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elected, and the name OF no
candidate shall be printed on
the election ballot for an office
to be filed by the electors OF
the city at large unless his peti-
.tion shall contain the names OF
not less than 100 nor more than
800 qualified electors Of the city.
No such petition shall be cir
culated more than go days prior
to the date of election and all
such petitions shall be filed with
the City. Clerk not less than six
teen days prior to the date OF
election.
fe) At the regular city election the
candidate receiving the highest
number of votes of all the can
didates for any particular Office
shall be deemed and declared to
be elected to that Office. In cases
where there are two or more OF
iicers to be elected for the same
Office the candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall
be deemed and declared to be
elected to such Offices. The names
of the candidates shall be print
ed on the ballots without any
designation of or reference to
party affiliations. If two or more
candidates be tied for the same
Office, the tie shall be determined
by lot to be cast then and there,
as the canvassing board may dir
ect.
Chapter 6.
Section 13.
The said City Clerk shall re-
ceive for his services from said
city, such annual salary as the
council of said city shall by res
o'ution direct.
Section 81.
The City Marshal shall receive
in full for his services to the city
such sum as the council shall by
tesoluion allow annually. and
which shall be in full for all SER
vices except as is provided in
Section 32.
Chapter 3.
Section 81.
The mayor and aldermen may
each receive such salary as may
be prescribed by the council, not
exceeding one hundred dollars
s1OO) per year. The compensa-
tion of Supervisor, members of
the board of election and reg
istration and boards of review
shall receive not to exceed four
dollars fS4) per day as may be
provided by resolution. School
inspectors shall serve without
compensation. Justices of the
Peace Constables and officers
serving process and making ar
rests may charge and receive
such fees as are allowed to those
officers for like services by the
general laws of this state. sAll
other officers elected or appoint
ed in the city except as herein
otherwise provided shall receive
such CONDENSATION as the council
may determine by resolution.
Chapter Is.
Section 8. elnf
1he several nembe.s of said
Ward of auditors sha,. receive
for their services surl sum as
ne common council shall by res
olution allow.
Chapter 20.
Section s.
The aggregate amount which
the council may raise by general
tax upon the taxable real and
personal property in the city for
the purpose Of defraying the gen.
eral expenses and liabilities of
the corporation, and for all the
purposes for which the several
general funds are constituted,
exclusive of taxes for schools
and school houses. shall not, ex-
cept as herein otherwise provid-
ed, exceed one and one-half per
cent on the assessed value of all
the real and personal property
in said city made taxable by law.
Section 8.
The council may also raise
such further sum annually, not
exceeding five mills on the dol
lar, on the assessed valuation of
the property in the city as may
be necessary to provide an inter-
est and sinking fund to pay the
funded debts of the. city and the
interest thereon.
Chapter 20.
Section 20.
Should any greater amount be
required in any year for the pur-
pose Of erecting public buildings,
or for the purchase of ground
therefor, or for other public i'm
provements or purposes of any
kind, to be paid for from the
general funds of the city, than
can be raised by the council un-
der the foregoing provisions of
this chapter, such amount may
be raised by tax or loan, or part
ly by tax or partly by loan, if
authorized by majority vote of
the electors voting upon the
question at an annual city cleo
ton, or at special city election
called for that or any other pur-
pose provided the intention of
voting on such proposition is
stated in the notices calling such
election. The amount that may
be voted or raised in any year
under the provisions of this sec-
tion shall not exceed one per
cent of the assessed valuation of
the property in the city as shown
by the last preceding tax roll
made therein.