Amending sec. 109, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., now owned or hereafter acquired for parks, parkways or boulevards. They may employ a secretary and such landscape gardeners, superintendents, engineers, keepers, assistants or laborers as may be necessary for the proper care and maintenance of such parks, parkways or boulevards, or the improvement or beautifying thereof, to the extent that funds may be provided for such purpose. The members of said board at its first meeting each year, after the first Tuesday in May, shall elect one of their own members as chairman of said board. Before entering upon their duties each member of said board shall take an oath, to be filed with the city clerk, that he will faithfully perform the duties of his appointment, and in the selection or designation of lands, lots or grounds for parks, parkways or boulevards, and in making appointments, he will act for the best interests of such city and the public, and will not in any manner be actuated or influenced by personal or political motives. SEC. 22. That section 109 of said act be and 1891; ec. 2416, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Consol, Stats., 1891. Boiler inspector. Sec. 109. In all cities of the metropolitan class there shall be a boiler inspector, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. The boiler inspector shall be a practical mechanical steam engineer, or expert boiler maker and shall have had for the two years next preceding his appointment a certificate or license as such, of the highest grade, which shall have been issued to him by the United States or other recognized authority authorized to grant such certificate or license. The boiler inspector shall perform such duties and have such powers concerning the inspection of steam boilers and other steam generators within the city as may be prescribed by ordinance. He shall be authorized to charge such fees as shall be prescribed by ordinance, which fees shall be paid to the city treasurer before he issues his certificate of inspection. SEC. 23. That Section 112 of said act be and Amending sec. the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 112, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., 1891; sec. 2419, Consol. Stats., Assistant city Sec. 112. An assistant city attorney, who shall 1891. be designated and nominated by the city attorney, shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the city council. It shall be the duty of the assistant city attorney to assist the city attorney in the trial of all cases in which it is the duty of the city attorney to engage, and to perform such other official duties as may be directed by the city attorney. He shall, during the absence, sickness or inability of the city attorney perform the duties of the city attorney; he may appear and assist the city prosecutor in the trial of any case in the police court, when deemed advisable; and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. cutor. A city prosecutor shall also be appointed by the City prosemayor, by and with the consent of the city council. It shall be the duty of the city prosecutor to attend all sessions of the police court, file and prosecute all criminal complaints against persons charged with the violation of the ordinances of the city or laws of the state within the final jurisdiction of the court. He shall be active and vigilant in the enforcement of all ordinances of the city and shall cause all violations of the ordinances of the city to Amending sec. 113, chan. 12a, Comp. S.ats., be prosecuted, and he shall attend to all cases on appeal from the police Court: Provided, however, in case of his sickness, absence or inability to attend to such appeal cases, then and in that case said duty shall devolve upon and be performed by the assistant city attorney. SECTION 24. That section 113 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2420, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Consol. Stats., 1891. Public work; how done. tractors. Section 113. All grading, paving, macadamizing, curbing or guttering of any streets, avenues, or alleys in the city, shall be done by contract with the lowest responsible bidder, or by days work petitioned for by the property owners representing a majority of the property in front feet, in any paving district under the direction and supervision of Ronds of con- the board of public works; Provided also, that in all matters of contract with the city for work to be done or material furnished parties contracting shall give bond to the city, with not less than two Sureties, in double the amount of said contract, for the faithful performance of the same, sureties on said bonds shall be resident freeholders of the county within which said city is situate, and shall justify under oath that they are worth double the amount for which they may sign said bond, over and above all debts, liabilities, obligations and exemptions. Amending sec. SECTION 25. That section 118 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2425, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 118, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., Consol. Stats., 1891. Eminent domain; assessment of damages. Section 118. Whenever it shall become necessary to appropriate private property for the use of the city for streets, alleys, avenues, sewers, parks, parkways, boulevards, public squares, gas works, electric light plants, water works, or such other purposes authorized by this act and such appropriation shall with be declared necessary by ordinance, the mayor be Amending sec. 123, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., 1891; sec. 2430, Consol. Stats., 1891. Passage of SECTION 26. That section 123 of said act be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 123, All ordinances of the city shall passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as ordinances. the council may prescribe. Provided, That upon the passage of all ordinances the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the record of the city council and a majority of the votes of all the members of said council shall be necessary to their passage; Provided further, That no ordinance shall be passed the same day, or at the same meeting it is introduced, except the general appropriation ordinance at the first meeting of each month; Provided further, That no ordinance granting any franchise shall be passed until at least two weeks shall have elapsed after its introduction, nor until after the same has been published in the official paper of the city. Amending sec. 129, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., SECTION 27. That section 129 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2436, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Consol. Stats., 1891. City clerk; term of office; bond; duties. Amending sec. 144, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., Section 129. The city clerk shall be elected at the same time as the mayor, and shall hold his office for two years from and after the first Tuesday of January succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualfied. He shall give bond to ne city in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) with wo or more sureties, conditioned for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of his office; said bond to be approved by the city council and filed with the comptroller. He shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office. SECTION 28. That section 144 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2451, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Consol. Stats., 1891. Term of office Section 144. All officers appointed by the mayor of appointive and confirmed by the council shall hold the office to which they may be appointed until the end of the mayor's term of office, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, or the ordinance creating the office shall be repealed, except as otherwise herein provided. Amending sec. 147, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats., SECTION 29. That section 147 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2454, the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Consol. Stats., 1891. Chief of police; duties. Section 147. The chief of police shall be the principal ministerial officer of the corporation; he shall by himself or by deputy execute and return all writs and process issued by the police judge; he or one of his deputies shall attend on the sitting of the police court and preserve order therein; and his jurisdiction and that of his deputies in the service of process in all criminal cases, and in cases for the violation of the city ordinances shall be co-exten |