Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-12
ORDINANCE NUMBER a.

ORDINANCE NUMBER a.
An Ordinance providing for the APP
pointment and defining the duties of
City Marshal and Deputy City Mar
shall, fixing their compensation and
repeating Ordinances Numbers Seven
CD and Seventy Four ca of the
Town of Audubon, also providing for
the appointment of special policemen
and prescribing their powers and
| duties.
Be 1t Ordained by the City Council
of the City of Audubon, Iowa:
Section One. The Mayor, at the
regular April meeting in each year,
shall appoint q City Marshal, who
shall hold office for one year from
the date of his appointment, and until
his successor is appointed and quail
flies, provided, however, that said Mar
shall may be removed at any time by
the Mayor, but every such removal
shall be by written order which shall
give the reasons therefor and be filed
with the city clerk.
Section Two. The City Marshal
shall, before entering upon the duties
of his office, take the oath of office
required by law, and give bond in the
sum of 100000 conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his duties as
defined by the laws of the State of
Iowa and the Ordinances of the City
of Audubon, with two or more sureties
to be approved by the City Council.
Section Three. The Mayor may at
any time appoint one or more Deputy
City Marshals who shall qualify in the
same manner as the City Marshal, and
shall hold office during the pleasure
of the Mayor, and shall have all and
the same powers as the Marshal and
be subject to the same responsibility.
Section Four. The City Marshal
and Deputy City Marshals shall have
all the powers given such officers I'M
der the laws of the State of Iowa,
and the ordinances of the City of
Audubon. 1t shall be the duty of the
Marshal and Deputy City Marshal to
perform all the duties required of
them by the laws of the State of Iowa
and the Ordinances of the City of
Audubon; to report to the Mayor all
violations of City Ordinances and laws
of the State of Iowa, and to cause the
laws of the State of Iowa and the Or
dinances of the City of Audubon,
Iowa, to be enforced within the Cor
porate Limits Of the City of Audubon,
Iowa; to look after and suppress all
suspicious or disorderly houses in the
City; to arrest with or without war
rant any person or persons found vio-
lating the laws of the State of Iowa,
or the Ordinances of the City of Aud
ubon, Iowa; and to take such persons
before the Mayor or other competent
authority for examination or trial. to
execute and enforce all orders of the
Board of Health regarding the remov-
al and abatement of nuisances; to ex-
ecute all orders or processes directed
to the City Marshal by the Mayor and
make return thereof according to law;
to forthwith pay to the City Treasurer
all moneys coming into his hands be-
longing to the City, except fines and
moneys collected upon execution which
shall be paid to the Mayor; to report
10 the Council detailed statement of
all moneys received by him as fees or
otherwise and the number of arrests
made by him or his deputies, giving
| the names of the parties and the Of
| tense, which report shall be made to
the Council at its regular meeting
each month
Section Five. The City Marshal
shall attend the meetings of the
| Council and see that the Council room
is properly heated and lighted, and
shall be sargent-at-arms Of the council
and perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by the council.
Section Six 1t shall be the duty of
the Deputy City Marshal designated
by the Mayor so to do. To be on duty
during the hours designated by the
Mayor of each and every night during
his term of office, and to travel such
beat as may be prescribed by the
Council and to keep record of his
attention upon his beat as may be re-
quired by the Council, and to carry
such watch or other devise therefor
as shall be provided him by the City
which shall be properly punched or
registered at the times and places
prescribed by the Council. For each
failure to register the devise provided
him, which shall not be excused to the
satisfaction of the Council, said
Deputy Marshal shall have deducted
from his pay the sum of $500.