The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

ton and record the upon the minutes of the City
Council of Dawson. All election returns, ballots
and other papers deposited with Clerk of the
City council under seal shall be kept by him for thirty
days after said election and then be him destroyed
without examination, provided contest is had In
the event OF contest it shall his duty keep all
the papers until called upon to produce them in the
Court having jurisdiction of the contest After such
contest shall have been concluded he shall destroy all
papers without examination. The City Council of Daw
son shall have the and authority fix the
pensaton of the managers and clerks in all municipal
elections and to provide for their payment
City Treasury.
The City Council of Dawson is hereby authorized
and empowered to impeach any of their number
for maeasance misfeasance of the duties Mayor
or Councilman and for inability unwllingness to
discharge the duties incumbent such officer
1t should be determined that impeachment is necessary
end proper, then by appropriate resolution the City
Attorney shall be directed formulate
the charges against such officer, who shall be duly
served with of the and allowed reasona-
Iself or Council The said articles of impeachment
shall be preferred against such officer in the of
the City Council of Dawson in behalf of the citizens
of said city, and the grounds which impeachment
is sought must be distinctly set forth therein The
Mayor and Councmen SHALL before proceeding with
Tue tdI, De auIy sworn 10 lmpartally ana caretuliy
investigate said charges and true conclusion reach
according to the evidence submitted to the best of
their skill and knowledge. Should the Mayor be the
officer on trial then the Judge of the Superior Court
of the judicial circuit in which Dawson is located shall
Ipreside over the City Council sitting court of inn
parchment, but such judge shall have vote the
final result and determining whether not such Mayor
guilty OF the charges preferred against him If such
Judge should be disqualified unable to then
a Court
IN TINS State may preside No officer of said City shall
be impeached except by of two-thirds of those
trying the case against him Judgment in case of i'm
peachment shall not extend further than removal from
office and disqualification hold any Office of honor
or trust under the charter ordinances of said City,
but the person convicted SHALL nevertheless be liable
and subject to Indictment trial and punishment accord
ing to law.
Sec. 5. The corporate limits of the City of Dawson
shall extend mile in each and direction from
the southwest of the Court House of Terrell
County city, that is to say the corporate limits
a V,
vded however that the jurisdictional limits of said
City shall extend mile beyond the above defined
corporate limits for the purpose of giving the City
ICounc of Dawson control and regulation of ceme-
eries, hospitals, light and MAINS sewerage and
sanitation affecting the City, and shall have jursdc-
ton over said territory in so far as same refers to
sanitation, policing regulating and controlling said
area for said and they further authorized
to pass such ordinances the City Council Dawson
may deem proper for the purposes aforesaid Auhori
ty is hereby given to the policemen of Dawson make
arrests within said territory for any violations the
ordinances of the City of Dawson of the laws of the
, State of Georgia.
Sec. 6. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer over
all meetings of the City Council of Dawson shall
have the right to vote only in the event of tie, in
which he shall be permitted cast the deciding
power to and compel the attendance of wit
nesses and production of books and papers them
whenever the same may be necessary for the more
effective discharge OF their duty and shall have the
power to punish for contempt with the and
penalties the Judge of the Superior Court this
state may punish for contempt OF Superior Courts
All to enforce the powers conferred
by this section shall be signed by the Mayor and at
tested by the Clerk of the City Council and shall be
served by member of the police force of said City.
Sec. 7. That all the legislative functions Of the
City of Dawson shall be vested in exercised by
City Council Of Dawson; that the Mayor of the City
of Dawson shall be the executive officer said city,
and shall that all the laws thereof enforced
In order that he may more effectively discharge his
duties he shall power and authority to sus-
pend any officer employee of the City of Dawson
and provide substitute for the such suspension
shall stand until the next regular meeting of the City
Council of Dawson thereafter at which time the Mayor
shall report his acts of suspension to said body with
the reasons therefor.
The chairman each committee herein before named
as the head of the department designated shall audit
all accounts and claims against said department unless
he be absent fails refuses do in which event
the City Council shall appoint another chairman act
in his stead during his absence. Before the pay
ment of all accounts they shall be acted upon and
proved by majority of the members present at a
meeting of the City Council of Dawson when quorum
lis present. The City Council shall require statement
to be published on January LIST and July 1st of each
year in the official gazette to be designated by the
City Council of Dawson, showing a full, and COM
plee itemized statement of all other
collected and the manner in which expended during
the preceding six months.
Sec 8. The City Council of Dawson shall have the
power and authority from time to time to make, main
tain and establish such bylaws, ordinances, rules and
regulations shall appear to them requisite and nee
essary for the security welfare and convenience OF
said city and its inhabitants and for the preservation
of property, health and good within
2 the jursdictional limits of the same.
Sec 8. The Mayor is hereby given the power of
viewing all ordinances and regulations hereafter passed
by City Council of Dawson before the shall
become operative and it is hereby made the duty of
said Mayor either veto approve the Two
thirds of the full Board of Counclmen shall have the
power pass ordinance resolution said veto
f Sec 10. Said Mayor shall have long five days
Sundays exceped) after the passage of resolution
or ordinance by the City Council in which to consider
the same, and unless he vetoes said ordinance
luton within the said five days the same shall become
operative completely as if approved by him. In
the event after the adjournment of meeting
a in which the resolution ordinance IS passed and
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