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presentation and auditing of an account wlien said tax shall have been 

 collected. 



Sec 47. That no salary of any officer to be elected according to tho 

 provisions of this act, shall be increased by any act or ordinance to take 

 effect during the term for which such officer shall have been elected, un- 

 less such act or ordinance shall have been proposed at a stated meeting 

 of Councils, and passed at the next or a subsequent stated meeting; and 

 in all cases where the salary of any officer shall not be fixed by law, it 

 shall be fixed by ordinance of the City Councils. 



Sec. 48. That if any person elected to any office herein provided, shall 

 refuse to take upon himself the duties of such office, he shall forfeit and 

 pay the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recoverable before any Alder- 

 man and paid into the treasury of said city, unless the same be remitted 

 by the city Councils, who are authorized upon sufficient cause shown, by 

 joint resolution, to remit fines and penalties imposed on persons by 

 virtue of the laws and ordinances of said city; and no person shall be 

 incapacitated from being a judge, juror or witness, in any suit for or 

 against the said city, in consequence of such person being a citizen or 

 officer of the said city. 



Sec. 49. That all persons now holding offices under the present charter 

 shall hold their offices as they now may, or can do by law, until the offi- 

 cers provided for in this act are duly elected and qualified under the 

 provisions of the same. 



Sec. 50. That this act and the powers and authorities herein vested in 

 the said city, shall not be impaired, affected, defeated or destroyed by 

 any neglect or omission to appoint all or any of its officers at the time 

 or times allotted for the same, and in case of any such neglect or omis- 

 sion, the Mayor of the said city shall forthwith take all necessary meas- 

 ures to cure and supply such defects and omissions, giving due notice 

 thereof. 



Sec. 51. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are 

 hereby repealed : Provided^ That the repeal of said acts shall not affect 

 any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or established, or any 

 suit or proceeding had, or commenced, in any civil case before the time 

 of the repeal; and no offence committed, and no penalty or forfeiture in- 

 curred under the acts hereby repealed, shall be affected by the repeal; 

 and no suit or prosecution pending at the time of repeal for any offence 

 committed, or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture incurred 

 under the acts hereby repealed, shall be affected by such repeal: And 

 provided further, That the ordinances now in force in said city shall con- 

 tinue in force, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, until 



47. Ibid., Sec. 34. 49. Ibid., Sec. 3G. 51. Ibid., Soc. 38. 



48. Ibid., Sec. 35. 50. Ibid., Sec. 37. 



