The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-20
ARTICLE 4.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Section l. The executive powers Of
the town shall be vested in a Mayer, a
Chief of Police, and as many assistant
policemen as the Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen may deem necessary, town
Constable, a City Engineer and City
Attorney.
Section 2. The Mayor shall be the
Chief Executive Officer Of the town, and
shall be at least twenty five years of
age.
Section 3. The Mayor shall preside
at the meetings of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, and in case of tie on
questions before. said Board he shall
vote, but not otherwise. He shall from
time to time give the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen information relative to the
condition of the corporation, and shall
recommend to its consideration such
measures as he may deem expedient
for the interest of the town. He shall
see to the enforcement Of the ordinance
Of the town, and to the preservation Of
its health and peace, and in cases Of EN-
Urgency, he is empowered to call to his
aid, every male inhabitant Of the town,
in such enforcement, and the Board Of
Mayor and Aldermen may prescribe
penalties for failure to obey such a
call. The Mayor shall when directed
by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
give orders upon the recorder, for the
payment of any moneys due from the
corporation.
Section 4. In the absence or during
sickness of the Mayor, the Board Of
Aldermen shall elect one of their nun.
ber.to preside and perform the duties Of
the Mayor and such Aldermen shall be
vested with all the powers of the May
or, for the time being.
Section 5. Ali contracts and bonds
of the town shall be signed by the May
or and counter signed by the recorder
under the seal of the corporation, after
authoritygiven by resolution or ordi-
nance of the Board Of Mayor and Alder
men.
| Section 6. All legal process agains
the town shall be served upon the May
or and it shall be his duty to forthwith
give the City Attorney written notice O
the same, stating the style of the cause
and from what court issued.
Section 7. The Mayor shall have
power, and it is hereby made his duty
to perform all the acts that may be re
quired of him by any ordinance duly en-
acted by the Board of Mayor and Alder
men, not in conflict with any Of thu
provisions Of this act.
Section 8. The Mayor shall hav'
power to make pro tempore appoint
ments to fill vacancies occasioned b.
sickness, absence or other disability o
OF any Of the town officers, elected b.
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, AM
to suspend any Of such officers TO
misconduct in office or for neglect 0
duty, reporting his action with his rea
son therefor in writing to the next reg
ular meeting Of the Board of Mayor am
: Aldermen and final action shall be take
thereon by said Board.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of tn
Recorder to be present at all the meet
ings of the Board Of Mayor and Alder
. men, and to keep full and accurate &C
count Of ell business transacted by tn
( same, to be preserved in permaner
. book form and perform such other dute
: as may be supposed upon him by thi
! act, or by the ordinances and resolution
of the board Of Mayor and Alderman
: In the event of the absence or disabi
! ity OF the Recorder, the Board may ele'
. q Recorder, pro tempore designating b
r duties.
r Section 10. The recorder shall s.pai
!. his accounts to the Board Of Mayor an
Aldermen monthly, showing in detail
the fees and fines the privilege take
, the advalorem tax and all other rev
: nues collected by him and separa
statement of account with each depar
r ment of the town. government ahowir
!. the amount appropriated TO each d
q partment, and the amount Of receipts nj
! expenditures in each Of said depaI
" ments.
. Section IL. The Recorder shall
the treasury of the town, and il sh'
! be his duty to receive and RECEIPT for al
= pay ont the same only on warraT
- drawn by order Of the Board Of May
and Aldermen, signed by the Mayor a
1T attested by the Recorder, under the s.
Of the Corporation.
le Section IL. The Recorder sh
lg have the custody OF the town seal, t
or public records the original ordinanC
r of the Board of Mayor and Alderm'