The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-10
AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the Election of a Clerk
of the Mayor and Board of Alder
men, Who Is Not an Alderman, and
the Election of Street Commissioner
and a Manager of the Water and
Sewerage Plant, and Providing That
of Such Places, and Fixing the Du-
ties and Compensation of Such Of
ficer.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, That
the Clerk of this board shall not be an
Aldermen, but in addition to holding
the office of Clerk, he shall be Street
Commissioner and Manager and Book
keeper of the Water and Light Plants;
and, as such officer, he shall perform
all the duties prescribed by law, and
the ordinances of the city, for the
Clerk Ct the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen, Street Commissioner and
Manager and Bookkeeper of the Water
and Light Plants, and such other du-
ties as may be required of him from
time to time by orders and ordinances
which may be adopted by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen.
Sec. 2. That such Clerk, Street
Commissioner and Manager of the
Water and Light Plants, etc, shall be
elected by the Mayor n Board of
Aldermen for a term of two years,
but they shall have the right to dis
charge him at any time they may de-
termine that his services are unsatis-
factory, and he shall receive as COM
pensation for his services $4,000 per
month, to be paid monthly, and he
shall execute a bond, payable to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in the
sum of 81, 100000, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of
said offices.
Sec. 8. That as Manager of the
Water and Light Plants, it shall be
his duty to keep the accounts of the
customers of such plants and collect
all rentals and charges due by them
to the city, and as often as ordered
by the Mayor and Board of Alder
men make an inventory of the custom
ers' lights, and render to the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen monthly re-
ports OF all such matters; and it shall
be his duty to carry GU and enforce
against customers of the Water and
Light Plants all the orders and ordi-
nances of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen.
Sec. 4. That as Clerk of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, in addition
to the duties now imposed on him by
law and the ordinances of the city,
he shall prepare and keep a list of all
persons liable to street duty in the
city, and it. shall be his duty to dill
gently enforce the law and the ordi-
ances against all such persons by
requiring them to either work their
time out on the streets or pay the
Communication tax of $500, which tax
it shall be his duty to collect; and it
shall be his duty to collect all privi-
lege taxes due the city, and he shall
make monthly reports to the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of all such
collections of street tax and privilege
taxes, and in such report he shall in
clude a list of all persons liable to
street duty who have worked out their
time on the streets; and, further, it
shall be his duty to annually make out
the assessment roll for the ely of all
taxable property within the corporate
limits and assess any property which
has escaped taxation.
Sec. 5. That as Street Commits
sioner it shall be his duty to look after
and have worked the streets and
alleys and sidewalks of the city, and
keep the same in good repair.
Sec. 6. That for reasons satisfac-
tory to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men, this ordinance shall be inforce
and take effect from and after it's pas
sage.
The above ordinance was read, pre-
vious to its passage, and considered
section by section, and voted on Sec
ton by section, a yea and nay vote be-
ing taken, and was unanimously
adopted, at a regular adjourned meet
ing Of the Mayor and Board of Alder
men held 1t the Mayors office at Z
O'Clock pm, January Z, 1905.
w. d. ANDERSON,
Mayor of the City of Tupelo.
R. D. PORTER, City Clerk.