County clerk and recorder.

Duties of county treasurer.

Council shall make allowance from general fund.

limits, to certify the same to the said city council, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the said county clerk and recorder, as soon as the assessment roll in each year is ready for the extension of taxes, to certify the total amount of property assessed within the city limits to the city council, whereupon the city council shall immediately proceed to make the proper levies, in mills, upon the dollar valuation, to meet the expenses of the city, limited as above as to the total levy, and cause the total levy to be certified to the county clerk and recorder, who shall extend the same upon the tax list of the current year, in a column headed "Denver City Taxes," in the same manner as county and State taxes are entered, carrying the city tax into the general total with county and State taxes, and shall include said city taxes in his general warrant to the county treasurer for collection. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said Arapahoe county, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to collect the said city taxes, in the same manner and at the same time as the said county and State taxes are collected, and all laws of this State for the assessment and collection of general taxes, including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and the redemption of the same, shall apply, and have as full effect, for the collection of taxes for the City of Denver as for such general taxes, except as modified by this act. The said county treasurer shall, at the close of every month, and oftener if the city council so determine by ordinance, pay over to the city treasurer all moneys so by him collected, taking the city treasurer's receipt in duplicate therefor, and report the same forthwith to the city auditor, with such receipt. The said county treasurer shall give bond to the City of Denver, in such penal sum as the city council may by ordinance determine, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the city council, for the faithful performance of his duties under this act.

SEC. 5 The city council shall, in each year, make such allowance, to be paid out of the general fund, to the said county officers, as shall be a reasonable and just compensation for the extra labor imposed upon the said officers by this act, not exceeding in the aggregate one per centum of the total amount of taxes collected for said city, and shall also make an allowance, to be paid out of the general fund, to the county of Arapahoe, for the city's proportion of the

expenses of advertising the sale of lands for delinquent taxes, in each year, and the amount to be certified to the city council by the clerk and recorder of said county.

make estimate.

City council shall make appropri

SEC. 6. During the last quarter of the calendar year, Mayor shall the mayor shall present to the city council a detailed estimate of the money necessary to defray the expenses of the city government for the next year; and for this purpose may require from the officers at the heads of the different departments of the city government, including chairmen of the city council committees, detailed statements of the probable expenses to be incurred in their departments. As soon thereafter as possible, the city council shall pass an annual appropriation ordinance for the next calendar year, appropriating certain definite sums ations. of money to defray the expenses incident to each department of the city government, based upon the estimate of the mayor, but not of necessity governed by it. The total amount appropriated by such appropriation ordinances, shall in no case exceed the probable amount of money that will be received during the year by taxation, or from other sources of revenue. The city council shall, in the annual appropriation ordinance of every year, appropriate and set aside a sufficient amount of money, not less than one twentieth nor more than one twelfth of the estimated annual income of the city for the next ensuing year, to sprinkle the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys and public grounds thereof. At the end of the year for which such appropriations shall have been made, the balances remaining Balances. unexpended to the credit of the several funds, shall be covered into the general fund and be subject to appropriation for general city purposes; Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the diversion of any funds appropriated for the payment of any city debt created under the provisions of the next succeeding section.

issue bonds for

SEC. 7. The city council is hereby authorized to con- City council may tract an indebtedness on behalf of the city, and upon the buildings, credit thereof, by borrowing money or by issuing bonds of sewers, etc. the city, for the purpose of erecting public buildings; for the purpose of constructing public sewers for the city; for the purpose of improving the banks and channels of Cherry creek and South Platte river, and of acquiring the right of way for a new channel of Cherry creek; for the purpose of constructing or purchase of a channel or canals,

pealable until

debt is paid.

Levy shall not

exceed two mills.

or some suitable system of supplying water in the city; not exceeding for all such purposes two per cent. upon the total assessed valuation of the taxable property of said city. In addition thereto the said city council may contract an additional indebtedness of such amount as may be necessary for the construction, erection, or purchase of waterworks, and the necessary machinery and fixtures for their operation. No loan for any such purposes shall be made, except Ordinance irre- by ordinance, which shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness therein provided for shall be fully paid, specifying the purposes to which the sum to be raised shall be applied, and providing for the levy of a tax not exceeding in total amount for the entire assessment of the city two (2) mills upon each dollar valuation of the taxable property within the city, sufficient to pay the annual interest and extinguish the principal of such debt within the time limited for the debt, which shall not be less than ten years nor more than fifteen years; and providing that said tax, when collected, shall only be applied to the purposes in said ordinance specified, until the indebtedness shall be paid and discharged; but no such debt shall be created unless the question of incurring the same shall, at a regular election Bonds must be of officers of the city, be submitted to a vote of such qualified electors of the city, as shall, in the year next preceding, have paid a property tax therein, and a majority of those voting upon the question by ballot, deposited in a separate ballot box, shall vote in favor of creating such debt.

voted.

City council shall

not ordsr pay

unexpended

appropriation.

No one shall make contract until money

for

SEC. 8. The city council shall not order the payment ment in excess of of any money, for any purpose whatever, in excess of the amount appropriated for the current year, and, at the time of said order, remaining unexpended in the appropriation of the particular class or department to which such expenditures belong. Neither the city council nor any officer of the city shall have the authority to make any contract, or is appropriated do anything binding the city, or imposing upon the city any liability to pay money, until a definite amount of money shall have been appropriated for the liquidation of all pecuniary liability under said contract, or in consequence thereof, and the amount of said appropriation shall be the maximum limit of the liability of the city under any such contract, or in consequence thereof; said contract to be ab initio, null and void, as to the city, for any other or furExcept in case of ther liability; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the city council from paying any expenses

accident.

the necessity of which is caused by any casualty, accident or unforseen contingency, happening after the passage of the annual appropriation ordinance; and, further provided, That the provisions of the section shall not apply to or limit the authority conferred by the preceding section, 7.

ARTICLE VII. POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION I. There shall be a police department, composed of a chief of police, who shall be appointed by the Pojice, how apmayor, with the consent of a majority of the members pointed. elect of the board of supervisors, and such policemen as may be appointed by the mayor without confirmation; and

a board of police, consisting of the mayor, the president of Board of police. the board of supervisors, the president of the board of aldermen, and one other supervisor, and one other alder

of police.

man, to be designated by the mayor. The chief of police Tenure of chief shall hold his office for two years, unless sooner removed, as provided in this act.

board.

SEC. 2. The mayor shall be chairman of the board of Chairman of police. The board shall hold a regular meeting in the office of the mayor on the last Saturday of each month, Meetings. and special meetings upon the call of the chairman of the board. The city clerk, in person or by deputy, attend Clerk of board. all meetings of said board, and keep a complete record of their proceedings.

divide the city.

SEC. 3. The board of police shall divide the city into Board shall districts, and from time to time make necessary changes therein; shall make rules and regulations for the govern- Make rules. ment of the police force, and prescribe and inflict penalties for the violation thereof; shall investigate charges which Shall try charges. may be preferred against any member of the police force, and decide upon the truth or falsity thereof, and declare the punishment in case the charge shall be established;

said board shall have power to suspend any policeman from May suspend. the force for a period not exceeding thirty days, and no suspended policeman shall be entitled to receive pay during the period of his suspension, and in case a reduction of the force shall at any time be ordered by the city council, the board of police shall designate which policeman shall be discharged.

SEC. 4. The mayor shall, as soon as practicable after his election, call a session of the board of supervisors, and shall at such session nominate, and, with the consent and

Mayor shall appoint chief.

Chief may be removed.

approval of a majority of the members elect of the board of supervisors, appoint a chief of police, who shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, as herein provided. The chief of police may be removed like any other officer, as hereinbefore provided; and the mayor may also remove from office the chief of police, for cause, with a concurrence of a majority of the members of the board of police. The mayor, by virtue of his office, is the head of the police. The policemen shall be appointed Police appointed by him "without confirmation," and he shall makę all dis

by mayor.

Salaries regulated by ordinance.

Policemen not entitled to witness fees.

Penalty for pretending to be a policeman.

Duties of the chief and mem

charges of policemen, and in case of an appointment or discharge, he shall immediately notify the chief of police and the city auditor thereof in writing, and the chief of police shall forthwith notify any such discharged policeman of his discharge. In case of emergency, when the mayor may deem it necessary to the peace, good order or health of the city, he may appoint special policemen for a specified time, not to exceed ten days.

SEC. 5. The number of policemen, the salary to which they shall be entitled, and the salary of the chief of police, shall be regulated by ordinance, and neither the chief of police nor any policeman shall be entitled to any other compensation, for any service rendered the city during their employment in the police force, nor shall they be entitled to witness fees in any public prosecution, under the laws of the State or ordinances of the city, during their service in said force, in any court of record, justice's court, or police court, sitting in the City of Denver.

SEC. 6. Any policeman who shall have been discharged, and any suspended policeman, or any person not a duly appointed policeman, who shall falsely assume to act in the character or capacity of a policeman, or shall falsely hold himself out and represent himself to be such policeman of the City of Denver, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined, in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 7. The duties of the chief of police, and of each bers of the police member of the police force, shall be under the direction of force to suppress the mayor, and in conformity with the ordinances of the city: to suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches of the