The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek. Published by Authority of the Common Council. |
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aforesaid aldermen amount appoint Approved assessment roll assistant chief engineer Battle Creek bond by-laws and ordinances certificate city attorney city of Battle city prison collection common council constable county jail court cross-walks deem deliver deputy street commissioner directed discretion duty election ELIJAH W ERASTUS HUSSEY expenses fee simple filed fire engine fire wardens five days foreman hereby highway labor hook and ladder hundred dollars imprisonment jail or city jury justice Kalamazoo River lane or alley license marshal mayor ment neglect or refuse notice oath offense ordered to take owner parcel of land paved peace person or persons pound-master prison not exceeding prosecute punished real estate reconstruct or repair recorder resolution side-walk or side-walks statement street or streets supervisor take effect taxes therein thereof thereto thirty days tion township treasurer tree or trees violation ward
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Page 15 - ... not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, and the constitution of the United States...
Page 94 - December fifteenth in each year the board of supervisors shall annex to the tax-roll a warrant under the seal of the county, signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, commanding the collector of each tax district, to whom the same is directed to collect from the several persons named in said roll the several sums mentioned in the last column thereof, opposite their respective names...
Page 5 - SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over said Territory of Dakota, shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The governor shall reside within said Territory, shall be commander-in-chief of the militia thereof...
Page 5 - December after their election; and they shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, except the treasurer, sheriff and coroner, who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
Page 35 - ... shall give to the purchaser or purchasers of any such lands, a certificate in writing, describing the lands purchased, and the time when the purchaser will be entitled to a deed...
Page 5 - Constitution, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; and one member of said board shall be elected annually thereafter, who shall hold his office for three years.
Page 26 - He shall pay no money out of the treasury except in pursuance of and by authority of law, and upon warrants signed by the...
Page 2 - Rapids ; and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law, and shall be and are hereby made capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered unto, and of defending and being defended in all courts of...
Page 53 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 12 - ... to discover whether the same are in a dangerous state, and to cause such as are in a dangerous state to be put in a safe condition...