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Duties of Officers-The Mayor

SEC. 46. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and shall from time to time give to the common council information, in writing concerning the affairs of the corporation, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient. It shall be his duty to exercise supervision over the several departments of the city government, and to see that the laws relating to the city and the ordinance and regulations of the common council are enforced.

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SEC. 47. The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the city the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder, and shall have authority to command the assistance of all ablebodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of city ordinances or laws of the state, and to suppress riot and disorderly conduct.

SEC. 48. The mayor shall have authority at all times to examine and inspect the books, records and papers of any agent, employer or officer of the city, and shall perform generally all such duties as are or may be prescribed by the ordinances of the city.

SEC. 49. In the absence or disability of the mayor, or in case of any vacancy in his office, the president of the common council shall perform the duties of the mayor.

Aldermen

SEC. 50. The aldermen of the city shall be members of the city council, attend all the meetings thereof, and act upon committees when thereunto appointed by the president of the council. As conservators of the peace they shall aid in maintaining quiet and good order in the city, and in securing the faithful performance of duty by all officers of the city.

City Clerk

SEC. 51.* The City Clerk shall keep the corporate seal and all the documents, official bonds, papers, files and records of the city, not by this act or by the ordinances of the city entrusted to some other officer; he shall be clerk of the Common Council, shall attend its meetings, record all its proceedings, ordinances and resolutions, and shall countersign and register all licenses granted and report the same with the amount thereof to the Common Council monthly; he shall, when required, make and certify, under seal of the city, copies of the papers and records filed and kept in his office, and such copies shall be evidence in all places of the matters therein contained to the same extent as the original would be. He shall possess and exercise the powers and duties of township clerk so far as the same are required to be performed within the city, and shall have authority to administer oaths and affirmations. The City Clerk may, subject to the approval of the Common Council, appoint a deputy and such deputy may perform any and all the duties of such clerk.

SEC. 52.* The city clerk shall, in addition to his duties as clerk, exercise the powers and functions of a city comptroller. He shall sign all cemetery deeds and orders upon the treasury. He shall countersign all bonds and all evidences of debt and transfer of property which the common council is authorized to make, pledging the faith of said city. He shall receive all accounts and demands against the city, shall examine them in detail, audit or allow them or such part thereof as to the correctness of which he has no doubt and which the claimant is willing to accept in full discharge thereof, file and number them as vouchers with the date thereof, and report his findings to the finance committee of the common council,

*As amended March 5, 1919.

* As amended June 19, 1907.

who shall review such report and transmit the same to the common council with its recommendation as to the allowance or disallowance of such claims or any of them, and no claim so audited shall be binding against the city until approved by a vote of the common council, and when such claim is allowed by the common council, the city clerk shall draw his warrant upon the city treasurer for the payment thereof, designating thereon the fund from which the payment is to be made, but no warrant shall be drawn on any fund after the same has been exhausted and any warrant so drawn shall be void. When any tax or money shall be levied, raised or appropriated, he shall report the amount thereof to the city treasurer, stating the object and fund for which it is levied, raised or appropriated and the amount thereof to be credited to each fund. The city clerk shall sign all contracts and agreements on behalf of the city except as otherwise in this act provided and subject to the orders of the common council. He shall make all purchases of materials, tools, books, stationery, apparatus and property for the city or its officers not otherwise provided for herein or ordered by the common council. He shall keep a record of all officers and employes of the city and certify to the pay rolls and wages of all such officers and persons to the common council. He shall be charged, under the supervision of the common council, with the leasing, repairs, insurance and general supervision of the property of the city, and for his information may require reports from all officers and persons having any city property in charge or possession or having supervision of city employes, and make report of the same when required by the common council. He shall keep a complete set of books exhibiting the condition of the city in its various departments and funds, its resources and liabilities, with proper classification thereof of each fund or appropriation for any distinct ob

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ject of expenditure or class of expenditures. Whenever any such fund or appropriation has been exhausted by warrants already drawn thereon or by appropriations, liabilities, debts or expenses actually incurred or contracted for, no further warrants shall be drawn by the city clerk against such fund or appropriation until another appropriation shall be made. Whenever any appropriation is made from any fund in excess of the balance remaining in such fund after previous appropriations have been deducted therefrom and after the fixed salaries or charges thereon to be paid from said fund are deducted therefrom, he shall notify the official or officials charged with the expenditure of such appropriation of the amount of money available for such appropriation or of the fact that no money remains in the fund available for the appropriation, and after such notification no expenditures shall be made under such appropriation in excess of the amount so reported by the city clerk as available. The city clerk shall report in writing to the common council at its first meeting thereafter the reasons for such notification together with such recommendations as he sees fit. The council may provide funds for the appropriation if it sees fit, in any manner permitted by the charter or by cutting down any unexpended appropriation and returning the same to the credit of the fund from which it is drawn. If the comptroller shall attempt to cut down or render nugatory any appropriation which does not violate any provision of the charter, he may be mandamused by order of the council on application to the circuit court. He shall, when required, or when he sees fit, make report to the council as to the liabilities and resources of the city with estimates of funds needed for current expenses and recommendations relating thereto, and he shall make an annual report showing in detail the financial transactions of the city for the fiscal year.

SEC. 53. The city clerk shall keep himself thoroughly acquainted, and make himself conversant with the doings of all officers charged in any manner with the receipt, collection and disbursement of the city revenues, and shall have general supervision over all the property and assets of the city; he shall have charge of all books, vouchers and documents relating to the accounts, contracts, debts and revenues of the corporation; he shall countersign and register all bonds issued, and keep a list of all property and effects belonging to the city, and of all its debts and liabilities; he shall keep a complete set of books, exhibiting the financial condition of the corporation in all its departments, funds, resources and liabilities, with a proper classification thereof, and showing the purpose for which each fund was raised; he shall also keep an account with the treasurer, in which he shall charge him with all moneys received for each of the several funds of the city, and credit him with all the warrants drawn thereon, keeping a separate account with each fund; when any fund has been exhausted, he shall immediately advise the common council thereof; the city clerk shall be the clerk of the board of public works and all other boards, the clerks of all standing and special committees of the common council, and the clerk of all the boards of the city that may from this time be established. He shall render to the common council on the first Monday of every month, and oftener if required, a report of the amount of all orders drawn since the last preceding report, what orders remain outstanding and unpaid, and the balance remaining of the credit of each fund.

SEC. 54. The city clerk shall report to the common council whenever required a detailed statement of the receipts, expenditures and financial condition of the city, of the debts to be paid and moneys required to meet the estimated expenses of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties pertaining to his

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