1074 Village officers to by ballot. Board of trustees and their president. § 3. The officers of the village shall be denominated be elected village officers, and shall be elected by ballot by the electors of said village, and shall hold their offices respectively as hereinafter provided, and until their successors shall be duly qualified, and shall be five trustees, one of whom shall be selected by the board of trustees to be president of the board, and shall preside at all the Officers of corporation meetings, one clerk, one treasurer, one collector, one assessor and one street commissioner, who Terms of shall hold their respective offices one year; and all other officers named in this act shall be appointed annually by Appointive the board of trustees, and may be removed by the board of trustees for sufficient cause shown, at which the party shall have a right to be heard. village. office. officers. Annual election. § 4. An election of the village officers, to be called the village election, shall be held annually, on the first Tuesday of May, at such place in said village as shall be appointed by the board of trustees, unless such place shall have been designated by the electors of said village at their last previous annual election, of which election six days' notice shall be given by posting notices in three First elec- public places in said village, and the first election in said village is hereby ordered to be held on the first Tuesday of May next, at the Union hotel therein. How notified. tion. Qualifica tions of vil- cers. Qualifica- General tive to chal § 5. No person shall be eligible to any office of said village, unless he shall at the time be a resident and elector of said village; and whenever any officer of said village shall cease to be a resident thereof, his office shall thereby be vacated. § 6. Every inhabitant actually residing in said village, and who shall have been an actual resident of said village for ten days next prior to the time of offering his vote, and who shall at the time of offering his vote be qualified to vote for Member of Assembly, shall be entitled to vote at any village election for village officers. § 7. All the laws in relation to the challenging of persons offering their vote at a general election of State lenging vo- officers, and the same proceedings as are had thereon, or applicable. shall be provided by law in relation thereto, shall be applicable to persons offering to vote at village elections, so far as the same can be applied. ters-made Who to § 8. The president of the board of trustees shall pre elections side at all the meetings and elections when present, but preside at if not present one of the trustees present, who shall be and meetselected by a majority of the trustees then present, shall ings. preside at such meeting or election, or at any legal meeting of the board of trustees. elective shall take 9. All officers elected at the annual village election, When shall enter upon the duties of their office on the Tuesday officers succeeding their election, and shall continue in office office. until their successor shall have taken the oath of office Appointive and become duly qualified to serve therein. All officers take office appointed shall enter upon their duties immediately. ly. officers to immediate may order fill vacan 10. If any vacancy shall happen in any elective Trustees office, the board of trustees may order a special election special to fill the vacancy, and such election shall be conducted elections to as the annual village election, or said board of trustees cies, or may appoint an elector of the village to fill such vacancy, pointments who shall hold the office until the next annual election and the qualification of his successor. § 11. Every person who shall be elected or appointed to office in the village, shall, before entering upon the duties thereof, take and subscribe the oath required by the Constitution of the State, which oath shall be filed with the clerk of the village, and may be taken before and certified by any officer authorized to administer oaths. make ap. Constitu tional oath of office to be filed. file oath vacancy. president of § 12. If any person who shall have been duly elected Failure to or appointed to any office in said village, shall, for five to work days after being notified of such election or appointment, neglect or refuse to take the oath of office, or to file the same with the clerk, shall be deemed to have declined. § 13. It shall be the duty of the president of the trus- Duty of tees to preside at all "meetings," to call special meetings board of whenever he shall think proper, to receive complaints of trustees. any breach of the by-laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, and to see that the by-laws, rules, regulations and ordinances are faithfully executed and observed, and to prosecute in the corporate name of the village for all offences against the same. village § 14. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said village Duties of to keep the books, papers and records belonging to said clerk. corporation, to record in a book, to be provided for that purpose, the rules, votes, orders, regulations and pro Compensa tion of clerk. Trustees to receive no compensation. Village treasurer tor, to exe bonds. ceedings of the inhabitants at their annual and special meetings, and also, all the by-laws, votes, ordinances and proceedings of the board of trustees; to notify officers of their election or appointment as soon as may be after such election or appointment, and to perform such other duties as the trustees, from time to time, require of him, and said trustees may allow to him such compensation for his services as they shall deem proper; but none of the trustees shall receive any compensation for their services under this act. § 15. The treasurer and collector, and each of them and collec- shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respeccute official tive offices, execute a bond to the village by the corporate name of such, and with such sums and such sureties as the trustees, or a majority of them, shall approve, conditioned that they will faithfully perform the duties of their Bonds to be respective offices, and account for and pay over all moneys belonging to the village when received by them respectively according to law, which, when approved, shall be filed with the clerk of said village. filed with village clerk. Duties of treasurer. To make annual financial report. Duties of street com § 16. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belong. ing to the village, and keep an accurate account of all receipts and expenditures, so as to exhibit the amount paid under each particular class of purposes for which it shall be received; all money shall be drawn from him by written order from the board of trustees, specifying for that purpose, signed by the clerk and countersigned by the president of the board of trustees, or the presid ing officer thereof for the time being. The treasurer shall, at least ten day days before the annual election in each year, and at such other times as the said trustees shall require, present to the said board of trustees and file with the clerk a full account of his receipts and disbursements since the date of the last report, and a statement of the financial condition of the treasury. § 17. The street commissioner of said village shall missioner. possess all the powers and may perform all the duties in said village which overseers of highways possess and perform, so far as applicable to this act; he shall be subject to the directions and control of the trustees, and before entering upon the performance of his office shall give a bond to the said corporation, to be approved by bond to be and filed. to trustees, done and the trustees, and in such penalty as the trustees shall Official direct, conditioned for faithful expenditures of and executed accounting of all moneys that may come to his hands, which bond, with the approval of the trustees, shall be filed with the clerk of the village. He shall keep an accurate account of all moneys expended by him, and To report shall, at least ten days before the annual election and at as to work such other times as the board of trustees shall require, money exrender to the said board a statement under oath, setting pended. forth the amount of work done, and when and where done, the amount of money received and paid out, together with the vouchers; and the street commissioner Compensashall be entitled to receive for his services such sum as the trustees shall direct, not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day for every day actually spent in the performance of his duties, to be paid out of the general highway fund. The fire wardens and other officers ap- Duties of pointed by the board of trustees shall perform such fire wardduties and possess such powers, and be subject to such liabilities, as shall be prescribed by the board of trustees. 18. Every officer appointed by the board of trustees Appointive shall receive a proper warrant or commission under their hands and seals. tion. ens, etc. officers to receive commis sions. 19. No member of the board of trustees shall be Trustees interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract to which the village is a party. 20. Every person elected or appointed to office under this act shall, at the expiration of such office, on request, deliver to his successor all property, books and papers and effects in his possession or under his control, belonging to the village or appertaining to his office; and in default thereof shall pay all damages caused thereby, to be sued for and collected by and in the name of the village. not to be interested in village Contracts. actions in failure to surrender pers, etc., oicers. cases of books, pa by village vole-at § 21. At any election of officers enumerated in this Plurality act, the person having the greatest number of votes for village each office respectively shall be deemed duly elected. electionsto elect. specia! of trustees. § 22. The board of trustees shall hold stated meetings Stated and at such times and places, to be determined by them, and meetings special meetings whenever called by the president or any two trustees, by notice to each member of the special board personally, or by leaving a written notice at the meetings how called. Business quoruin. General powers of trustees. To have control of village property. place of his residence, or at any such meeting; a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. § 23. The said trustees shall have the management and control of the finances, and of all the property, real and personal, belonging to the said corporation, and shall have power within said village to make, establish, May make publish, modify, amend and repeal rules and regulations and by-laws for the following purposes: by-laws for purposes named. Prevention of vice and 1. To prevent vice and immorality, to preserve peace immorality. and good order, and to prevent and quell riots and disorderly assemblages. Suppression of dis 2. To restrain and suppress disorderly and gaming orderly and houses, and all instruments and devices used for gaming within the said village. gaming houses May pro hibit or li cense carashows, etc. vans, Location of slaughterhouses keeping of gunpow. der, etc. Abatement of nuisan ces. Horse racing, etc. 3. To prohibit, restrain and regulate all exhibitions of any natural or artificial curiosities, caravans of animals, theatricals and other shows, and of exhibitions, circuses or other performances for money, and to authorize the same on such terms as the trustees shall deem expedient. 4. To direct the location of all slaughter houses and houses for storing gunpowder or any combustible substances, and to regulate the keeping and conveying of gunpowder and other dangerous materials. 5. To determine what are nuisances, and to prevent, abate or remove them. 6. To prevent horse racing or immoderate riding or driving in the streets of said village, and to authorize Ball play the stopping thereof, and to prevent the playing of ball in any of the streets of said village. ing. Encumbering of streets, side and 7. To prevent the encumbering of the streets, sidewalks or cross-walks, with teams, carriages, carts, crosswalks sleighs, boxes, lumber, timber, firewood or any other substance or material whatever. Cleaning of sidewalks, Reservoirs, pumps, etc 8. To compel all persons to keep snow and dirt from and off the sidewalks in front of the premises owned or occupied by them. 9. To establish, make, regulate and guard public reservoirs, pumps and wells, and to prevent unnecessary Duties and waste of water. compensa tion of ap pointive officers. 10. To prescribe the duties of all officers appointed by the trustees, and their compensation. |