The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09


day in May, every second year there
after, after giving ten days notice
Tor call by the Mayor, by written OF
printed handbills posted in three
Tor more public place. in the Town Of
Troy. The voters snail vote by bal
Hot under shuch rules and regula'
lions as the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen may prescribe as to the
hours, place, ETC., OF voting by or
dinances. The officers of the town
thus chosen, shall go into Office on
1.-THE first meeting after the election
and hold Office for two years or I'M
It'll their successors are elected and
qualified. The following shall be
the qualifications for voting in the
town elections, first, he shall be
qualified to vote for the State and
county officers and shall exhibit his
poll tax receipt for municipal taxes
| for the current year; second, he
shall have resided for six months
next, preceding the election within
the town limits and shall be a male
citizen; third, voters residence is
hereby defined as the place at which
he habitually sleeps.
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That the judges and clerks to hold
such an election shall be sworn and
qualified according to the election
laws of the State and said election
shall be conducted in all respects
as all the various State and county
elections by virtue of the election
laws of the State. The judges and
clerks shall preserve the ballots cast
at said election and file the same
together with the poll list, with the
town Recorder, who shall preserve
same.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted,
That the persons receiving the high
est number of votes, respectively for
Mayor and Aldermen shall be de-
clared elected and it shall be the
duty of the officers holding the cleo
ton to make out and deliver to the
Recorder a certificate of the cleo
ton within three days after their
election, which certificate shall be
produced at the first meeting of the
Board and a minute thereof shall be
made on the records of the town;
and if the Marshal shall fail to hold
the election at the time herein men
toned, it shall be his duty to hold
the same as soon thereafter as may
be, after giving requisite notice; and
for failure to hold said election as
prescribed by this Act, he shall for
felt and pay the corporation the
sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars,
to be covered by action of debt in
the name of the Town of Troy; and
if there be no Marshal or he be
candidate for any office or incom-
petent for any reason, the election
shall be held by person to be APP
pointed by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, under the same penalties
and regulations as hereinbefore pre-
scribed.
That the Mayor shall hold his office
for two years and until his success
sor shall be elected and qualified.
No person shall be elected Mayor
who is not at the time of his cleo
ton q citizen of the State of Ten
nessee and has been for six months
and is then, at the time of his cleo
ton, a bona fide citizen and voter
of said town and he shall also be
the owner of property within the
limits of said town.
1t shall be the duty of the Mayor
to preside at all meetings of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen, to
vote in the election of all officers of
the town and in all cases where it
is tie vote.
All ordinances and resolutions
shall be signed and approved by the
Mayor, before the next meeting OF
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
and the Mayor shall have veto pow
err; and if he shall fail or refuse to
approve any resolution or ordinance
lie shall return the same to the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen with
his reasons in writing, for his re-
fusal; and said resolution or ordi-
nance shall be valid unless the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall
by a majority vote pass the same
not withstanding the Mayors veto,
but if the Mayor does not veto the
same, as provided, it shall be valid
without his signature, within five
days after its passage.
The Mayor shall also take care
that all ordinances of the town are
fully enforced respected and OBJ
served within the town limits.
The Mayor shall have the power
to suspend any officer or officers of
said corporation, including Marshal
and Recorder for their failure to en-
force and respect any of the ordi-
nances of the town and he shall
have the power to appoint another
in his stead and report his action to
the next meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen.
If the Mayors action in suspend
ing said officer is sustained by two
thirds vote of the Mayor and Alder
men the said Board of Mayor and
Aldermen shall have power to elect
another in place of the officer or
officers so suspended.
The Mayor shall have power to
call special sessions of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen when he may
deem expedient and to perform such
other duties as the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen may, by ordinance or
otherwise, impose upon him.
The Mayor is hereby vested with
all the powers of a Justice of the
Peace in criminal cases and shall
try all offences against the peace
and dignity of the Town of Troy,
provided however that a change of