App § 21. City Attorney
§ 21. City Attorney It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute and defend all suits by or against the City or in which the City is interested, to prosecute for all violations of the City ordinances, and to advise the Mayor or Council when requested by them upon any legal questions […]
App § 22. Board of Fire Wardens
§ 22. Board of Fire Wardens The Board of Fire Wardens, or any one of them who may be present at a fire, shall have power at such fire to suppress all tumults and riots by force if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present during the continuance of such fire, to remove […]
App § 23. City Council powers
§ 23. City Council powers The City Council shall have power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws not inconsistent with this charter or with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State for the following purposes and to inflict penalties for the breach thereof: (1) To […]
App § 10. Mayoral approval and Board of Aldermen reconsideration of vetoed actions
§ 10. Mayoral approval and Board of Aldermen reconsideration of vetoed actions The action of the Board of Aldermen shall require the approval of the Mayor, except as herein otherwise provided, for the enacting of all ordinances and bylaws and the awarding of any contracts, the appointment of any officers or committees, or the passing […]
App § 11. Police officers
§ 11. Police officers All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State, and return process in criminal causes returnable within the State, and shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the police regulations of said City.
App § 12. Board of Civil Authority and Board of Abatement
§ 12. Board of Civil Authority and Board of Abatement The City Council, City Clerk, and the justices of the peace residing in the City shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City, and, in conjunction with the listers, shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and shall be governed by […]
App § 13. City Clerk
§ 13. City Clerk The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving by law upon town clerks, except so far as the same are rendered unnecessary by this charter, and shall receive the same fees therefor, or shall receive such compensation from the City for his or her services as the […]
App § 14. City Treasurer
§ 14. City Treasurer The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers. The City Clerk shall be eligible to hold the office of City Treasurer. It shall be the duty of said Treasurer, upon the receipt of any rate bill […]
App § 5. Warning and convening of annual meeting
§ 5. Warning and convening of annual meeting On the first Tuesday of March 1918, and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at nine o’clock A.M., at a place to be appointed by the City Council of said City, of which […]
App § 6. Elections of officers at annual meeting
§ 6. Elections of officers at annual meeting At the annual meeting the said corporations shall elect from among the legal voters of said City a Mayor, City Clerk, four aldermen, a City Treasurer, one Constable, three listers, three auditors, and three grand jurors, who shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until […]