Year: 1876

Village of Yuma, iD certain cases

 Be it ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the Vil- liage of Yuma.

 Sec. 1.-The Recorder shall re. ceive for his services while Tn at- tendance upon the Sessions of the Board, the sum of seventy-ffve dollars per quarter, to be paid by warrant drawn by the Mayor upon the General Fund, and paid out of any monies belonging thereto, and he shall receive twenty cents per folio for taking testimony, and for copies of all papers per taining to his office, fifty cents for administering and certifying an oath. and fifty cents for all other certificates to be paid by the par ties requiring such service.

 Sec. 2-The Treasurer shall re- ceive in full compensation for all services required of him, the sum of five per cent on all monies re. ceived by him to the extent of five thousand dollars, and on all sums in excess of this amount, two and one half per cent; and shall execute good and sufficient Bond in a sum not less than five thousand dollars, to be approved by the Mayor.

 Sec. 3-The Mayor and each member of the Council shall re- ceive three dollars per diem while in attendance at any Regular Ses: sion of the Board, and two dollars per diem each at any special ses- sion. They shall be paid by war rants drawn by the Mayor and at- tested by the Recorder, upon and out of the General Fund, and the amount due the Mayor shall be certified by the Recorder, and paid in like manner.

 Sec All warrants drawn on the Treasurer, shall be paid by him in the order of thelr presenta- tion, and upon payment the Trea- surer shall write paid with the date of payment across the face of each, and sign the same.

 Sec 5-FrOm all monies receiv- ed by the Treasurer, there shall be set apart by him, eighty per cent for the liquidation of cost of town patent, survey, and other expenses incidental thereto, ten per cent shall be set apart by him to be called the Contingent Fund, and ten per cent, to be called the General Fund, the warrants drawn on the Contingent Fund, shall be in payment of rent, printing, lights, fuel. and other matters of this character, and all warrants drawn on the General Fund, shall be in payment of sal aries and other outstanding in. debtedness.

 Sec. 6-All warrants upon the Village Treasurer, shall be drawn by the Mayor and attested by the Recorder, and each warrant so drawn, shall be entered by the Recorder in a book to be kept for that purposes, showing, number, date, in whose favor, on what fund, and for what purpose, and immediately upon entering the same as aforesaid, he shall trans mt a certified copy thereof to the Treasurer, who shall file the same in hls office, and all persons en- titled to receive warrants shall re- ceipt directly to the Recorder for them.

 Sec. 7-If there be no money in the Treasury, the Treasurer shall upon the presentation of a warrant for payment, endorse upon the back thereof, not paid for want of funds" and date of presentation, and from that date it shall bear interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, principal, and inter- est to be paid as hereinafter pro. vided.

 For this purpose the Treasurer shall keep a book showing the different funds established, with distinctive columns for amOnnt of principal and interest, and upon the presentation of a warrant he shall enter the same in the fund to which it belongs, with the number, date, name of person in whose favor drawn and date of presentation, and when paid shall Ee entered in a column for that purpose, provided, that no war. rant shall be accepted, or paid by the Treasurer, unless the same corresponds to the list furnished him by the Recorder.

 Sec. 8-Whenever there shall be in either fund of the Treasury the sum of two hundred dollars, the Treasurer shall advertise in any local paper or by posting in three public places in the County for a period of four weeks, that he is prepared to redeem all outstand- ing warrants with interest thereon in either fund to a number and date certain, to be fixed by him in said notice, and all warrants so specified not presented on or be- fore the expiration of four weeks from the date of the first publica-