Powers and duties of recorder.

May have a

olerk.

Recorder exofficio jus

tice of the peace.

as justice.

ized to do, and may affix to any official certificate the seal of the city.

Sec. 2. The recorder shall perform all the duties and have all the statutory powers of a township or city clerk in respect to the filing and custody of all papers required to be filed, and the performance of all other statutory duties. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the common council, and a record of all claims allowed by them. He shall also draw all orders on the treasurer for claims and accounts allowed by the common council, and if required, keep an account, as near as may be, to which fund the same belongs; and he may have a clerk, who may peform all the duties aforesaid, and shall be known as the recorder's clerk.

Sec. 3. The recorder shall also be (by virtue of his office) a justice of the peace, with all the powers and duties as other justices of the peace in said city, and shall give bond and take the oath of office, as justices, before entering upon the disOfficial title charge of the duties thereof; but his title as such justice shall be "recorder," and his court shall be denominated the "recorder's court of the city of Marquette." The records of Records of such court, and all papers filed therein, shall be delivered by the recorder to his successor in office, who shall proceed in all cases pending in said court, and determine the same without notice to parties.

recorder's

court.

Recorder to act as mayor

vacancy.

Sec. 4. The recorder shall possess the same powers and

per

in case of form and discharge the municipal duties of mayor, during the absence or inability, death, resignation, or removal of the mayor.

Subject to removal.

Powers

conferred on justices

apply to reorder.

Sec 5. The recorder shall be subject to impeachment and removal from office for corrupt conduct in office, or for crimes and misdemeanors, in the same manner as judicial officers, pursuant to the provision of the constitution of this State.

Sec. 6. Whenever any power, authority, or jurisdiction is conferred by this act upon a justice of the peace or justices of the peace of said city, the same shall be deemed to be conferred upon

the recorder as one of the justices of the peace of said city, and it shall not be necessary, to confer such jurisdiction, either in this act or in any ordinance or by-law, to mention said recorder or his court when speaking of or reference is made to the justices of the peace or justices' courts of said city.

aldermen.

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of every alderman in said city Duties of to attend the regular and special meetings of the common council; to act upon committees when thereto appointed by the mayor or common council; to order the arrest of all persons violating the laws of this State, or the ordinances, bylaws, or police regulations of said city; to report to the mayor all subordinate officers who are guilty of any official misconduct or neglect of duty; to maintain peace and good order, and to perform all other duties required of them by this act.

chief of

mand assis

Sec. 8. The marshal of said city shall be the chief of police; The marshal see that all the by-laws and ordinances of the common council police. are properly and efficiently enforced, and especially those which may be passed to carry into effect those parts of this act relating to police and sanitary regulations. He shall obey all the lawful orders of the mayor, and may command the aid and May comassistance of all constables and all other persons in the dis- tance. charge of the duties imposed upon him by law. He may May appoint appoint such number of deputies as the common council shall deputies. direct, subject to their approval, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the marshal, and for whose official acts he shall be in all respects responsible; and the marshal and his deputies shall have the same May serve power to serve and execute all process on behalf of the cor- process. poration of said city, or of the people of the State, as sheriffs or constables have by law to execute similar process. The marshal shall also possess all the powers of a constable under the laws of this State, or which constables in townships have, and such other powers and duties as are mentioned in this act, or as the common council, acting under the powers in this act conferred, may prescribe.

and execute

Shall have

powers of

constable.

City attor

ney.

Treasurer.

To make annual set

council, etc.

To collect

taxes, etc.

Sec. 9. The city attorney, under the direction of the common council, shall have charge of and conduct all the law business of the corporation, and in which it shall be interested, except otherwise ordered by the common council in special cases, and shall also advise the common council, boards of the city, and their officers and committees, upon all matters appertaining to the business of said city, and the enaction of its laws and ordinances, when submitted to him for his opinion.

Sec. 10. The city treasurer shall have the custody of the money and valuable papers and obligations belonging to the corporation, and shall keep a just and true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him, and no money shall be paid out except upon the order of the common council and upon warrants drawn by the mayor and recorder, and for school purposes upon proper authority. He shall once in each year, and tlement with oftener if required, settle with the common council, and shall pay over all moneys in his hands upon the order of the common council, and shall deliver all obligations and valuable papers in his possession to his successor in office when required. He shall also receive all moneys belonging to the city, and collect all taxes levied or assessed therein, except as otherwise provided herein, and for that purpose he shall give bond to said city, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the common council shall require and approve; and such treasurer shall Marquette. also give to the treasurer of the county of Marquette such further security as is or may hereafter be required by law of the several township treasurers of the several townships of this State; and for the purpose of the collection and return of all taxes, and the return of property delinquent for the township non-payment of taxes, the said treasurer, on giving the bonds or surety so required, shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of the several township treasurers of this .State, as prescribed by law, and shall also perform such other duties respecting the collecting and return of taxes as this

Bond to

city.

Bond to

county of

To have powers and perform

duties of

treasurers.

act imposes.

custody of

The treasurer shall have the custody of all To have bonds, mortgages, notes, leases, and evidences of debt belong-bonds." ing to the corporation.

men to act as

Sec. 11. The alderman of each ward whose term of office Senior alderwill soonest expire, as supervisor thereof, shall have and supervisor. exercise within his respective ward, all the powers, authority, and functions of supervisors of towns, as now provided, or as may hereafter be provided by law, except as herein otherwise provided; and each of them shall be members of the board of supervisors of the county of Marquette, and, as such, shall be entitled to the same compensation, and shall be paid in the same manner, and they shall perform as supervisors such other duties as by this act shall be required of them.

and powers

the peace.

Sec. 12. The justices of the peace of said city shall file their Jurisdiction oaths of office in the office of the clerk of the county of Mar- of justices of quette, and shall have in addition to the jurisdiction conferred by this act on them, the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred on justices of the peace in townships, and shall have jurisdiction of all actions brought for the recovery of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed by this act or any ordinance of said city.

justices.

and return

Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace of Duties of said city to keep their offices in said city, and attend to all complaints of a criminal nature which may properly come before them; and they shall receive for their services, when engaged in cases for violation of the ordinances of said city, such fees as the common council shall by ordinance prescribe. Sec. 14. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures recovered by any collection of said justices for violation of penal laws, shall, when collected, of fines. be paid into the county treasury on the first Monday in each month; and all other fines, penalties, and forfeitures recovered by any of said justices shall, when collected, be paid into the city treasury; and each of said justices shall report on oath to Monthly rethe common council at the first regular meeting thereof in cil of money each month, during the term for which he shall perform the from fines,

port to coun

received

etc.

Qualification of justices.

Term of office.

Police constables.

School in

spectors.

duties of such justice, the name of every person against whom judgment shall have been rendered for such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, and the amount thereof, and all moneys by him received for or on account thereof, which moneys so received, or which may be in his hands collected on such fines, penalties, or forfeitures, and to be paid into the city treasury, shall be paid into the said treasury on the first Monday of each and every month during the time such justice shall exercise the duties of said office. The recorder and other justices of the peace of said city shall qualify in the same manner, and give like security as is required by law of justices of the peace elected in townships, and all the laws of this State applicable to justices of the peace elected in townships, and to the courts held by such justices of the peace (except as otherwise provided in this act), shall apply to the recorder and other justices of the peace of said city, and to the courts held by such recorder and other justices of the peace of said city. Their term of office shall commence on the fourth day of July next succeeding their election, except when elected to fill an existing vacancy, in which case they shall qualify within ten days after notice of their election, and may at once enter upon the duties of their office.

Sec. 15. The police constables of said city shall have and receive the same fees, and have the like powers and authority in matters of a criminal nature, as is conferred by law upon constables in the several towns of the State, and shall, if required by the common council, give like security; and each constable shall possess the same powers, and be under the same duties and obligations, as constables of townships, and shall give like security.

Sec. 16. The school inspectors elected as herein before provided, with the recorder, shall constitute the board of school inspectors of said city, and shall perform the same duties as school inspectors of townships; and in the performance of such duties, such school inspectors shall be governed by the same