| Show C F 35 A BILL PROVIDING FOR FOB THE classification incorporation AND government OF CITIES TERRITORY OF UTAH 1 twenty ninth session J jn 1 I a the council february 17 1890 mr 0 0 C richards introduced the following CITIES OF TUB THE FIRST CLASS be it enacted by the ow 06 vernor and legislative assembly of the territory altah of chapter 1 I section I 1 that all cities now existing existing in this territory and all cities hereafter incorporated or organized gani zed having or more inhabitants haW shall bd ba known as cities of the first class anti and all of the pro vicious of this ibis charier relating to cities of the first elms class are hereby made applicable to all cities having or more inhabitants now ex in this territory as well as to all such cities hereafter he incorporated or of organized and shall be so construed sec 2 all ail cities of the first class shall be divided into five municipal wards ards the boundaries of which shall be described by ordinance but the boundaries boundary boun darl of no municipal ward khall all he be changed within four months prior N bior to any municipal election such uch wards warde shall be as compact in furm form and equal in po population lation as may be each ward war shall an election precinct for municipal electious pr provided ovideA that when any ward snail contain five hundred legal voters the city council shall divide such ward vard lutu into two or more election precincts anti and make the pr pro cincis as c in form and equal in population as may be so that there hhall nob be more than five hundred voters in any oue cue procia ot t but no election precinct shall be maje out of parts of any two or more wards nor shall the boundaries of any sue one i election precinct be changed within two months prior to any run election there shall be but one polling place in each election precinct pree luct and but one ballot box used at any election therein and the voters shall vote in the precincts in which they reside sec 3 the government of all cities of the first class is hereby vested in a city council to be composed of a mayor who shall be a qualified voter in his city and fifteen councilmen three from each ward who ahall be qualified voters in their respective wards the ma mayors Y rs sh shall all be elected by the qualified if voters of their respective cities and the councilmen shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective wards and they shall hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified see sec 4 at the first municipal pal election hold held after the passage and approval of this act and at all subsequent elections held in all cities of the fiant class now existing in this territory and in all cities of the fl 1 I rec rat class clam which may hereafter be incorporated or organized there shall be elected the following named officers A mayor recorder record treasurer marshal abw and an assessor and collector who shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective cities and shall reside therein and fifteen councilmen and five justices of the peace and they shall hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified three of such councilmen and one justice of thy the peace shall be elected from each municipal ward by the qualified voters of their respective wards and shall reside therein I 1 in u case the immor recorder treasurer marshal or assessor and collector shall move hit hid residence resi deuce outside the corporate limits of his city or in case any councilman or justice of the peace shall move his residence outside of the municipal ward by and from which he was elected his office shall at once become vacant and shall be filled by the city council of any such city by appointment from the qualified electors of such city or ward in which the vacancy mccu occurs rs as the case cam may be e un until I 1 the next ensuing municipal election la in ease case the tie vacancy occurs in the a office of mayor recorder treasurer marshal ar or assessor and collector the successor shall be appointed from the qualified fled electors of the city and i a case the vacancy occurs in the office of councilman or justice of the peace the successor shall be appointed from the qualified electors of the municipal ward in which the vacancy occurs see sec 5 rhe me judicial power of all cities of the first class shall be vested in the justices of the peace of such cities said justices shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of ewes cases arising under or by reason of the violation of any ordinance or bylaw by law of said cities citie and sand shall have the same jurisdiction as re ore cinet justices of the peace in either civil or criminal cases the rules of practice and mode of proceeding in said Just justice iceal courts courtr shall be the same as are or may be prescribed by law for justices courts in civil or criminal cases the j jurisdiction u riad action of each of such j justices ufa shall be extensive coextensive co with the corporate limits of the city from all final judgments of said justices courts appeals shall be allowed to the district or other appellate courts provided 17 y law in the same manner and upon the same terms as provided by law jaw for appeals fro from justices injustices courts CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS chapter 11 II sec 1 that all cities now existing iu in this territory and all cities hereafter incorporated or organized having or more inhabitants anti and less than inhabitants shall be known as cities of the second ct class and all of the provisions of th this chapter relating to cities of th the e second elms class are hereby made applicable to all cities having or more inhabitants and less than inhabitants now existing in this territory as an well as to all such much cities hereafter incorporated or organized gani zed and shall be so construed sec 2 the city council of any city now existing in this territory and of any city hereafter incorporated are hereby authorized to appoint commissioners to take the census of suid said city before any municipal election for the purpose of ascertaining certa ining to which class clan any such efty city may belong and whenever the city council of any city of the second class have reason to believe that the population of such city has increased so that the city belongs to lo the first class it shall be the duty of the city council of such city to appoint such commissioners and cause such census to be taken verified and returned to them if from the verified returns of said commissioners it ft shall be abon u that any such city belongs to the first class clam it shall be the duty of the mayor of such city to certify to the Gover governor of the territory Terii ter tory attested by the seal of the city the number of inhabitants of such city and the governor shall declare by public proclamation that such city belongs to the first class clam anti and is subject to the provisions of this act relating to cities of that chat class clam sees tiec 3 the city council and officers 4 of such city shall continue in authority from x the date ol of buch proclamation until the city council and officers provided for cati cities of the first class are elected tor for such city and qualified at the first en duing euln in municipal uni cipal election after the proclamation of the governor that any city belongs to the flat first clas claa the qualified electors of suh such city shall vote fur the officers provided by law for cities of the first class see sec 4 all cities of the second class clam shall le be divided luto into five municipal wards the boundaries of which shall be pre prescribed bribed by ordinance but the boundaries of no municipal ward shall be changed within two months prior 19 any in municipal u election such wards shall be as compact in form and equal in population as may be and each ward shall constitute an election precinct for municipal election I provided that when any ward shail shall contain legal voters the city cout council icil shall divide such ward into two or more election precincts and make th precinct as compact in form and equal in population as may he be so that the there ahall not be more than voters in any one precinct but no election precinct shall be made out of parts of any two or more wards nor shall the boundaries of any such election pre be changed within one month prior were bior to ny municipal elee election tion there shall be but one polling place lace in each election prel precinct inet acx and but one ballot box used at any election therein ani and the voters shall vote in the precincts in which they reside a sec bee 6 8 the government of all odes cities of the second class clam is hereby vested in a city council to be eom composed of a mayor who shalli sh allibe be a qualified voter in his city and ten councilmen two from each ward who shall be qualified voters in their respective wards the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of ibe their respective cities and the councilmen shall be elected by the flad voters of their respective wards acif chef shall hald their offices office for mhd term berg of two beare anti anil until their successors are elected and qualified sec rec 6 at the first municipal oler election tion held after the passage and approval ot T this act aud and at allbut go sequent elections held in all cities of the second class now existing to in this territory anti and all cities of the second class chieh may hereafter be incorporated or organized there shall be elected the following named of officers floers amabor A mayor recorder treasurer reas marshal and an assessor and collector who shall be elected by th the e quail qualified fled voters of their respective cities and ahal reside therein and ten councilmen and fl five ve justices of the peace and they shall hold their offices for the term of two years y ears and nd until their successors are elected and qualified d two of such councilmen and une one justice of the peace shall be elected from each maui cipal ward by the qualified voters of thel cheit respective wards and shall reside therein in case the mayor recorder trea treasurer burer marshal or assessor sessor am and collector shall move hi his outside of the corporate limits of the city or in ease aas any n councilman or justice of the peace 8 shall hall move hn his residence outside of the municipal ward by and from which chieh he was elected his office shall at once become vacant anti and shall be filled by the oty counte coun oil ell of any such city by appointment from the qualified electors of such city or ward in which the vacancy occurs as the lease case may be until the next ensuing municipal election in case the vacancy occurs in the office of mayor recorder treasurer marshal ot or assessor and collector the successor shall be ap pointed from the qualified electors odthe of the city and aad in case the vacancy occurs I 1 ill the office of or justice of the peace the successor shall be appAu appointed ted from the quail qualified electors of the mu municipal ward im which the vacancy occurs dec 7 power of all cities of the second class shall behest be vested in the justices of the peace of such cities such justices shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of cases ar arising ishag u under or by violation of any ordinance or byla by ladof la bof paid fald clveland shall have the sarn sam jurisdiction as precinct justices of the peace in either civil pr or criminal cases the ru rules lesof of practice and mode of proceeding in said justices justic esP courts shall be the same game as are or may he be prescribed by law for justices courts in either civil or criminal cases the jurisdiction of each of said justices shall be extensive coextensive co oo with the corporate limits of the city aisom ill final judgments of said justices 2 courts court appeals shall be allowed to the district or other appellate courts provided by law in the sa saine manner oer and upon the same terms as provided by law for appeals frob justices courts ii CITIES OF TIKE THE THIRD CLASS CLAS chapter III 1 sec 1 that all cities now existing in this territory and all those hereafter incorporated having less jew than five thousand inhabitants shall be known as aa cities of the third CIa class aud all of the provisions of thi this Chapter chapter relating to cities citie a of the third class are hereby made applicable hato to all cities having less than fi five vp thousand inhabitants now existing in this territory as well as to ill all auch cities hereafter incorporated and shall be so conis construed trued sec 2 the city council of any city existing in th this territory and of any city hereafter incorporated afe hereby authorized to appoint commissioners to take the city before any mu election for the purpose of ascertaining to which class any such city may belong and whenever the city council of any city ot of the third thin class have reason to be lieve that the population of such ity elty has increased so mo that the city belongs to the second class it shall shaji be the duty of the city council of such city to appoint such commas siou ers ners and cause such census to be taken verified and returned to them if from the verified ed returns of said commissioners it shall be shown that any such city belongs to the second class clam it shall be the duty of the mayor of such city to certify to the governor of the territory attested b by the seal of the city the number of inhabitants of such city and the governor shall declare by public bublic proclamation that such city belongs belongs to the se second i cond class and is subject to the provisions of this adt act relating to cities of that class rec 8 3 the city council and officers of such city shall COUt continue iDue in authority from the datlof date of such until the city council and ofil officers cers provided for cities of the second class are elected for such city and qualified and the city coonc I 1 of such city shall after the date of such proclamation and at least four months prior to the first enkui ensuing ng municipal election there after divide the city into five municipal wards and prescribe the bou boundaries u thereof by ordinance such buch war 8 shall be as compact in form and equal in population as may and ea each c b ward shall constitute an election precinct for municipal elections I 1 provided that if any ward shall contain five hundred legal voters the city ciby council shall divide such ward into two or mure more election precincts and make the precincts as compact in form and equal in population as may be so that there shall shad not be more than five hundred bundred voters in iii any one pr precinct enet but no election precinct shall be made out of parts of any two or more wards nor shall the boundaries of any such election precinct be changed within two months prior to such municipal election there shall be but one polling place in each election precinct and and but butone one ballot box used at any election therein and the voters shall vote in the precincts in which they reside see sec 4 at the first ensuing municipal election after the proclamation by the governor that any city belongs to the second claw class the qualified elee electors tors of such city shall vote for the officers provided by liw law for cities of the second cites sec 6 5 1 whenever are more than five hundred legal voters in any any city of the third class the city wincil cour icil of such elty city shall divide the city into two or more election pre for municipal elections and make the precincts as compact in form and equal in as may be so that not more than five lau adred fd voters shall reside in one ejection precinct buethe but the boun boundaries dartes of no such election precinct shall be changed within one month prior to any municipal election there be but one polling place in each |
