notify the common council at their next regular meeting thereafter of the cause of revoking and cancelling said license.

The common council may, at any regular meeting, reinstate such license so revoked by a two-thirds (3) vote of the members present, and thereafter the same shall be valid until revoked and cancelled again, provided said common council shall hear any person whose license has been thus revoked, at such time and place as they shall see fit, upon an application to said common council for reinstatement of such license by the party deprived of the same, as aforesaid, which application shall be in writing and filed with the city recorder within five (5) days, exclusive of the first (1st), after the time of the revoking of such license.

SEC. 4. There shall be a recorder of said city, styled the city recorder, who shall keep his office at the place of meeting of the common council, or such other place convenient thereto as the common council may determine. He shall keep the corporate seal and all the papers and records of the city, and keep a record of the proceedings of the common council, at whose meetings it shall be his duty to attend. Copies of all papers filed in his office and transcripts from all records of the common council, certified by him under the corporate seal, shall be evidence in all courts as if the original were produced. He shall draw and countersign all orders on the treasurer in pursuance of any order or resolution of the common council, and keep a full and accurate account thereof in books provided for that purpose.

The city recorder shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and acknowledge all papers. It shall be the duty of the city recorder to report to the common council the financial condition of the city whenever the common council shall require. He shall make and keep a list of outstanding city bonds, to whom issued, for what purposes, when and where payable and the rate of interest they respectively bear, and recommend such action to the common council as will secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of such bonds.

He shall report annually on or about the first (1st) day of January to the common council an estimate of the expenses of the city and likewise the revenue necessary to be raised for the current year. He shall make or cause to be made estimates of the expenses of any work to be done by the city, and countersign all contracts made in behalf of the city and certificates of work authorized by any committee of the common council or by any city officer.

And every contract made in behalf of the city or to which the city is a party shall be signed by the recorder. The city recorder shall keep regular books of accounts in which he shall enter all the indebtedness of the city, and which shall at all times show the precise financial condition of the city, including the amount of bonds, orders, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness which have been redeemed, and the amount of the same outstanding.

He shall countersign all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the city and keep accurate accounts thereof, stating to whom and for what purpose issued and the amount thereof. He shall keep accounts with all receiving and disbursing officers, showing the amounts they have received from different sources of revenue and the amount they have disbursed under the directions of the common council. The recorder shall examine all the reports, books,

papers, vouchers and accounts of the city treasurer, and from time to time shall perform such other duties as the common council may direct.

All claims and demands against the city, before they are allowed by the common council, shall be audited and adjusted by the recorder, and he shall keep a record of all his acts and doings, and keep a book in which he shall enter all contracts with an index thereto; such record shall be open to the inspection of all parties interested. He shall make a full and complete report of the finances and condition of the city, which shall be kept on file, and a copy thereof he shall cause to be published in the city newspaper at least fifteen (15) days prior to the annual election.

The city recorder shall perform all other services by law required of clerks of cities or townships, within said city, but when such services are required of him by public law, for which compensation is made from the state or county treasury or individuals, such services shall not be regarded as services for said city, and he may retain such compensation in addition to his regular salary, and shall keep an accurate account of fees so received, and report the amount of the same to the common council at the close of each official year.

SEC. 5. The city attorney shall perform all professional services incident to his office, and, when required, shall furnish opinions upon any subject submitted to him by the common council or its committees. He shall also advise with and counsel all city officers in respect to their official duties, and attend the meetings of the common council and of such committees as shall request his assistance, and his salary shall be fixed by the common council.

SEC. 6. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, including license money and fines, and keep accurate and detailed account thereof, in such manner as the common council shall from time to time direct. The treasurer shall exhibit to the common council, at least twenty (20) days before the annual election, or sooner if required by them, a full detailed account of the receipts and expenditures after the date of the last annual report, and also the state of the treasury, which account shall be filed with the city recorder. He shall also report to the common council, at such times and in such manner as they may require; and he shall give such bonds for the safe keeping of the funds of the city as the common council may require. His salary shall be ten (10) dollars per annum.

SEC. 7. There shall be a chief of police of said city, who shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent of the common council, and who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the common council for the preservation of the public peace. All police of said city shall possess the powers of constables at common law or by the laws of the state; and it shall be their duty to execute and serve all warrants, processes, commitments, and all writs and warrants whatsoever, issued by the municipal court of said city, for any violation of the laws of the state of Minnesota or of the ordinances or by-laws of said city, and also all writs and processes whatsoever issued by the municipal court of said city in civil actions, and they shall have authority to pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of this state, and when performing the duties of constables aforesaid shall be entitled to like fees. Watchmen shall have authority to arrest and detain any person guilty of any breach

of the peace or of any violation of the laws of this state, or of the ordinances or by-laws of the city, and for these purposes shall possess the powers of constables at common law while on duty;

Provided, that each policeman, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law for constables in this state, and in addition thereto shall execute a bond to the mayor of said city in such penal sum as the common the council shall direct, with one (1) or more sureties, to be approved by the mayor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such constable and further condition to pay over to the party entitled thereto any money that shall come into his hands by virtue of his power and authority as such constable, which bond shall be filed with the recorder. The duties of all policemen may be determined by the common council; also the manner in which they shall be paid; and no policeman shall be authorized to perform the duties of constable at common law when forbid by the common council, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 8. The city council shall, at its first (1st) meeting after each annual election, or as soon thereafter as may be, appoint one (1) street commissioner for the city, whose term of office shall be for one (1) year. All work done by the street commissioner shall be subject to the approval of the council and the city engineer.

It shall be the duty of such street commissioner to see that all streets and sidewalks under his charge, which have been graded and open for travel, are kept clear from obstruction and in such repair as to be safe and passable; also to superintend, subject to the directions of the city engineer, the grading of streets and the laying of sidewalks, and to carry into effect all orders of the city council. But no street commissioner shall do any work upon streets except such as is necessary to keep traveled streets and improved sidewalks in repair and passable condition, unless such work is specially ordered by the city council. The street commissioner shall keep accurate account of all his work and expenditures, and make detailed and itemized reports thereof to the city council at least once in every month, and oftener if ordered by the city council, and no bill for compensation to such street commissioner shall be allowed unless the same shall be accompanied by or preceded with full and itemized reports of his work and expenditures up to the time of rendition of such bill. Said street commissioner shall be paid for his services such compensation as the city council shall determine, for the time actually given by him to such service, to be paid upon bills thereof, audited as other claims against said city.

No street commissioner shall be interested in any contract for any work to be done under his charge, nor be allowed compensation for any use of team owned by himself or in which he shall have any interest, nor for any material or labor furnished by him, except his personal services, nor shall he receive, directly or indirectly, any commission, gratuity, money or valuable thing from any person doing work or furnishing material for any work or construction under the charge of such street commissioner or the city engineer of the city.

SEC. 9. The common council shall, in the mouth of February each year, elect an assessor who shall perform all the duties in relation to the assessing of property for the purpose of levying all city, county and state taxes, and upon the completion of the assessment roll he

shall return the same to the city recorder. In all respects not herein expressly provided for, said assessor shall, in making such assessment, be governed by the rules, both in respect to the property to be listed and assessed and the manner of listing and assessing the same, which are or may be prescribed by the general laws of the state for the government of assessors, including compensation.

Immediately after the assessment roll has been returned to the city recorder, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the common council to meet as a board of review in said city, all of whom shall qualify as such board of review, and designate a time and place when they will meet as such board of review for the purpose of performing the duties herein assigned them. Not later than the fourth (4th) Monday in June each year, they, as such board, shall proceed to examine and see that all taxable property in the city of Redwood Falls has been properly placed on the list and duly valued by the assessor.

A majority of such board present shall constitute a quorum for doing business.

The same notice of such meeting of such board shall be given by the recorder, and the board of review shall be governed by the same rules and regulations in the performance of their duties as is, or shall be, prescribed in the general statutes and laws of the state for town boards of review.

The assessor shall, after such review of said assessment, and not later than upon the second (2d) Monday of July in each year, make out a tabular statement of all of the assessments of property in said city and made by him, as directed by said board, and return the same to the county auditor of Redwood county, the same having been verified by said assessor as provided in the General Laws of the state for town assessors. The assessor shall hold his office for one (1) year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. The assessor may also, whenever he shall deem it necessary, appoint a deputy assessor to aid in making the city assessment. Said deputy shall act under direction of the assessor, and shall report to him all his doings as such deputy, and be responsible to such assessor for all his acts. The compensation of such deputy shall be fixed by the common council..

SEC. 10. The common council at their first (1st) meeting after each annual election, or as soon thereafter as may be, may elect a city surveyor, who shall be a practical surveyor and engineer. He shall keep his office in some convenient place in said city, and the common council shall prescribe his duties and fix the fees and compensation for all services performed by him. All surveys, profiles, plans or estimates made by him for the city shall be the property of said city, and shall be preserved in the office of the surveyor and open to the inspection of all persons interested, and the same, together with all books and papers, shall be delivered over by the surveyor at the time of the expiration of his term of office to his successor or the common council.

SEC. 11. The common council, at their first (1st) meeting after each annual election, or as soon thereafter as may be, shall advertise for proposals to do the city printing, giving public notice of not less than one (1) week, in such manner as the council may direct, that sealed bids shall be received by the city recorder for doing said printing. The bid or bids received by said recorder to do said printing shall be publicly opened and read by the recorder at such time and place as

the common council shall appoint, and the person or persons offering to do said printing for the lowest sum or price, in any newspaper of common circulation published in said city, shall be declared the public printer;

Provided, however, that if the common council shall deem it best for the interest of the city to select a person who is not the lowest bidder, they may elect such person public printer, and he shall be declared the city printer for the ensuing year; and in the newspaper designated in said accepted bid or proposal shall be published all ordinances, by-laws and other proceedings and matters required by this act or by the by-laws or ordinances of said city to be published in a public newspaper.

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 city recorder a copy of such publication, with his affidavit, or the affidavit of his or their foreman, of the length of time and the date or dates at which the same has been published, and such affidavit shall be a prima facie evidence of a publication of such notice, ordinance or resolution; Provided, that the common council may make such other provisions for publishing its ordinances, by-laws and matters requiring publishing as it may think fit, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 12. If any person, having been an officer of said city, shall not, within one (1) week 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 one thousand dollars ($1,000), besides all damages caused by his neglect or his refusal so to deliver, and said successor may receive possession of such books, papers and effects in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state.

SEC. 13. The common council shall have power at any time to require other and further duties to be performed by any officer whose duties are herein prescribed, not inconsistent with this act, and to appoint such other officers as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to prescribe their duties, unless otherwise provided for; but no officer elected or appointed by the common council, or appointed by the mayor, as herein before provided, shall be appointed for a longer term than one (1) year, and until his successor is elected or appointed and duly qualified. The common council shall have the power, unless herein otherwise provided, to fix the compensation of all officers elected or appointed under this act, and such compensation shall be fixed by resolution; except the city recorder, who shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per annum, which shall be in full for all his services, including that of clerk of the common council, and all duties imposed upon him in behalf of said city, and shall be paid monthly, at the termination of each month.

The compensation of officers shall be fixed for the fiscal year in the month of January of each year, except for such offices as may hereafter be created, in regard to which the compensation shall be fixed at the time of the creation of such office, nor shall the compensation of any officer, after having been fixed, be increased or diminished during the term for which such officer was elected or appointed. No officer