JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 815
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finance committee of said City Council in making
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up the annual levy ; and immediately thereafter the
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clerk shall advertise for one week in the daily papers
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of the city for bids to furnish said supplies and tools,
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or to make such repairs, said bids to be opened by
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the clerk in the presence of the City Council, and
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the award shall be made of such contracts to the
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lowest responsible bidders therefor; provided that
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such lowest bid shall be considered reasonable by
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said City Council.
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56j. After the first day of August, eighteen hun-
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dred and seventy-eight, no draft shall be drawn upon
the treasurer of said city unless there shall be in the
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Shall not
draw draft.
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treasury at the time of drawing the same a sufficient
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sum of money to pay such draft.
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56k. Every officer of said city shall in the course
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of his official business receive monies belonging to
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said city, shall pay the same over to the treasurer,
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Pay over to
treasurer.
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and to no other person ; and no officer of said city,
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except the treasurer, shall pay any drafts or obliga-
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tions of said city.
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561. No street shall be graded, nor shall any grade
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be established for any street, nor shall any grade be
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changed or altered upon any street, or part of a
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street, in said city, nor shall any repairs be made
upon any street, or part of a street, therein effecting
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Engineer to
furnish plans.
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the existing grade thereof, except under the super-
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vision of the city engineer, and upon plans made by
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him, which plans, however, the City Council may
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change or modify if objected to by any party in in-
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terest.
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56m. The Mayor and each member of the City
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Council shall, during the whole term for which they
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are elected, be possessed of all the qualifications ren-
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dering them eligible to be elected, and if any one of
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them during the term for which he was elected shall
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fail to retain all the qualifications necessary to render
him eligible to election, he shall forfeit such office,
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and a new election to fill the vacancy caused thereby
shall be immediately ordered by the City Council, and
if the said Council shall neglect or refuse to order the
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same, then any tax-paying citizen of said city, being
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a legal voter therein, may file a petition in the Circuit
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