Year: 1877

and that the streets, alleys, lanes and commons are kept clean and unob- structed; may arrest anN disOrderly person or persons for violating any of the ordinances; and may take them be- fore the Recorder or any Justice of the Peace for trial. He shall pay all mo- neys collected by him and belonging to the city, to the City Treasurer, and shall report the same to the Common Council. He shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall receive such compensation for his services as the Council shall pre- scribe.

 SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to receive all moneys 5elonging to the city; to keep an ac- count of all receipts and expenditures in such manner as the Council may direct; and he shall, whenever required by the Council, present them with a full account of such receipts and ex- penditures for any period designated by the Council. All moneys drawn from the City Treasury shall be drawn in pursuance ofan order ofthe Common Council, by warrant signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Re corder; and such warrant shall specify for what purpose the amount therein specified is paId.

 SEC 6. The Treasurer shall on the second Monday in January, in each year, make an annual settlement with the Common Council, and the warrants paid and cancelled by him shall be his vouchers for money expended by him, and he shall turn over to his successor all books, papers and moneys belonging to the Treasurer's office, and shall take receipts therefor and file the same with the Common Council. He shall, if all his accounts are found correct, be dis charged from his bonds by an order 10 be entered on the journal of the Coun- cil. The Treasurer shall give bonds in such sum as the Common Council may require for the faithful discharge of hIs duties, and shall be allowed no compensation for his services.

 

 SEC. '. The Recorder shall be ap- pointed by the Common Council from among the qualified electors residing in the city. He shall have the same powers, authority and jurisdiction, as Justice of the Peace within the city in inquiring into, hearing and deter mining all offences committed within the limits of the city against any of the bylaws, ordinances or regulations of the Common Council, and to punish the offender, or offenders, in such man ner as may be prescribed by such by laws, ordinances and regulations. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the Recorder to keep the corporate seal and also all the papers and documents belonging to the city, and to file the same in hls office under appropriate heads; to attend the sittings of the Common Council and keep a journal of all their proceedings, and to record Tn the proper book, all the bylaws and or dinances passed by the Common Coun- cil; to sign all warrants and licenses issued by order of the Common Coun- cii, and to keep an account in an appro- priate book of all the licenses issued, and to whom issued, and the amount of each; to keep an account of all or ders or warrants drawn on the Treas urer, and to charge the Treasurer with all moneys paid to him by the Marshal, Collector, Street Commissioner or Re corder; he shall charge the collector cf taxes with the amount of the tax roll and blank license receipts, and shall credit the Collector with the Treasurer receipts; he shall charge the Street l Commissioner with the road tax re ceipts, and credit him with the Treas urers receipts; he shall do and perform all other services required of hlm by this act. The Common Council shall allow the Recorder such c )mpensation for such services as it may deem proper

 SEC. Q. It shall be the duty of the | Assessor to assess the real and personal property within the city at such time and in such manner as the Common 1 Council may direct; he shall be col lector of the licenses and revenues oftht city; he shall pay over to the Treasurer all sums of money collected by him within ten days after such sums shall have been collected; and shall take receipts therefor and file the same with the Recorder; he shall give such bonds as the Common Council may require for the faithful performance of his du ties, and shall receive such cOmpensa ton as the Council may prescribe.

 SEC. 10. The duties and compensa ton of the Pound Master shall be de fined by ordinances of the Common Council.

 SEC. II. The Street Commissioner, under instructions of the Common ! Council, shall have control of all i'm provements of streets, commons and cemeteries, and shall collect the street tax Tn conformity to ordinances of the l Council