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Section 5. All orders drawn upon the treasury of the city shall be made payable to the order of the person in whose favor they may be drawn and shall be transferred only by indorsement. Each order shall specify upon its face the purpose for which it was drawn, and the same shall be payable out of the pro- per fund, and all such orders shall be received in pay- ment of any municipal tax levied and assessed.
Section 6. No interest shall be allowed or paid on any city clerk order or certificate of indebtedness, un- less the same is expressly authorized by the common council, by a vote of a majority of all members elect.
Section 7. All corporations, companies, and as- sociations, by their respective underwriters or agents, engaged in said city in effecting fire insurance, shall account and pay to the city treasurer, the two per cent, upon the amount of all premiums which shall be received or agreed to be paid for insurance, at the times and in the manner and form prescribed or pro-
vided for by section 19-6 revised statutes.
Section 8. Real estate exempt by the laws of the state from general taxation, shall be subject to spe- cial taxes for the building of streets, sewers, side- walks, repairing and cleaning of sidewalks, removal of nuisances, and such other work, walks, and labor, for which a special lien is given, and the making of local and general improvements, and all the property of the city shall be subject thereto, provided that the pro- perty of the city shall be exempt from all taxation, except such special tax, when known, and give the amount of such tax so levied and assessed upon each such lots or part of lots, or lands. On or before the fist day of December of each year, the city clerk of said city, shall insert in a separate column in the tax list of his city next there after to be delivered to the city treasurer of said city for collection and op- posite to the description therein of each of said lots, or part of lots, or lands, the amount of such special tax properly chargeable thereto as appears by the aforesaid resolution adopted by the common council, and then said special taxes shall be collected or re- turned delinquent in the same manner as town, coun- ty ard state taxes are collected or returned delinquent by law, and the lots, or part of lets, or lands, upon which such special taxes may be so lev'ed and assess- ed may be sold and conveyed for the non-payment thercof, in the same marrer and with the same effect as if sail special tax had been a ge. eral town, county cr state tax.
Section 9. When it shall be necessary in the opir- ion of the common council to repair or reconstruct any sidevalk the common council may cause such side- valk to be repaired or reconstructed at the expense of the owners of the lot or lots or lands abutting on such sidewalk in the same manner as is authorized to construct rew sidewalk, provided, however, that dan- gerous sidewalk shall be in immediately the same condition and the cost of repairing shall not ex- ceed three dollars, the street commissioner abutting will notify the owner of the lot or lots of said on dangerous sidewalk, if a resident of said city, to re- pair such sidewalk, and if such owner shall not at once proceed to repair same the street commissioner shall at once repair such dangerous sidewalk, and the cost of such repairs shall be levied upon and collect- ed from the lot or lands abutting on such dangerous sidewalk, in the same manner as the cost of construct- ing new walks are levied and collected from the lots and lands abutting thereon.
CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 1. All work for the city, including all printing and publishing, shall be let by contract to the lowest bidder and due notice shall be given of time and place of letting such contract and the coun- cil shall have the right to reject any bid, when it is deemed for the interest of the city to do so.
Section 2. No penalty or judgment recovered in favor of the city shall be remitted or discharged, ex-
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cept by a majority of the aldermen elect.
Section 3. No real or personal property of any in- habitant of said city, or of any individual or corpor- ation, shall be levied on and sold by virtue of any execution issued to satisfy or collect any debt, obli- gation or contract of said city.
Section 4. When the city of Antigo deeds or leases any real estate or any interest therein, owned by said city, the party of the first part shall be the city of Antigo, and the person or persons authorized to exe- cute such deed or lease need not be named in the body thereof.
Section 5. The mayor of said city is hereby author- ized, when the common council shall, by ordinance or resolution, for that purpose, (describing the real es- tate and interest to be conveyed) order and direct him so to do, to execute a deed or lease of such real estate, or interest therein belonging to said city; the said deed or lease shall be signed by the mayor of said city and countersigned by the city clerk, and sealed with the corporate seal of said city, and duly witnessed and acknowledged, as is provided by law for the execution of deeds and leases.
Section 6. When any such deed or lease is so exe- cuted, the city clerk shall attach to such deed or lease a true and attested copy of such ordinance or resolu- tion, and the same shall be recorded by the register of deeds with the said deed or lease, and such copy, so attached and recorded, shall be, in all the courts of this state, prima facie evidence of the authority of such mayor to make and execute such deed or lease.
Section 7. When judgment is rendered against any person for the violation of any city ordinance, and such person shall be committed for the non-payment thereof, including his board, shall be added thereto, which he shall be required to pay in case of payment of said judgment.
Section 8. The keeper of the common jail of the county of Langlade is hereby required to receive and keep all persons who shall be arrested by the proper officers for the violation of any city ordinance, or committed for the non-payment of any judgment, fine or penalty.
Section 9. No member of the common council shall be eligible to any other office provided for by this act, during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed. No member of the common council shall vote upon any question, matter or reso- lution in which he may be directly or indirectly inter- ested
Section 10. No member of the common council shall be a party to or interested in any job or con- tract with the city, or any department thereof; and any contract in which any such member may be so interested shall be null and void. No member of the common council shall sign any bond as surety for the performance of any contract or agreement with such city, or official bond to such city during his term of office.
Section 11. Every license issued by the authority
of this act, or the ordinances of the city, shall be sign- ed by the city clerk and sealed with the corporate seal, but no such license shall be issued by said clerk until the person applying for the same shall have de- posited with the clerk the receipt of the city treasurer for the amount to be paid therefor.
Section 12. Every member of the common council of the city of Antigo who shall directly or indirectly vote to himself, or knowingly to any other person, any sum of money for any other purpose whatever in vio- lation of the city charter or any amendment thereto, or shall ask or receive any compensation for doing any official act, except as inspectors of elections, mem- bers of the board of registry, and as members of the board of review; any member of the common council or other city officer who shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract made with or in behalf of the city, and any member of said council or other city officer who shall directly or indirectly purchase or be interested in the purchase of any city order or city indebtedness for less than the full amount thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and may be prosecuted by complaint before any justice of the peace in the city, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than twenty dollars, or by imprison- ment in the county jail not more than thirty days nor less than ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Section 13. No action in tort shall lie or be main- tained against the city of Antigo, unless a statement in writing, signed by the person injured or claiming to be injured, of the wrong and circumstances there- of, and amount of damages claimed, shall be present- ed to the common council within ninety days after the occurring or happening of the tort alleged.
Section 14. Whenever any grave or heinous crime shall have been committed in said city against life or property, the mayor, with the concurrence of the com- mon council, may offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of either of the perpetraters of such of- fense, provided that such reward shall, in no case, ex- ceed one hundred dollars.
Section 15. The office of mayor, aldermen, and school commissioners shall be filled by their incum- bents without fee.
CHAPTER XI. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
Section 1. The common council of the city of An- tigo shall have the power and authority to lay out, alter, widen or discontinue any street or highway with- in the limits of said city, that is now or may hereafter be conferred on the supervisors of towns in this state, and all streets, highways or alleys, within the limits of said city hereafter laid out, altered or discontinued by the common council of said city, under the provi- sions of chapter 52 in the revised statutes, and in all respects in the same manner as is provided in said chapter 52 for the laying out, altering or discontinu- ing highways in the towns of this state.
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Section 2. The common council shall have power to lay out and open alleys within the limit of said city, in the sarne manner as highways upon petition of a majority of the property holders abutting the proposed alley, provided that any damages awarded to any property holder abutting said alley shall be assessed on all property abutting said alley, in equal proportion, according to the number of feet fronting on said alley.
CHAPTER XII. BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Section 1. The city of Antigo shall constitute a school district, and all matters pertaining to the con- trol, management and government thereof shall be vested in the board of education, consisting of two school commissioners from each ward and one from the city at large, which said board shall be a body cor- porate, by and under the name of the board of educa- tion of the city of Antigo, with power of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, and shall have perpetual succession by and under that name.
Section 2. The board of education shall meet at the council rooms, in the city of Antigo, on the second Tuesday after the charter election, at seven o'clock P. M., and at such meeting shall choose one of its members president; it shall also elect a secretary of the board who may or may not be a member of the board, and the secretary shall receive such salary as the board may direct, not to exceed fifty dollars per annum.
Section 3. The president of the executive office of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the board and decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the board. He shall countersign all orders drawn by the secretary for the payment of teachers and janitors' wages, and all other incidental and reces- sary expenses of said board of education, and in all suits brought by or against the school district, he shall appear on behalf of the district, unless some other provision is made by the board of education. He shall declare all votes taken on questions coming be- fore the board, provided, that on all questions requir- ing the appropriation of money, or the adoption of new text books, the vote shall be taken by ayes and nays, and on other questions the ayes and nays shall be called when any member shall request it.
Section 4. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board, keep a true record of all the proceedings thereof, take the school census of the city annually, assist in grading the schools and visit and report the conditions of any school in the city when directed by the board, make all reports required by law to be made by such board and record same, to safely keep and preserve all records of the board and deliver the same to his successor in office and do and perform any and all other services that may be required of him by the board.
Section 5. The board of education may make all necessary rules and regulations for its government
and proceedings, and, in the absence of the president of the board, may elect from its own number a presid- ing officer protempore.
Section 6. The board may meet from time to time, and at such place in the city as it may desig- nate, and a majority of the commissioners shall al- ways be required to constitute a quorum.
Section 7. The clerk of the board shall keep a rec- ord of the proceedings of the board, in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall record copies of all official reports made by the board, or the superin- tendent of schools. He shall also, under the direction of the board, take the annual enumeration of scholars residing in the city at the time prescribed by law, and shall keep and preserve all books, records, papers, or other property belonging to his office and deliver the same to his successor in office.
Section 8. The board of education shall have pow- er :
1. To organize and establish such and so many schools in the city and in the several wards as it may deem necessary and required for the public good, and alter or discontinue the same at pleasure.
2. To have the custody and safe keeping of the school buildings and lots, the books, furniture, school supplies, apparatus, and appendages, and all the property belonging to the schools.
3. To contract with, and employ in behalf of the city, all teachers in the schools of said city, un- der the direction of said board, and who shall have been licensed, and at the pleasure remove them.
4. To hire buildings suitable for school houses, and lease sites for the same, and to purchase neces- sary fixtures, furniture and apparatus for the schools of the city, but only with the consent of the com- mon council as hereinafter provided.
Section 9. It shall be the duty of the board of edu- cation, before the commencement of the school year, annually to determine in the amount of salaries or wages to be paid to the teachers in the several schools and grades respectively, for the year then next ensu- ing, and report the same to the common council for its action.
Section 10. The common council shall consider the report or reports so made, and shall act thereon, and by resolution fix the salaries or wages to be paid to the teachers of the several schools respectively, ac- cording to grades, which resolution shall be certified by the city clerk, to the board of education, and thereafter such board shall not contract for the pay- ment of any salary or wages greater than the sum fix- ed in said resolution except by special order of the common council.
Section 11. The board of education shall also, an- nually, before the close of the school year, make esti- mates of the expenses for necessary repairs to school buildings, furniture, apparatus, schoolroom fixtures, incidentals, fuel, cleaning and care of rooms, and rent of buildings necessary to be incurred the next ensuing year, and file the same with the city clerk.
Section 12. The board of education shall, from time
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to time, make such rules and regulations for the gov- ernment and organization of schools, for the reception and instruction of pupils, and their transfer from school to school, and for the promotion and good or- der and discipline in schools, as to it shall seem ex- pedient, and also for the care and management of the several schoolrooms, fixtures, furniture, and apparatus, and shall establish the text books to be used therein.
Section 13. The board of education shall have pow- er to allow the children of persons not resident of said city to attend any of the schools therein, upon such terms as the board shall, by resolution, prescribe, fix- ing the tuition therefor; provided, that no such pupil shall be received, under or until he or she shall have paid into the city treasury in advance for the current term the amount of tuition fixed by said board to be paid therefor.
Section 14. It shall be the duty of the board of education to report to the common council on the first Monday of August in each year, the condition of the several schools in said city, the average number of pupils in attendance, the names and rate of compensa- tion of the several teachers, the cost of supporting each and all of said schools, since its previous report, and also to do and perform all other duties that may be required by any general law of this state, to entitle the schools of said city to participate in, and enjoy the benefit of school money, or school fund, apportioned among the schools of the state.
Section 15. Teachers' wages, and all moneys due upon the contract under this chapter, shall be audited by the board of education and paid by an order of the treasury signed by the president of the board and the secretary, and specifying on its face the purpose for which it was drawn.
Section 16. All the supplies on the several school houses, and schools, exceeding $50.00 shall be furnish- ed by contract let to the lowest bidder, by the board of education, subject to approval of the common coun- cil.
Section 17. No member of the board of education shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by said board, and every contract so made in which any member of said board shall have such interest shall be absolutely void.
Section 18. The title of the school houses, sites, furniture, apparatus and appurtenances, and all other property herein mentioned, shall be vested in the city of Antigo, and the said city may accept, hold and dis- pose of any real or personal estate transferred to it by gift, grant, bequest or devise, for the use of the schools of said city, whether the same shall be trans- ferred in terms to said city by its proper style, or by other designation, or to any person or persons or body for the use of said schools.
Section 19. No member of the board of education shall receive any compensation whatever for services rendered as a member of said board, or for services rendered on any committee of said board, under any pretext whatever, except when a member of said board shall be elected secretary thereof he may re-
ceive such salary as is herein provided for said secre- tary.
CHAPTER XIII. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Section 1. The common council, for the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire, shall have the power to prescribe the limits within which wooden buildings, or buildings of other materials that shall not be considered fireproof, shall not be erected or re- paired and to direct that all and every building with- in the limits prescribed shall be made and construct- ed of such fireproof materials, to prohibit the repair- ing or rebuilding of wooden buildings within the fire limits where the same shall have been damaged to the extent of fifty per cent of the value thereof, and to prescribe the manner of ascertaining such damages and to prescribe the penalties for the violation of any resolution or ordinances passed under this section.
Section 2. The common council shall have power to prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fireplaces, hearths, stoves, stovepipes, ovens, boilers, and apparatus used in and about any building, and to cause the same to be removed or placed in a safe and secure condition when considered dangerous, to prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places, to re- quire the inhabitants to provide as many fire buckets, and in such manner and time as it shall prescribe and to regulate the use of them in case of fire, to regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufacture danger- ous in causing or promoting fires, to regulate and pre- vent the use of fireworks and firearms, to compel the owners and occupants of buildings to have scuttles in the roofs, and stairs on inside leading to same. To authorize the mayor, aldermen, fire wardens and other officers of the city to keep away from the vicinity of the fire all idle and suspected persons, and compel all bystanders to aid in the extinguishing of fires, and in the preservation of property exposed to danger there- at, and generally to establish such regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires as the common council may deem expedient and to provide penalties for the violation of any resolution ordinance passed under this section.
Section 3. The common council shall have full power to purchase fire engines and other fire appara- tus and to authorize the formation of fire engine, hook and ladder and hose companies, and to provide for the due and proper support and regulation of the same, and to order such companies to be disbanded, and their meetings to be published and their apparatus to be delivered up. Each company shall not exceed for- ty able-bodied men, between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, and may elect its own officers and form their own units not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the ordinances and regulations of said city, and shall be formed only by volunteer enlistments. Every member of said companies hereby authorized to be formed shall be exempt from highway work, and the poll tax, and from serving on juries and mili- tary duty, except in cases of wars, insurrection or in-
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vasion, during the continuance of such membership, and any person having served for the term of seven years, in either of such companies, shall be forever thereafter exempt from poll tax and military and jury duty, except as in case before mentioned.
Section 4. The mayor shall appoint two fire war- dens for each ward subject to confirmation by the common council, who shall perform such duties as the common council may prescribe, and they may at any time enter into any building, house, store, barn or en- closure, for the purpose of inspecting same.
Section 5. When any person shall refuse to obey the lawful order of any engineer, fire warden or alder- man of the city, or the mayor of the city, or marshal, at any fire, it shall be lawful for the officer giving such order to arrest, or direct orally the city marshal, constable, or watchman or any citizen to arrest such person and to confine him temporarily in any safe place until such fire shall be extinguished and in the same manner such officers or any of them may arrest or direct the arrest and confinement of any person at such fires who shall be intoxicated or disorderly and any such person who shall refuse arrest or aid in ar- resting any person, shall be liable to such penalty as the common council may prescribe, not exceeding twenty dollars.
Section 6. The common council shall have power to organize a sack company or to countenance any such company now organized, which shall be known by such name as it may select, and shall consist of not more than thirty members. Such company shall con- stitute a part of the engineers. The members of said company, either collectively or individually, are here- by authorized and empowered to act as a special po- lice in and for the city of Antigo, and are hereby vest- ed with all the power and authority which now is or may hereafter be vested in any other police officer of said city, and shall be entitled to all the rights and im- munities of members of the fire department, except exemption from jury duty. At fires, it shall take charge of all property which may be exposed or en- dangered, and shall as far as may be in its power, pre- serve the same from injury or destruction. Such com- pany may from time to time adopt such laws as it deems necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, or the ordinances of said city. The mem- bers shall be entitled to any compensation for any service rendered in their official capacity. They shall, in case of riot or other disturbance of the peace, have access to all licensed places of amusement in the city, and shall perform such services as may be ne- cessary for the peace and good order of the same.
Section 7. The treasurer of the fire department shall receive and pay out all moneys belonging to said department and shall secure the faithful performance of his duty by his bond to said city in such penal sum as shall be required, and with the sureties to be ap- proved by the common council. Such moneys shall only be paid out on order signed by the chief engineer, or acting city engineer, and countersigned by the clerk of said department.
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