elections. Sec. 1. An election shall he held in each ward annually, on Elections. the first Monday in April, at such place as the council shall appoint, by a notice published at least ten days previous to such Notice of election, in at least two newspapers published in said city, or by posting printed notices of the holding of said election in three of the most public places in each ward, at least ten days previous to the election. fice.] Sec. 4. Officers who are elected at the annual city election Terms of ofshall take and subscribe the oath of office, file their official bonds, and enter upon their duties on the second Monday of April, or within ten days thereafter. Officers who are elected or appointed to fill the unexpired portion of a term, shall take the oath of office, file their official bonds, and enter upon their official duties, within ten days next ensuing notice of their election or appointment, except justices of the peace. Sec. 8. Any officer holding office by appointment may be Removals. removed or suspended from office at any time by the common council, without charges and a trial thereof, by a vote of a majority of the common council elect. council may Sec. 9. Any officer holding office by election, against whom Common charges shall be preferred, may be suspended from office by a remove cermajority vote of all the common council elect until such charges shall be heard and determined. Sec. 3. That section nineteen of chapter four of said act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: tain officers. tion. Sec. 19. The first annual election for city officers under this First elec act, as amended, shall be held on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and all officers now holding office by election in said city, which are made elective by the people under this act, shall continue to hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified. amedment. Sec. 4. That sections four and seventeen, of chapter five of Repeal and said act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that sections six, nine, thirteen and sixteen, of said chapter five, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Street commissioners. Powers aud - duties of marshal. Sec. 6. The street commissioner shall perform such duties as the common council may direct. Sec. 9. The marshal shall possess and exercise the powers and duties, as a conservator of the peace, which township constables under the general laws of this State possess, and shall possess and may exercise such other powers and duties as shall be prescribed by the common council for the preservation of the public peace. He shall obey and execute all lawful precepts and commands of said common council, and he or one of his deputies shall attend the meetings of said common council. The marshal shall be ex officio collector of city taxes. Board of ed. Sec. 13. The board of education of said city shall have such ucation. power and authority as is designated in chapter ten of this act. Duties of Sec. 16. The overseers of highways for each ward shall, unhighways. der the superintendence and control of the common council, work and improve the streets, highways, lanes, alleys and public places of said city in the ward for which he is elected, and render a true account of the expenses thereof, under oath, to the city clerk, and shall also perform such other duties appertaining to the highways, side-walks, &c., as the common council may direct. Section amended. Appoint ments to office. Repeals and -amendm'nis Sec. 5. That section fourteen of chapter six of said act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 14. All appointments to office shall be made by a majority vote of all the common council elect; all removals from office shall be made by like vote, except in cases where, by this act, a different vote may be required. Sec. 6. That sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirtyseven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two, fortyfive, forty-six and forty-seven, of chapter seven of said act, be and the same are hereby repealed; and that sections thirteen, sixteen and twenty-two, of said chapter seven, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Commencement of pro Sec. 13. All prosecutions for offenses arising under this act, or under any ordinance or regulation of the common council, secutions. shall be in the name of the people of the State of Michigan, and may be commenced before any justice of the peace in said city, or court in the county of Saint Clair, by a complaint in writing, in the form of an affidavit, duly sworn to; and it shall be deemed sufficient to set forth in said complaint the offense complained of, according to its substance. The trial shall be had and determined upon said complaint and upon pleading, which may be amended in the same manner as trials and pleadings under the general laws of this State. Sec. 16. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to collect all City attor fines and penalties imposed for offenses under this act, or any. ordinance or regulation of the common council of said city, and immediately after their collection or receipt by the city attorney, shall be paid by him to the treasurer of the city. Sections 17 and 18 are hereby repealed. ney's duty. Defendants to be tried Sec. 22. In all trials for offenses against any ordinance or regulation of the common council of said city, the person or per-un ess desons on trial shall be tried by the court, unless he or they shall r request to be tried by a jury. manding a amended. Sec. 7. That sections one, six, seven, eight and nine, of chap-Sections ter ten of said act, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: trict. Sec. 1. The city of Port Huron shall be considered as one School dis school district, and hereafter all schools organized therein, pursuant to this act, shall, under the directions and regulations of the board of education, be public and free to all children within the limits thereof between the ages of four and eighteen years inclusive, except as hereinafter provided. Sec. 6. The said board of education shall make all needful rules and regulations relative to its proceedings, and punish by fine, not exceeding five dollafs for each offense, any member of the board who may, without sufficient cause, absent himself Board of ed-ucation may make rules and regulations. Powers. from any meeting thereof, to be recovered as they may direct, and such fines, and all others recovered by said board, shall go into the library fund; said board shall also have full power and authority to erect or purchase school houses, to apply for and receive from the proper officers all moneys appropriated for primary schools and libraries in said city, to make by-laws relative to taking the census of all children in said city between the ages of four and eighteen years, relative to making all necessary reports and transmitting the same to the proper officers, as designated by law, so that said city may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund, relative to the visitation of schools, relative to the length of time schools shall be kept, which shall not be less than three months in each year, relative to the examination and employment of teachers, their powers and duties, relative to the regulation of schools and the books to be used therein, relative to the appointment of the necessary officers, and prescribe their powers and duties, and relative to anything that may advance the interests of educa tion, the good government and prosperity of common schools in said city, and the welfare of the public concerning the same; said board shall also have authority to establish a high school in said city, and fix the rates of tuition therein, and the mode of Superinten collecting the same; also, to appoint a superintendent of the lic schools. public schools, under the charge of said board, with such salary and such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by said board of education. .dent of pub Board may borrow money. Sec. 7. The said board of education is hereby authorized, from time to time, on such terms as they may deem proper, to borrow money not exceeding in all, at any time, the sum of ten thousand dollars, including what has been already borrowed, (unless it shall have been determined by a submission to a vote of the people to be obtained in such way as the board of educa May issue tion may direct, to raise a larger amount, in which case bonds may be issued by said board for such sums, not exceeding such increased amount,) at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per cent, and to issue the bonds of said board, in such form and ex bonds. ecuted in such manner as the board may direct, for the purpose of purchasing such real and personal property and for the erection and completion of such buildings as the interest of said public schools may require, but no bond shall be issued for a less sum than fifty dollars. payment of Sec. 8. The faith and property of the board of education of Pledge for the city of Port Huron, and also the faith and property of the bonds. city of Port Huron, shall be and remain pledged for the final payment of all bonds heretofore and hereafter issued, and all moneys borrowed by the authority of said board by authority of this act. interest. Sec. 9 It shall be the duty of the board [of] education, when- Payment of ever they shall borrow any money under the provisions of this act, annually to appropriate a sufficient sum out of any money which may come into their hands to pay the interest upon the same; and also, an annual sum equal to five per cent. upon the Sinking fund amount so borrowed, to be invested under the direction of said board in bonds of said city or of the State of Michigan, bearing interest, at such prices as the same can be purchased, to accumulate as a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the sum so borrowed, both of which said appropriations shall take precedence of all others, or the said board may appropri ate the said amount to the redemption of the bonds that may have been issued in accordance with this act. amended. Sec. 8. That sections one, two, three, eight, twenty-one, Sections twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-one and thirty two, of chapter eleven of said act, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: council may Sec. 1. The common council of the city of Port Huron shall Common have power to lay out, establish, extend, widen, straighten, lay out alter, close, vacate or abolish any highways, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, public grounds or spaces in said city, whenever they shall deem it a necessary public improvement, and private property may be taken therefor; but the necessity for using Private prosuch property, the just compensation to be made for the same, be taken. perty may |