of this state by the judges of county courts and the boards of supervisors, and may be removed in the same manner.

$23. The common council shall in like manner deter- Auctioneers. mine annually the number of auctioneers to be appointed in the said city, and shall transmit such determination to the governor, and no appointment of auctioneers for the said city shall be made, beyond the number expressed in such determination.

officers.

$24. The common council shall determine the salaries Salaries of or compensation to be given to the mayor, treasurer and clerk of the city, and of any other officer appointed by them, and at what times the same shall be payable; and they shall fix the compensation of the collectors of taxes in the said city, for collecting the county as well as the city taxes and assessments.

election.

$25. The common council shall appoint at least three Inspectors of inspectors in each ward, designating which of the said inspectors shall be chairman, to hold and conduct general and special elections, for state and county officers, elective by the people, and for members of congress, and electors of president and vice-president, at least ten days before any such election; which inspectors shall possess all the powers, perform all the duties, and be subject to all the obligations of inspectors of elections in towns; and for the purposes of such election, the different wards of the said city shall in all respects be deemed towns; and the expenses of such elections shall be city charges, and defrayed in the same manner as other contingent expenses of the city.

$26. No ordinance of the common council shall be Duration of binding or have effect for any longer period than three ordinances. years from the passage thereof.

TITLE IV.

Of the officers of the city, their powers and duties.

$1. It shall be the duty of the mayor, to take care that Mayor's duty the laws of the state, and the ordinances of the common council be faithfully executed; to exercise a constant supervision and control over the conduct of all subordinate officers, and to receive and to examine into all complaints against them for neglect of duty; to recommend to the common council such measures as he shall deem expedient; to expedite all such as shall be resolved upon by them, and in general to maintain the peace and good order, and advance the prosperity of the city.

Common saal

Mayor and aldermen ex

ces.

$ 2. The mayor shall have the custody of the commor seal of the city, and authenticate such acts of the common council as shall require it.

S3. The mayor and aldermen of the said city, by virofficio justi- tue of their offices, shall have and exercise all the power and authority of justices of the peace in criminal cases, and in enforcing the laws of this state relating to the police thereof, but shall have no jurisdiction in civil cases, other than such as by this act shall be expressly conferred upon them.

Assistant aldermen.

Supervisors.

Assessors.

Assessment roll.

Jurors.

$ 4. The assistant aldermen shall have all the powers of justice of the peace, for the purpose of preserving the public peace, by suppressing riots, dissolving unlawful and tumultuous assemblages, and directing the arrest of persons engaged in breaches of the peace, or about to commit any offence.

S5. The supervisors elected as herein before provided, shall have and exercise all the powers, authority and functions, of supervisors of towns, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall be members of the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe.

$ 6. The assessors elected in the different wards of the city, as herein provided, shall perform all the duties hereinafter specified, in relation to the assessment of property within the city, for the purpose of levying the taxes, imposed by the common council thereof. And in their respective wards, they shall perform the duties of assessors of towns, and shall proceed therein in the manner prescribed by law respecting town assessors, and shall possess all the powers and authority of such assessors, except as hereinafter specified.

$7. On completing their assessment rolls, the assessors of the different wards shall meet together and make out a fair copy of the assessment roll of all the wards, which shall be left with one of their number; and they shall give the like notice required by law to be given by town assessors; and at the time and place specified in such notice, all the assessors of the different wards shall meet together to review their assessment, and shall proceed in the manner prescribed by law in respect to the assessors of a town: and having completed and subscribed the assessment roll, shall deliver the same to one of the supervisors of the said city, to be by him laid before the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe.

S8. The supervisors of the said city, with the assessors of the several wards, shall make out and return to the county clerk of the county of Monroe, a list of persons to

serve as petit jurors, and as grand jurors in the several courts held in the county of Monroe, at the same time and in the same manner as prescribed by law in relation to the supervisors, assessors, and town clerks of the several towns of this state, and for that purpose, they shall assemble at such place as the said supervisors shall appoint, and duplicates of the returns of jurors made by them, and duly certified by them, shall be filed in the of fice of the clerk of the city within ten days after such returns are made out.

$9. The clerk of the city shall keep the minutes of the City clerk. common council, and all papers and documents belonging to the city, except such as shall appertain to the other officers of the city; and shall be regulated in the performance of the duties of his office by the ordinances of the common council. It shall be his special duty to publish, for at least three weeks, in one of the newspapers printed in the city, all laws and ordinances passed by the common council, and all votes and resolutions, directing the payment of money, of which the first publication shall be made within eight days after the passage of such law, ordinance, vote or resolution.

$10. The clerk shall countersign all licenses of every description granted by the mayor, pursuant to the ordinances of the common council, and shall enter in appropriate books the name of every person to whom a license is granted, the purpose for which granted, the date, the time during which it is to be in force, and the sum paid for each license; and no license for any purpose granted by the mayor, shall be valid until countersigned by the clerk.

To counter.

sign licenses

of assessors

$ 11. The clerk shall, annually, before the first day of To make list October in each year, certify and deliver to the supervi- and collec sors elected in the said city, a list of the names of the as- tors. sessors and collectors in the said city, to be laid before the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe.

$ 12, The city treasurer shall receive and keep the mo- Treasurer. ney paid into the city treasury, which he shall deposite in such bank or banks as the common council shall direct, to his credit in his official capacity. He shall keep regular accounts of all the moneys received and disbursed by him, in books to be provided by the common council, in such form as they shall direct; but the name of every person to whom money shall be paid by the treasurer, shall in all cases be entered at length, and on what account the same was paid; which books and entries shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the inspection of any elector of the said city desiring the same.

Attorney.

Marsha!.

tendents.

S 13. The counsel and attorney of the city shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the common council, and shall receive therefor such compensation as the said common council shall provide.

$ 14. The marshal of the said city shall possess the powers and authority of a constable at common law, and under the statutes of this state, except in relation to the service of process issued by justices of the peace in civil cases. The marshal shall also perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the common council, for the preservation of the public peace, and the maintenance of the police regulations of the said city.

City superin $15. The city superintendents shall have charge of the streets, squares, alleys, lanes and bridges of the city, and shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned them by the common council, with such powers and authority, and subject to such regulations and restrictions as the common council may provide.

Accounts

and

TITLE V.

Of the assessment and collection of taxes for city purposes, and of the funds, revenue and expenditures of the city, and the administration thereof.

S 1. The common council shall examine, settle and alexpenses. low all accounts chargeable against the city, as well of its officers as of other persons, and shall have authority to direct the raising of such sum as shall be necessary to defray the same, and the contingent expenses of the said city, subject to the limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained.

Money to be

raised by tax.

S2. For the purpose of defraying such expenses, the common council may raise annually a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, to be appropriated to the lighting of the city, and for the support of a night watch; and a further sum, not exceeding three thousand dollars, to defray all other charges against the city, for the general contingent expenses thereof, besides such sums as may be raised for the support of common schools, and exclusive of assessments for highway labor, and for opening, working, paving, repairing or altering streets, and exclusive of the sums authorized to be raised by the seventh section of the eighth title of this act, and by the second section of the seventh title of this act. And whenever the common council shall determine to purchase any lot or lots of ground for the burial of the dead, or for erecting a penitentiary, or bride well, or alms-house, and shall determine to erect such penitentiary, or bride

well, or alms-house, (being authorized thereto by the electors of the said city as hereinafter provided,) they may direct the raising of the sums necessary for such purpose, in such instalments as they may deem expedient, in the manner and under the restrictions in the three succeeding sections contained.

purchased.

S3. Whenever the common council shall deem it ex- Lots may be pedient to purchase a lot or lots, and to erect a penitentiary, or bridewell, or alms-house, they shall cause an estimate of the expense thereof to be made, and determine the number of annual instalments by which the amount of such expense should be raised, and shall cause a statement of such estimate, and the number of such annual instalments to be published in a newspaper printed in the said city, once in each week, for at least four weeks preceding the next annual election of aldermen and assistants in the said city.

to be paid.

$4. The common council at any time during the year Expense how ensuing such election, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members thereof, may direct the raising of the amount of such estimated expense, and by such number of instalments as is expressed in the statement to be published in the manner aforesaid.

sums to ba

$ 5. Whenever the sums so raised shall be ascertained Additional to be insufficient for the purpose for which the same were raised raised, the common council may direct the raising of such additional sum as may be necessary, not exceeding two thousand dollars; and whenever the deficiency shall exceed two thousand dollars, they shall cause an estimate of such deficiency to be made, determine the number of instalments by which the amount of such estimated deficiency should be raised, and proceed in all other respects as prescribed in the two preceding sections.

raised in

$6. The aggregate of the sums to be raised to defray Sums to be the expenses of lighting the city, and compensating watch-lamp and men, and the prevention and extinguishment of fires, shall watch district be separately stated, distinct from the other contingent charges, and shall be assessed on all the real and personal estate within the lamp and watch district, according to the valuation of the same in the last preceding assessment roll, which shall have been designated as herein before provided.

$ 7. All other sums so directed to be raised by the other sums. common council, shall be assessed on all real and personal estate within the said city, according to the valuation of the same in the last preceding assessment rolls, which shall have been returned by the assessors of the different wards, and filed in the office of the clerk of the city.

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