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thereupon the clerk shall assess the same upon the city assessment and tax roll upon such premises, and the same shall be thereupon collected and returned, and the same proceedings had for the collection and return thereof, and for the sale of such premises for the non-payment of such tax, as is provided by law for the collection, return and sale of premises, for non

payment of the ordinary city taxes. Property, Sec. 46. All the personal and real estate, whether held in trust ko., of village ves'ed or otherwise, rights, credits and effects whatsoever, and all and in city.

every right or interest therein belonging to the village of Coldwater, and all demands due and to grow due to the same, shall hereafter fully and absolutely belong to the corporation created

by this act, saving, nevertheless, to all and every person his or rights ex cepted. their just rights therein; and to the end that all and singular

the estates and rights aforesaid may be sully vested in the corporation hereby created, every person who is or shall be pos

sessed thereof shall deliver the same to the mayor and alderDeeds, &c., men of the city of Coldwater, with all moneys, deeds, evidences of village to be delivered of debt, property, books and papers touching or concerning the to city.

same, when legally required thereto; and the said city may sue, in its corporate name, to recover any demand or debt due or to grow due to said village, and the corporation hereby created shall be liable for, and pay all just debts due from, or claims or demands against the village of Coldwater, or the common council thereof; and all contracts made, or agreements entered into by the corporate authorities of the village of Coldwater, shall be and the same are hereby made binding and obligatory upon the corporation hereby created.

Sec. 47. No member of the common council shall, during the council inel period for which he was elected, be appointed to or be compefice.

tent to hold any office of which the emoluments are paid from the city treasury, or paid by fees directed to be paid by any act or ordinance of the common conncil, or be directly or indi. rectly interested in any contract as principal, surety, or otherwise, the expenses or consideration whereof are to be paid by any ordinance of the common council.

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Sec. 48. No bond, note or other obligation or evidence of in- Issue of debtedness of said city, except orders drawn by the city clerk bidden. and countersigned by the mayor, as hereinbefore provided, shall ever be given or issued by said corporation, or by any officer thereof; and no such order as aforesaid shall be drawn upon the treasury of said city, unless there shall be funds in the treasury, or moneys levied to pay the same. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorize the city to borrow money or make loans. Sec. 49. No money shall be appropriated by the common Fourth of

July. council, drawn or paid from the treasury, to pay for the celebrating of the fourth of July, or any other day, or for any similar purpose. Sec. 50. No exclusive privileges, grants or permits, shall be Exclusivo

privileges made by the common council to any person or persons for light-forbidden. ing the city or furnishing the inhabitants thereof with gas, or for any other purpose. Sec. 51. The common council shall have power, by ordinance, Ward

boundaries to change, alter and determine the boundaries of any ward. changed.

Sec. 52. The passage of this act shall n it invalidate any act This sot not already done, right accrued or acquired, proceeding had or any right. commenced, or tax sale made under and by virtue of any law of this State in relation to the village of Coldwater, or under the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation of villages," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, or under and by virtue of any ordinance or by-laws ordained and passed by the common council of the village of Coldwater; but the same shall be and remain as valid, for all purposes, as if this act had not been passed, and such by-laws and ordinances shall remain in full force and effect until repealed, modified or amended, by the common council of the city of Coldwater. Sec. 53. The expenses of apprehending, examining and com-Criminal es:

penses, how mitting offenders against any law of this State, in the said city, paid. and of their confinement, shall be audited, allowed and paid by

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the supervisors of the county of Branch, in the same manner as if such expenses had been incurred in any, town of the said

county. Jantices to Sec. 54. It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace of teep offices in the city, said city to keep their offices in said city, and attend to all

complaints of a criminal nature which may properly come before them; and they shall receive for their services, when engaged in cases for the violation of the ordinances of said city, such

fees as the common council shall by ordinance prescribe. Proceedings Sec. 55. All proceedings of the common council shall be pub. council to bo lished in some newspaper published in said city; all ordinances published.

shall take effect in fourteen days after their passage, unless some other time is provided for therein.

Sec. 56. Two suitable ballot boxes, with locks and keys, shall be provided and kept by the city clerk, at the expense of the city, for each ward; and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to deposit such boxes, or one of them only when no more than one is required, with the keys or key, in the hands of the inspectors of each ward, prior to the opening of the polls.

Sec. 57. The polls of election shall be opened at eight o'clock opened.

in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as may be, on the day of clection, and shall be continued open until five o'clock in the

afternoon of the same day, and no longer. Electors, Sec. 58. The qualifications of electors under this act shall be qualifica

those described in the first section of the seventh article of the constitution of this State; and any person who sha! falsely swear in his vote at any election held in said city, shall be

deemed guilty of perjury, and punished therefor as provided by Rosidonce. the laws of the State. The residence of an elector shall be in

the ward where he boards, or takes his regular meals. Special oleo Sec. 59. Special elections shall be conducted, as near as may tions, bow conducted. be, in the same manner as general elections; but in such cases,

the return of the inspectors shall be opened and canvassed, and the result declared by the common council at its first meeting after the making of said returns.

Sec. 60. If any person be voted for at any election to fill a

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vacancy or residue of a term, the ballots of the electors shall designate such vacancy or residue.

Sec. 61. The mode of conducting all State, district and county Conducting elections, in said city, shall be in the manner herein provided for tions. the election of city officers, except that the returns shall be made to the county clerk, and the same proceedings had, as Dear as may be, as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for the return of votes by township inspectors of elections. Sec. 62. The city of Coldwater shall be considered and is Cty declar:

ed a school bereby declared to be a school district, and shall be known in district. law as the Coldwater city school district, and shall take the place of so much of school district number eleven, in the township of Coldwater, aforesaid, as lies within said city limits; and the board of trustees, and the school district officers of said district, shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be the trus- Trustees. tees and district officers of the district hereby established, and the real and personal estate belonging to said school district Transfer of

property. number eleven shall be deemed the real and personal estate of the district hereby established; and the said school district hereby established shall take the place of said district number oleven, which is hereby abolished, in relation to all contracts Debts and

contracts of. · and agreements existing at the time this act shall take effect, between the said school district number eleven and any person or persons whomsoever, and shall be bound by and may enforce all such contracts and agreements, the same, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been made originally by or with the district hereby established. Sec. 63. And the said board of trustees, in addition to the Board of

trustees,du. duties now required to be performed by them as trustees and ties of. officers of a school district, organized under the provisions of an act entitled “ań act to establish graded and high schools," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and by the laws of the State in relation to primary schools, and shall also perform the duties now required by law to be performed by school inspectors of townships, in relation to the

Justices to keep offices

the supervisors of the county of Branch, in the same manner as if such expenses had been incurred in any town of the said county.

Sec. 54. It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace of in the city, said city to keep their offices in said city, and attend to all

complaints of a criminal nature which may properly come before them; and they shall receive for their services, when engaged in cases for the violation of the ordinances of said city, such fees as the common council shall by ordinance prescribe. Proceedings Sec. 55. All proceedings of the common council shall be pubcouncil to be lished in some newspaper published in said city; all ordinances published. shall take effect in fourteen days after their passage, unless some other time is provided for therein.

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Sec. 56. Two suitable ballot boxes, with locks and keys, shall be provided and kept by the city clerk, at the expense of the city, for each ward; and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to deposit such boxes, or one of them only when no more than one is required, with the keys or key, in the hands of the inspectors of each ward, prior to the opening of the polls.

Sec. 57. The polls of election shall be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as may be, on the day of election, and shall be continued open until five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and no longer.

Sec. 58. The qualifications of electors under this act shall be those described in the first section of the seventh article of the constitution of this State; and any person who shall falsely swear in his vote at any election held in said city, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and punished therefor as provided by Residence. the laws of the State. The residence of an elector shall be in the ward where he boards, or takes his regular meals.

Special elec Sec. 59. Special elections shall be conducted, as near as may tions, how conducted. be, in the same manner as general elections; but in such cases, the return of the inspectors shall be opened and canvassed, and the result declared by the common council at its first meeting after the making of said returns.

Sec. 60. If any person be voted for at any election to fill a