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and departments; one Commisioner who shall be known as the
"Commissioner of Finance and Revenue," who shall have under
his special charge the enforcement of all laws for the assess-
ment and collection of taxes of every kind, and the collection
of all revenues belonging to said city, from whatever source the
same may be derived, and who shall also examine into and keep
informed as to the finances of said city.

SEC. 108. The Mayor, as President of said City Council, shall
have the right to vote, as a member thereof, on all questions
which may arise. The said Mayor and City Council shall have
the power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses,
and the production of books and papers before them whenever
it may be necessary for the more effective discharge of their

duties.

SEC. 109. The Mayor shall be the executive officer of the city,
and it shall be his duty to see that all the laws and ordinances
thereof are duly enforced; he shall have general supervision
over all the departments of the city government and may
require at any time full and particular information from any
Commissioner as to the affairs of his department; but the
Mayor shall have no power to countermand any orders given
by a Commissioner of any department or in ay manner what-
soever to interfere with the authority of any Commissioner in
his own department; but all acts of every kind and description
done by any Commissioner in his department may be modified
or annulled by the Mayor and City Council as a body; and the
Mayor and City Council as a body may pass any orders they
may see proper in regard to any department of the city gov-
ernment, and such orders shall be binding upon the Commis-
sioner of that department. And if the Mayor or any Council-
man shall fail to perform any duty imposed upon him by law
or by ordinance, or by order of the Mayor and City Coucil law-
fully passed, the Mayor or Coucilman so failing or refusing to
perform such duty may be expelled by a vote of three-fifths of
all the members of the Mayor and City Council, the Mayor to
be considered a member of the said Council, and the vacancy
thus occasioned shall be filled as herein provided for; before
any action shall be taken against the Mayor or any member of
the City Council upon charges of dereliction of duty, the City
Council shall first cause to be served upon the said Mayor or
Councilman a written statement of the charges against him,
and a day shall be set by said Mayor and City Council at
which such charges shall be heard, the same to be prosecuted
by the City Attorney, with the right to the accused to be rep-
resented by counsel, and, if the charges are sustained and an
order of dismissal passed by a three-fifths vote, as aforesaid,
the said Mayor or Councilman so dismissed may, within ten