Liability of councilmen and sureties.

Councilmen-atlarge, how selected.

Ward-councilmen, cases elected.

discharge of the duties of the councilman giving the same, and shall be further conditioned that if said councilman shall vote for any expenditure or appropriation of money, or the creation of any liability in excess of the amount allowed by law, that such councilman and the sureties signing said bond shall be liable thereon. Said bond shall be filed with and approved by the mayor.

SEC. 13. In cities now having a population of sixty thousand inhabitants, or upwards, the qualified voters of such city at the general election to be held in 1887, and at the general election to be held in 1887, and at the general election to be held in 1889, and every two years thereafter, shall, by a plurality of votes of the entire city, elect a number of councilmen equal to the number of wards in said city, to be designated councilmen at large, who shall serve for the term of two years, provided that the councilmen at large elected at the general election in 1887 shall serve until the first Tuesday in January, in 1890, their term of office to commence the first Tuesday succeeding their election. In such cities, at an election to be held on the first Tuesday in December, 1888, and every two years thereafter, the qualified voters of each ward shall elect one councilman who shall serve for the term of two years.

In cities of the metropolitan class, now or hereafter subject to the provisions of this act, whenever by reason of an increase of wards in such city, or by reason of being proclaimed a city of such class, any ward shall be without representation, it shall

be lawful and proper at the next succeeding city election to elect ward councilmen for such wards, and also to elect a number of councilmen at large, equal to the number of new or additional wards created, and if such election shall be a general city election, the councilmen at large shall be elected for the long term, and the ward councilmen for the short term; but if such election shall be for the election of ward councilman, the ward councilman shall serve for the long term of two years, and the councilmen at large elected at such election shall serve for the short term.

organization of.

The councilmen at large and the ward council-City council, men shall constitute the city council, the councilmen at large and the ward councilmen being elected upon alternate years. Ward councilmen shall be residents of the ward from which they may be elected. All councilmen's term of office shall, after 1887, commence the first Tuesday in January next succeeding the day of election, upon which day they shall assemble together and organize the city council. In cities hereafter organized as cities of the metropolitan class, the councilmen at large and the ward councilmen shall hold their offices as above provided, and shall be elected upon alter

nate years.

SEC. 14. The qualifications of electors in the several wards shall be the same as is required for electors in precincts under the laws of the state. A meeting of the council shall be held the first Monday after each city election, at which meeting election rethe returns shall be canvassed, and it shall cause

Council shall canvass

turus.

Duties and powers of mayor and Council.

Same, elections.

May fill vacancies.

Powers to create an office.

the clerk to make out and deliver certificates of election to the persons found to be elected, and a neglect of any such officer to qualify within ten days after the delivery to him of such certificate, shall be deemed a refusal to accept the office to which he may have been elected. No person shall be eligible to any elective city office unless he is a qualified voter in the city at the time of his election.

SEC. 15. The mayor and council of each city created or governed by this act shall have the care, management, and control of the city, its property, and finances, and shall have power to pass, amend, or repeal any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, necessary or proper to execute or carry into effect any of the provisions hereof, or any of the powers herein granted, except as otherwise herein provided.

SEC. 16. The mayor and council shall have power to provide for the election of city officers and to prescribe the manner of conducting the same and the returns thereof, and the registration of voters, and for deciding contested elections in any manner not in conflict with existing laws, also to provide for filling such vacancies as may occur in the office of councilman, or other elective office of the city, by calling special elections for that purpose, also to provide for removing officers of the city for misconduct, incompetency, or for malfeasance in office.

SEC. 17. The mayor and council shall have power to create any office or employ any agent they may deem necessary for the government and best

interests of the city, and to prescribe and regulate the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and servants of the city not herein provided for.

bond.

SEC. 18. The mayor and council shall have May require power to require of all officers or servants elected or appointed in pursuance of this act to give bond and security for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become security upon the official bond of another, or upon any bond executed to the city.

port at any

SEC. 19. The mayor and council shall have May require repower to require from any officer of the city at any time. time, a report in detail of the transactions in his office, or any matter connected therewith.

disorderly conduct.

SEC. 20. The mayor and council shall have May punish for power to provide for the punishment of persons disturbing the peace and good order of the city by clamor and noise, by intoxication, drunkenness, fighting, or using obscene or profane language in the streets or other public places, or otherwise violating the public peace by indecent and disorderly conduct, or by lewd and lascivious behavior.

tramps.

SEC. 21. The mayor and council shall have the same, vagrants, power to provide for the punishment of vagrants, tramps, common street beggars, common prostitutes, habitual disturbers of the peace, pick-pockets, gamblers, burglars, thieves, watch stuffers, ball game players, persons who practice any game, trick, or device with intent to swindle, persons who abuse their families, and suspicious persons who can give no reasonable account of themselves.

May suppress tippling shops, etc.

Regulation of police.

Horse racing.

Protection of strangers.

SEC. 22. The mayor and council shall have power to restrain, prohibit, and suppress tippling shops, houses of prostitution, opium joints, or dens, gambling houses, prize fighting, dog fighting, cockfighting, and other disorderly houses and practices, all games and gambling and desecration of the Sabbath (commonly called Sunday), and all kinds of indecencies; also, to regulate and license or prohibit the keeping and use of billiard tables, tenpin, or ball alleys, shooting galleries, and other similar places of amusements, and to prohibit and suppress, by ordinance, all lotteries and gift enterprises of all kinds under whatsoever name carried

on.

SEC. 23. The mayor and council shall have power to regulate the police of the city and impose fines, forfeitures, and penalties for the breach of any ordinance, and to provide for the recovery and and collection thereof; and to provide, in default of payment, for the confinement in the city jail or prison, and for hard labor in the city.

SEC. 24. The mayor and council shall have power to prevent horse racing and immoderate driving or riding in the streets, and to compel persons to fasten their horses or other animals attached to vehicles while standing in the street.

SEC. 25. The mayor and council shall have power to adopt all such measures as they may deem necessary for the accommodation and protection of strangers, and the traveling public in person and property.