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vided, and whose powers and duties and compensation shall Powera, dabe prescribed by the common council, except as herein otherwise ma provided.

tion of off

aldermen.

office.

justices.

Terms.

Sec. 4. At the first annual election to be held in said city Election of after the passage of this act, there shall be elected two alder men in each ward, who shall enter upon the duties of their office immediately upon their qualification, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, one for the term of one year, and another for the term of two years, and the term for which the Terms of person voted for is intended shall be designated on the ballot; and at each annual election thereafter to be held, one alderman shall be elected in each ward, who shall hold his office for the term of two years; there shall be elected annually in each ward, by the electors thereof, one constable, to hold Constables. his office for one year. At the first annual election after the passage of this act, there shall be elected by the electors of said city, voting in their respective wards, four justices of Election of the peace, one of whom shall be elected for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, and one for the term of four years; and the term for which each person is voted shall be designated on the ballot, who shall each enter upon the duties of his office immediately upon being duly qualified according to law; and at every annual election thereafter there shall be elected one justice of the peace, who shall hold his office for the term of four years; and every justice of the peace elected in said city, shall take the oath and file his bond within ten days after his election, and enter upon the performance of the duties of his office on the tices. tenth day after his election. There shall also be elected annually, one supervisor for each ward of said city, by the elec-Supervisor. tors of each ward, and each of said supervisors shall hold his Terms. office for the term of one year; and, there shall also be elected City officers.. annually, by the electors of the whole city, voting in their respective wards, one mayor, one treasurer, one director of the poor, who shall each hold his office for the period of one year. At the first annual election after the passage of this act, and at

Oath and bond of jus

School inspector.

Common council to app ant marshal and clerk.

ers of ceme

Term.

Chief of police, &c.

Powers.

the annual election every two years thereafter, there shall be elected in said city, by the electors thereof, voting in their respective wards, one recorder, one comptroller, who shall each hold his office for the term of two years, one school inspector in each ward, by the electors thereof, to hold his office for the term of two years.

Sec. 5. The common council shall, at the first meeting after their election, or as soon thereafter as may be, and as often as any vacancy occurs in any of the offices in this section named, appoint by ballot, one marshal; one clerk of the city, to hold Commision his office during the pleasure of the council; two commissioners tery. for the city cemetery or cemeteries, one of whom shall hold his office for the term of two years, and one of them for the term of one year, and the term of each shall be designated upon the ballot; and annually thereafter the said common council shall appoint one commissioner of the city cemetery, who shall hold his office for two years; the common council may appoint one assistant marshal, one chief of police, and police constables, to hold their offices during the pleasure of the said common council, not to exceed one for each ward, who shall have the same power and authority as constables now have by law, except as to the service and return of civil process and proceedings in civil cases, and shall be subject to the same liabilities and regulations, except as herein otherwise provided; they may also Watchmen, appoint the watchmen for said city, of whom they shall designate one as captain of the watch, to hold their respectivé offices during the pleasure of the said council; they may appoint, at their first annual meeting after their election, or as soon thereafter as may be, one city surveyor, one health physician, to hold their office one year, and so many fire wardens, sealers of weights and measures, common criers, keepers of almshouses, pound masters, weigh-masters, inspectors of fire-wood and auctionecis, as the common council shall deem necessary, each to hold their offices during the pleasure of the common council; the common council shall contract with a counsellor at law to perform such services as may be required of him as attorney

City survey

or and pay. sician. Other officers.

City attor ney.

tion.

and counsellor at law for said city, for such period, not exceeding one year, and for such compensation, not to exceed five Compensa hundred dollars for a year, and at the same rate for any less period, as the common council shall determine; the person with whom such contract is made shall not be entitled to receive during its continuance, or for services rendered during its continuance, besides his salary, any fee or reward whatever which shall be paid out of or withheld from the treasury of the city. Sec 2. That section six, of title four, of said act, be amended so that the same shall read as follows:

sessment

Sec. 6. The annual assessmen of all property in said city Annualasshall be made by the supervisors thereof, who, for that purpose, are hereby vested with all the powers and required to perform all the duties of supervisors of townships in relation to the assessment of property for taxation, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of assessing, each ward in the said. city shall constitute one assessment district, and the supervisor Districts. thereof shall make the assessment for the ward in which he is elected.

Sec. 3. That sections five, six, seven and ten, of title five, of said act, be amended so that the same shall read as follows: also, by adding a new section to stand as section twenty, which reads as follows:

when com

Sec. 5. Each of the supervisors of said city shall complete Assessment, his assessment of all the taxable property in his respective pleted. ward in said city, within such time as is or may be prescribed for the supervisors or assessors of townships by the general law of this State; and upon the completion thereof shall file a notice thereof with the city clerk, who shall report the same to Notice the city council at their next meeting.

thereof.

view.

Sec. 6. The supervisors, comptroller, treasurer and city at- Board of retorney, shall constitute a board of review, four of whom shall constitute a quorum. They shall have power, and it shall be Powers and their duty, to examine said assessment, and correct any errors found therein, and on cause shown to reduce, equalize, or increase the valuation of any property found on said rolls, and to

duties

Notice of

meeting

add thereto any taxable property in said city that may have been omitted, and to value the same. They shall meet at such time and place as shall be appointed by the common council, of which time and place notice shall be given by said council at least two weeks prior to the time of meeting, by publishing a notice thereof in some newspaper published in said city, and also by posting the same in three public places in each ward of said city, and shall continue in session at least three days successively, and as much longer as may be necessary, at least six hours in each day during said three days; and any person desiring so to do may examine his or her assessment on said rolls, and may show cause, if any, why the valuation thereof Change of should be changed; and the said board shall decide upon the same, and their decision shall be final; and the said board shall Record of keep a record of their proceedings, and all changes made by them in said rolls, and their record shall be deposited with the city clerk.

valuation.

proce dings.

Confirmation of tax roll.

Sec. 7. The said supervisors shall deliver their assessment rolls to said board of review at the time of their first meeting,

and after the same shall be confirmed by resolution of the board, to be entered in their records, it shall be the duty of the city Rolls copied. clerk to copy the several rolls so presented by the supervisors into one roll, and when so copied the said several rolls shall remain in the office of the city clerk; and the said supervisors shall take such copied roll into their possession, and retain the same until after the equalization thereof by the board of supervisors of the county of Saginaw; and immediately thereafter Delivery to they shall deliver the same to the comptroller, which is hereby determined to be the assessment roll for all purposes whatsoever, except for the purpose of extending the assessment roll for the collection of the city taxes, as provided in section twenty of this title, for which last mentioned purpose the comptroller shall use the assessment roll deposited with the said city clerk.

comptrol er.

Determina tion of an nual tax.

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the common council of said city, on or before the last Saturday preceding the first day of

compr toller

May in each year, to determine, by resolution, the amount necessary to be raised by tax for city purposes within said city for such year; and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to cer- Duty of tify the amount so to be raised to the comptroller, and it is hereby made the duty of the comptroller of said city to levy the sum so certified, and such other taxes as may be required by law, upon the taxable property of said city, in the same manner as taxes for township purposes are required by law to be levied by the supervisors of the townships of this State, except as herein as otherwise provided: Provided, That in extending such Proviso. taxes there shall not be, besides the column for State and county taxes, any other columns, except such as the common council shall hereafter by ordinance prescribe.

notity comp.

roll, how

Sec. 20. Immediately after the board of review shall have Clerk to completed the equalization of said assessment rolls, as provided troller. in section six of this title, and shall have deposited with the city clerk the record of their doings, the said clerk shall forthwith notify the comptroller thereof; and it shall be the duty of the said comptroller to make out the assessment roil, for the Assessment purpose of collecting the city taxes, and extend the same, in made out. the same manner as he is now by law required to do, except he shall not incorporate into said assessment roll the State and county tax; and when such assessment roll shall be so completed, he shall attach thereto a warrant, under his hand, prop- Warrant. erly countersigned, as directed by section eleven of this title, and deliver the same to the marshal on or before the third Saturday in June of each year; and the said warrant shall direct Contents the said marshal to return said assessment roll on or before the last Saturday in the month of August then next following; and the said marshal shall return to the county treasurer all descriptions of real estate delinquent for the non-payment of the Delinquent city taxes charged thereon, at the same time and in the same manner as he is now by law required to do.

Sec. 4. That sections thirty-seven, thirty eight and forty, of title six, of this act, be amended so that the same shall read as follows:

thereof.

taxes.