FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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but no appeal shall be heard except during the time so fixed

by such ordinance, which time shall be in the month of June

or July in each year, and said city council shall make no

changes in the assessments at any other time.

61. The mayor shall, on conviction in any court of law, of

Removal of

wilful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office, be removed

Mayor.

from office by the Governor of the State, and the president

of the council shall act as mayor until the next city elec-

tion, as in case of a vacancy.

62. The mayor shall, by virtue of his office, see that the

ordinances of the city are duly and faithfully executed; he

shall appoint, subject to the confirmation of the city coun-

Duties of

cil, all the officers of said city who are not made elective by

Mayor

the people or the city council (except the city treasurer,

collector and police magistrates who shall be elected by the

city council, and also excepting the water rent collector and

superintendent of all other employees or officers of the water

department who shall be appointed and be under the con-

trol of the board of water commissioners hereinafter pro-

aided for), he shall annually, on the first Monday in May,

report to the council, in writing, the general state of the

city, with an accurate account of the monies received and

expended, which report shall be published in each of such

two newspapers in said city, of opposite political faith, as

shall be designated by the city council, 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 appointment to the city council at its next regular

meeting for its approval or disapproval ; lie shall have gen-

eral supervision of the city and shall submit from time to

time to the council such recommendations as he shall deem

proper ; 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, and shall receive for his services an annual

salary of five hundred dollars.

63. The city council shall have power to pass all such

ordinances not contrary to the constitution and laws of this

City Coun-
cil? power

State, as they may deem necessary for the good government

to pass Or-
dinances.

of the city ; they may pass ordinances to remove all

nuisances and obsructions 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

-removed any houses or other buildings that may in their