Number of wards. First ward boundaries. Second ward boundaries. Third ward boundaries. Fourth ward boundaries. Fifth ward boundaries. Sixth ward boundaries. to the southwest corner of section six, of township six north, of range twenty-two east, in said county; thence east on the south section line of sections six, five and four, of said last mentioned township and range, and its continuation to the east boundary of said county of Milwaukee, thence north to a point due east of the place or point of beginning; and thence west to said place or point of beginning. SECTION 3. The said city shall be divided into thirteen wards, numbered and bounded as follows, to wit: The First ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies east of the middle of the Milwaukee river, and north of the middle line of Divison street, and its extension to the east boundary of said city. The Second ward shall embrace that part of said district which lies west of the middle of the Milwaukee river, and is bounded on the north by the middle of Vliet street, and on the south by the middle of Cedar street, and its extension due west to the west line of the city. The Third ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the point where the middle line of Wisconsin street extended intersects the middle line of the Milwaukee river, running thence down said river along the middle line thereof, and of the straight cut harbor to a point due south of the eastern extremity of the north pier of said harbor: thence east to the eastern boundary of said city; thence north to a point due east of the point of intersection of the middle line of Wisconsin street with the shore of Lake Michigan; thence west to said shore; thence along the middle line of said Wisconsin street to the place or point of beginning. The Fourth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the middle of said river, south of the middle line of Cedar street and its extension due west to the west boundary line of said city, and north of the south boundary line of sections twenty-nine, thirty and twenty-five. The Fifth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which is bounded on the west by the middle of First avenue, on the east by the east boundary of said city, on the north by the south boundary line of the Fourth and Third wards herein before described, and on the south by the middle line of Railroad street and its continuation east to the east boundary of the city. The Sixth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the middle of said river, north of the middle line of Vliet street, and east of the middle line of Seventh street and south of the middle line of North street. boundaries. The Seventh ward shall embrace all that part of said seventh ward district which lies east of the middle of said river, and between the First and Third wards. Eight ward The Eighth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies south of the Fourth ward, west of boundaries. the middle line of First avenue, and north of the middle line of Railroad street and its continuation to the west boundary of the city. boundaries. The Ninth ward shall embrace all that part of said Ninth ward district which lies west of the middle of Seventh street, north of the middle of Vliet street, and south of the middle line of Walnut street and Fond du Lac av enue. The Tenth ward shall embrace all that part of said Tenth ward district which lies west of the middle line of Seventh boundaries. street and its continuation north to the north boundary of said city, and north of the middle line of Walnut street and Fond du Lac avenue. boundaries. The Eleventh ward shall embrace all that part of Eleventh ward said district which lies south of the middle line of Railroad street and its continuation to the west boundary of said city, and west of the middle line of First av enue. boundaries. The Twelfth ward shall embrace that part of the said Twelfth ward district which lies east of the middle line of First avenue, and south of the middle line of Railroad street and its continuation east to the east boundary of said city. ward bounda And the Thirteenth ward shall embrace all that part Thirteenth of said district which lies west of the middle of Milwau- ries. kee river, north of the middle line of North street, east of the middle line of Seventh street and its continuation north to the north boundary of the city. CHAPTER II. OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS. SECTION 1. The officers of said city shall be a city officers. mayor, three aldermen from each ward, constituting a common council, a city treasurer, a city comptroller, a city attorney, a city clerk, a board of public works, a city engineer, a school board, a tax ccmmissioner, ward assessors, a board of commissioners of the public debt, a board of health, justices of the peace, a chief of police, one chief engineer of the fire department, one or more harbor masters, three inspectors of election for Annual municipal election. Elected by the people at large. Ward representation each ward or election precinct, and as many bridge tenders, firemen, constables, policemen and such other officers and agents as may be provided for by this act, or as the common council may from time to time di rect. SECTION 2. The annual municipal election in said city shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each year, at such place or places in each election precinct as the common council shall designate, at which time there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, in the manner herein provided, all officers required to be elected at a general municipal election. The polls of such election shall be opened and closed at the same hours which are or may be prescribed by law for the opening and closing of the polls at general elections in the state of Wisconsin. Ten days previ ous public notice of the time and places of such elec tion, and of the officers to be elected, shall be given by the city clerk, by publication in one or more newspa pers published in said city. SECTION 3. The mayor, treasurer, comptroller, attor ney, aldermen, justices of the peace and constables shall be elected by the people. The mayor, treasurer, comptroller and attorney shall be elected on the first Tuesday of April, A. D. 1874, being the first munici pal election under this act, and bienially thereafter. The officers so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the third Tuesday of April in the year of their election, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. A constable shall be elected annually in each ward for the term of one year. SECTION 4. Each of the several wards in said city, created by this act, shall be represented in the common council by three aldermen, who shall be residents of such ward, and who shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for three years from and after the third Tuesday in April, in the year of their election. The first common council under this act shall be organized and enter upon its duties on the third Tuesday in April, A. D. 1874, and shall be composed as follows: The councilor from each ward in the present board of councilors, whose term of office will expire the third Tuesday in April, A. D. 1875, shall serve as one of the aldermen from such ward under Aldermen, how this act, until the end of his said term. At said first municipal election under this act, the qualified voters in each ward shall elect two aldermen, elected. one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years from the third Tuesday of April, A. D. 1874, and thereafter one alderman from each ward shall be annually elected for the term of three years. SECTION 5. If any alderman shall remove from the Vacancies, how ward represented by him, or shall engage or continue filled, etc. in any service, business, or employment, causing a continuous absence from the city for more than four months, his office shall thereby become vacant; and whenever any vacancy shall in any manner occur in the office of any alderman, the common council shall, within ten days after the happening of such vacancy, order a new election: provided, that more than six months of the term of the alderman shall then remain unexpired. SECTION 6. A justice of the peace shall be elected Ward justices. biennially in each ward by the qualified electors thereof, for the term of two years. The justices of the peace now in office who were elected for a term expiring in April, 1875, shall continue in office until the expiration of such term, and their successors shall be elected at the municipal election in April, 1875, and biennially thereafter. SECTION 7. All other officers necessary for the other officers. proper management of the affairs of said city shall be appointed by the common council, or by the mayor, or in such manner as the common council may direct, except when otherwise provided in this act. SECTION 8. All elections by the people shall be by Elections and ballot, and a plurality of votes shall constitute an elec- elecctors. tion. All persons entitled to vote for county and state officers, and who shall have resided, next preceding the election, for ten days in the ward where they offer to vote, shall be entitled to vote for any officer to be elected under this act, and to hold any office hereby created. Election pre SECTION 9. The common council may, at their discretion, by ordinance, divide the several wards of the cincts. city into election precincts by geographical divisions and boundaries as they may deem proper, so that there shall not be more than three polls in each ward; and each voter shall deposit his vote at the poll in the election precinct within which he shall reside. clerks of elec SECTION 10. The aldermen shall be inspectors of Inspectors and election for the precinct in which they may respectively tion. reside. The mayor shall annually appoint two clerks of election, and also additional inspectors of election for each election precinct, if required to make the whole number of inspectors, three in each such precinct, in filled. cluding such aldermen there resident. Each inspector and clerk of election shall be an elector and resident of such precinct, and shall hold his office for one year from the time of his appointment, and until his successor Vacancies how shall be appointed by the mayor; and the mayor, by appointment, shall fill any vacancy: provided, however, that in case of a failure to appoint, or in case of a failure of any such inspector or clerk to appear at the opening of the polls at any election, the electors then present may proceed to fill the vacancy, as provided by the laws of this state regarding elections; but no shall not be in- member of the common council or other person, being a candidate for any office at any election, shall be inspector at such election. Said inspectors and clerks shall, before entering upon their duties, and within ten days after their said appointment, respectively take and file with the city clerk the usual oath of office. Candidates spectors. Challenging votes. SECTION 11. If either of the inspectors shall suspect that any person offering a vote does not possess the qualifications of an elector, or if any vote be challenged by an elector, the inspectors before receiving the vote of such person shall require him to take the following oath, which either of said inspectors is hereOath of elector. by authorized to administer: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you are twenty-one years of age, that you are a citizen of the United States (or have declared your intentions to become a citizen conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization), that you have resided within this ward ten days next preceding this election, that you now reside within this election precinct, and that you have not voted at this election, and that you have made no bet or wager, and have not become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager, depending upon the result of this election." And if the person so offering to vote shall take such oath, his vote shall Penalty for false be received. If such person shall take such oath falsefraudulent vot- ly, he shall be deemed guilty of willful and corrupt perjury, and upon conviction thereof, upon indictment or information, shall suffer the punishment provided by law for persons guilty of perjury. If any person who is not a qualified voter shall vote at any election, or if any person qualified shall vote in any other elec tion precinct than the one in which he resides, or shall vote more than once at any one election, he shall be lia ble to a criminal prosecution by indictment or information; and on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than twenty-five dollars. It shall be the duty of the in swearing and ing. |