City Ordinances. AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the city attorney when required by the common council, to draft all ordinances, deeds, bonds, contracts and documents of whatever kind to be made or done by and between the city of St. Clair, and any person or persons contracting with the said city in its corporate capacity, and which the said city is to be at the expense of drawing; he shall prosecute all actions, suits and prosecutions in behalf of the city, in any court in this State; he shall institute and carry on all prosecutions for the recovery of all fines, penalties and forfeitures, which may occur for the violation of any ordinance of said city; he shall defend all manner of actions brought against said city, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, before any court in this State, and shall do all and every other professional act incident to his said office, and shall make report of all and every one of his official acts to the common council of said city, whenever required by them so to do. AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY CLERK. It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. The city clerk shall keep an account and correct journal of all the proceedings of the common council, and he shall file and carefully preserve all papers and documents connected with such proceedings. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to keep an accurate account of all matters in which said city may be interested; and whenever any officer of said city shall be authorized to receive or demand from the city clerk any account, bond, assessment roll or any paper or document whatever, the city clerk shall enter the same in a book to be kept for that purpose, and take the receipt of such officer therefor. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to procure all necessary books and stationery for the use of the common council, and when required report to the common council the amount by him expended relative to all matters pertaining to the duties of his office. AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MARSHAL. It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the marshal to notice all infractions and violations of the laws and ordinances of the city, and make complaint thereof, forthwith to the city attorney. AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY TREASURER. It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and safely keep all moneys of the corporation of said city, from whatever source they may arise or become due; he shall keep the accounts of the moneys raised from special taxes, separate and distinct from moneys received from general taxes, licenses, fines, and other sources, and not apply the money of one fund to discharge any claim upon the other unless by special order of the common council. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to pay out of the proper fund the amount of all orders drawn upon him by the city clerk, countersigned by the mayor of said city, and then cancel said order by endorsing thereon the time of payment, and then filing the same in his cffice. SEC. 3. The treasurer shall keep just and true accounts of all mor.eys received by him, in books to be by him provided, and shall once in each year, and oftener if required by the common council, make and deliver to the common council just and true accounts of his receipts and payments since the last report containing statements of the balances in the city treasury, and shall at all times submit his books, papers and accounts to the mayor, common council or any committee of the common council. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the city clerk upon the filing of said accounts to compare the same, with the several accounts to which it refers, and if he discovers any errors therein, to report the same to the common council. AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO THE OBSTRUCTION It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. No person or persons shall be authorized or allowed to place any boom or booms across Pine river, or any other obstructions to the navigation of said river, within the limits of said city at any point on said river, between the mouth thereof and the upper end of the part navigated. SEC. 2. Be it further ordained that any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of the preceeding section, shall forfeit and pay for the use of said city of St. Clair, the sum of twenty-five dollars, and that it shall be and it is hereby made the duty of the city attorney to prosecute for all violations of the first section of this ordinance, on being notified by the city marshal of such violations. AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO THE EXPOSING AND It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair : SEC. 1. All or any person or persons not residents of said city who shall sell therein, goods, wares and merchandise, or any personal property at public auction, shall pay a license for the use of said city the sum of four dollars for each and every day or part of a day he is engaged in any such auction sales. SEC. 2. Be it further ordained that it shall be the duty of the marshal of said city to notify any person or persons coming into said city for the purpose of engaging in such auction sales of the license so required by the preceeding section of this ordinance, and to collect from such person or persons the amount of the license so required for such number of days as shall be employed in such auction sales. SEC. 3. Be it further ordained that any person who shall receive the notice contemplated in this ordinance, and who shall engage in such auction sales and neglect and refuse to pay such license in manner as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense for the use of said city the sum of twelve dollars; and it shall be the duty of the city marshal to make complaint in the name of the corporation of said city; before any justice of the peace forthwith, on refusal or neglect to pay the amount of license as provided in section one of this ordinance. AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT NUISANCES. It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair: SEC. 1. If any person or persons within the boundary of the said city shall permit or suffer on his, her or their premises, of which he, she or they may be the occupant or occupants, either by exercising any unwholesome or offensive trade or calling, or by |