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Timestamp: 2019-08-21 17:11:14
Document Index: 503584594

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 11', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 11', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18']

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162 LAWS OF
§ 6. Whenever an election for Mayor shall be contested, the two branches
of the City Council shall determine the same by joint vote.
§ 7. Whenever any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, it shall
be filled by the election in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance.
§ 8. The Mayor may be removed from office for any misdemeanor in office
by a joint vote of both branches of the City Council.
§ 9. The Mayor shall have power to nominate, and by and with the concurrence of the board of aldermen, to appoint all city officers not ordered by '
law or ordinance to he otherwise appointed ; he shall take care that the laws of
the State and the ordinances of the city are duly enforced, respected and observed within the city; he may remit fines, forfeitures and penalties accruing
from, or imposed for the violation of any ordinance of the city; he may fill all
vacancies which may occur in any office, other than that of alderman or delegate, until the end of the session of the board of aldermen which shall next
happen after the vacancy shall have .occurred; he shall from time to time give
to the City Council information relative to the state of the city, and shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient for
the advantage of the city.
§ 10. The Mayor may call special sessions of the City Council, by proclamation.
§11. Whenever a special session of the city Council shall have been called
by the Mayor, he shall state to them, when assembled, the cause for which they
have been convened.
§ 12. Whenever the Mayor shall absent himself from the city, or a vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, the President of the board of aldermen
shall for the time being exercise the duties and receive the like compensation of
the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled, or the Mayor return.
§ 13. There shall be a city register, whose duty it shall be to keep a record
of all the official acts of the Mayor, and -when necessary, to attest them; he
shall keep and preserve in his office the seal of the city, and all records, public papers and documents belonging to the city ; and he shall perform such other and further duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
§ 11 There shall be a city auditor, whose -duty it shall be to prescribe the
mode of keeping, stating and rendering all city^accounts, to examine, settle and
adjust all accounts (unless otherwise provided for by ordinance) between the
city and any person or body politic or corporate, and generally to perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
§, 15. There shall be a city treasurer, whose duty it shall be to receive and
keep the moneys of the city; and to pay out the same upon warrants drawn
by the auditor; and the city treasurer shall perform such other and further duties as may be enjoined on him by ordinance.
§ 16. There shall be a city marshal, who shall, within the city, in matters
of a criminal nature arising under any law of the State, possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as either constable of St. Louis township; he shall execute and return all process issued by
the Mayor, any alderman, or justice of the peace, under this act, or any ordinance of the city, and he shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined
on him by ordinance.
§ 17. There shall be a city engineer, whose duty it shall be to superintend
the construction of all public works of the city, to make out plans and estimates,
and to contract for the execution of the same; to superintend and manage the
water works of the city, and to perform all such surveying and engineering, and
such other duties as may be required of him by ordinance.
§ 18.    The register, auditor, treasurer and engineer shall be appointed by
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Transcript 162 LAWS OF § 6. Whenever an election for Mayor shall be contested, the two branches of the City Council shall determine the same by joint vote. § 7. Whenever any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, it shall be filled by the election in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance. § 8. The Mayor may be removed from office for any misdemeanor in office by a joint vote of both branches of the City Council. § 9. The Mayor shall have power to nominate, and by and with the concurrence of the board of aldermen, to appoint all city officers not ordered by ' law or ordinance to he otherwise appointed ; he shall take care that the laws of the State and the ordinances of the city are duly enforced, respected and observed within the city; he may remit fines, forfeitures and penalties accruing from, or imposed for the violation of any ordinance of the city; he may fill all vacancies which may occur in any office, other than that of alderman or delegate, until the end of the session of the board of aldermen which shall next happen after the vacancy shall have .occurred; he shall from time to time give to the City Council information relative to the state of the city, and shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient for the advantage of the city. § 10. The Mayor may call special sessions of the City Council, by proclamation. §11. Whenever a special session of the city Council shall have been called by the Mayor, he shall state to them, when assembled, the cause for which they have been convened. § 12. Whenever the Mayor shall absent himself from the city, or a vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, the President of the board of aldermen shall for the time being exercise the duties and receive the like compensation of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled, or the Mayor return. § 13. There shall be a city register, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of all the official acts of the Mayor, and -when necessary, to attest them; he shall keep and preserve in his office the seal of the city, and all records, public papers and documents belonging to the city ; and he shall perform such other and further duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. § 11 There shall be a city auditor, whose -duty it shall be to prescribe the mode of keeping, stating and rendering all city^accounts, to examine, settle and adjust all accounts (unless otherwise provided for by ordinance) between the city and any person or body politic or corporate, and generally to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. §, 15. There shall be a city treasurer, whose duty it shall be to receive and keep the moneys of the city; and to pay out the same upon warrants drawn by the auditor; and the city treasurer shall perform such other and further duties as may be enjoined on him by ordinance. § 16. There shall be a city marshal, who shall, within the city, in matters of a criminal nature arising under any law of the State, possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as either constable of St. Louis township; he shall execute and return all process issued by the Mayor, any alderman, or justice of the peace, under this act, or any ordinance of the city, and he shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined on him by ordinance. § 17. There shall be a city engineer, whose duty it shall be to superintend the construction of all public works of the city, to make out plans and estimates, and to contract for the execution of the same; to superintend and manage the water works of the city, and to perform all such surveying and engineering, and such other duties as may be required of him by ordinance. § 18. The register, auditor, treasurer and engineer shall be appointed by