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Session Laws, 1878
Volume 399, Page 71   View pdf image (33K)
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JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 71

SEC. 124. The clerk shall keep careful and accu-


rate minutes of the proceedings of the Council, and


record all ordinances passed in a book to be kept

Keep min-

exclusively for that purpose, as the ordinance book,

ites of pro-

and his books shall at all times be open to the in-

ceedings.

spection of any citizen, and for his services he shall


receive an annual salary not exceeding one hundred


dollars.


SEC. 125. The Council shall fix the salaries of all


other officers of the town, and shall exact bonds to

Salaries.

the town in such penalty as they may deem right


for a faithful compliance of all officers with the


duties imposed upon them by the ordinances and


laws of the town.


SEO. 126. At their meeting for the election of offi-


cers the Council shall appoint two of the justices of


the peace of the said town to enforce the ordinances

Enforce or-

thereof, the said justices to continue in office for are

dinancee.

period of one year, or until their successors are


elected.


SEC. 127. For the enforcement of the town ordi-


nances the said justices shall have all the power of


ordering arrests and summoning witnesses that is

Order arrests

now vested in them by law, and they shall be enti-


tled to demand and receive the same fees as in other


criminal proceedings, but the Council may determine


and fix an annual salary to be paid to said justices


quarterly, and in such case they shall impose no jus-
tices' fees in the trial of cases before them. Each of


said justices shall be furnished with copies of the ordi-

Furnished

nances of the town relative to crimes and punish-

with copies of

ments, and each shall keep a separate docket for

ordinances

corporation cases, and therein record and make


regular entries of his proceedings in all such cases,


setting forth the fine or imprisonment imposed and


the amount of costs, and he shall submit said docket


to the inspection of any person who may request to


sec the same, and upon demand shall deliver a copy


of any judgment rendered by him. It shall be the


duty of said justices to make out a summarized

Justices to

statement of all corporation cases tried before them,
with fines and costs therein collected, which state-

make summa-
rized statem't

ment shall be submitted quarterly to the Council,




 

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