The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-19

penSaLlOn OF Such deputy, VINO Snal
perform the duties Of such absen
or disabled Commissioner. except al
member OF the City Council, dur
ing such absence or disability
Should such Commissioner fail t
appoint such deputy the City Coun
ell may provide for the performance
OF the duties of such absent or dis
abled Commissioner, by the ap
pointment of a deputy or otherwise
provided, that no person so appoint
ed shall be a member of the City
Council.
Section IL
Should any elective officer Of Tho
City be absent from the City OF
other than City business for period
longer than fifteen days. or other
wise prevented from the perform
ance Of his duties for period Of
more than fifteen days, except in
case of sickness, or with the CON
sent Of the City Council obtained
before the expiration of said time
the office of such officer shall be
declared vacant by tae City Coun-
ell.
Section 13
The Mayor and Commissioners
shall each receive a salary of Eigh-
teen Hundred Dollars ($1,S00.00)
per year, payable monthly. Except
as herein otherwise provided, the
City Council shall by ordinance fix
the compensation of appointiye Off
GERS and salaried employees.
Section IA.
A htr an Of
)r employee of the City shall be
city Treasury forthwith, and no Of
ticer or employee shall ever be COM
pensated by fees or upon a fee
basis.
ARTICLE Nv.
Section /.
A Court is hereby created, to be
known as the Municipal Court of
the City of Chickasha, which shall
have and possess the Jurisdiction
and powers now had and possessed
by police Courts in Cities of the
first class under the Statutes of the
State of Oklahoma.
Section 2.
The City Council shall appoint a
Municipal Judge who shall hold his
office during the pleasure of the
City Council. He shall receive such
salary as the City Council shall fix
in the resolution appointing him;
said salary to be payable monthly.
His appointment and removal shall
be by resolution. The Municipal
Judge shall preside over the Muni-
cipal Court hereby created and shall
perform the duties imposed and have
the jurisdiction conferred upon
Judges of police courts in cities of
the first class by the Statutes now
in force in the State of Oklahoma.
Section 3,
Any regularly admitted member
of the Oklahoma bar, an eleetor Of
the City, who at the time of the
appointment shall have been a resi-.
dent of the City for a period of two
years next preceding such election,
shall he qualified to hold the office
OF Municipal Judge.
Section A.
THE City Council shall have power
to provide for the separate dente'.-
ton and trial of, and probation
system for, juvenile offenders
against the municipal ordinances.
Section 5.
The Municipal Judge may IN MS
discretion upon good cause shown,
grant parole pending good be-
havior to any person convicted in
the Municipal Court of The City
provided, that such parole so grant
Ell may be revoked at any time by
the Municipal Judge within six
months after the granting CT the
same. and the sentence imposed
against such person shall thercupon
be carried iGto execution.
ARTICLE v,
IN addition to the other officers
specified in this charter, the fol-
lowing appointive officers are here
by created: Assessor, Chief Of Police,
city Physician, Fire Chief and CITY
kagneer.
Section 2.
The City Council may from time
to time employ such employees AMI
laborels as the best interests OF the
CITY may require, and prescribe
their respective duties AMI fix their
compensation.
Section 3.
Such appointive officer, elnpioyee
or laborer shall be chosen by the
Commissioner having charge of the
Bureau to which he is o. may be
assigned, but no such appointiye
officer, employee or laborer, employ
cd otherwise than by the day shall
except in case of emergency, begin |
his work or labor or be entitled 70
until his appointment
shall have been authorized or ap-
proved by the City Council. IN case
of emergency. the City Council may,
by resolution regularly adopted,
setting forth the facts which consti-
tute the emergency, authorize the
temporary employment of employees
or ratify such agreement previously
by a Commissioner pro-
vided, that such temporary employ
ment by a Commissioner must not
extend over a longer period than
until the next meeting oil the CITY
Council thereafter.
Section a,
No person shall hold an appoin-
tive position in the pay OF the city
who is related within the third de-
gree. by blood or marriage, to the
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