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1. OFFICERS OF THE CITY.] Act February 13, 1863, chap. 2. TION 1. The municipal government of the city shall consist of a common council, composed of the mayor and two aldermen from each ward. The other officers of the corporation shall be as follows: A clerk, a comptroller, a board of public works, a city engineer, a board of police, a superintendent of police, a school agent, a board of education, a superintendent of schools,* a board of guardians of the reform school, a commissioner of the reform school,† a counsel to the corporation, a city attorney, a treasurer, a collector, a city physician, a board of assessors, two or more police justices, a clerk of the police court, one chief, and a first and second assistant engineers of the fire department, one or more harbor masters, one inspector of fish, three inspectors of elections for each ward or election precinct, and as many bridge-tenders, firemen, constables, policemen, sealers of weights and measures, inspectors, measurers, weighers, gaugers, keepers and assistants of work-houses, hospitals and bridewell or house of correction, bellmen, and such other officers and

Board of education to appoint its own officers; post, chapter 18.

+ Office of commissioner of reform school abolished; see reform school, post, chapter 20. Office of chief engineer and assistant engineers abolished; see act February 16, 1865, post, chapter 14. section 32.

agents as may be provided for by this act, or the common council may, from time to time, direct.*

2. ELECTION-CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF.] Ibid. SEC. 3. The muni cipal election in said city shall be held on the third Tuesday of April in each year, at which time there shall be elected, by the qualified voters of said city, all officers to be elected at the general municipal election. Six days' previ ous public notice of said election shall be given by the city clerk, by publication in one or more newspapers published in said city, and no special election shall be hereafter held in said city, for the election of city officers, except as in this act provided.†

3. ELECTION, WHEN HELD.] Act March 10, 1869. SEC. 1. That, hereafter, the municipal election in said city of Chicago shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November in each year, at which time there shall be elected, by the qualified voters of said city, all officers heretofore to be elected at the general municipal election under the provisions of said entitled act.

4. OFFICERS WHEN TO ENTER UPON DUTIES.] Ibid. SEC. 2. The municipal officers so chosen shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of December succeeding their election.

5. TERM OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.] Ibid. SEC. 3. The mayor, city attorney, treasurer, collector and clerk of the police court shall be elected by the people, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The person having the highest number of votes, in the whole city, for either of such offices shall be declared elected.

6. OTHER OFFICERS WHEN ELECTED OR APPOINTED.] Ibid. SEC. 6. That all officers of the municipal government of said city, elected by the common council thereof or appointed by the mayor, shall be so elected and appointed on the second Monday in December, 1869, or as soon thereafter as may be, and biennially thereafter.§

7. EXCEPTIONS.] Ibid. SEC. 10. Nothing in this act shall be construed to change the terms of office, or manner of appointing and electing the members of the board of public works and the commissioner of taxes, nor, in any way, change or alter the terms of office, or the time or manner of electing or appointing the members of the board of education.

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8. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF ALDERMAN WHEN CREATED.] Act Febru ary 13, 1863, chap. 2. SEC. 7. If any alderman remove from the ward represented by him, or shall engage or continue in any service, business or employment causing a continuous absence from the city for more than four months, his office shall thereby become vacant; and whenever any

* Office of tax commissioner and assistant assessor established; see assessment and collection of taxes, post, chapters 10 and 11. Board of health established; see board of health, post, chapter 17. Power to appoint prosecuting attorney for police courts; see police court, post, chapter 13. Power to appoint board of directors of public library, see post, chapter 19. Power to appoint board of education; see schools, post, chapter 18. Power to appoint board of inspectors of house of correction; see house of correction, post, chapter 21. As to inspectors of election, see post, chapter 22, section 25 and act of April 3, 1872, statutes of Illinois entitled "elections."

vacancy shall occur in the office of any alderman, the common council shall, within ten days after the happening of such vacancy, order a new election : Provided, that more than six months of the term shall then remain unexpired.*

9. ALDERMEN, ELECTED BY WARDS-TERM OF-TIE VOTE.] Act March 10, 1869. SEC. 7. The several wards of said city, created by this act, shall be respectively represented, in the common council, by two aldermen, who shall be residents thereof, and who shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices respectively for two years from and after the first Monday in December next succeeding their election. They shall be divided into two classes, each class consisting of one alderman from each ward. The seats of the first class shall be vacated at the end of the first year, and of the second class at the expiration of the second year, so that one alderman from each ward shall be annually elected. In all cases where two aldermen are to be chosen from the same ward at any annual election, the alderman having the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for two years, and the candidate having the next highest number of votes for one year, and in the case of the two successful candidates having an equal number of votes, the term of service to which they shall be respectively entitled shall be determined by the casting of lots in the presence of the common council, and the result shall be entered on their proceedings and records.

10. CITY OFFICERS-TIE VOTE IN ELECTION-HOW DECIDED.] Act February 13, 1863, chap. 2. SEC. 8. Whenever there shall fail to be an election of any officer, voted for by the people, in consequence of two or more candidates receiving the highest and 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, and the result shall be entered upon their proceedings.†

11. CITY OFFICES-VACANCY, HOW CAUSED.] Act March 10, 1869. SEC. 17. If any officer, elected or appointed in said city, representing a ward or division in any of the branches of the city government, shall not reside in, or shall remove from the ward or division he represents, his office shall be deemed vacant and be filled as now provided by law.‡

12. BOARDS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE, HOW CONSTITUTED QUALIFICATIONS.] Act February 13, 1863, chap. 2. SEC. 9. The board of public works and the board of police shall each consist of three commissioners, in addition to the mayor, who shall be chosen by the people, one from the north, one from the south, and one from the west division of said city. * * * And no person shall be elected a commissioner of either of said boards, unless he has been a resident of said city at least three years and a resident freeholder in the division of said city for which he is elected at least one year immediately preceding his election.§

13. MAYOR NO LONGER A MEMBER OF EITHER BOARD.] Act February

The omitted part of this section is repealed by act of March 10, 1869. See post, section 9, also sections 11 and 24 as to non-residence, etc.

See act of April 3, 1872, statutes of Illinois, entitled "Elections."

See section 8, ante.

§ See sections 13, 14, 15 and 16.

16, 1865. SEC. 19. From and after the passage of this act, the mayor of said city shall cease to be, in any manner, a member of the board of police and of the board of public works of said city.

14. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, HOW APPOINTED-QUALIFICATIONS AND TERM.] Act March 9, 1867, chap. 2. SEC. 1. SEC. 1. The board of public works shall consist of three commissioners, who shall be appointed, on or before the first Monday of April next, by the mayor of the city of Chicago, with the advice and consent of the common council-one from the south, one from the west and one from the north divisions of said city, each of whom shall have been a resident of said city at least three years, and a resident freeholder in the division of said city for which he is appointed at least one year immediately preceding such appointment. Said commissioners, when appointed, shall hold their offices for the term of years following: The one for the south division of said city, for six years; the one from the west division of said city, for four years; the one from the north division of said city, for two years, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. The term of office of one commissioner of said board shall expire every second year, so that one commissioner of said board shall be appointed every second year, from the division of the city in which the commissioner resides whose term of office expires; such appointment being for the full term of six years. Should a vacancy occur, it shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the common council, for the unexpired term.*

15. Board of POLICE.] Act February 16, 1865. SEC. 11. The commissioner of the board of police of said city, now having the longest term to serve, shall continue in office until the next general election for county officers in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The other two commissioners of the board of police of said city shall continue in office until the day of the general election for county officers, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

16. ELECTED BY VOTERS OF COUNTY-TERM OF.] Ibid. SEC. 12. At the general election, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfive, for county officers, there shall be elected, by the qualified voters of Cook county, two commissioners of the board of police, as successors to those whose term of office will then expire by the provisions of the foregoing section; and the commissioner so elected from the north division of said city, shall continue in office for six years, and the commissioner so elected from the south division of said city, shall continue in office for four years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and at the general election for county officers, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, one commissioner of said board of police, as successor to the commissioner whose term of office will then expire by the provisions of this act, who shall hold his office for the term of six years. The residence and qualifications of the said commissioners of the board of police, shall be the same as are now provided by law.

* For time of appointment, see ante, sections 6 and 7.

17. VACANCY-HOW FILLED.] Ibid. SEC. 17. Should a vacancy occur at any time in the said board of police commissioners, it shall be filled by the appointment of the board of supervisors of said county, until the next annual election for county officers, when the qualified voters of said county may, as in other cases, fill such vacancy by an election of a successor, who shall hold his office for the unexpired term.*

18. COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE-HOW REMOVEDTRIAL.] Act February 13, 1863, chap. 2. SEC. 10. Any commissioner of the board of public works, or of the board of police, may, at any time, be removed from office for any misdemeanor, malfeasance or delinquency in office, by the judge of the circuit court of Cook county, on charges in writing, to be presented against him by the mayor or the common council. On the hearing before said judge, witnesses may be produced and sworn, both in support of the allegations and against them. Five days' notice shall be given to such member, by service of a copy of such charges. The judge may proceed to hear such allegations, either in term time or in vacation, and may adjourn such hearing from time to time. No member of either of said boards shall perform any duties, as such member, while such allegations are pending against him.†

19. BOARD OF GUARDIANS OF REFORM SCHOOL-TERM OF, ETC.] Ibid. SEC. 12. The board of guardians of the reform school shall consist of the comptroller and six guardians, to be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the common council. Said board shall be divided into three classes of two members each; those of the first class shall vacate their seats at the expiration of the first year, those of the second class at the expiration of the second, and those of the third class at the expiration of the third year. There shall be appointed annually, on or before the first Monday of June, two guardians to succeed those whose term of office expires. The guardians so appointed shall hold their offices for three years from the said first Monday of June, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.

20. HARBOR MASTERS, HOW APPOINTED.] Act February 15, 1865. SEC. 27. All harbor masters and bridge-tenders in the service of said city, shall be hereafter appointed by the board of public works, and shall be required to give such bonds, for the faithful discharge of their duties, as said board may prescribe, and shall be removable at the pleasure of the board.§

21. CITY CLERK-CITY PHYSICIAN AND OTHER OFFICERS, HOW APPOINTED.] Act February 16, 1865. SEC. 1. That the following officers of said city, to-wit: The clerk, city physician, fish inspector, sealer of weights and measures, inspectors, guagers and weighers, shall be appointed by the common council by ballot,§ biennially, on the second Monday of May, or as soon thereafter as may be. The bridewell keeper of said city shall

See post, chapter 3, section 3.

See post, chapter 3, section 3.

Board of health; see that title. Board of inspectors of house of correction; see house of correction. Board of education and board of directors of public library; see schools and public library. As to the time of appointment see ante, section 6. See also, chapter 3, section 3, post.

As to assessors, see chapters 10 and 11, also act in regard to assessors and collectors of city taxes, April 25, 1873, post, appendix.