CHAPTER 14. Title. Number of in habitants. An act to amend the title and sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of an act entitled: "An act to provide for the organization, government, and powers of cities of the second class having more than ten thousand inhabitants," approved March 1st, 1883. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. That the title of an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization, government, and powers of cities of the second class having more than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants," approved March 1st, 1883, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: An act to provide for the organization, government, and powers of cities of the second class having more than five thousand inhabitants. SEC. 2. That section one of the aforesaid act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 1. That all cities of the second class 10 Neb. 204. having more than five (5,000) thousand and less than twenty-five (25,000) thousand inhabitants shall be governed by the provisions of this act. SEC. 3. That section two of the act aforesaid is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Governor's proclamation. SEC. 2. Whenever a city hereafter shall have attained a population of five (5,000) thousand inhabitants, and such fact shall have been duly ascertained and certified by the mayor of such city to the governor of said state, the governor shall by proclamation declare such city to be a city of the second class and subject to the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. That section three of the aforesaid act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: its, powers of council. SEC. 3. Any city heretofore incorporated and Corporate limsubject to the provisions of this act, shall in- mayor and clude within its corporate limits all the territory heretofore included therein, and also the mayor and council may, by ordinance, include within the corporate limits of such city all territory contiguous or adjacent thereto which has been at any time, by the owner or proprietor thereof, or by any one by his or her authority or acquiescence, laid off or sub-divided into lots or blocks containing not more than five acres of land each, whether the same shall have been so laid off, sub-divided or platted in accordance with any statute of this state or otherwise, and the mayor and council shall have the power by ordinance to compel the owners of any contiguous or adjacent land, or any part thereof, brought within the corporate limits of such city as aforesaid, to lay out streets, avenues, and alleys so as that the same shall correspond in width and direction and be continuous with the streets, avenues and alleys of such city or otherwise, as shall appear most for the convenience of the inhabitants of such city and the public, and to vacate any public road heretofore established through such land where necessary to secure regularity in the general system of streets, avenues, and alleys through the same. SEC. 5. That section four of the act aforesaid is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 4. Whenever any land lying contiguous Enlarging Repealing clause. Emergency clause. or adjacent to any such city, or to any addition or extension thereof shall be or shall have been, by the owner or proprietor thereof, or any person by or with his or her authority or acquiescence, laid off into lots or blocks containing not more than one acre of land, whether the same shall have been or shall be laid off, sub-divided, or platted in accordance with any statute of this state or otherwise, or has sold or begun to sell off such adjacent lands by metes and bounds, in tracts not exceeding one açre, or whenever any tract or portion, not exceeding ten acres, of land, may have been or shall be contiguous to, or surrounded or bounded by, on one or more sides by any addition or extension, or intended addition to any such city, whether platted as aforesaid or not, it shall be competent for the mayor and city council by ordinance to declare the same, by such name, designation, or description as they may see fit, a part of such city, and thereupon and thereafter the corporate limits of such city shall extend to and include such land. SEC. 6. That said original sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 are hereby repealed, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. SEC. 7. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall take effect and be in force immediately. Approved March 5th, A. D. 1885. CHAPTER 15. AN ACT to amend sections fifteen, twenty, thirty, thirtythree and thirty-four of an act entitled, “An act to provide for the organization, government and powers of cities of the second class, having more than ten thousand inhabitants." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. That sections 11, 15, 18, 20, 30, 33 and 34 of an act to provide for the organization, government and powers of cities of the second class, having more than ten thousand inhabitants, be and are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Officers, term 1883, 134. SEC. 11. The general city election in all cities Elections. governed by this act shall be held on the first of office. Tuesday in April, annually. The city officers shall consist of a mayor, treasurer, clerk and police judge, each of whom shall be elected by a plurality of votes, for the term of two years, commencing on the first Monday succeeding their election and continuing until their successors shall be elected and qualified. A city mar- Appointments. shal, a city engineer, a city attorney, a street commissioner, and a chief of fire department, and a water commissioner, and such number of policemen as the mayor and council see fit, may be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the council. Any of such officers or policemen may be removed at any Removal. time by a vote of a majority of all the members of the council, and any of such policemen may Vacancies. Salaries. 1883, 136. be removed at any time by the mayor or by a vote of a majority of the members of the council. In case of emergency, the mayor may appoint special policemen without the advice of the council, who shall be removable at the pleasure of either the mayor or the council; Provided, That in case of any vacancy in the office of treasurer or clerk by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, by and with the advice and conSent of the council until the next general election. SEC. 15. The annual salaries of all officers shall be fixed by ordinance not exceeding the following sums respectively: The mayor five hundred dollars, treasurer three hundred dollars, each councilman three hundred dollars, clerk five hundred dollars, marshal and policeman not exceeding sixty-five dollars each per month, city engineer not exceeding five dollars per day for each day actually employed, and not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one year, street commissioner not exceeding ninety dollars per month for the time actually employed and not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year, city attorney five hundred dollars, water commissioner one thousand dollars per year, all other officers and employes of the city except police judge, shall, receive such compensation as the mayor and councilmen may think fit at the time of their employment; Provided, however, That the mayor and council may at any time instead of employing a street commissioner, require his duties to be per |