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for Petit Jurors shall be summoned for Petit Jurors, which lists shall be signed by the Clerk and officer having said writs, and filed in the office of said Clerk.

ed and manner

SEC. 4. The Court shall impannel out of the list sum- Number of moned as Grand Jurors, fifteen eligible men to serve as a Grand jurors requirJury: provided, if from any cause, there shall not be in of completing the pannel. attendance upon the Court of those summoned for a Grand Jury enough to make the number of fifteen, the Court may order the pannel to be made up of those summoned for Petit Jurors or from eligible talesmen summoned from the body of the County or District, as the case may be, and not from the bystanders.

AN ACT

Extending the Boundaries of Juab County.
[Approved February 18, 1870.]

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the North, West, and Southern boundaries of Juab County shall be as follows, Boundary. viz: North by Utah County, following the main divide, passing through the highest peak of mountains between Tintic and Rush Valleys to the divide, between Cherry and Faust Creeks, thence due west to the State of Nevada, west by the State of Nevada, and south by Millard County.

SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed.

Repealing clause.

AN ACT

To provide for the election of Fence Viewers and prescribing their Duties.

[Approved February 18, 1870.]

When elected

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That at the general election to be holden on the first Monday in August next, and and for what every two years thereafter, two Fence Viewers shall be elected term. in each precinct, whose term of office shall be for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. The duties of the said Fence Viewers shall be to determine upon a lawful fence, within the meaning of Section

Duties.

Fees.

Four of "An Act pertaining to damage done by animals, and defining a lawful fence," approved February seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and they shall examine and give judgment upon any fence within their respective precincts, when required so to do: provided, that they shall receive the sum of twenty-five cents each per hour for service rendered as aforesaid, to be assessed by the said Fence Viewers upon the parties in whose interest said service shall have been performed.

Boundaries.

AN ACT

Changing the Corporate Limits of Mount Pleasant and
Moroni, in Sanpete County.

[Approved February 18, 1870.]

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the northeast corner of Moroni City Corporation be extended one and one fourth miles east from its present location, thence due south until it intersects the boundary line of Spring City Corporation, thence diagonally along said Spring City Corporate line to the southeast corner of the former boundary of Moroni; and the west line of Mount Pleasant Incorporation is hereby to the east, so as to conform to the extended boundary of Moroni as specified in this Act.

Boundary.

Name and style.

AN ACT

Incorporating Corinne City.

[Approved February 18, 1870.]

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That all that district of county embraced in the following boundaries in Box Elder County, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of section one, United States survey, township nine north, range three west, thence north two miles to northwest corner of section thirty-six, township ten north, range three west, thence east to the center of main channel of Bear River, thence down the main channel of the said Bear River to the line between sections six and seven, township nine north, range two west, thence west to place of beginning, shall be known and designated under the name and style of Corinne City; and the inhabitants

thereof are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by seal. the name aforesaid, and shall have succession; and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of said city by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, in said city; to purchase, receive and hold real property beyond the city for burying grounds or other public purposes for the use of the inhabitants of said city; to sell, lease, convey or dispose of property, real and personal, for the benefit of said city; to improve and protect such property, and to do all other things in relation thereto as natural persons.

SEC. 3. There shall be a Mayor and ten Councilors, who shall have the qualifications of electors of said city, and shall be chosen by the qualified voters thereof; and five of the Councilors chosen at the first election shall hold office for one year, and five of them for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; the terms of office of the Councilors elected at the first election shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the Council. After the first election five Councilors shall be elected annually. The City Council shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of their own members, and a majority of them shall form a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance; there shall also be elected in like manner two Justices of the Peace, who shall have the qualifications of voters, be commissioned by the Governor, and have jurisdiction in all cases arising under the ordinances of the city.

Powers.

City Council.

SEC. 4. The Mayor and Councilors, before entering upon Oath. the duties of their offices, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that they will support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of this Territory, and that they will well and truly perform all the duties of their offices to the best of their skill and abilities.

Election.

SEC. 5. A Mayor shall be elected biennially, and shall hold office for two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and the first election under this Act shall be at such time and place in said city as the Probate Judge of Box Elder County shall direct: provided, said election shall be on or before the first Monday in April next. Said election shall be held and conducted as now is provided by law for the holding of elections for County and Territorial officers; and at the said first election all citizens of the United States, who How conhave resided for six months last past within said city limits, shall be deemed electors and entitled to vote at said first election.

SEC. 6. The clerks of election shall leave with each person elected, or at his usual place of residence, within five days

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ducted.

Notifications.

Taxes.

City Officers.

Bond

Ordinances.

Vacancies.

Publication.

Proof.

after the election, a written notice of his election; and each person so notified shall, within ten days after the election, take the oath or affirmation hereinbefore mentioned, a certficate of which oath shall be deposited with the Recorder, whose appointment is hereinafter provided for, and be by him preserved; and all subsequent elections shall be held, conducted and returns thereof made, as may be provided for by ordinance of the City Council.

SEC. 7. The City Council shall have authority to levy and collect taxes for city purposes upon all taxable property, real and personal, within the limits of the city, not exceeding one half of one per cent. per annum, upon the assessed value thereof; and may enforce the payment of the same, to be provided for by ordinance not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or to the laws of this Territory.

SEC. 8. The City Council shall have power to appoint a Recorder, Treasurer, Assessor and Collector, Marshal and Supervisor of Streets, and all such other officers, by ordinance, as may be necessary, define the duties of all city officers and remove them from office at pleasure.

SEC. 9. The City Council shall have power to require of all officers appointed in pursuance of this Act, bonds with security for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and also to require of all officers appointed as aforesaid, to take an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices.

SEC. 10. The City Council shall have power and authority to make, ordain, establish and execute all such ordinances, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the laws of this Territory, as they may deem necessary for the peace, benefit, good order, regulation, convenience, and cleanliness of said city; for the protection of property therein from destruction by fire or otherwise, and for the health and happiness of the inhabitants thereof; and shall have control of the water and water courses leading to the city; provided, that such control shall not be exercised to the injury of any rights already acquired by actual settlers thereon, and shall have control of the water and mill privileges within said city; but in no case shall they interfere with the natural rights of others heretofore acquired in relation to water. Vacancies in the City Council shall be filled by special elections, held after public notice of at least ten days. The City Council shall have power to divide the city into wards and specify the boundaries thereof, and to fix and establish the fees of the officers of said Corporation.

SEC. 11. All ordinances passed by the City Council shall, within ten days after they shall have been passed, be published in some newspaper printed in said city, or certified copies thereof be posted up in three of the most public places in the city. They shall not be in force until thus published or posted up.

SEC. 12. All ordinances of the city may be proven by the seal of the Corporation affixed thereto; and, when printed

or published in book or pamphlet form, purporting to be printed or published by the authority of the Corporation, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof.

SEC. 13. The Justices of the Peace of said city shall have Justices of all the powers of other Justices of the Peace, both in civil and the Peace. criminal cases, arising under the laws of the Territory. They shall perform the same duties, be governed by the same laws and give the same bonds and securities as other Justices of the Peace. They shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all Jurisdiction. cases arising under the ordinances of the Corporation, and shall issue such process as may be necessary to carry such ordinances into execution. Appeals may be had from any decision or judgment of said Justices arising under the ordi- Appeals. nances of said city, or the laws of the Territory, to the Probate Court of said Box Elder County; in the same manner as appeals are or may be taken from other Justices of the Peace.

Power and

SEC. 14. The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of said Corporation; he shall preside in the City Council, and duty of Mayor. shall have power to veto any ordinance when not passed by four-fifths majority, and it shall be his duty to sign all city ordinances.

SEC. 15. The City Council shall have power to restrain, General regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, horses, mules; powers. sheep, swine, goats, and all kinds of poultry in said city; and to tax and regulate the keeping of dogs, and to authorize the destruction of the same, when at large contrary to city ordinance.

SEC. 16. To license, regulate, prohibit or restrain the manufacturing, selling or giving away of spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors; to tax and regulate tavern keepers, dram or tippling-shop keepers, victualing or coffee houses, restaurants, saloons, or other houses or places for the selling or giving away of ardent, vinous or fermented liquors.

To license, &c.

power by

SEC. 17. The City Council shall have exclusive power, by ordinance, to regulate the police of the city; to provide for Exclusive the punishment of offenders ann vagrants by imprisonment in ordinance. the city jail, or by compelling them to labor on the streets or other public works, until the same shall be fully paid in all cases where such offenders or vagrants shall fail or refuse to pay the fines or forfeitures which may be awarded against them; to license, tax and regulate auctioneers, merchants and retailers: to license, regulate and tax theatrical and other exhibitions, shows and amusements; to restrain, prohibit and suppress gambling, gaming, bawdy and other disorderly

houses.

SEC. 18. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage, and may be amended at the pleasure of the Legislative Assembly.

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