§ 3. The city of Chicago shall be divided into nine Wards. wards, as follows:

First Ward. All that part of the city which lies south of the centre of Chicago river, and east of the centre of State street and a line running due south from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the first ward.

Second Ward. All that part of said city which lies south of the centre of said Chicago river, west of the first ward and east of the centre of Clark street and a line running due south from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the second ward.

Third Ward. All that part of said city which lies south of the centre of the said Chicago river, west of the second ward and east of the centre of Wells street and a line running due south from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the third ward.

Fourth Ward. All that part of said city which lies south of the centre of the said Chicago river, west of the third ward and east of the centre of the south branch of the Chicago river, shall be denominated the fourth ward.

Fifth Ward. All that part of said city which lies west of the centre of the south branch of the Chicago river and south of the centre of Randolph street and a line running due west from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the fifth ward.

Sixth Ward. All that part of said city lying west of the centre of Chicago river, and north and south branches thereof, and north of the centre of Randolph street, and a line running due west from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the sixth ward.

Seventh Ward. All that part of said city which lies east of the centre of the north branch of the Chicago river, and north of the centre of the Chicago river, and west of the centre of La Salle street and a line running due north of the last named street, shall be denominated the seventh ward.

Eighth Ward. All that part of said city which lies north of the centre of Chicago river and east of the seventh ward, and west of the centre of Wolcott street and a line running due north from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the eighth ward.

Ninth Ward. All that part of said city which lies north of the centre of the Chicago river, east of Wolcott street and a line running due north from the centre of the last named street, shall be denominated the ninth ward.

Government.

Officers.

Time of elections.

Officers to be elected.

Street commissioners.

Term of office.

CHAPTER II.-Officers: their Election and Appointment.

§ 1. The municipal government of the city shall consist of a common council, composed of the mayor and two aldermen from each ward. The other officers of the corporation shall be as follows:

A clerk; an attorney; a treasurer; a school agent; a marshal; a board of school inspectors; a board of health; one chief, and a first and second assistant engineers of the fire department; one or more collectors, one or more surveyors; one street commissioner and one assessor for each natural division of the city; one or more harbor masters; three trustees of schools for each school district; one or more health officers; one or more market clerks ; three inspectors of elections for each ward; and as many firemen, fire wardens, constables, police men, watchmen, sealers of weights and measures, inspectors, measurers, weighers, gaugers, sextons or keepers of burial grounds; keepers and assistants of almshouses, workhouses, public buildings, hospitals and bridewell or house of correction; bellmen, common criers, scavengers, and such other officers and agents as the common council may, from time to time, direct and appoint.

§ 2. An election shall be held in each of the wards of said city on the first Tuesday in March in each year, at such place as the common council may appoint, and of which six days' previous public notice shall be given in written or printed notices, in three public places in each ward, by the city clerk.

§ 3. At the annual election there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, a mayor, marshal, treasurer, collector, surveyor, attorney, and chief and assistant engineers; and the person having the highest number of votes in the whole city for either of such offices, shall be declared elected. At the same time the electors in their respective wards shall vote for one alderman and one police constable; and the persons receiving the highest number of votes cast in the ward for such offices, respectively, shall be declared elected.

§ 4. There shall also be elected at such election, one street commissioner by the legal voters of the south division, being the first, second, third and fourth wards; one street commissioner by the legal voters of the west division, being the fifth and sixth wards; and one street commissioner by the legal voters of the north division, being the seventh, eighth and ninth wards of said city; and the person having the highest number of votes in each division, respectively, shall be declared elected.

§ 5. The officers elected by the people under this act, (except aldermen,) shall respectively hold their offices for

one year and until the election and qualification of their successors, respectively. All other officers mentioned in this act, (except aldermen and firemen,) and not otherwise specially provided for, shall be appointed by the cominon council by ballot, on the second Tuesday of March in each year, or as soon thereafter as may be, and respectively continue in office one year and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. But the council may specially authorize the appointment of watchmen by the mayor or marshal, to continue in office during the pleasure of the council: Provided, the mayor or marshal may be authorized by the council to remove for good cause. Officers elected or appointed to fill vacancies shall respectively hold for the unexpired term only, and until the election or appointment and qualification of their successors.

6. The several wards of the city shall be respectively Aldermen. represented in the common council by two aldermen, who shall be residents thereof, and hold their offices respectively for two years from and after their election, and until the election and qualification of their successors. They shall be divided into two classes, consisting of one alderman from each ward, so that one from each ward may be annually elected. The first class shall be elected at the annual election in March next, and be successors to the members of the present common council, whose offices expire at that time. The second class shall be elected one year thereafter, and succeed those members who are entitled to hold over one year after the next election. The members of each class, hereafter elected, shall respectively continue in office two years. If from any cause there shall not be a quorum of aldermen, the clerk shall appoint the time and places for holding a special election, and appoint inspectors thereof, if necessary. If any alderman remove from the ward represented by him, his office shall thereby become

vacant.

§ 7. If for any cause the officers herein named shall Failure to elect not be appointed on the second Tuesday in March, the com- cers." or appoint offimon council may adjourn from time to time, until such appointments are made. If there should be a failure by the people to elect any officer herein required to be elected, the common council may forthwith order a new election.

§ 8. Every person appointed to any office by the com- Removal from mon council, or elected to any office by the people, may be office. removed from such office by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen authorized by law to be elected. But no officer shall be removed except for cause, nor unless first furnished with the charges and heard in his defence, and the common council shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, when necessary for the purposes of such trial, and shall proceed, within ten

days, to hear and determine upon the merits of the case, and if such officer shall neglect to appear and answer to such charges, then the common council may declare the office vacant: Provided, this section shall not be deemed to apply to any officer appointed by the common council; such officer may be removed at any time by a vote of two-thirds as aforesaid, in the discretion of the council, but any officer may be suspended until the disposition of charges when preferred.

Vacancies. § 9. Whenever any vacancy shall happen by the death, removal, resignation or otherwise, of any officer elected by the people, such vacancy shall be filled by a new election, and the common council shall order such new election within ten days after the happening of such vacancy. Any vacancy occurring by the death, removal or resignation of any officer authorized to be appointed by the common council, may be filled by appointment of the council, but no special election shall be held to fill vacancies (except of mayor or aldermen) if more than six months of the term have expired.

Qualification

for office.

Tie.

Mode of con

tions.

Proviso.

§ 10. All citizens of the United States qualified to vote at any election held under this act shall be qualified to hold any office created by this act, but no person shall be eligible to any office or place under this or any other act in relation to said city, who is now or may hereafter be a defaulter to said city, or to the state of Illinois, or any county thereof; and any person shall be considered a defaulter who has refused or neglected, or may hereafter refuse or neglect, for thirty days after demand made, to account for and pay over to the party authorized to receive the same, any public money which may have come into his possession. And if any person holding any such office or place shall become a defaulter whilst in office, the office or place shall thereupon become vacant.

§ 11. When two or more candidates for an elective office shall have an equal number of votes for the same office, the election shall be determined by the casting of lots in the presence of the common council.

§ 12.

The manner of conducting and voting at elecducting elec- tions to be held under this act; and contesting the same, the keeping of the poll lists, canvassing of the votes and certifying the returns, shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as is now or may hereafter be provided by law at general state elections: Provided, the council shall have power to regulate elections. The voting shall be by ballot, and the inspectors of elections shall take the same oath and shall have the same power and authority as inspectors of general elections. After the closing of the polls the ballots shall be counted in the manner required by law, and the returns shall be returned, sealed, to the city clerk, within three days after the election, and thereupon the common council shall

meet and canvass the same, and declare the result of the election. It shall be the duty of the clerk to notify all persons elected or appointed to office of their election or appointment, and unless such persons shall respectively quasify within ten days thereafter the offices shall become vacant.

§ 13. No person shall be entitled to vote at any elec- Qualification of tion under this act who is not entitled to vote at state elec- voters. tions and has not been a resident of said city at least six months next preceding the election; he shall moreover have been an actual resident of the ward in which he votes for ten days previous to the election, and if required by any person qualified to vote thereat, shall take the following oath before he is permitted to vote: Provided, that the voter shall be deemed a resident of the ward in which he is accustomed to lodge: "I swear, (or affirm) that I am of the age of twenty-one years, that I am a citizen of the United States, (or was a resident of this state at the time of the adoption of the constitution,) and have been a resident of this state one year, and a resident of this city six months immediately preceding this election, and am now, and have been for ten days last past, a resident of this ward, and have not voted at this election."

Exemption from

§ 14. The persons entitled to vote at any election held under this act, shall not be arrested on civil process within arrest. said city on the day on which said election is held, and all persons illegally voting at any election under this act shall be punishable according to the laws of this state.

CHAPTER III.-Powers and Duties of Officers.

§ 1. Every person chosen or appointed to an executive, Oath of office. judicial or administrative office under this act, shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in the constitution of this state, and file the same, duly certified by the officer before whom it was taken, with the clerk of the city.

Mayor.

§ 2. The mayor shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, in addition to the usual oath, swear or affirm that he will devote so much of his time to the duties of his office as an efficient and faithful discharge thereof may require. He shall preside over the meetings of the common His duties. council, and take care that the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city are duly enforced,. respected and observed, and that all other executive officers of the city discharge their respective duties. He shall from time to time give the common council such information, and recommend such measures, as he may deem advantageous to the city. He shall have a salary of twelve hundred dollars per an- Salary. num; and he may give bond and qualify as a justice of the peace, and when qualified shall possess the same pow