The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

l HiehtS or when shall be increased dur- | ing the term for which he shall have
 been elected. Nor shall he be interested, l directly or indirectly In any contract or
 job for work or material, or the profits | thereof or services to be performed for | the corporation, except IS herein provided. l3. No alderman, or officer or employe ] of tke municipalities shall be directly or | indirectly in crested in any work. bus ! mess or contract, the expense price or
 consideration, of which Is paid from the 1 treasury, nor shall any member of the 1 council or officer of the municipality be | surety for any person having a contract ! work or business with such municipality 1 Tor the performance of which surety may l be required. The award of each contract
 for which bids have been submitted. | shall be made to the lowest responsible
 bidder. who may comply with such regu- ! lations as may be prescribed before the | bids are called for
 1 Sec. IT. In all cities. al or before the l beginning of each fiscal year, the coun- l ell shall appropriate the sums necessary
 Tor the expenditures of the several city
 departments for such fiscal year, not ex- i ceeding in the aggregate within ten per l centum of it's estimated receipts and such | city council shall not appropriate in the ] aggregate an amount in excess of it's an- 1 nually legally authorized revenue. But nothing herein shall prevent such city | from anticipating their revenues for the l year for which such appropriation was 1 made or for contracting for temporary 1 loans as herein provided or from bond, | Ing or refEnding their outstanding ln- | debtedness.
 1 Sec. 7S No councilman shall be entitled | To vote on any question in which he, or | his employer, has a special financial ln- | terest at the time of voting, or was SO | Interested at the time of his election ! See. 79 There shall be at least two reg i ular meetings of the council in each 1 month and the presiding officer shall call 1 special meetings, whenever In his opinion 1 the public interest may require it. and l whenever two aldermen or the mayor request him in writing to call such meet ! ing. upon failure or refusal of the pre- siding officer 10 call such meeting when requested the two aldermen or the mayor
 making the request shall have the right to call such meetings.
 See S0 Municipal corporations shall have the power from time to time to
 adopt ordinances and resolutions, not in- l consistent with the laws of the State, 10 carry into effect discharge the powers
 and duties conferred by this act and to provide for the safety, preserve the
 health, promote the prosperity. mproye 1 the morals, order, comfort and conven-
  | ity. and to enforce obedience to such O. i dinances by fine not exceeding one hun dred dollars and by Imprisonment or hard
 labor, not exceeding six months, one or | both.
 See S1. The style of the ordinance of
 such city or town shall be, Be it or dained by the city Cor town) council of
 --- as follows:' inserting the name of such city or town. as the case may
 be, ond no ordinance or resolution intend ed to be of permanent operation shall be adopted by the council at the same meet ing at which it is introduced, unless
 unanimous consent of those present is
 given for the immediate consideration of such ordinance or resolution, such con sent 10 be shown by vote taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting to be entered upon the minutes and no ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall be- come a law unless on its flnai passage majority of the members elected to said council. including the mayor of cities of less than six thousand inhabitants and in towns, shall vote in it's favor The council shall award no contract on bids
 without yea and nay vote spread upon the minutes
 No ordinance shall be amended after it's passage by providing that desig mated words be stricken out or that designated words be inserted. or that designated words be stricken out and
 other words inserted in lieu thereof, but the ordinance or section or subdi vision thereof amended shall be set forth in full as amended
 | The council may provide for the re-
 vision and codlication of It's ordf-
 nancces at any time it may deem
 proper.
 ! Sec. S2. It may be provided by or | .t4 #a.FG. elected or appointed. shall receive
 salary In lieu of all other compensa- | tion, and in such cases such officers | shall not receive for his own use any | fees or other compensation for his
 services such officer. but shall col
 feet the fees auth orized by law or or
 dinance and pay the same into the | city or town treasury.
 Sec. S3. All employees of any city
 or town, whose compensation is snot l fixed by law, shall receive such salary
 or fees for their services the coun
 ell may by ordinance from time to time prescribe For all attested certificates
 and transcripts. othe than ordered by | the council the clerk shall be paid ! fees not in excess of those allowed to
 county officers for like services, to be
 accounted for in all cases as other public moneys, where such clerks re-
 ceive a salary or fixed compensation. l Sec. S4 The fees salary, compensa 1 tion, emoluments of any officer wh ose | election or appointment Is required or
 authorized by this act shall not be 1 increased nor diminished during the
 term for which he shall have been elect
 ed or appointed. and no gratuitous ap-'
 propriation in any case shall be made
 to or for the benefit of any officer or
 employe in addition to salary
 | Sec S5. All ordinances shall as soon
 as may be after their passage be re-
 corded in a book kept for that purpose
 and be thenticated by the sigma ture | of the clerk and all ordinances or reg | ulations of a general or permanent na-
 ture shall be published in some news
 paper of general circulation in the city
 or town but if no such newspaper Is
 published within the limits of the cor
 poration. such ordinances or resolu-
 tions may be published by posting | copies thereof in three public places
 within the limits of the city or town, | two of which places shall be the post
 office and the mayors office in such city | or town. When the ordinance is pub
 lished in the newspaper 1t shall take effect from and after it's publication. and when published by posting it shall
 take effect five days thereafter. except
 as herein otherwise provided Imme- diately following the record of any or
 dinance the clerk shall append cer- | tifcate stating therein the time and
 manner of publication thereof. wh ich | certificate shall be presumptive evidence l of the facts stated therein. All ordi- nances granting a franchise shall be | published at the expense of the party | or parties to whom the franchise is