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17. Each member of the Mayor and City Council and the
City Clerk shall, and they are hereby authorized to, administer
oaths in the municipal affairs and government of the city.

18. Said Mayor and City Council so constituted shall have
control and supervision over all the departments of the said
city, and to that end shall have power to make and enforce
such rules and regulations as they may see fit and proper for
and concerning the organization, management and operation of
all the departments of said city and whatever agencies may be
created for the administration of its affairs. The Mayor and
City Council shall, by a majority vote, elect from among the
four Councilmen one who shall be known as "Police and Fire
Commissioner, " and who shall have under his special charge
the enforcement of all police regulations of said city and gen-
eral supervision over the Fire Department thereof; one. Com-
missioner to be known as the "Commissioner of Streets and
Public Property, " who shall have under his special charge the
supervision of streets, sewers, alleys, public grounds and prop-
erty of said city and be charged with the duty of keeping the
streets, sewers, alleys, public grounds and property in a clean
and sanitary condition, and with the enforcement of all rules
and regulations necessary to these ends, and who shall also
have under his special charge the supervision of all public
improvements except as herein otherwise provided, and shall
see that all contracts therefor are faithfully complied with,
and that the conditions of the grant of any franchise or privi-
lege are faithfully complied with and performed; one Commis-
sioner to be known as the "Water and Electric Light Works
Commissioner, " who shall have under his special charge the
construction, maintenance and operation of water and electric
light and fire alarm systems and departments of said city, and
shall see to the enforcement of all regulations with respect to
said systems and departments; one Commissioner 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 assessment and collection of taxes of every kind, and

the collection of all revenues belonging to said city from what-
ever source the same may be derived, and who shall also exam-
ine into and keep informed as to the finances of said city, and
who shall be the Treasurer of said city.

19. 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