cincts, the officers conducting such elections shall be established and appointed by the Common Council in lieu of the Aldermen, as at present provided, and that the elections in such precincts shall be conducted by the same number of officers in each precinct and in all respects, and the returns thereof made in the same manner as in the several wards as now provided.

CHAPTER III.-OFFICERS, THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.

Oath of office

SEC. 1. Every person elected or appointed to any office under this Act, shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath of office, and file the same, and bonds reduly certified by the officer taking the same, with the Clerk quired of the city, and the Treasurer, Clerk, Comptroller, Wharf Master, Street Commissioners, Collectors and such other officers as the Common Council may direct, shall severally, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, execute to the city of St. Paul, a bond with at least two sureties, who shall make affidavit that they are each worth the penalty specified in said bonds over and above all debts, exemptions or liabilities, and said bonds shall contain such penal sum, and such conditions as the Common Council may deem proper; and they may from time to time require new or additional bonds, and remove from office any officer refusing or neglecting to give the same.

the Mayor and

SEC. 2. The Mayor shall take care that the laws of the State and the ordinances of the city, are duly observed and enforced, and that all other executives officers of the city dis-Relating to charge their respective duties. He shall from time to time his powers give the Common Council such information and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the city. The Mayor shall be chief executive officer and head of the police of the city, and shall appoint all police officers and watchmen; and in case of a riot or other disturbances, he may appoint as many special or temporary 'Constables as he may deem necessary, and any Police officer or Watchman appointed by the Mayor as aforesaid, may be discharged from office by him, whenever in his opinion the welfare of the city may demand it, or a reduction of their number render it necessary.

All ordinances and resolutions shall, before they take effect, be presented to the Mayor, and if he approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not sign he shall return to the Common Council with his objections thereto, by depositing the same with the City Clerk to be presented to the Common Council at their next meeting thereafter; upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the Mayor, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered, and if after such reconsideration the Common Council shall pass the same by a vote of two-thirds, it shall have the same

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'effect as if approved by the Mayor, and in such case the vote shall be by ayes and nays, which shall be enterered by the City Clerk of Records. If any ordinance or resolution shall not be returned by the Mayor within five days (Sundays excepted,) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall have the same effect as if approved by him.

SEC. 3. At the first meeting of the Common Council in each year, they shall proceed to elect by ballot from their Officers of the number, a President and Vice President. The President shall preside over the meetings of the Common Council, and during the absence of the Mayor from the city, or his inability from any reason to discharge the duties of his office, the said President shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the Mayor. In case the President shall be absent at any meeting of the Common Council, the Vice President shall act as presiding officer for the time being, and shall discharge the duties of such President and act in his place. The President or temporary presiding officer, while presiding over the Common Council or performing the duties of Mayor, shall be styled Acting Mayor, and acts performed by either when acting as Mayor as aforesaid, shall have the same force and validity as if performed by the Mayor. The Mayor and Aldermen of said city, shall have the right to administer oaths and affirmations, take acknowledgements of deeds and do and perform generally all acts which may be done or performed by Notaries Public under the laws of this State.

City clerk and his duties

SEC. 4. There shall be a Clerk of said city styled the City Clerk, who shall be elected by the Common Council and hold his office at the City Hall. 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 the 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 Clerk shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, and take the acknowledgement of deeds and other writings.

SEC. 5. The Common Council shall have power to elect an City attorney Attorney for the City, who shall perform all professional serto be chosen vices incident to the office, and when required shall furnish by the council opinions upon any subject submitted to him by the Common Council or its Committees.

Duties of the tre asurer

SEC. 6. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the City, including license money and fines, and keep an accurate and detailed account thereof, in such manner as the Common Council shall from time to time direct. The Treas

urer shall exhibit to the Common Council, at least fifteen days before the annual election, or sooner if required by them, a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures, after the date of the last annual report, and also of the state of the treasury, which account shall be filed with the Clerk, and a copy of the same shall be published in all the daily papers of the City.

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SEC. 7. There shall be a Chief of Police of said City, who shall be appointed by the Mayor as other police officers, and Chief of powho shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the lice and his duCommon Council for the preservation of the public peace. All police officers and watchmen of said City shall possess the powers of Constables at Common Law or by the laws of this State, and it shall be their duty to execute and serve all warrants, process, commitments and all writs whatever issued by the City Justice for any violation of the laws of the State of Minnesota, or of the ordinances or by-laws of said City; and they shall have power to pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of this State, and when performing the duties of Constables as aforesaid, shall be entitled to like fees.

Wharf Master and his du

SEC. 8. The Common Council shall have power to establish and to elect a Wharf Master with powers of a police officer, whose duty it shall be to collect all wharf dues and enforce all ordinances in relation to the harbour landings be-ties longing to or under the control of the City and the levee within the City limits, and who shall perform such other duties as the Common Council may ordain.

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SEC. 9. The Aldermen in each ward shall, at the first meeting of the Council after each annual election, select one of their number a Street Commissioner of such ward, who shall hold his office for one year; and the Aldermen of each ward shall have power to fill any vacancy in such office of Street Commissioner as often as the same may occur. shall be the duty of the Street Commissioners so selected, to superintend all local improvements in their respective wards, and carry into effect all orders of the Common Council in relation thereto and perform such other duties as may be herein prescribed or ordained by the Common Council. They shall keep accurate accounts of all expenditures incurred by them and render monthly accounts thereof to the Common Council, or oftener, if required.

Street commissioners and

their duties

SEC. 10. The Common Council shall on or before the first day of March, in each year, elect one Assessor in each Relating to ward who shall perform all the duties in relation to the as-assessors sessing of property for the purpose of levying the taxes imposed by the Common Council. On completing their assessment rolls, they shall meet together and revise, correct and equalize the same, and return the same to the Common Council in such manner as may be herein prescribed-and shall hold their office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

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SEC. 11. The Justice of the Peace for the City shall possess all the authority, powers and rights of a Justice of the Peace of the County of Ramsey, under the laws of the State, Justice of the and shall have in addition thereto, sole, exclusive jurisdicpeace and his tion to hear all complaints, and conduct all examinations and trials in criminal cases within the City, cognizable before a Justice of the Peace; but warrants returnable before said Justice, may be issued in criminal cases, by any other Justice in the City, but no fee shall be received therefor by said Justice.

The said Justice shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases cognizable before a Justice of the Peace in which the City is a party, and shall have cognizance and exclusive ju risdiction of all suits, prosecutions or proceedings for the recovery of any fine, forfeiture or penalty, under any by-law, ordinance or regulation of the said City of St. Paul, or its charter, or for the breach or violation of any such by-law, ordinance or regulation, and in all cases of offences com mitted against the same.

All prosecutions for assaults, batteries and affrays, not indictable and for a breach or violation of any such by-law, ordinance or regulation, shall be commenced in the name of the City of St. Paul, and the same proceedings shall be had in all civil and criminal suits before said Justice, where not otherwise herein directed, as are established and required to be had in civil and criminal actions by the laws of this State before a Justice of the Peace.

Provided, That in case of prosecutions for a breach or vio lation of an ordinance, by-law, or regulation of said City or its charter or for an assault, battery or affray, not indictable, committed within the City limits, no appeal shall be allowed where the judgement or fine imposed, exclusive of costs, is less than ten dollars.

In all cases of convictions for assaults, batteries, and affrays, within said City, and in all cases of conviction under any ordinance of said city, for breach of the peace, disor derly conduct, keeping houses of ill-fame or frequenting the same, and of keeping or maintaining disorderly and ill-gov erned houses; the said Justice shall have power, in addition to the fine or penalty imposed, to compel such offenders to give security for their good behavior, and to keep the peace for a period not exceeding six months, and in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.

The said Justice shall have the same power and authority Powers of in case of contempt as a court of record, Provided, That the justice nothing herein contained shall be deemed to divert the district Judges of their authority as conservators of the public peace, nor to effect in any manner the jurisdiction or pow ers of the district courts or supreme court of this State. In case of the absence, sickness, or other inability of such Justice, or for any sufficient reason the Mayor by warrant may

authorize any other Justice of the Peace within said City to perform the duties of said Justice of the Peace for the City, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the Mayor to inform the City Attorney and Chief of Police of such substitution and make report thereof to the Common Council, and they may confirm or set aside such appointment or appoint some other Justice of the Peace, and the Justice of the peace so appointed shall, for the time being, possess all the authority, powers and rights of said City Justice. All fines and penalties imposed by the City Justice for offences committed within the City limits, or for violations of any ordinance, bylaw or regulation of said City shall belong to, and be a part of the finances of said City.

SEC. 12. The City Justice shall, as often as the Common Council may require, report to the Common Council all the proceedings instituted before him in which the city is interested, and shall at the same time account for and pay over to the City Treasurer all fines and penalties collected by him belonging to said city; and said Justice shall be entitled to receive from the county of Ramsey such fees in criminal cases as are allowed to other justices in the county for similar services.

SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the City Comptroller to report to the Common Council the financial condition of the city and each of the wards. He shall make a list of all outstanding city bonds: to whom issued: for what purposes: when and where payable, and the rate of interest they may respectfully bear; and recommend such action to the Common Council as will secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of such bonds.

The city justice required to report.

Duties of the

comptroller.

SEC. 14. He shall report annually, on or about the first day of May, to the Common Council, an estimate of the ex-Comptroller penses of the city and the several wards, and likewise the shall report to council. revenue necessary to be raised for the current year; and the fiscal year shall commence on the first day of May.

He shall make estimates of

SEC. 15. 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 certifi- city expenses cates of work by any committee of the Common Council or by any city officer.

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SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to keep regular books of account, in which he shall enter all indebtedness of the city or either of the wards, and which shall at Required keep books all times show the precise financial condition of the city and of account the several wards: the amount of bonds, orders, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Common Council or the Street Commissioners: the amount of all bonds, orders, certificates, etc. which have been redeemed, and the amount of each outstanding; to countersign all bonds, orders or other evidences of indebtedness of the city or either of the wards: and to keep an exact account thereof, stating to