JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 801

cipal election of said city, and qualified to vote for
members of the House of Delegates, shall, on the
third Monday in May in each and every year, elect
by ballot a person of known integrity and capacity	Elect city
to be the city clerk, whose duty it shall be to attend	clerk.
all meetings of the City Council, keep a correct
journal of the proceedings of the same, keep all
records, papers and documents of the city in his safe
custody and control, record all the financial trans-
actions of the Mayor and City Council, keep an
accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of
the same, and give such bond and perform such
other duties as the ordinances of the Mayor and
Council may prescribe.
33. The City Council shall meet at the Council
chamber, or some other convenient place, as often as	Meetings.
they may think necessary, but at least once in each
month, on the first Monday thereof.
34. They may allow their clerk and other officers	Compensat'n
such reasonable compensation for their services as
they may think proper.
35. All vacancies in the City Council shall be
filled without delay from the ward or wards from
which such vacancies occur, or at large, as the case	Vacancies —
may be, in such manner as has been or may be di-	bow filled.
rected by ordinance, and in case of a vacancy in the
office of Mayor a new election to fill such vacancy
for the unexpired term shall be ordered without
delay.
36. Said City Council may from time to time cause
an assessment to be made of all the property, real, personal or otherwise, and securities liable to State
and county taxes, by three assessors appointed by	Levy tax.
them, and levy thereon a tax not exceeding in any
one year fifty cents on every one hundred dollars
worth of assessable property for general purposes.
37. Any person may appeal from the valuation
made by said assessors, or from any assessment now
in force to said City Council, and said City Council shall arrange by ordinance for the hearing of such	Right of ap- peal.
appeals, and fix a time therefor, and may hear the
same by a committee of themselves or otherwise, and