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after their election and qualification as members of said City
Council, which of them shall hold the long, and which the
short term. The members of the Council, after such draw-
ings of lots, shall be elected for, and hold their offices for
two years, one member being elected annually from each
ward of said city.

35. All vacancies in the City Council shall be filled
without delay from the ward or wards in which such vacan-
cies occur, in such manner as has been or may be directed
by ordinance ; and in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor.
a new election to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term
shall be ordered without delay.

37. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a Court of Law
of wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office, be removed
from office by the Governor of the State, and a successor
shall thereafter be elected as in a case of vacancy.

38. The members elect of the Council shall meet and
qualify as such on the first Monday of June next succeeding
their election, and shall elect one of their own number as
President of the Council, who shall preside at all meetings of
the Council in the absence of the Mayor, or in case of his
death, resignation or removal, shall act as Mayor pro tem.
until the election of a Mayor as herein directed.

39. The Mayor shall, by virtue of his office, see that the
ordinances of the city are duly and faithfully executed ; he
shall, by and with the advice and consent of the City .Coun-
cil, appoint all the officers of said city not named ia this
Act; he shall annually, on the first Monday in May, report
to the Council in writing the general state of the city, with
an accurate accouut of the money received ftnd -expended,
which said report shall be published in one or more news-
papers of said city, giving a full and particular statement of
all receipts and disbursements; he shall have power to re-
move any of the officers, agents or servants by him appoint-
ed, for neglect or violation of any duties pertaining to their
respective offices, and shall appoint others in their stead,
and shall report such removal and appointments to the City
Council at its next regular meeting, for its approval or dis-
approval ; he shall have general supervision of the city ; he
shall also, by virtue of his office, be Chairman of the Trustees
of the Sinking Fund, and of the Board of Health, and shall
discharge all the duties pertaining to such chairmanship ; he
shall receive for his services an annual salary of five hundred
dollars.

47. The Mayor and City Council shall have power to pass
all such ordinances, not contrary to the Constitution and Laws
of the State, as they may deem necessaryfor the good gov-
ernment of the city; they may pass ordinances to remove all