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cute the appeal in the circuit court, and abide the order of the court therein, or such other recognizance as is or may be required by law in appeals from justices courts, in similar cases: Provided, If any judgment in any action shall be rendered against the city by any justice of the peace, such judgment may be removed by appeal to the circuit court in the county of Washtenaw, in the same manner and with the same effect as though the city were a natural person, except that no bond or recognizance to the adverse party shall be necessary to be executed by or on behalf of the said city.

SEC. 9. All fines imposed by any by-law or ordinance of the common council may be sued for by the attorney of the city, in the name of the corporation, before any justice of the peace of said city; and whenever any fine shall be imposed by any justice of the peace for a violation of any ordinance of the common council, it shall be the duty of the justice forthwith to issue execution to the marshal of the city, commanding him to collect of the goods and chattels of the person so offending the amount of such fine, with interest and costs, and for want of goods and chattels wherewith to satisfy the same, that he take the body of the defendant and commit him to the common jail of the county, or to the house of correction in the city of Detroit, in the discretion of the court, to be safely kept by the officer in charge until said defendant be discharged by the course of law; and the defendant shall remain imprisoned until the execution, with all costs and charges thereon, shall be paid, or he be discharged by due course of law: Provided, That the common council may remit such fine, in whole or in part, if it shall be made to appear that the person so imprisoned is unable to pay the same.

SEC. 10. All fines, penalties or forfeitures recovered before any of said justices for a violation of the by-laws or ordinances. of said city shall, when collected, be paid into the city treasury; and each of said justices shall report, on oath, to the common council on the first Mondays of January, April, July and September, during the term for which he shall perform the duties of such justice, the number and name of every person

against whom judgment shall have been rendered for such fine, penalty or forfeiture, and all moneys so received, or which may be in his hands, collected on such fine, penalty or forfeiture, shall be paid into said city treasury on the first Monday of the months above named during the time such justice shall exercise the duties of said office, and for any neglect in this particular he may be suspended or removed, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 11. Any justice of the peace of said city may be suspended or removed from his said office by the circuit court for the county of Washtenaw for neglect or refusal to pay over, as required by law, moneys by him collected for or on account of any fine, penalty or forfeiture, or the unfaithful or insufficient performance of his duties in relation to the internal police of the State, or for any official misconduct, on charges specifically preferred by said common council of said city, or any member or officer thereof, or by three electors of said city, founded on affidavit filed in said circuit court, specifically stating the charges complained of, a copy whereof shall be served upon him at least ten days before presenting such charges to said court, and opportunity shall be given to him to be heard in his defense.

SEC. 12. All persons being habitual drunkards, destitute and without any visible means of support, and who, being such habitual drunkards, shall abandon, neglect, or refuse to aid in the support of their families, being complained of by such families, all able-bodied and sturdy beggars who may apply for alms or solicit charity, all persons wandering abroad, lodging in watch-houses, out-houses, market places, sheds, stables or uninhabited dwellings, or in the open air, and not giving a good account of themselves, all common brawlers and disturbers of the public quiet, all persons wandering abroad and begging, or who go about from door to door, to place themselves in streets, highways, passages or other public places, or beg or receive alms within the said city, shall be deemed vagrants, and may, upon conviction before any justice of the peace in said city, be sentenced to confinement in the county jail of said county, or in the house of correction in the city of Detroit, for any time not exceeding sixty days.

SEC. 13. All persons who shall have actually abandoned their wives or children in the city of Ann Arbor, or may neglect to provide, according to their means, for their wives or children, are hereby declared to be disorderly persons, within the meaning of chapter thirty-nine, of title nine, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, and may be proceeded against as such, in the manner directed by said title; and it shall be the duty of the magistrate before whom any such person may be brought for examination, to judge and determine from the facts and circumstances of the case whether the conduct of said person amounts to such desertion or neglect to provide for his wife or children.

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SALARIES OF OFFICERS.

SEC. 1. The officers of said corporation shall be entitled to receive out of the city treasury, the following sums in full payment of their services: The mayor shall be paid one dollar per annum; the aldermen shall be entitled to receive one dollar and fifty cents per day, when employed in assisting the supervisor in taking the assessment; the recorder, city attorney and treasurer shall be entitled to receive, respectively, such sums as the common council shall allow, not exceeding one hundred dollars per annum; the marshal shall be entitled to receive the same fees for serving process in behalf of the corporation, as constables are by law allowed for similar services, and he shall also receive such further compensation, not exceeding one hundred dollars per annum, as the common council shall allow; the collector, justices of the peace and constables shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed by law to corresponding township officers; the street commissioner and supervisors, and all other officers of said city, shall be entitled to receive such compensation as the common council shall allow, not exceeding one dollar and a half per day, for every day actually employed in the performance of the duties of their respective offices.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

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SEC. 1. The mayor or chairman of any committee of the common council shall ister any oath, or take any affidavit in

pending before the common council or such committee.

SEC. 2. Any person may be required to take any oath or affirmation, under or by virtue of any provision of this act, who shall, under such oath or affirmation, in any statement or affidavit, or otherwise, wilfully swear falsely as to any material fact or matter, shall be deemed guilty of perjury.

SEC. 3. If any suit shall be commenced against any person, elected or appointed under this act to any office, for any act done or omitted to be done under such election or appointment, or against any person having done any thing or act by the command of any such officer, and if final judgment be rendered in such suit, whereby any such defendant shall be entitled to costs, he shall recover double costs in the manner defined by law.

SEC. 4. The common council of said city is hereby authorized and required to perform the same duties in and for said city as are by law imposed upon the township boards of the several townships of this State, in relation to schools, school taxes, county and State taxes, and State, district any county elections; and the supervisors and assessors, justices of the peace and recorder, and all other officers of said city, who are required to perform the duties of township officers of this State, shall take the oath, give the bond, perform like duties, and receive the same pay and in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as provided for the corresponding township officers, excepting as is otherwise provided in this act, or as may be provided by the ordinances of the common council.

SEC. 5. The ordinances now in force in the city of Ann Arbor shall remain in force until repealed, altered or amended by the common council; and all property, rights, credits and effects of every kind, belonging to either of the corporations

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known as the village of Ann Arbor or of the city of Ann Arbor, shall be and remain the property of the said city of Ann Arbor.

SEC. 6. All acts heretofore enacted in regard to the village of Ann Arbor, or the city of Ann Arbor, coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed: Provided, That the repealing of said acts aforesaid shall not affect any act already done, or any right acquired under, or proceeding had or commenced by virtue thereof, but the same shall remain as valid as if said acts remained in full force: And provided further, That all persons now holding office in the city of Ann Arbor, under the acts hereby repealed, shall continue to hold and exercise the duties of such offices during the term for which they were respectively elected, unless by change of boundaries they shall cease to reside in the ward or district for which they were elected.

SEC. 7. This act shall not be construed so as to change, alter or annul any act heretofore passed for the organization or government of school district number one, of the city and township of Ann Arbor.

SEC. 8. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall be favorably construed in all courts.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 23, 1867.

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