Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-01
RUTLAND'S CHARTER.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEVISED
FOR THE MARBLE CITY.
vormont's Third City Will be Divided
Into Ten Wards, Each to Elect It's AL
dormau-GeneraI Provisions of tho In
strument

place into 10 wards. The charter provides
that the legal votors of each ward shall at
the first election held under this act, elect
one alderman, and the ward officers herein
after named, from among tho legal voters
of said ward; and the aldermen so elected
from wards l. 3, 5, : and . shall be elected
for two years respectively, and the alder
men elected from wards =, a, y, and ~
shall be elected for one year respectively.
After the first election the term OF Office of
an alderman shall be two wears, and each
ward shall elect one alderman at the annual
meeting next pending the expiration Of said
term. The legal voters IN each ward shall
at each annual election vote for mayor.
The administrator of all fiscal, pruden
tia. and municipal affairs OF the city, and
the government thereof nre vested in the
mayor aud board OF aidcrEen. Inc board
OF aldermen Is to consist or al alderman
elected in each ward as Aforesaid, and tho
mayor and board of aldermen, in their joint
capacity shall be called the City Council.
The mavor shnll be elected annually. The
members of the board OF aldermen arc to
receive such compensation for their Official
services as the legal voters OF tho city shall
by vote direct
The city council is authorized to appoint
a city treasurer, city attorney, city
board OF aldermen and the city council;
three or more assessors, not exceeding five
in oil one constable, who shall have tie
powers OF police officer; a chief engineer
| of tho fire department, and sucn number Of
| assistant engineers rs shall be deemed nee
e,sary: Il superintendent Of streets, n super-
| inteHdeut Of The city water works, "A Guy
| surveyor, en- overseer OF the poor, three
| cemetery commissioners, three auditors, and
! a health cflicer aud the city council may
also appoint such othor subordinate officers
as may be elected or appointed by towns; aud
! the compen alton OF all such officers and also
| of the street commissioners shall by fixed by
the city council. All such officers are to be
annually appointed at the first meeting Of
| the city council in March after the annual
city election of mayor aud aldermen, and
are TO hold their offices respectively for one
year from after the Grst day Of April next
succeeding their appointment, and until
their SUCCESSORS shall be app tinted and quail
fed. In the beard Of aldermen, occasoned
by death, removal from the city, resigna-
ton or inably to serve, such vacancy shall
be filed by the city council for the unex-
pired term Of such offices The treasurer,
constable superintendent Of streets and gu
perntendent OF the city water works are re-
CURED to give bonds to the city to the salts
faction of the city council for tho faithful
discharge of their respective duties.
The charter provides that a city judge
shall be appointed by the governor from
emcuy the ,reemep of the CITY as urovided
in No. - of the scts of the General Assem-
bly, of this State Tor the year 1890. This
city Judge shall ba Judge of the City Court,
VIII CT shall be- court of record. The city
judge shall appoint clerk OF the CITY
Gorrt and ,unv rau,ove him at ,lcnsure
The Citv Court shall Ina onon nj I'll time.
and snail Ia hold Lv tho rjrv iuar. eycar5
that in c,se of his ob.euce from tho civ or
decentralization or inability TO serve the
hoard Of aldermen NAV appoiut from
amopo the iustices Of the ueacs in said city
some on. of them to act in his nlace AMI
hold said court during sucb absence or Dis
ability. or in any ca,s in which such iuira
i, IisnuaiifiaJ. and such iu,tice of th, naaca
so ncflnp and ncldinr said court. shall have
nnd exercise all the po;er, of the civ
indra
Tho CITY Court i, to oIisva iuris,iction
Of nil actions Of II civil nature inclu,ipg re-
nlovi, and .rasrsss ON ths f,.ehold if eithe,
of the nsrtias resida in said citv nj tina tim,
Of the commencement of the action ~. i
neither marty reside in tbe State at sucl
time where tbe debt DAMAGES or wilma n
the oOods md chatieiS rpplpvinI Or Ot
matter, in deman1 does not exceed SIU0
but nothing here,n contained sbnl olYert n,
ORIGINAL i,,T.sjiction of the Countv Court
as now rroyiIel hy law. urovi,led that tn,
nro1isi,n, Of sectinn 9Oj Of tho Eavise,
Laws i, rayard to tbo town IN which writ
in cartoin anita t,orsin descr,ha6 .hsu IN
made returnabla shall annlv to said cit,
Corrt The cav Courr NAV trv and detar
mine all orosscutions for .ncb cri,rinoI If
ronsas con,p,i,tal WITHIN tho conrtv -, Hnt
land ~ ar, no. nunishabIe NV deain or i'm
nrisonner+ IN the S,o,e prison e~cant or
fen.es within the ;uris,icflon ~ n iustico q
the ueare ia +rv and dc,er,n;na winch mr.
3 committed ,v,tLo,u s,id c,,v h,, a resnon
don't rssi,i,,, u,itbort .oid c,t,, :,
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1s03 tho ,,,-oic,,,al co,,rt 20, 40 ,.;l,o,a ~
Ru,Iond ia gb,iis1od ord ito hrEina.
tronsferrsd INTO tha City rourt
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