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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 in 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 ac-
curate accunt of the money received and expended, which said
report, shall be published in one or more newspapers of said
city, giving a full and particular statement of all receipts
and disbursements ; he shall have power to remove any of
the officers, agents or servants by him appointed 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 disapproval; 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 necessary for the good gov-
ernment of the city, they may pass ordinances to remove all
nuisances and obstructions from the streets, lanes and alleys
and from any lots adjoining thereto, within the limits of the
city, they may pass ordinances to remove or cause to be re-
moved any houses or other buildings that may in their judg-
ment become dangerous ; they may pass ordinances to cause
the streets, lanes and alleys to be paved, graded, repaved,
drained and sewered ; they may erect or establish market-hou-
ses and regulate markets ; 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 ; to pass all such ordinances as they may deem
necessary for the protection and preservation of the health of
the city and its inhabitants ; to pass all ordinances necessary
for the preservation and protection of any of the city's pro-
perty, rights and privileges ; they may direct in what part of
the city, buildings of wood shall not be erected ; may prevent