping OF the
CITY money, the i. edSurer shall Keep said
moneys IN said vault, and he Snail not there.
alter, under any circumstances. del oS,t with
any person, corporation, or hank, any of the
moneys OF the city, or allow the same lex ept
III payment OF demands against the ciLy) to
pas outof MS custody. II he shall violate
any OF The provisions OF this section he shall
forfeit his office and be forever disqualified
rom holulng any position in the service of
the city. As soon as possible after the adop-
ton OF I / charter the Beard of Trustees
shall plo LIE suitable vaults ana safes for the
use OF the treasurer. Il shall be in the power
of the Board OF Trus .ees, by r finance at any
Tune 10 require tile City Treasurer to devote
ms entlre Tune TO tile duties OF his Office
SEC; 43 The term OF Office of City Treasurer
shall be two years.
CITY COLLECTOR
SEC. al. There shall be a City Collector who
shall be elected b. the qualified voters of the
city at eaca general municipal election. He
shall have Ueen citizen of the State and a res
ident ana qualined elector OF the city for at
least nYe years next before his election. 1t
shall be the duty of the CITY Collector TO re-
ceiYe and collect ali city taxes general and
special; he snail a.so collect all city licens s.
water rates, harbor dues cemetery receipts
and such other branches of tue city revenue
not otherwise herein provided for, as the
board OF trustees may by ordinance diIect
weekly. The time and manner OF collection
Trustees
SIC. 10. Whenever any person reouired nv
any city ordinance to take out a license shall
lali, neglect or refuse 10 take out such license
ana pay therefor IN the manner and al the
Tune IN sucn ordinance provided: or il any
person SO re IuIfcd 10 take out any license
snail trans, c., do OF carry on any business
traue or occupation, without having first pro-
cured the requisite license for such trading or
carrying on, tie City Collector shall resort
such delinquent to the City Attorney, who
snail at once bring suit, in the name of the
GUY, against the. delinquent; and in such case
the City Collector or City Attorney NAV make
the necessary affidavit as III other cases. for an
attachment and writ of attachment Shall
issue upon. the ming OF the ahidaVit. against
tine property of such delinquent without an
undertaking being filed by or on behalf of the
city; ana IN such action the sum of fifteen
dollars shall be included in the Judgment
as ltquidated damages together with the orig
mai debt and costs of the action. Droyided
however, nothing in this section shall author
lie the court oincer, or any other person
whomSoeVer to make any claim or charge
against the city for any services rendered in or
about any such action; and provided further
that IN any such suit no witness for. the
plaintiff shall be entitled to demand or recei We
any witness fees or mileage in advance nor
shall any witness be entitled TO charge or re-
celVe any ices or mileage whatever, unless the
same are made as costs out OF the defendant.
and provided further, that if Judgment is
rendered for the defendant, it shall be general,
any person who shall commence or continue
to 90, transact or carry on any business, trade
profession or calling, for which license may
by any ordnance by required TO be taken out
without first procuring such license Shall be
guilty OF mISdemeanOr ana upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
not less than ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less
than i've nor more than fifty days. Upon the
trlal OF any criminal action provided for by
inns secilon, Ihe Defendant shall be deemed
not TO have procured the proper license, unless
he either produces it or proves that he did
procure 1t; bat he may plead in bar of the
criminal action recovery against him and
the payment by him, in civil action of the
proper license money, damages and costs.
SEC. 40. All billiard tables. bar fixtures ten
pin alleys, pins and balls, furniture, crockery.
glassware, liquors and chattes of every kind
used In tTansacting or carrying on or doing the
business of a drinking saloon, bar restaurant
billiard saloon, ten-pin alley, tavern, eating
house, ballroom, dance-house, theater or cir
Gus. where by ordinance such business is re-
CURED to be licensed, shall without reference
to the actual ownership of such property. be
liable tor and may be taken in attachment or
on execution for the license money due on the
business in which they are allowed to be used.
and every dray cart wagon carriage hack ON,
nibus, or other vehicle, required by ordinance
10 be licensed, together with the horse or horses
commonly used thereon, shall without refer
ence TO the actual ownership of such property
be liable for and may be taken in attachment
or on execution for the license money due on
such dray, cart, wagon, carriage hack on1ni-
bus or other vehicle. There Shall be added To
every license not obtained within five DAYS
after the same becomes due and payable the
sum of one dollar, which shall become a part
OF the license, and be paid into the treasury
in the same manner as other revenues
SEC. ~. The City Collector shall be allowed
one deputy and one or more clerks not to ex-
coed three in number as the Board of Trustees
may determine, except as herein otherwise
provided. Such deputy and all such clerks
shaII be appointed by the City Collector and
shall retain their positions during the term OF
Office OF the City Collector appointing them
unless sooner removed by the City Collector
or the Board of Trustees as in this charter pro-
vided for the removal of any appointee, when
in the judgment of said board the public serv-
ice will be improved thereby. II at any time
by reason of the growth of the city and q
large increase OF population the duties of the
City Collectors Office becomes too arduOus to
be performed in q thorough manner with the
maximum force herein provided for, then the
Board OF Trustees may allow one or more adj
ditional clerks as in the Judgment OF said
board, the increased duties of the Collectors
Office demand. Such additional clerks shall
not receive greater compensation for service
than twelve hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. as. The term OF Office of the City Col
lector shall be two years.
CITY ATTORNEY.
SEC. 40 There shall be City Attorney. who
shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
city at each general municipal election and
who shall have been an eector OF the city for
ton, and shall be an attorney and
counselor-at-law, duly admitted to prac-
tice by the Supreme Court of this State,
and whose term OF Office shall be two years,
and until his successor is elected and quail
lied. 1t shall be his duty to prosecute on be-
half OF the people all criminal cases before the
Police Court and the City Justices of the
Peace, and all violations of this Charter and of
city ordinances and resolutions. 1t shall be his
duty to attend TO all suits and other matters
to which the city is a party, or in which the
city may be legally interested; provided, the
Board of Trustees shall have control of all liti-
CATION of the city, and may direct an attorney
cole
or to assist the City Attorney therein. The
City Attorney shall give his advice or opinion