Treasurer-his] duties. Attorney-his duties. to appoint a deputy, and in case a deputy is not appointed, and the clerk shall be absent, the common council shall have power to appoint a clerk pro tem. The city clerk shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations. SECTION 5. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, and keep an accurate and detailed account thereof, together with an account of all disbursements, in such manner as the common council shall direct. He shall collect all licenses, duties and moneys, all taxes and assessments which may be levied or assessed upon the real and personal property in the city, and exercise the same powers, when not otherwise prescribed by this act, as control and govern treasurers of towns, and shall be subject to the same liabilities: provided, that he shall receive no fees for his services except such salary as shall be paid him by the city. He shall pay all orders drawn upon the treasury, under an order of the common council, or as is otherwise authorized out of the proper funds. He shall report to the comptroller quarterly at least, and at such other times as the common council shall require, a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures after the date of the last quarterly report, and also of the state of the treasury, which statement shall be filed with the city clerk. SECTION 6. The city attorney shall conduct all the law business of the city and of the departments thereof, and all other business in which the city shall be interested, when so ordered by the common council. He shall furnish written opinions upon subjects submitted to him by the mayor or common council, or any department of the corporation. He shall keep a docket of all cases to which the city may be a party in any court whatever, in which shall be briefly entered all steps taken in each case, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the mayor, comptroller, or any committee of the common council. It shall also be his duty to draft all ordinances, bonds, contracts, leases, conveyances, and such other instruments in writing as may be required by the common council, and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the ordinances of the city, or by any resolution of the common council: provided, the common council duties. shall have power to appoint such other attorneys to transact any business as may be deemed necessary. SECTION 7. The city surveyor shall be a practical Surveyor-his surveyor and engineer. He shall keep his office at some convenient place within the city, and the common council shall prescribe his duties and fix the fees and compensation for any service performed by him. All surveys, profiles, plans and estimates made by him. for the city, shall be the property of the city, and shall be carefully preserved in the office of the surveyor, open to the inspection of the parties interested, and when required by the common council, he shall file copies of plans, profiles and estimates with the city clerk, and all books and papers appertaining to said office shall be delivered over by the surveyor, at the expiration of his term of office, to his successor or the common council. SECTION 8. The fire marshal shall in all cases have Fire marshal— control of the different fire companies of the city, their his duties. tendent-his SECTION 9. The street superintendent shall hold Street superin his office during the pleasure of the common council. duties. It shall be his duty to superintend and control all repairs to streets, alleys, lanes, public grounds, wells, reservoirs, gutters, sewers and public pumps, at the expense of the proper ward, under the direction of the aldermen thereof, and shall see that all the ordinances of the city relating to the obstruction and cleaning of sidewalks, streets, alleys, public grounds, reservoirs, sewers, gutters and water courses within the city, are duly observed and kept. He shall weekly make report to the commissioners of the ward in which any work Superintendent duties. has been done, of the amount thereof and the number of days employed therein, and if such work is chargeable to any lot, to report the description thereof, and shall perform such other and further duties as the common council may prescribe. He shall not be directly or indirectly interested in any work or in any contract to work or furnish materials for said city, under penalty of removal from office. SECTION 10. The superintendent of schools shall of schools-his perform such duties as the board of education shall require by ordinance or resolution, or by other provisions of this act. He shall act under the advice and direction of the board, and shall have the superintendence of all public schools, school houses, books and apparatus. He shall acquaint himself with whatever principles and facts may concern the interests of popu lar education, and with all matters pertaining in any way to the organization, discipline and instruction of public schools, to the end that all the children in said city who are instructed at the public schools, may ob tain within their respective schools the best education which their schools are able to impart. He shall visit all schools as often as his duties will permit, and shall pay special attention to the classification of the pupils in the several schools, and to the apportionment among the classes of the prescribed studies. He shall carefully observe the teaching and discipline of all the teachers employed in the public schools, and shall report to the board whenever he shall find any teacher deficient or incompetent in the discharge of his or her duties. He shall attend all the meetings of the board of education when required, and shall keep the board constantly informed of the condition of the public schools and the changes required in the same. Chief of police -his powers and duties. SECTION 11. The chief of police shall hold his office during the pleasure of the common council, and shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by this act, or by any ordinance of the city, for the preservation of the public peace, the health of the city and for the collection of fines and license money. He shall possess the power of a constable at common law, or by the laws of this state, and shall receive like fees, nor shall he receive any fees for serving any process, making any arrest, or performing any duties from the city of Fond du Lac, except such salary as may be provided by the common council. He shall, under the direction of the mayor, be the chief executive of the police department. He shall repair to all fires, riots and tumultuous assemblies, take charge of the police present, and use every exertion to protect property, disperse mobs and cause to be arrested all persons engaged in disturbing the peace. He shall have power to direct the policemen to any place where he shall deem their services necessary. He shall promptly report to the mayor all complaints against the policemen, and cause to be obeyed all rules and regulations prescribed for the police department. He shall have charge of the watch house and the keys thereof. his powers and SECTION 12. The police justice shall have and Police justice possess all general authority, powers and rights which jurisdiction. are or may be given to justices of the peace by virtue of any law of the state now in force, or which may be hereafter enacted, and shall also possess all the authority, powers and rights of justices of the peace in civil and criminal proceedings, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases to which the city shall be a party cognizable before a justice of the peace, and shall have the same power and authority in cases of contempt as a court of record: provided, that nothing berein contained shall be deemed to divest the judges of the circuit court or of the county court of their authority as conservators of the public peace, or to affect in any manner the powers or jurisdiction of the circuit or county courts of Fond du Lac county. He shall be entitled to receive for his services the same compensation in fees as is allowed by law to justices of the peace for similar services, and no other; but the city shall not be liable to said police justice for his said fees, except such as accrue in prosecutions for the violation of the charter or ordinances of the city, wherein the costs are not and cannot be collected of the offender, and whenever the common council shall allow the same. In case of the absence, sickness, or In case of abother inability of the police justice, the mayor, by war- sence. rant, may authorize any justice of the peace within said city to perform the duties of police justice during such inability; and it shall thereupon be the duty of the mayor to inform the city attorney and chief of police of such substitution, and make report thereof to the common council, and the common council may Policementheir duties. Fire wardens their duties. Justices their jurisdiction. confirm or set aside such appointment; and the justice so appointed shall, for the time being, possess all the authority, powers and rights of police justice. The police justice shall monthly report to the common council a list of all proceedings instituted before him in behalf of the city, and all cases of common assault and assault and battery, and the disposition thereof, and shall at the same time account and pay over to the city treasurer the amount of all penalties and fines collected, which may by law accrue to the city. The city shall not be liable for or pay any costs for violations of any law of this state; and such justice shall pay to the county treasurer all fines collected for offenses against the laws of this state, in the same manner as justices of the peace are required by law to do, except in cases of common assault and assault and battery where the cause of action arose, or the offence was committed, in the city of Fond du Lac, in which cases the fines shall accrue to the city. SECTION 13. It shall be the duty, generally, of all policemen appointed by the common council, to faithfully perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the ordinances, laws and resolutions of the common council for the preservation of the public peace and health of the city, and shall possess all the common law and statutory powers of constables, except for the service of civil process. They shall faithfully abide by all ordinances prescribing the manner and extent of their duties, and the time in which such duties are to be performed. They shall perform the duties of night-watchmen for the city, if required, under such regulations as the common council shall prescribe. SECTION 14. The several fire-wardens of the city shall examine as to the coustruction and condition of all chimneys, fire-places, hearths, stoves, stove pipes, ovens, boilers, and fire apparatus used in and about any building, and shall have power to prevent the improper construction of any thereof, and may cause them to be removed or placed in a safe and secure condition. They shall prevent the deposit or keeping of ashes or any combustible material in any place except such as is safe, and they shall perform such other and further duties as may be prescribed by any ordinance or resolution of the common council. SECTION 15. The justices of the peace elected un |