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306 LAWS OF ' j
TOW N S.
AN ACT to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Jefferson.
Sec. 1. Limits of tho city defined, city incorporated.
2. Corporate powers vested in a mayor and board of aldermen.
3. Number of Aldermen established, and to be distributed among the several wards.
4. Election and qualifications of aldermen, vacancies how supplied.
5. General powers of aldermen as a board.
(5. Their meetings prescribed.
7. Privileges of aldermen.
8. Mayor, how elected ; his term of office, tie in the election, how decided,
9. Qualifications of mayor.
10. His general duties.
11. Vacancies in tho office of mayor, how filled.
.(2-13-14.   Powers of the mayor and board of aldermen,
13. Tax for paving the streets, how levied.
14. Damages accruing on account of public improvement on the streets, how ascertaincti
.15.    Bills to be signed by the mayor within three days.
16. Style and publication of laws regulated.
17. City register to bo appointed, his duties.
38.    Officers of tho city shall first take an oath of office.
1.9.    Property and privileges belonging formerly to the trustees of the city of Jefferson, vested
in this corporation.
20. General election to be held annually on first Monday of April,    City constable to be elect
ed, his powers and duties.
21. Election, how conducted.
22. Provisions for enforcing the payment of taxes, .,
23. Qualifications of voters.    Votes shall be given by ballot.
24. Annual statement of city expenditures to be published,
25. Fire companies may be established,
26. Judges of elections, to be appointed, their duties,
27. Board of aldermen may put in force the general law of the incorporation of towns, previ
ous notice thereof shall be given.
28. This charter made subject to legislative control. /
§ 1. That all the district of country known by the name of the city of Jefferson, situated in the county of Cole, and State of Missouri, extending to the
middle of the main channel of the Missouri river, the whole extent of said city
up and down said river; and the inhabitants of said city shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Jefferson, and by that name, they, and
their successors shall be known in the law, have perpetual succession, sue and
be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of
law and equity, and in all actions and matters whatsoever, may grant, purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, within the said city, and no
other; and may lease, sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of the city,
and may do all other acts, as ratural persons; may have a common seal and
break and alter the same at pleasure.
§ 2. The corporate powers and duties of said city shall be vested in a mayor and board of aldermen, who shall be chosen and appointed as hereinafter directed.
§ 3. The board of aldermen shall consist of seven members, for the election
of whom the city shall be divided into convenient wards, which may be altered
from time to time, and new wards established as the convenience of the inhabitants may require, and the aldermen appointed among the several wards according to the number of qualified electors in each.
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Transcript 306 LAWS OF ' j TOW N S. CITY OF JEFFERSON. AN ACT to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Jefferson. Sec. 1. Limits of tho city defined, city incorporated. 2. Corporate powers vested in a mayor and board of aldermen. 3. Number of Aldermen established, and to be distributed among the several wards. 4. Election and qualifications of aldermen, vacancies how supplied. 5. General powers of aldermen as a board. (5. Their meetings prescribed. 7. Privileges of aldermen. 8. Mayor, how elected ; his term of office, tie in the election, how decided, 9. Qualifications of mayor. 10. His general duties. 11. Vacancies in tho office of mayor, how filled. .(2-13-14. Powers of the mayor and board of aldermen, 13. Tax for paving the streets, how levied. 14. Damages accruing on account of public improvement on the streets, how ascertaincti and paid, .15. Bills to be signed by the mayor within three days. 16. Style and publication of laws regulated. 17. City register to bo appointed, his duties. 38. Officers of tho city shall first take an oath of office. 1.9. Property and privileges belonging formerly to the trustees of the city of Jefferson, vested in this corporation. 20. General election to be held annually on first Monday of April, City constable to be elect ed, his powers and duties. 21. Election, how conducted. 22. Provisions for enforcing the payment of taxes, ., 23. Qualifications of voters. Votes shall be given by ballot. 24. Annual statement of city expenditures to be published, 25. Fire companies may be established, 26. Judges of elections, to be appointed, their duties, 27. Board of aldermen may put in force the general law of the incorporation of towns, previ ous notice thereof shall be given. 28. This charter made subject to legislative control. / Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate of Missouri, as follows: § 1. That all the district of country known by the name of the city of Jefferson, situated in the county of Cole, and State of Missouri, extending to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river, the whole extent of said city up and down said river; and the inhabitants of said city shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Jefferson, and by that name, they, and their successors shall be known in the law, have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions and matters whatsoever, may grant, purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, within the said city, and no other; and may lease, sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of the city, and may do all other acts, as ratural persons; may have a common seal and break and alter the same at pleasure. § 2. The corporate powers and duties of said city shall be vested in a mayor and board of aldermen, who shall be chosen and appointed as hereinafter directed. § 3. The board of aldermen shall consist of seven members, for the election of whom the city shall be divided into convenient wards, which may be altered from time to time, and new wards established as the convenience of the inhabitants may require, and the aldermen appointed among the several wards according to the number of qualified electors in each.