The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 444
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tion of this act, who shall be, during such time, entitled to receive
all the emoluments annexed to the said office of mayor; and while
the recorder shall perform the functions of mayor, the city council,
if in session, shall elect a president, pro tempore, in the manner
herein before directed, and as often as any vacancy may happen
in the city council, it shall be lawful for the person performing
the functions of mayor, to direct an election in the ward to
supply such vacancy in which the same may happen, for the time
for which the member whose death, resignation or incapacity to
serve, caused such vacancy, would have been entitled to serve,
which election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as
is herein before directed, for the annual elections of the several
wards.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the council shall give at
least ten days notice of all elections, and they shall be held, certified
and returned in the manner prescribed by the seventh section
of this act.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted. That the Treasurer for the said
city corporation shall be elected by the board of aldermen, in the
same manner as provided for the election of recorder, and shall
give bond in favor of the mayor and his successors in office, in such
amount as may be required by the council, and with sufficient securities,
conditioned on the faithful discharge of his duties; it shall
be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all monies belonging to.
said corporation and make all payments of the same; to keep regular
accounts of their real and personal property; to collect the
rents, dues and demands belonging thereto, once in every year, at
such time as shall be directed by the said
mayor and city council,
to publish an account of the receipts and expenditures of the said
treasury, provided that no payment be made by the said treasurer
unless the same be authorised by a warrant drawn by the person
exercising the functions of mayor, in pursuance of an order of the
city council; And further provided, that the city council may enlarge
or diminish the amount of the bond from time to time, as
circumstances, and a proper attention to the revenues may require,
and they deem proper.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the mayor of the c'itv shall
have a seal, to be called the seal of the mavoralitv of the
said city, which shall be affixed to all proper official acts of the
corporation; he shall by and with the consent of the council. appoint
all measures, weights guagers, constables, wharfingers.
scavengers, and other officers and ministers, who shall be directed
by any ordinance of the said council; he shall have power to
license all taverns and boarding houses. hackney coaches or oth(
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/448/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .