INCORPORATIONS. AN ACT Supplementary to an act to incorporate the city of Arago, approved January 10th, A. D., 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the following described territory, being the whole fractional section one, the whole fractional section twelve, the south-east quarter of section eleven, the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section eleven, the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section thirteen, all in township number two, (2) north of range seventeen, east of the sixth principal meridian; the whole of the south-west quarter (fractional) of section seven, described in the Government survey as lot three, (3) in township two, (2) north of range eighteen, (18) east of the sixth principal meridian, and situate in the county of Richardson, and territory of Nebraska, together with all the additions that may be made hereafter thereto, according to law, is hereby declared to be a corporation by the name of the city of Arago, and the east line of said city shall extend to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river. SECTION 2. That said city is hereby made a body corporate and politic, and is invested with all the powers and attributes of a municipal corporation, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, complain and defend in any court of record, or any other place whatsoever, may have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure, and may take, hold, purchase, lease, convey and dispose of any real, personal or mixed estate, for the use of said corporation. SECTION 3. There shall be chosen annually, on the first Monday in February a mayor and six aldermen, a clerk, assessor, treasurer and marshal, who shall enter on the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday in the March following, and hold the same for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. SECTION 4 Every legal voter of the Territory, who shall have been a resident of the city thirty days, next preceeding a city election, is declared a citizen of said city, and is entitled to vote at all elections thereof. SECTION 5. The elections of city officers shall be in a manner similar to county elections, or as nearly so as the nature of the case admits. SECTION 6. A person offering to vote may be challenged as in other elections in the counties, and an oath may be administered to him, in like manner, naming the qualifications herein prescribed. SECTION 7. Every loyal voter of the city shall be eligible to any elective office mentioned in this act. SECTION 8. The mayor, clerk, assessor, treasurer, street commissioner, city engineer and marshal, shall give to the city of Arago, such bonds as may be required of them by ordinance, conditioned for the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of their respective officers, which bond shall be approved by the city council and filed with them. Every officer of said city shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States, and the laws of this Territory, and the ordinances of said city, and to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office. SECTION 9. It shall be the duty of the mayor to see that the laws of this Territory, and by-laws and ordinances of the city council, be faithfully executed: he shall be a conservator of the peace within the city limits he shall exercise supervision over subordinate officers, and examine all complaints for official neglect or misconduct, and recommend to the city council such measures as he shall deem for the public good: he shall sign all commissions, licenses and permits granted by the city council, and shall perform such other duties as the nature of his office requires: he shall have the custody of the corporate seal, and may take and certify under the same the proof and acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments of writing, which shall be good in any court of this Territory, without further authentication: he may also take and certify depositions and affidavits, and the same shall be of like force and effect in any court aforesaid: he shall have within the limits of said city the jurisdiction and powers of a justice of the peace, in all matters, civil and criminal, arising under the laws of this Territory, and for crimes and misdemeanors, his jurisdiction shall be coextensive with the county of Richardson: he shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all prosecutions for violations of the by-laws and ordinances of the city. In all other respects he shall perform the duties of a justice of the peace, and shall be entitled to the same fees: he may, in addition to his fees herein provided, receive such salary as the city council shall, by resolution, order and direct. He shall keep a docket, as justices are required to keep, which in case of his absence or disability, for the space of five days or more, shall be delivered to the oldest alderman of the council, until his return, or until his successor is elected and qualified, |