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SEC. 6. Election to be held, how. All elections. shall be held under the general laws of this state. 1889, Sec. 1445.

SEC. 7. Voting to be by ballot.- All elections shall be by ballot, and continue for one day only. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 4668.

SEC. 8. Polls, when opened and closed.-The judges of each election hereafter to be held, general or municipal, shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and continue them open until six o'clock in the evening, unless the sun shall set after six, when the polls shall be kept open until sunset, except in cities in the state of twenty-five thousand inhabitants or upward, when the polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the morning and be kept open until seven o'clock in the evening. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 4667.

SEC. 9.

Who may be registered.-Every male citizen of the United States, and every person of foreign birth who may have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States according to law not less than one year nor more than five years before he offers to vote, who is over the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in this state one year next preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and during the last sixty days of that time shall have resided in the city, and during the last ten days of that time in the ward at which he offers to vote, who has not been convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, nor directly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election, nor serving at the time in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at such election for all offices, state or municipal, made elective by the people. or at any other election held in pursuance of the laws of this state; but he shall not vote elsewhere than in the election precinct where his name is registered, and whereof he is registered as a resident. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1791.

SEC. 10. Voting precincts; duty of common council.—The common council of every city in which registration of voters may be had under and by virtue of any special charter, or under the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance, provide for two or more voting precincts in each ward of such city, and such common council may, by ordinance, make such provisions as to judges and clerks of elections and additional copies of registration lists and the use of such copies at such voting precincts, as may be necessary in the premises. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1808.

SEC. 11. Officers, when installed. All elective city officers provided for in this article shall enter upon the duties of their office on the second Monday after the day of election; and all appointed officers shall enter upon the duties of their office as soon as appointed and qualified. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1273.

SEC. 12. Who eligible.-No person shall be deemed eligible to any office in the city who is not a qualified voter of said city, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and has not lived in the city one year. next preceding his election. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1274.

SEC. 13. Residence of officers. All officers of the corporation shall reside within the city limits during their continuance in office, and if any of them shall cease to reside in said limits, his office shall be thereby vacated. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1298.

SEC. 14. Oath. Every officer of the corporation, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer of the law authorized to administer oaths, as prescribed by the constitution of this state to civil officers, and that he will faithfully support this article and ordinances of the city, which said oath shall be endorsed upon or attached to his certificate of election or appointment, and he shall deliver the same to the city clerk;

and every officer of the corporation, except the mayor, alder-. men, recorder, [police judge,] comptroller, and all other persons required by law to give bond, shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, give bond to such city in such suin as may be prescribed by ordinance, with securities approved by the comptroller, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, which said bond shall be filed with the city clerk. For any breach of the condition of said bond suit may be instituted thereon by the city, or by any person or persons claiming to have been injured by reason of any such breach, in the name of such city, for the use of such person or persons. If any officer fail to deliver to the city clerk a certificate and oath as herein required, within twenty days after his election or appointment, the office to which he may have been elected or appointed shall be declared vacated. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1299.

SEC. 15. Certificate of election to be recorded. -It shall be the duty of the city clerk to record the certificate of election or appointment mentioned in the preceding section, with the oath thereto attached or thereon indorsed, within ten days after the same is delivered to him. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1300.

SEC. 16. Officers interested in contracts guilty of misdemeanor.-If any city officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract under the city or any work done by the city, or in furnishing supplies for the city or any of its institutions, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and any appointed officer becoming so interested shall be dismissed from office immediately by the mayor; and upon the mayor becoming satisfied that any elective officer is so interested, he shall immediately suspend such officer, and report the facts to the common council, whereupon the common council as soon as practicable shall be convened to hear and determine the same; and if, by a two-thirds vote of the common council, he be found so interested, he shall be imme

diately dismissed from such office. No officer shall hold two appointments under the city government at the same time. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1297.

SEC. 17. Property qualification prohibited. - It shall not be lawful for the municipal authorities of any city or town in the state of Missouri, in any case to require any person to be the owner of real estate in order to make such person eligible to hold any office, or to be a member of any city or town council or municipal assembly, or judge or clerk of election in such city or town, and any provision in the charter of any municipality of this state which requires as a qualification for any office, either elective or appointive, or judge or clerk of election, that the person so elected or appointed shall be the owner of real estate, is hereby declared inoperative and void. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 979.

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SECTION 1. Duty of clerk.-It shall be the duty of the city clerk to attend all meetings of the common council, and keep a true record of its proceedings; also to keep a record of all official acts of the mayor, and when necessary, to attest them. He shall also keep and preserve in his office the corporate seal of the city, all records, public papers and documents of the city not belonging to any other officer. He shall be authorized to administer oaths, and copies of all papers filed in his office, and transcripts from the records of the proceedings of the common council, duly certified by him under the corporate seal of the city, shall be taken as evidence in all

courts of this state, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1287.

SEC. 2. Of city engineer.-The city engineer shall superintend the construction of all public works ordered by the common council; shall make out plans, specifications and estimates thereof, and do the surveying and engineering ordered by the city, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1288.

SEC. 3. Judge of the police court.-The city recorder [judge of the police court] shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all cases arising under any ordinance of the city, except suits brought for the collection of taxes due the city. Appeals in all cases tried before him as recorder [judge of the police court] shall be taken to the court of record having criminal jurisdiction in the county where such city is located. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1289.

SEC. 4. City counselor.--The counselor shall appear for the city and attend all cases in all courts of record in this state, wherein such city may be a party plaintiff or defendant, or a party in interest, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance, and shall receive such compensation therefor as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1290.

SEC. 5. City attorney.--The city attorney shall appear in the recorder's [police] court of such city, and attend to all cases of a criminal or civil nature arising in said court in which the city may be a party, or in any way interested, and in any court of record, to any appeal cases from said recorder's [police] court, and shall perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and such as may be required of him by the city counselor, whose assistant he shall be, and for which service he shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1291.

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