Mayor elected for

etc.

ARTICLE IX, [IV].

MUNICIPAL OFFICE[R]S, THEIR DUTIES, QUALIFICATIONS, ETC.

SECTION 1. The chief executive officer of the city two years, duties, shall be the mayor who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city, and hold his office for two years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. He shall preside over all meetings of the city council, but shall only be entitled to vote upon questions pending before or which may be determined by the city council, when there is a tie vote of the aldermen present, in which case he shall give the casting or deciding vote.

Qualifications.

Council to cast lots

tie,

SEC. 2. No person shall be eligible to the office of mayor, who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of Denver, and have resided in said city for at least two years next preceding his election, or who shall be under the age of thirty years.

SEC. 3. Whenever there shall fail to be an election to determine a of mayor voted for by the people, in consequence of two or more persons voted for having received an equal number of votes for the said office, the election shall be determined by the casting of lots in the presence of the city council, and the result shall be entered upon the journal of the proceedings of that body.

Contests.

Mayor, his duties.

SEC. 4. Whenever an election for mayor shall be contested, the city council shall determine the same as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 5. The mayor shall at all times be vigilant and active in enforcing the laws and ordinances for the government of the city. He shall inspect the conduct of all the subordinate officers of the city, and cause any negligence or violation of official duty to be prosecuted and punished. He shall from time to time communicate to the city council such information, and recommend all such measures as in his opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances, the credit, the police, the health, the security, comfort and ornament of the city. He shall be the head of the police force of the city. He shall have power to discharge persons confined in the city jail in judgment of the police court, for violation of the city

ordinances, and shall report to the city council at the next meeting thereafter, of his action in the premises, and his reasons therefor.

zens to aid in en

forcing the laws.

SEC. 6. The mayor is hereby authorized to call upon May call upon citievery male inhabitant of said city, over the age of eighteen years,to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances and in preventing and extinguishing fires, for securing the peace and safety of the city, or carrying into effect any law or ordinance.

to show his books.

SEC. 7. He shall have power whenever he shall May compel officer deem it necessary to require any officer of said city to exhibit his books and papers.

and ordinances.

SEC. 8. He shall have power and it shall be his Shall execute laws duty to execute all acts that may be required of him by any ordinance made in pursuance of this act or any amendment thereto.

SEC. 9. He shall have such power as may be vested in him by ordinance of the city in and within all places, within five miles of the boundaries of the city and of the Platte river and tributaries for twenty five miles above the city, for the purpose of enforcing the health and quarantine ordinances and regulations.

Powers to extend

quarantine five

miles beyond the

city limits.

SEC. 10. He shall take care that the laws of the Enforce laws. State and ordinances of the city are duly enforced and observed within the city. He may upon good cause shown, and by and with the consent of the city council, remit fines, forfeitures and penalties accruing from or Remit fines. imposed for the violation of any city ordinance. He

shall have power to suspend and by and with the consent Suspend officers. of two thirds of the city council, remove any officer or member of the police force and those officers elected by

the people. He may fill vacancies which may occur in Fill vacancies. any elective office, until the same may be filled by election as provided by law.

called by Mayor.

SEC. 11. The mayor shall call special sessions of the Special sessions city council by causing proper notices to be served upon the members thereof.

SEC. 12. Whenever a special session of the city Mayor to state obcouncil shall have been called by the mayor, he shall

jects for which

special session is

called.

fice.

state to the council when assembled, the cause for which they have been convened, and their action at such meeting shall be confined to such cause or causes.

Malfeasance in of- SEC. 13. In case the mayor or any officer shall at any time be guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or shall wilfully or corruptly be guilty of oppression, malconduct, or partiality in the discharge of the duty of his office, he shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and such conviction shall operate as a removal from office, and as a disqualification to hold said office forever thereafter.

Penalty.

Office vacated by absence from city.

Power to administer oaths

Veto.

SEC. 14. In case the mayor shall absent himself from the city for the period of three consecutive months, or shall cease to reside within the limits of the city, office shall thereby be vacated.

his

SEC. 15. In all cases of the examination of charges against any officer or employe of the city, the mayor shall have power to administer oaths, and to subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books and papers.

SEC. 16. Every resolution passed by the city council, which appropriates exceeding three hundred dollars, and all ordinances, before either shall take effect, shall within twenty-four hours after the passage thereof be presented to the mayor for his approval. If he approve, he shall sign the same; if not he shall return the same with his objections in writing to the city clerk, who shall present the same to the city council at the next regular meeting thereof, which objections shall be entered at length upon the journal of the proceedings of the council, and, if the council be of opinion that such ordinance or resolution ought to pass. they may proceed to re-consider the same, and if after such re-consideration, twothirds of the aldermen elected shall agree and pass the same, said ordinance or resolution shall take effect, and be in force, the same as if the mayor had signed it. If the mayor shall not return any resolution or ordinance, passed or adopted by the city council within five days after the same shall have been presented to him as aforesaid for approval, the same shall take effect, and be in

force in the same manner as if he had signed it. The mayor may exercise the veto power delegated in this section to the entire annual appropriation ordinance, or to any separate appropriation in the same.

SEC. 17. The mayor shall receive a salary of three Salary thousand six hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the city treasury.

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to City clerk. attend all meetings of the city council and keep a true,

full and complete report of its proceedings; also to keep Duties and powers. a record of all official acts of the mayor, and when necessary to attest them; he shall keep and preserve in his office the corporate seal of the city, and all records, public papers, and documents of the city, not required to be kept by any other officer. He shall be authorized to administer oaths; and copies of all papers filed in his office and transcripts from the records of the proceedings of the city council, duly certified by him under the corporate seal of the city, shall be taken as evidence in all courts of this State. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

ties and powers.

SEC. 19. The city engineer shall superintend the City engineer, duconstruction of all public works ordered by the city council, shall make out plans, specifications and estimates thereof; do the surveying and engineering ordered by the city and perform all other duties as may be required by ordinance. He shall give his personal attention exclusively to the duties of his office. He shall preserve all plans, maps, notes, surveys, books, papers and documents pertaining to his office, made by him or in his charge, and deliver the same to his successor in office.

ties.

SEC. 20. The city attorney shall appear for the city city attorney, du and attend all cases in all courts in this State wherein the city may be a party, plaintiff or defendant, or a party in interest, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer Treasurer, duties, to receive, receipt for, and keep the money of the city, and pay out the same only on warrants drawn by the mayor and countersigned by the auditor, and attested by

R-ports.

the city clerk. He shall report to the city council at the close of each calendar month the amount of money received by him during the preceding month, and from whom and upon what account the same was received; also, the amount of warrants or other evidences of indebtedness received or redeemed by him during the preceding month, by whom the same were presented for redemption or paid into the city treasury. He shall return monthly to the city council all bonds, scrip, or orders he may have redeemed or paid to be canceled by Penalty for failure them. If the city treasurer shall fail to report, as proto make reports. vided in this section, he shall forfeit and pay to the city the sum of fifty dollars for each offense. He shall make such other reports and perform such other duties as the council may require.

(ity auditor.

rants.

Accounts.

SEC. 22. It shall be the duty of the city auditor to prescribe the mode of keeping, dating and rendering all accounts, unless otherwise provided in this act or by ordinance between the city and any person or body corCountersign war-porate; he shall countersign and register all warrants drawn upon the treasurer for all appropriations and moneys ordered paid by the city council. He shall keep a true and accurate account of the revenues, receipts and expenditures of the city, and with the city treasurer, and the different funds of the city; he shall from the tax-rolls compute the revenue due the city for each year, and shall make such reports, estimates and statements as may be from time to time be required of him by the city council. Supervise collection He shall exercise a general supervision over the collection disburse and return into the city treasury and the disbursement of all revenue and other moneys of the city, and over all property, assets and claims of the city, and the custo, sale or disposition thereof. He shall see that all prop and legal proceedings are had to recover, protect, keep an manage such property or interests; that all proper rules and regulations are prescribed and observed in relation to all accounts, settlements and reports regulating the fiscal affairs and concerns of the city; that no appropriations or funds are overdrawn or misapplied, and that no liability is incurred nor money or property of the city disbursed or disposed of contrary to the spirit of the law shall preserve the or ordinances. He is especially charged with the preserfaith and credit vation of the credit and faith of the city in relation to its

and

ment of moneys.

of the city.