The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-30


sjons OF this act shall constitute the
respective boards of improvement for
any and all Improvement districts
now existing, or that may hereafter
be created, in any city operating I'M
der the provisions OF this act, and
shall discharge and perform the dU-
ties required OF any board or boards
of any improvement district or dis
tlicts heretofore or hereafter formed
under the provisions of CHAPTER ll5.
subdivision & of Kirby's Digest, but
shall receive no compensation as
members of such board or boards. 1t
shall not be necessary for the mayor
and commissioners, where districts
have been created and are in existence
when they qualify and enter upon the
discharge of their duties as mayor
and commissioners OF the city, in adj
dition to the oath required d such
mayor and commissioners OF the CITY,
shall each as members of the board
of Improvement, take the oath OF Oh
flee required by Section 20, Article
10 of the Constitution OF this state,
directly be interested in any contract
made by the board of which he is a
member, such oath to be made Tor
each separate district, which oath
shall be filed in the office Of the city
clerk, Where an improvement dis
trict is formed after the said mayor
and commissioners shall have quail
iied as such mayor and commission
ers of the city they SHAH Immediately
upon the formation of such improve
ment district take and file as mem
hers Of such board Of Improvements
the oath herein above required. When
the MAYOR and commissioners shall
have taken the oath provided for by
this section. the terms Of office OF
all members of such improvement
boards in the city shall cease and
terminate and they shall cause to he
delivered to the board Of commission
ers. as their successors all records,
Papers. and contracts as well as
everything belonging to said improve
ment districts in their possession and
under their control. which shall he
kept separate from the records. pa
pers. contract and property Of the
city. The mayor shall be eX-officio
chairman of all boards OF improve
ment districts in such city; Provided
that in the event the city shall in the
manner allowed by this act, abolish
the form of government provided by
this act, boards of improvement for
the respective improvement, districts
then existing shall he appointed as
row provided by law
Section 2f The records, proceed
ings, moneys and revenues of each
Improvement district shall he kept
SEPARATE and distinct from the rec
ords, proceedings and revenues OF the
City. The City Clerk shall be ex-
officio secretary, and the Commits.
sioner Of Accounting and Finances ex-
officio treasurer 81 each and every
Improvement district subject. how
ever, to the right Of the board if il
shall be deemed best, to DESIGNATE
and appoint some person other than
said city clerk and commissioner as
such secretary and treasurer
Each and every board OF improve
ment district shall quarterly print in
pamphlet form a detailed and itemiz-
ed statement of all receipts and OK
penditures of each respective dis
trict, with proper vouchers for all
Payments, and cause to be filed with
the clerk of the circuit court not less
than one hundred copies Of such re.
port. ten copies of which the said
clerk shall furnish to the city, libra
ry, five to each daily newspaper pub
lished In the city, retain five in his
office, and out of the remainder sha l
deliver one copy to such person who
Shall request same until the copies
are exhausted. Any taxpayer NAV.
within six months. file exceptions to
such report in the chancery court.
which shall proceed after ten days
notice given to the chairman OF the
board OF Improvement for such dis
trict. to examine the exceptions 20
such report and account, and disal-
low any and all unjust. illegal or i'm.
proper charges and credits; and from
any final judgment or order of said
court, in respect thereto. the ag-
grieved party shall have the right to
appeal to the supreme court as in
other cases.
Section %. The mayor ana com.
missioners, as constituting the i'm
provement board of such district or
districts, shall advertise for propose q
for the custody OF the funds Of each
Improvement district as provided i'm
this act, for the custody and deposit
OF city funds and all the provisions
Of section q of this act as to CITY
funds shall, so far as applicable. GOV.
ern and apply TO the deposit at inter
est OF Improvement district funds,
but separate bonds shall be required
IN favor OF any payable to each i'm.
proycment district respectively TO
protect the funds of such district and
the accounts and deposits OF each
Improvement district shall be kept
separate by the depository selected
Section 20. In the construction of
this act the following rules shall lie
observed, unless such construction be
inconsistent with tho manifest in.