The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10

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member of the board of
Shall be eligible to the office
il, or other city office or en-
Emit, until the expiration of the
for which such alderman may
I've beer elected or appointed.
Sec. 4.-The mayor of the city shall
receive a salary in lieu of any and all
other compensation, to be fixed by the
boaaasof audit and finance, of not less
than Twelve Hundred Dollars, nor
more than Two Thousand Dollars per
annum, which salary shall not be di-
minished during his term of office.
Sec. 5.-No person arrested by the
city police for a violation of the laws
of North Carolina or the ordinances of
the city shall be brought before any
other person than the mayor for trial
or submission, except upon the usual
affidavit for removal now provided by
law.
Sec. ct shall be the duty Of the
mayor to have all persons who are
tramps or Migrants, as defined by the
laws of North Carolina, brought be-
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Migrants to find employment within
~twenty-four hours or leave the city:
and, upon failure or refusal to do so
within said time, to arrest and put
them to work on the streets or other
city property for a period nCt exceed
ing thirty days.
Sec. THE terms of the city attor-
ney and the city clerk and treasurer
shall be for two years, beginning on
the first Monday in April of each year
in which the new board of aldermen
are to be elected under existing laws,
and shall not be removed except for
cause
Sec. 8.-That the board of aldermen
shall on the first Monday in April, A.
D. 1899, or as soon thereafter as crac-
ticable, elect three discreet and proper
persons from among the qualified cleo
tors of the city, who shall constitute,
be known as, the board of police
I'M fire commissioners, one of whom
shall be elected for the term of two
years, another for the term of four
years and another for the term of six
years, but biennially thereafter on the
first Monday in April the board of al
dermen shall elect one member OF the
said board Of police and fire commits
sioners for the full term Of six years
to succeed the commissioner whose
term is about to expire.
The members of the board of police
and fire commissioners shall forthwith
qualify by taking an oat before some
person authorized by law to administer
an bath thai they will honestly. faith
fully and to the best of their ability
discharge the duties of their office. Any
vacancy occurring among the members
of said board during their term of Of
fee shall be filled by the remaining
members, and if the vacancy shall not
be filled by the remaining members
within a week from the time such va
cancy occurs then it shall be filled by
the board of aldermen.
Sec. 9.-The member of the board of
police and fire commissioners having
the longest term to serve shall be ex
officio chairman, and the said board
shall have the power and authority,
and it shall be it's duty to prescribe the
term of office, ages and qualifications,
mental, moral and physical. of, and to
appoint, all policemen and fremen, in
Guiding the chief, captain, lieutenant
and sergeants of the police department,
and the chief, assistant chief, foreman
and engineers of the fire department,
and from time to time to adopt rules
and regulations for the good govern
ment of the police and fire departments
of the city. And the said board shall
meet at least once a month, and oftener
if necessary, for the transaction of
business. The clerk of the board of
audit n finance shall be the clerk of
the board of police and fire commits
sioners and shall receive as compensa-
ton a salary of Three Hundred Dol
lars.
Sec. 10.-The officers. policemen and
firemen so appointed by the board of
police and fire commissioners shall not
be removed except for i~ncompetency or
misconduct, and then only after a hear
ing and conviction before the mayor,
upon specific written charges filed by
the said board and duly served upon
the accused not less than seven days
before the time fixed for the hearing
of the charges; provided the mayor or
the chief of police shall have power to
suspend policemen, and the mayor or
chief of the fire department shall AVE
power to suspend firemen for incom-
potency or misconduct, pending the
hearing of such charges. If the said
charges are not sustained the accused
shall not lose any portion Of his salary.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Sec. 1-That whenever the executive
committee of any political party of cit
fzens in the City of Wilmington de-
eide to take by primary election the