Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-07

assessor, police justice and d city just
ice of The peace. The mayor and com,
nom council are made the responsible
Head of the city government; and 70,
the purpose Of selecting efficient officer.
that will carry ont the ,wishes@a and
orders of the mayor and common
council the rsst OF the officers are ap.
p pointed ,ilq!ffad by the mayor On the. approval
of the coun9ll, with the power Of re.
I, moving, IA Any appointive officer who fails
or neglects TO DO his duty The mayor
also has lhe1 right to veto any bad, ,ordi-
nance, and thus becomes an officer of
dignity and Importance, while under
the charter, he has neither of these
powers, and is the merest figure head
without voice Or Z vote or. = veto, in
the affairs Of the. city OF in the appoint
ment Of any, Of i,s officers. rt,ti 4@:,,
Under the charter the authority of
the city extends merely: to its corporate
limits; under the general law the city
council has jurisdiction in and over ALI
places within one.half mile of the city
limits, for the purpose Of inforcing.
health and quarantine ordinances and!
regulations thereof See General, Law,
Art. 4, Sec. IA. ,'.A..z", .a ...', ..i, .,
Under the chsra.er The mayor has no
more right 10 remove the marahsl,
clerk, street commissioner, or city attor.i
ney for failure to do their duty than the
latter have to remove the mayor, all
being elective. Under the general law
the mayor has power to remove any
officer appointed by him, whenever he
shall he Of the opinion that the inter.
ests Of the city demands such removal.
Art. 8, Sec. 5. -
The mayor under the charter can
veto nothing, but must sign whatever
is passed by the council; under the
general law the mayor may veto a
bad measure, or any part of an ordin-
anca appropriating money, and the
same does not become a law unless
passed by two-thirds of all the mem.
bers elected to the city council.-Art.
Sec. 16. ~
Under the charter chapter 4, Sec. 4,
all ordinances must be published twice
in some newspaper, and are in force
from and after Is days from the first
publication. Under the general law
they need be published only once in q
newspaper and shall become operative
Immediately hpon such publication.
See General Law, Art. 4, Sec. 16 This
would save the city good many dol
lars each year, now spent for extra
publication fee. and would not cause
80 much delay before an ordinance goes
into effect.
Under the. charter the city council
has 80 enumerated powers; but under
the general law the the city council
has 70 enumerated powers. Among
the additional powers granted to the
city council under the general law,
may be mentioned the following ones:
l.. To provide for and change the
location, grade and crossing of any
railroad. ... ...
2. To require railroad companies to
fence their respective railroads, or any
portion Of the same, and construct
cattle guards, crossings of streets, and
public roads and keep the same in re-
pair. .l.- I
8. To require railroad companies to
keepfagmen at railroad crossings of
streets, to compel such railroads to
raise or lower their tracks 10 conform
to city grade, to compel and require
railroad companies to make and keep
open. and keep in repair bitches, drains
sewers and culverts along and under
their railroad tracks, so that filthy or
stagnant pools Of water canno: stand
On their grounds, or right of way, SO
that the natural or artificial drainage
of adjacent property shall not be i'm,
peded. Our dear old charter does not
permit the city to touch railroad cor.
poration with ten foot pole.
4. To suppress houses of ill fame
within the limits of the city and with
in one mile of the outer boundaries of
the same. The last half of this clause
is important.