Duties of mayor.

taking the same, with the clerk of the city, and the clerk, chief of police, constable, and such other officers as the council may direct, shall severally, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, execute to the city of Merrill, a bond, with at least two sureties, who shall swear that they are each worth the penalty specified in said bond, over and above all debts, exemptions or liabilities, and said bond shall contain such penal sums and such conditions as the council shall deem proper. The treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall also execute a bond, with at least two and not more than ten sureties. The penal sum expressed in such bond shall exceed the amount of the last annual tax roll, and each surety shall swear that he is worth a certain amount over and above all debts, liabilities or exemptions, and the aggregate of such amounts shall, at least exceed the penal sum specified in the bond. The council may, from time to time, require new or additional bonds, from the treasurer or other officer of the city, and the council may remove from office any officer refusing or neglecting to give the same. Justices of the peace shall qualify in the same manner as in towns, except that their bonds shall be approved by the council.

SECTION 17. The mayor shall, when present, preside over the meetings of the common council. He shall take care that the laws of the state, and the ordinances of the city are duly observed and enforced, and that all other executive officers of the city discharge their respective duties; he shall from time to time, give the council such information, and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the city. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer and head of the police of the city; and in case of a riot, or other disturbance, or apparent necessity, he may appoint as many special or temporary constables as he shall deem necessary. He shall have the authority to remove the chief of police for inefficiency or neglect of duty, and to appoint a chief of police in place of the one he may remove; but the term of office of a chief of police who may be appointed by the mayor, shall not commence until his nomination has been approved by a majority of the council. The mayor shall have a vote in the

council only in case of a tie, except when the council shall be engaged in the election of any officer, in which proceeding he shall have a vote the same as an alderman. When presiding over the council his style shall be, "Mr. President.”

POWERS OF MAYOR.

mayor.

SECTION 18. The Mayor shall have power to Powers of veto any ordinance, act or resolution passed by the council, or the allowance of any claim by notifying the council of his objections thereto, at any time within seven days after the passage of such ordinance or resolution, or the allowance of such claim. In case of no session of the council, on any day after the passage of the same, and before the expiration of the said seven days, such notification shall be made by filing with the clerk a copy of his objections, and the clerk shall thereupon call a special meeting of the council by giving notice in the same manner as other special meetings are called to consider such veto and objections, and in case the council shall not, within one week after receipt of such objection or such filing with the clerk, re-enact such ordinance or pass such resolution by the vote of two-thirds of all the members of the council elect, the same shall be null and void. If the mayor shall not return any ordinance, act, resolution or claim within seven days after the passage or allowance thereof, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he signed it.

SECTION 19. At the first meeting of the council President of after its election, in each year, it shall proceed to council. elect, by ballot, one of its number president, and in the absence of the mayor, the said president shall preside over the meetings of the council; and during the absence of the mayor from the city, or his inability for any reason to discharge the duties of his office, the said president shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of mayor. În case both the mayor and president shall be absent at any meeting of the council, it shall proceed to elect a temporary presiding officer, who for the time being shall discharge all the duties of mayor. The president, or temporary presiding officer, while presiding over the council or performing the duties of mayor, shall be styled

Duties of clerk.

acting mayor, and any acts performed by him shall have the same force and validity as if performed by the mayor.

DUTIES OF CLERK

SECTION 20. There shall be a city clerk appointed by the common council who shall keep the corporate seal, and all papers and records of the city, and keep a record of the proceedings of the council, at whose meetings it shall be his duty to attend, and copies of all papers filed in his office, and transcripts from the records of the council, certified by him under the corporate seal, shall be evidence in all courts, in like manner as if the original were produced. He shall draw and countersign all orders on the treasury in pursuance of any order or resolution of the council, and keep a full and accurate account thereof in books provided for that purpose. Whenever the clerk shall be absent from any meeting, the council may ap point a clerk pro tem. The city clerk shall have power and authority to admininister oaths and affiamations. He shall also be the sealer of weights and measures of said city, and be governed by the general laws of the state appertaining to the sealing of weights and measures by town clerks. The city clerk shall also be the clerk of the board of education.

Duties of treasurer.

DUTIES OF TREASURER.

SECTION 21. The treasurer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be lawfully required of him by the ordinances of said city or the laws of this state. He shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, and keep an accurate and detailed account thereof, together with an account of all disbursements in such manner as the council shall direct. He shall report to the council as often as is required, and annually, at least, ten days before the annual election, a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures since the date of the last annual report; and also of the state of the treasury, which statement shall be filed with the clerk. The city treasurer shall be collector of taxes in said city, and in addition to the powers and duties already specified, shall have the same powers and duties and be

subject to the same liabilities as treasurers in towns. No person, having been city treasurer for two years in succession, shall be eligible to a re-election, until one year shall have elapsed, nor shall any person, who has been city treasurer, be appointed deputy treasurer, for the term immediately succeeding his term of office. The salary of the treasurer shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum and shall be payable quarterly.

DUTIES OF CHIEF OF POLICE.

of police.

SECTION 22. The chief of police shall possess Duties of chief all the powers of a constable in towns, and be subject to the same liabilities. It shall be his duty to execute and return all writs and processes to him directed or delivered, for that purpose, and when necessary, in case of the violation of any ordinance of this city, may pursue and serve the same in any part of the state of Wisconsin. It shall be his duty to suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, to apprehend any person in the act of committing any offense against any ordinance of said city, or laws of this state, and forthwith bring such person before competent authority for examination; and for such service he shall receive such fees as are allowed to constables for like service, but he shall receive no fees for services performed in behalf of the city. He shall do and perform all such duties as may lawfully be enjoined on him by the ordinance of said city. He shall have the power to appoint one or more deputies to be approved by the council, but for whose official acts he shall be responsible, and of whom he may require a bond for the faithful discharge of their duties.

POWERS OF COUNCIL.

SECTION 23. The council shall have power, from Power of the time to time, to require other and further duties council. to be performed by ary officer, whose duties are herein prescribed, and to appoint such other officers, as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the city carter, and to prescribe their duties, aud to fix the compensation of all officers appointed by it, were the compensation is not fixed by statute. The council shall, at least ten days before the anual charter election,

in each year, fix, by resolution, the salary which shall be paid to the clerk, treasurer, chief of po lice, assessor and school superintendent, for the ensuing year, and such salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term of the officer elected, neither shall extra compensation be granted, except by unanimous vote of the council, which vote shall be approved by the mayor, and the salaries of the following named officers shall not exceed the following amounts: City clerk, three hundred dollars per year; city assessor, three hundred dollars per year; chief of police, four hundred dollars per year; and city treasurer three hundred dollars per year, and shall be payable quarterly.

SECTION 24. The council, at the first meeting after its election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall designate a newspaper, printed in said city, which shall be the official paper of the city, in which shall be published all ordinances and other matters required by the city charter, or the by-laws or ordinances of the city, to be published in a newspaper.

SECTION 25. The city printer or printers immediately after the publication of any notice, ordinance or resolution which is required to be published, shall file with the clerk of the city, a copy of such publication, with his or their affidavit or the affidavit of his or their foreman, of the length of the time the same has been published, and such affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of the publication of such notice, ordinance or resolution, as stated in such affidavit.

SECTION 26. If any person having been an officer in said city, shall not, within ten days after notification and request deliver to his successor in office, all property, books, papers and effects of every description in his possession belonging to said city, or pertaining to the office he may have held, he shall forfeit and pay to the use of the city a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, besides all damages caused by his neglect or refusal so to deliver; and such successor may recover possession of such books, papers and effects in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state.

SECTION 27. Neither the mayor, nor any member of the common council of said city, shall be a