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Page 8 - He may appoint such number of deputies as the common council shall direct and approve, who shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties as the marshal, and for whose official acts he shall be in all respects responsible...
Page 4 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States...
Page 63 - ... him to collect from the several persons named in said roll the several sums mentioned therein opposite...
Page 46 - Any person convicted under the provisions of the two preceding sections shall for the first offense be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court...
Page 59 - There shall be chosen in each county by the qualified electors thereof, a Judge of Probate, who shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and whose jurisdiction, powers and duties, shall be prescribed by law ; Provided, however, That the Legislature shall have power to abolish the office of Judge of Probate in any county, and to confer probate powers upon such inferior courts as may be established in said county.
Page 18 - All moneys collected for the use of the city shall be paid into the city treasury, and no moneys shall be paid from the treasury unless it shall have been previously appropriated by the common council to the purpose for which it shall be drawn.
Page 3 - ... previous notice by one of the petitioners, to meet at the time and place specified in the order of the commissioners aforesaid, or within five days thereafter, and after taking an oath, or affirmation faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their...
Page 12 - The Legislature at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to revise, reform, simplify, and abridge the rules and practice, pleadings, forms, and proceedings of the courts of record of this State, and to report thereon to the Legislature, subject to their adoption and modification from time to time.
Page 4 - Directors should not be made on any day when pursuant to this Act it ought to have been made, the said Corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall...
Page 16 - State, shall take the oath, give the bond, perform like duties, and receive the same pay and in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities, as is provided for the corresponding township officers, excepting as is otherwise provided in this act, or as may be provided by the ordinances of the common council.

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