JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

127.

Monday of May, in the year eighteen hundred and

seventy-four, two members from each ward, and at

the first meeting of said council after the election

and qualification of the members thereof, they shall

be formed into said two classes; the first class shall

go out of office at the end of one year from the first

Monday of June following their election ; and the

second class at the end of two years from the first

Monday of June following their election ; and at

said first meeting after their election and qualifica-

tion, the two members from each ward shall deter-

mine by lot which shall hold the long and which

the short term ; and on the third Monday of May in

each subsequent year after the year eighteen hun-

Term of service

dred and seventy-four, one member of said council

shall be elected from each ward to take the place of

the retiring members under the classification herein

provided; and all members elected to said body

after the first election herein provided, shall be

elected and hold office for a term of two years from

the first Monday of June following their election.

35. All vacancies in the City Council shall be filled

without delay from the ward or wards in which such

Vacancies.

vacancies 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,

Removal of the
Mayor.

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

Elect a Presi-

and qualify as such on the first Monday of June

dent.

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, resigna-

tion 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 faith-