Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
MUNICIPAL LAW.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
Municipal Cor operations of the Sixth
Glass. A charter for cities and
towns having population of not
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towns having a population of no
exceeding 5000.
Article l.-GeneraI Powers.
$50. Title and powers. Every mu
nicIpal corporation of the sixth clas
shall be entitled the city (or town
of--(naming it), and by such nam
shall have perpetual succession, ma!
sue and be sued in all Courts anC
places, and in all proceedings what
ever; shall have and use a common
seal, alterable at the pleasure of th'
city or town authorities, and ma,
purchase, lease, receive, hold, and en-
JOY real and personal property, anc
control and dispose of the same fol
the common ben eft.
851. The government of such city OF
town shall be vested in Board ol
Trustees, to consist of five members
a clerk, who shall be ex OIL clio assess
or; treasurer, marshal, who shall
be ex-officio tax and license collector
a recorder, to be appointed by the
board of trustees, and who shall be
one of the justices uf the peace
of the township IN which said
city or town is situated, and such
subordinate officers as are hereinafter
provided for.
852. Election and term of office
The members of the board of trustees,
and the clerk, treasurer, and marshal
shall be elected by the qualified cleo
tors of said city or town at general
municipal election to be held there
in on the second Monday IN April in
each even numbered year. The clerk,
treasurer, and marshal shall hold
office for the period of two years from
and after the Monday next succeed
ing the day of such election and until
their successors are elected and
qualified. Members of the board of
trustees sahll hold office for the
preiod of four years from and alter
the Monday next succeeding the day
of such election, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified; pro-
vided, that the first board of trustees
elected under the provisions of this
act shall, at their first meeting, so
classify themselves by lot as that
three of their number shall go out of
Office at the expiration of two years
and two at the expiration of four
years. The board of trustees may,
in their discretion appoint an at
torney, poundmaster, superintend-
ent OF streets, a civil engineer, and
such police and other subordinate
officers as in their judgment may be
deemed necessary, and fix their COM
pensation, which said officers shall
hold office during the pleasure of said
board.
853. Bonds. The clerk, treasurer,
and marshal shall, respectively, before
entering upon the duties of their re-
spective offices, each execute a bond
to such city or town in such penal
sum as the board of trustees by ordIn-
ance may determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance of his duties,
including In the same bond the duties
OF all offices of which he is made by
this chapter ex otf1cio incumbent; such
bonds shall be approved by the board
OF trustees. All bonds, when APPROX
ed, shall be filed with the clerk, ex-
cept the bond of the clerk, which
shall be filed with the president of
the board of trustees. All the provi-
sions of any law of this state relating
to the official bonds of officers shall
apply to such bonds, except as herein
otherwise provided. Every officer of
such city, before entering upon the
duties of his office, shall take and
f1le with the clerk the constitutional
oath of office.
S54. Any vacancy occurring in any
Of the Offices provided for in this act
shall be filled by appointment by the
board of trustees; but if such Office
be elective, such appointee shall hold
office only until the next regular eIec-
tion, at which time person shall be
elected to serve for the remainder of
such unexpired term. In case a mem
ber of the board of trustees is absent
from the city for the period of ninety
days, unless by permission of the
board of trustees, his Office shall be
by the board be declared vacant, and
the same filled as in case of other
855. Salaries. The mem bers of the
board OF trustees shall receive no COM
pensation whatever. The clerk, treas
urer, marshal, and recorder shall
severally receive, at stated times,
compensation, to be fixed by ordin-
ance by the board of trustees, which
compensation shall not be increased
or diminished after their election, or
during their several terms of office.
Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent the board of
trustees from fixing such several
amounts of compensation in the first
instance, during the term of office of
any such officer, or after his election
The compensation of all other officers
shall be fixed from time to time by
the boards of trustees.
1856. All elections IN such city or
town shall ha held in annnrdanca ruit h