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inhabit within the district of country herein described, shall be a municipal corporation by the name of the City of "Saint Paul;" and by that name shall sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court, make and use a common Seal, and alter it at pleasure; and take, hold and purchase, lease and convey such real and personal or mixed estate, as the purpo ses of the corporation may require within or without the limits aforesaid, shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with; and shall have the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at Common Law, and in addition thereto shall possess the powers hereinafter specifically granted; and the authorities thereof shall have perpetual succession.

SEC. 2. The district of country aforesaid constituting the City of Saint Paul," and the limits and boundaries thereof shall be as follows: All of Sections number thirty-one (31), City bonnda- and thirty-two (32), in township number twenty-nine (29), north of range number twenty-two (22) west; all of section number thirty-six (36), in township number twenty-nine (29), north of range number twenty-three (23) west; all of section number one (1,) in township number twentyeight (28), north of range number twenty-three (23) west; and so much of section number twelve (12), in said last named township, and so much of sections number five (5), and six (6), in township number twenty-eight (28), north of range number twenty-two (22) west, as lie north of the middle of the Mississippi River, including the Islands therein, to wit: Ames, Boal and Lamb's Islands, Raspberry, Barns and Harriet Islands, being bounded on the north by the north lines of said sections thirty-six (36), thirty-one (31), and thirty-two (32); on the east by the east line of said section thirty-two (32), and so much of the east line of said section five (5), as lies north of the middle of the Mississippi River, on the south by the middle of the Mississippi River, and on the west by the west lines of said sections thirty-six (36), and one (1), and of said section twelve (12), continued to the middle of said Mississippi River, including all of the Islands aforesaid.

SEC. 3. The said city shall be divided into four Wards, Wards their called the First, Second, Third and Fourth, limited and bounlimits and ded as follows:

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All the district of country and territory east of the middle of Jackson Street, and its extension from the middle of the Mississippi River to the north line of said city shall be the First Ward:

All the district of country and territory between the west line of the First Ward, and the middle of Wabashaw Street, and its extension from the middle of the Mississippi River to the north line of said city, shall be the Second Ward.

All the district of country and territory between the west line of the Second Ward, and a line commencing in the mid

dle of Mississippi River where the middle of Eagle Street extended would strike the same; thence running northerly along the middle of Eagle Street to its intersection with St. Anthony Street; thence running north-westerly along the middle of St. Anthony to its intersection with Dayton Avenue; thence running north-easterly along the middle of Dayton Avenue to its intersection with the south-east corner of section (36), in town 29, range 23, thence north along the east line of said section, to the westerly line of the Second Ward, shall be the Third Ward.

The Fourth Ward shall comprise all the district of country and territory lying west of the west line of the Third Ward: Provided, That Ames', Boal and Lamb's Islands shall be in the First Ward, Raspberry in the Second, and Barns and Harriet Islands in the Third Ward:

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SEC. 4. Three Aldermen shall be elected in the said Fourth Ward as provided in the other Wards of said city; and at the next annual election of said city, there shall be elected Election of Althree Aldermen in said Ward, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and at each annnal election thereafter, there shall be elected one Alderman in said Ward, for the term of three years, and where other officers are elected or appointed from the other Wards respectively, the like officers shall be elected or appointed in the same manner from the said Fourth Ward, and until such Aldermen or other officers are elected or appointed in said Fourth Ward; the Aldermen and officers elected or appointed from the Third Ward shall act for and represent the Fourth Ward, and the present Aldermen and officers elected and appointed from and to represent the First, Second and Third Wards, as heretofore limited, shall continue in office and act for and represent said last named Wards within the limits thereof, fixed by this Chapter, until their term of office expire: Provided, That if either of the Aldermen now representing the Third Ward, shall, upon the division of Wards as provided in this Chapter, be residents within the limits of the said Fourth Ward, then such Aldermen shall represent the said Fourth Ward for the balance of the term for which they were elected in said Third Ward, and the said Third Ward may elect Aldermen to fill the vacancies occasioned thereby.

CHAPTER II.-ELECTIONS.

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SEC. 1. There shall be an annual election for elective officers hereinafter provided, held on the first Tuesday in May of each year, at such place in each Ward as the Common in Council shall designate; and the polls shall be kept open from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five in the afternoon, and ten days previous, Lotice shall be given by the Common Council of the time and place of holding such election, and of the officers to be elected.

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SEC. 2. The elective officers of said city shall be a Mayor, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Justice of the Peace for the city, Elective o fficers and their who shall be styled City Justice, all of which said officers shall be residents within, and qualified voters of said city; each Ward shall elect three Aldermen, who shall be residents within, and qualified voters of the Ward for which they may be elected; all other officers necessary for the proper management of the affairs of said city shall be appointed by the Common Council unless otherwise provided.

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At every annual election there shall be elected one Aldermen for each Ward, who shall hold his office for three years. The City Justice shall hold his office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified. All other elective officers shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 3. Every person appointed to any office by the Common Council, or elected to any office by the people, may be Removal of of. removed from such office by a vote of two-thirds of all the Aldermen authorized to be elected. But no officer elected by the people shall be removed except for cause, nor unless first furnished with or notified of the charges, nor until such person shall have had a reasonable opportunity to be heard in his defense. The Common Council shall fix a time and place for the trial of such officer, of which not less than ten days notice shall be given, and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, and to hear and deter mine the case; and if such officer shall neglect to appear and answer to such charge, the Common Council may declare the office vacant.

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SEC. 4. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Mayor or Alderman, such vacancy shall be filled by a new Vacancies-election, which shall be ordered and held within ten days after such vacancy shall occur, and reasonable notice of such election shall be given. Any vacancy happening in any other office shall be filled by the Common Council. The person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his office and discharge the duties thereof for the unexpired term, and with the same rights and subject to the same liabilities as the person whose office he may be elected or appointed to fill. SEC. 5. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and each ballot shall contain all the names of the persons voted Elections--how for, with a proper designation of the office written or printed conducted thereon, and a plurality of votes shall constitute an election.

Persons

When two or more candidates for an elective office shall receive an equal number of votes for the same office, the election shall be determined by the casting of lots in the presence of the Common Council, at such time and in such manner as they shall direct.

SEC. 6. All persons entitled to vote for State and County enti- officers and who shall have resided for ten days next precedtled to vote ing the election in the Ward where they offer their vote, shall

be entitled to vote for any officer to be elected under this law and to hold any office hereby created; and the different Wards established by law, and such precincts as may be hereafter established shall constitute the election precincts for State and County, as well as city elections; and the mode of conducting all State and County elections in said city shall be in the manner herein provided in reference to city elections, except that the returns thereof shall be made by the Judges of election to the Register of Deeds of the county of Ramsey within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

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SEC. 7. The elections in said city shall be held and conducted by the Aldermen of each Ward, until such Wards shall be divided into precincts as hereinafter provided, who shall Aldermen be the inspectors of elections, and shall take the usual oaths be inspectors or affirmations as prescribed by the general laws of this State to be taken by the Judges and Inspectors of elections, and shall have the power to appoint Clerks of such elections, and to administer the necessary oaths. Said elections shall be held and conducted in the manner and under the same penalties, and vacancies in the Board of Inspectors thereof filled as required by the laws of this State regarding elections; Provided, That no Inspector or Clerk of an election shall be eligible to any office voted for at such election.

SEC. 8. If either of the Inspectors of election shall suspect that any person offering to vote does not possess the qualifications necessary for an elector, or if the vote of such person

be challenged by a qualified voter of the ward, the Inspector, Illegal votingbefore receiving the vote of any such person shall require him how punised to take the following oath: You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you are twenty-one years of age; that you are a citizen of the United States (or have declared your intention to become a citizen conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of Naturalization); that you have resided within this State four months, and within this ward or precinct ten days next preceding the election; that you have not voted at this election; and that you have made no bet or wager, or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending on the result of this election. And if the person offering to vote shall take such oath his vote shall be received; and if such person shall take such oath falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and upon conviction thereof upon indictment, shall suffer the punishment provided by law for persons guilty of perjury. If any person who is not a qualified voter shall vote at any election, or if any person duly qualified shall vote in any other ward than in the one in which he resides, or shall vote more than once at any election, he shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or less than twenty-five dollars. It shall be the duty of the Inspectors to keep

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a list of the names of all persons whose votes may be challenged as aforesaid and who shall make the oath aforesaid; and if any Inspector shall knowingly and corruptly receive the vote of any person not authorized to vote, or shall make out false returns of an election, or any Clerk shall not write down the name of every voter as he votes, or shall wilfully make untrue and incorrect counts and tallies of votes, each and every such Inspector and Clerk shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof shall severally forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars. All such indictments shall be tried in the District Court of the County of Ramsey.

SEC. 9. When an election shall be closed and the number of votes for each candidate or person voted for shall be count Election ed and ascertained, the said Inspectors shall make returns thereof, stating therein the number of votes for each person for each and every office, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such returns to the Clerk of the Common Council, who shall forthwith give notice to each of the Aldermen of their respective elections. Within one week after any election, the Common Council shall meet and canvass said returns and declare the result as it appears from the same.

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SEC. 10. Special elections to fill vacancies, or for any Special elec- other purpose, shall be held and conducted by the Aldermen of each ward (until such wards shall be divided into precincts as hereinafter provided) in the same manner and the returns thereof shall be made in the same form and manner as general and annual elections, and within such time as may be prescribed by resolution.

SEC. 11. Any officer removing from the city or ward for which he was elected, or any officer who shall neglect or reRefusal to fuse, for ten days after notice of his election or appointment,

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to enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall be deemed to have vacated his office, and the Common Council shall proceed to fill the vacancy as herein prescribed.

SEC. 12. The term of every officer elected under the law, shall commence on the second Tuesday of May of the year for which he was elected, and shall, unless otherwise proTerm of office vided, continue for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

SEC. 13. Should there be a failure by the people to elect New election in certain cases officer herein required to be elected on the day designaany ted, the Common Council may order a new election to be held, ten days notice of the time and place of holding the election being first given.

SEC. 14. The Common Council shall have power, by a two-third vote of all the Aldermen, to divide any ward into The council two or more election precincts and to prescribe the limits may divide and boundaries thereof, and establish the poll or place of holding elections therein, as now provided for the different wards; Provided, If any ward shall be so divided into pre

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