apply to any election held by virtue of the provisions of this act, and any person who is not a qualified voter, and who shall vote at any election of this corporation, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties imposed by the statutes of this state for illegal voting.

and conducted.

SECTION 4. The first election held under the pro- How first elecvisions of this act may be called by any ten electors tion, to be called and freeholders of said village, by giving notice of the time and place of holding such election in writing, posted up in three public places in said village, at least ten days before the time fixed in such notice for holding the same, and the electors when convened for the purpose of holding such election may appoint three voters to act as judges of such election, and the judges so appointed shall have power to appoint a clerk and to conduct such election. And the voters present at any subsequent election may appoint three voters to act as judges of election in case there shall not be a quorum of trustees present to conduct the election.

SECTION 5. At all elections held under this act the when polls polls shall be opened at one o'clock in the afternoon shall be opened and shall continue open until five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and the election shall be by ballot, conducted in the same manner, as far as may be, as elections for members of assembly, and a plurality of votes shall in all cases decide the election.

tions may be

SECTION 6. In case such officers or any of them Special elecshall not be elected as herein provided, the corporation called. shall not thereby be dissolved, but special elections for the election of president and trustees may held as herein provided for annual elections; and in case there shall be no officer to give notice thereof, then such notice may be given by any ten freeholders of such village, as herein provided for annual elections. SECTION 7. Every officer elected or appointed un- Official oath to der this act, before he enters upon the duties of his office, and within ten days after his appointment or election, shall take an oath faithfully to dischage the duties of his office, and to support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and the laws thereof.

SECTION 8. The treasurer and constable, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall severally give bonds to the trustees in such sum, with such

be taken.

Duty of president.

Municipal court.

Meetings of trustees.

conditions and with such sureties as said trustees or a majority of them shall direct.

SECTION 9. The president shall preside at all meetings of trustees, sign all permissions, licenses and permits which may be granted by the trustees. He shall matintain peace and good order and see that the ordinances of the village are observed and executed, and when presiding at any meeting of the trustees, shall have a casting vote when the votes of the members are equal.

SECTION 10. There is hereby created and established a municipal court in said village, to be styled the police court, and the person elected the police justice of said village shall hold the said poilce court; and he shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, and to take and certify acknowledments and proofs of the execution of deeds and other instruments of writing relating to real estate, and other matters required by law to be acknowledged or recorded, or both. As a judicial officer and court, the said police court and justice shall have and possess all the authority, jurisdiction, powers and rights of justices of the peace and justices' courts in civil and criminal proceedings; and shall have concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace and justices' courts of this state residing in the said village of all civil and criminal actions and causes for the violation of any provisions of this act, or of any ordinance, by-law, rule, regulation or resolution of the said village; and the said police justice shall receive the same fees as a justice of the peace receives for his services, but the village shall not be liable for his fees except such as accrue in prosecutions or actions brought in the name of the corporation for the violation of the provisions of this act, or for the violation of the ordinances of said village. Appeals and writs of certiorari may be taken from the judgment of the police justice in the same manner and with the same effect as from justices of the peace.

SECTION 11. The president and trustees shall prescribe the time and fix the place of their meetings, which shall at all times be open to the public; and shall determine the rules of their proceedings and keep a journal thereof, which shall be open for the inspection of every elector at all reasonable times and hours;

and shall have power to preserve order and propriety in their proceedings; and may adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their government as are not inconsistent with provisions of this act; and shall have power to compel the attendence of its members.

SECTION 12. The marshal shall possess all the pow- Duties of marers and enjoy all the rights of a constable of this shal. state, and be subject to the same liabilities. It shall be his duty to execute all writs and processes to him. directed by the police justice, or other judicial officer and when necessary in criminal cases, or for the violation of any of the provisions of this act or of any ordinance of said village, or by-law, rule, regulation or resolution thereof, he may serve the same in any part of the state of Wisconsin. It shall be his duty to suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace and to apprehend all disorderly persons in said village, and pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state of Wisconsin; to apprehend any person in the act of committing any offense against the provisions of this act, or of the laws of this state, or the ordinances, by-laws, rules and re gulations of the village, and forthwith to bring such person before competent authority for examination; and for such and other similar services he shall receive like fees as allowed to constables for like services. It shall be the duty of the marshal to see that all peddlers, hawkers, and common showmen, and all other exhibitors, pay their licenses according to law and this act and the ordinances of the village, and in default of payment to prosecute for the same in the corporate name of the village and pay over the same to the treasurer when received by him.

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SECTION 13. The treasurer of said village shall form such duties and exercise such powers as may be lawfully required of him by the ordinances, rules, regulations, resolutions or by-laws of said village, and by law. All money raised, received, recovered and collected by means of any tax, license, fine, forfeiture or otherwise, under the authority of this act, or which belongs to said village, shall be paid to and received by him, and shall not be drawn therefrom except by a written order, signed by the president, and countersigned by the clerk by order of the trustees. Such order shall specify the amount of money to be drawn and its ob

Duties of trea surer.

Duties of clerk.

Other officers may be appointed.

jects. He shall keep a just and accurate account of all moneys and other things coming into his hands as treasurer in a book to be provided by the trustees for that purpose, which shall remain the property of the village wherein he shall note the time when, the person from whom, the amount of the several sums received, and the source from whence the said sums arose, which said book, at all seasonable times, shall be open to the inspection of the electors of the village. He shall as often as the trustees require, render to such trustees a minute account of his receipts and payments, and at the expiration of his term of office he shall pay over and deliver to his successor all moneys, books, and vouchers in his possession belonging to said village.

SECTION 14. It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep a record of the doings of the board of trustees, especially of the passing of by-laws, ordinances, rules, resolutions and regulatiors, and also a faithful record of all the doings and votes of the inhabitants of said village at their annual and other legal meetings, and to keep on file all papers which may be ordered by the trustees. The records kept by the clerk shall be evidence in all legal proceedings, and copies of all papers duly filed in his office and transcripts from the records of proceedings of the board of trustees, certified by him under the corporate seal shall be evidence in all courts of the contents of the same. He shall keep the corporate seal of the said village. He shall keep a full and accurate account of all orders drawn on the treasury, in a book provided for that purpose, and shall keep all accounts of the corporation with individuals and shall keep an accurate account with the treasurer and charge him with all taxes levied and the sums of money paid in the treasury; and all receipts of the payment of money or property to the treasurer, shall be countersigned by the clerk before they shall be a legal voucher against the village. The clerk shall have power to administer oaths.

SECTION 15. The president and trustees shall have power from time to time to require other and further duties to be performed by any officer whose duties are herein prescribed, and to appoint such other officers as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to prescribe their duties and to fix the compensation of all officers elected or appointed by

them. Such compensation shall be fixed by resolution at the time the office is created, or at the commencement of the year, and shall not be increased or diminished during the time such officer shall remain in office.

successor.

SECTION 16. If any person having been an officer Books, etc., to in said village shall not within ten days after notification be delivered to and request, deliver to his successor in office all prop. erty, moneys, books, papers and effects of every description in his possession belonging to said village, or pertaining to the office he may have held, he shall forfeit and pay to the use of the village one hundred dollars, besides all damages caused by his neglect or refusal so to deliver; and such successor may recover the possession of such books, papers and effects in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state.

SECTION 17. The style of all ordinances passed by style of ordi the president and trustees shall be "the president and nances. trustees of the village of Kilbourn City do ordain as follows." The president and three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, and in the absence of the president four trustees present shall appoint one of the number president, pro tempore, who shall possess all the powers of the president.

SECTION 18. The president and trustees shall have Licenses. the exclusive authority, within the corporate limits of the said village, to grant according to law or ordinance, or both, licenses for selling wine, beer or cider, or spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic, vinous, fermented, malt or mixed liquors, liquids, or drinks; regulate and license groceries, taverns, hotels, victualing houses and saloons, and all persons vending or dealing in any such liquors, drinks or liquids, and to revoke the same; and no person shall sell, vend, deal in, or for the purpose of evading the provisions of law, or of this act, or the ordinances of said village, give away any such wine, beer, cider, or intoxicating, spirituous, alcoholic, vinous, fermented, mixed or malt liquors or drinks, within such corporate limits, without first having obtained license therefor, as provided by this act, the laws of this state, and the ordinances of said village; and any person who shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of this section, or the ordinances or the laws herein referred to, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished as 19 P. & L. LAWS