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and with the advice and consent of a convention of the two
branches of the city council, shall appoint all officers under the
corporation, except the register of the city and the clerks em-
ployed by the city or under their authority; the register shall
be appointed by a convention of the two branches of the city
council biennially, and shall be commissioned by the mayor, but
shall be removable at pleasure by a convention of the said two
branches; all vacancies happening during the recess of the city
council shall be filled by the mayor, until the ensuing session of
the city council.

26. All persons holding offices under the corporation of the
city shall, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, hold
such offices during the pleasure of the mayor.

GENERAL POWERS OF CORPORATION.

27. The mayor and city council have power to pass all ordi-
nances to provide for the licensing and regulating pawn brokers
within the city.

28. They may pass ordinances to establish and regulate in-
spections within the city, subject to the present or any future
laws of the State.

29. They may direct in what part of the city buildings of
wood shall not be erected; may erect and provide magazines for
the storage of gunpowder brought to the city, and compel the
storage thereof therein, and regulate the price of such storage.

30. They may prevent the storage of naval stores or other
combustible matter in such quantities or places within the city
as may be deemed dangerous.

81. They may erect or establish houses of correction, hospitals
or pest houses within or without the city, if necessary, and pass
all ordinances for the government of the same.

32*. They may pass ordinances for preserving order, securing
property and persons from violence, danger or destruction, pro-
tecting the public and city property, rights and privileges from
waste'or encroachment, and for promoting the great interests
and insuring the good government of the city; but no ordinance
heretofore passed or that shall hereafter be passed by the mayor