any such carcass, deleterious, or filthy substances into Teal lake, or into its inlets, or do, or cause to be done any other act to willfully pollute said water, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceed- Penalty for ing one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court before which the case may be tried. The commissioners shall erect notices of so much of this Notices. section as relates to reservoirs and Teal lake, at conspicuous places near the same, and for this purpose, they, or their agents, shall have the right to enter upon private property. with pipes, etc.,. with machinery, SEC. 14. If any person shall, without the authority of the com- Perforation of, missioners, or their proper agents, perforate or bore, or cause to be and connections perforated or bored, any distributing pipe, main log, or aqueduct and meddling belonging to said water-works, or cause to be made any connection and apparatus, or communication with said pipes, aqueduct, or logs, or meddle ited, and penalty with or move the same, or any machinery, apparatus, or fixture of for prescribed. the board, or take down or deface any of its notices provided for in the last section, or cause the same to be done, the person so offending shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court before which the case may be tried. Any person who shall willfully break or cut any inlet pipe, main distributing pipe, log, or aqueduct used by the commissioners for conducting said water, or shall dig into, or break up any reservoir, filled, or partially filled with water, or shall break or injure any pumping engine, or any part thereof, or any of the machinery connected therewith belonging to said water-works, or cause any of said acts to be done, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court before which the case may be tried. tem of water. and domestic submitted to SEC. 15. The common council of said city may provide a system Common council of water-works for said city, to protect it against fire, and furnish may provide systhe inhabitants with a supply of pure and wholesome water, and works, for fire to that end, whenever said common council shall deem it necessary purposes. to issue the bonds of the city, the question of the issuing of said Bonds for. bonds shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said city who question to be are liable to pay a city tax therein, at the annual election in April, mitte or at some special election called for that purpose, in the same manner, as other special elections are called under said incorporative act, and at least ten days' notice of such submission shall be Notice of. given immediately preceding said election, by posting the same in three public places in each ward of said city, or by publishing the same in some newspaper published in said city, specifying the amount, of not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, and the object for which it was proposed to issue said bonds. A separate Ballot. ballot box shall be provided for the receiving of ballots, and the votes shall be canvassed, declared, and returned, and all things with Certificate of vote. Proviso. Council to pro vide for payment Bonds; name, numbers, time, etc. reference thereto done in the same manner, as near as may be, as in the case of the election of city officers. At the close of such election the inspectors shall make two certificates of the number of votes given for and against such issue of bonds, one of which shall be forthwith deposited with the recorder of said city, and the other filed in the office of the county clerk for the county of Marquette: Provided, That not more than two such meetings shall be called in any one year, and that the total bonded indebtednesss of the city shall not, at any one time, exceed said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 16. Whenever the common council shall be authorized by a of, by taxation, vote of the taxpayers, as provided in the preceding section, they may issue the bonds of the city for the amount voted, and provide for the payment of the principal and interest thereon, and for this purpose shall annually levy, assess and collect on the assessed value of all the real and personal estate in said city, made taxable by the laws of this State, and such tax shall be levied, assessed, and collected in the same manner, and upon the same tax roll as is provided for the levying and collection of other city taxes, and shall be designated on such tax roll as the water tax, taxes for this purpose not to exceed in amount a sufficient sum to pay the interest accrued, or to accrue on said bonds for the year for which such taxes are levied, and the principal, as it shall become due. Said bonds shall be denominated "water bonds," and shall be numbered in the order of their issuance, and shall be for not less than three years, nor more than thirty years from their date, and shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, signed by the mayor and recorder, and be redeemable at the pleasure of the common council, after three years from the date of such issue: Provided, That any bonds bearing a less rate of interest than six per centum per annum, may, in the discretion of the common council, be made payable at any time, not more than thirty years from their date, and shall not be payable at the pleasure of the said common council before the expiration of such time. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of said bonds, and of the number, date, and amount of each, its rate of interest, when and where the same is payable, and the person to whom it is issued. Said bonds shall not be transferable, except with the written approval of the mayor, and recorder endorsed on the same. Proviso. Water fund to be created. SEC. 17. Whenever such bonds are voted and issued in the manner described in the preceding section [sections] the common coun-` cil shall create a new fund to be designated the "water fund," to the credit of which shall be placed the proceeds of said bonds, together with the sums of money raised by taxation to pay the same and the interest thereon, also all water rates collected and such sums of money as the common council may from time to time order transferred from the general fund of said city to said water fund. Said Bonds and inter- bonds as they may fall due, and the accrued interest thereon, shall` est to be paid be paid from said water fund, and the common council may order the payment of all the expenses incurred by said board of water commissioners, together with their compensation, from said water from. fund. The common council may require of the city treasury additional security for said water fund, in such sums and with such sureties as it shall approve, and may grant and allow such additional compensation not already provided by law as it may deem expedient for services actually performed in carrying out the provisions of this act. SEC. 18. All clauses, sections, or parts of sections, in any pre- Sections ceding chapter of the charter of the city of Negaunee inconsistent repealed. or conflicting with the provisions of chapter fourteen are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 244.] AN ACT to amend sections one and three of chapter one, sections one and two of chapter two, section three of chapter four, sections one, eight, ten, twelve, twenty-three, and twenty-six of chapter five, sections four, eleven, and twelve of chapter six, chapter seven, sections one and two of chapter eight, section one of chapter nine, and section fourteen of chapter eleven, and to repeal sections sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-five, and twenty-seven to thirty-five inclusive, of chapter five, sections three, four, and fourteen to twenty-one inclusive, of chapter eight, section four of chapter nine, sections five, seven, and nineteen of chapter ten, and section fifteen of chapter eleven, of an act entitled an "Act to incorporate the city of Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette," approved April ten, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and to add a new chapter thereto to stand as chapter fourteen thereof. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Sections tions one and three of chapter one, sections one and two of chapter amended. two, section three of chapter four, sections one, eight, ten, twelve, twenty-three and twenty-six of chapter five, sections four, eleven, and twelve of chapter six, chapter seven, sections one and two of chapter eight, section one of chapter nine, and section fourteen of chapter eleven of an act entitled an "Act to incorporate the city of Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette," approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended so as to read as follows: CHAPTER I. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all Territory incor that part of the county of Marquette included in the following porated." limits, to-wit: The west half of the southwest quarter of section two, the south half and the south half of the north half of section three, the east half of the southeast quarter of section four, the east half of the east half of section nine, section ten, the west half of Wards. Second ward. Fourth ward. Third ward. the west half of section eleven, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section fourteen, section fifteen, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section sixteen, in township forty-seven north, of range twenty-seven west, be and the same is hereby declared to be a city by the name of the city of Ishpeming by which name it shall hereafter be known. SEC. 3. Said city shall be divided into four wards as follows: The first ward shall embrace that portion of said city known as Nelson's plat of the village of Ishpeming as recorded in the registry of deeds of Marquette county, in liber J of deeds, at pages three hundred and thirty-eight and three hundred and thirty-nine. The second ward shall include the following described territory, to-wit: The east half of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section nine, the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section ten, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section fourteen, section fifteen, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section sixteen. The fourth ward shall contain the west half of the southwest quarter of section two, the east half of the southeast quarter of section three, the east half of section ten, and the west half of the west half of section eleven. The third ward shall consist of all the remaining territory of the city as described in section one of this act. The officers of the first, second, and third wards as they now exist shall not be affected by the adoption of this amendment, but shall continue in their several offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified at the annual election, held in April, eighteen hundred and eighth-three. The polls Polls, places of shall be held at the same place in the first, second, and third wards as heretofore, and in the fourth ward the polls shall be held at the office of the Cleveland Mine. At such election there shall be chosen in the fourth ward by the electors present, two judges and a clerk of said election, who shall possess the powers of a board of inspectors of elections in townships, and shall certify the results Ward officers for [result] to the common council. At such election there shall be chosen in addition to the other ward officers in the fourth ward, two aldermen, one for the term of one year, and one for the term of two years, which fact shall be expressed on the ballot. Present ward officers. Inspectors of election of fourth ward. the fourth ward to be elected. City officers to be elected, Appointive officers. CHAPTER II. SECTION 1. The officers of said city shall be one mayor, one recorder, one treasurer, four justices of the peace, one constable in each ward of said city, two aldermen in each ward of said city, two school inspectors, one supervisor in each ward of said city, as hereinafter provided, who shall be elected at the annual city election by the qualified electors of the whole city, or wards thereof, respectively, by ballot, as hereinafter provided; also one assessor, one city attorney, one marshal, one deputy marshal, director of the poor, pound-master, inspector of firewood, weigh-master, and auctioneer, as the common council shall from time to time direct, all to be appointed as hereinafter provided. be appointed. SEC. 2. The following officers shall be appointed by the common When officers to council on or before the first Monday in May of each year, viz.: One marshal, one deputy marshal, one director of the poor, who shall possess all the powers of overseers of the poor of townships, under the laws of the State; also, one street commissioner for the entire city, one pound-master, one city attorney, and the common council shall, at their second meeting in the month of April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, or as soon thereafter as may be, and every three years thereafter, appoint one assessor for said city, who shall annually assess all property in said city liable to taxation under the laws of this State, now or hereafter in force, for the purpose of levying the taxes lawfully imposed thereon, and who shall, for the purpose of making such assessment, have all the powers, and perform all the duties of supervisors of [the] townships in this State, and perform such other duties as this act imposes. The supervisors elected in the several wards shall be members of Supervisors to be the board of supervisors of Marquette county, and represent the county board of. interests of this corporation on said board, and perform all the duties of supervisor of township not inconsistent with this act. The assessor shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, Assessor may whenever necessary to the proper discharge of the duties of the office, and any person who shall willfully swear falsely to any return, valuation, record, property, or material fact regarding his property, liable to be assessed under the laws of this State, shall be held and deemed guilty of the crime of perjury. The assessor shall receive Compensation of such compensation for his services in making assessments and levying and extending taxes thereon as the common council may determine, and shall be subject to removal for cause the same as other officers appointed by the common council. CHAPTER IV. administer oath, etc. assessor. SECTION 3. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of alderman, Special election or justice of the peace, the common council of said city shall imme- to fill vacancies. diately appoint a special election to be held in the city or ward for which such officer was chosen, at some suitable place therein, not less than ten days nor more than twenty days from the time of such appointment: Provided, That in case any such vacancy Proviso. shall occur in said office of alderman within three months before the first Monday of April of any year, it shall be optional with the common council to order a special election or not, as they may deem expedient. CHAPTER V. SECTION 1. The mayor and aldermen of said city shall consti- Common council. tute the common council. They shall meet at such time and Meetings of. places as they shall from time to time appoint, and on special occasions [occasion] whenever the mayor, or person officiating as mayor, in case of vacancy in the office of the mayor, or of his absence from the city, or inability to officiate, shall by written notice appoint, Notice. and which shall be served on the members in such a manner and |