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NUMBER XXXVII. ~,or, against any officer of the city, it shall be the duty of the
<br /> ayor to have the accused duly served with a copy of such charges,
<br /> RAILWAYS--STREET. td to set a day for trial of the same, and the council and all in-
<br />regulating the operation of street railways in the city of Paris.
<br /> irested parties shall be notified of the date of the trial, and the
<br /> It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons
<br />aris, to send or conduct any freight, passenger, ol ayor and aldermen shall constitute a court to try and determine
<br /> cases arising under this ordinauce, and the rules governing
<br />auy street railroad line, now being operated o: als for the removal of State officers in the State courts, shall
<br />operated in the city of Paris, unless such car shal
<br /> overn as far as pracfcable.
<br />,rses, mules, or such other animals as the.person SEc. 4' When charges a~'e preferred against the mayor of
<br />sociation of persons may see fit to employ, is city, they may be filed with either of the aldermen, whose duty
<br />t shall'be Unlawful for auy person, or persons, an~. :shall be to call the council together, and when assembled they
<br />ictor of any freight or other car, upon any stree ·
<br />~v¢ being operated, or which may hereafter be opl iall proceed to elect one of their number to preside for the pur-
<br /> . °se of said trial. The presiding officer so elected shall perform
<br />ty of Paris, to drive, run, or conduct said car, o~ ~'
<br /> ae duties of the mayor, and the trial shall proceed as provided in
<br />?f speed greater than ten miles per hour. ~ .
<br />.~ny person, or persons violating any of the provis ~,ct~on 3 of this ordinance.
<br /> .SEc. 5' The accused shall have the right to be heard in per-
<br />linance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upo
<br /> ~n and by counsel, and the corporation may be represented by
<br />eqf, shall be fined in any sum not more than twen mnsel.
<br /> SEc. 6. Upon the conclusion o'f the investigation and argu-
<br /> ent of the case, the vote shall be taken upon each charge and
<br /> NUMBER XXXVIII, pecificatlon by yeas and nays, and upon the final issue, the ques-
<br /> REMOVAL OF OFFICERS. ;on shall be, "shall the accused be removed from office?" and if
<br /> providing for the re,noval of city ofacers~ 'o-thirds of the members of the council elect vote for removal, it
<br />~. Any officer of this city may be tried by the ci all be the duty of the presiding officer to enter up the judgment
<br />moved from office for malfeasance, non-feasance, ~ the court in which he shall record the vote of each member of
<br />. office, or for a willful violation of any ordinance ~he court, upon the several charges and specifications, and shall
<br /> lncom etenc , corru ilO
<br /> habitual drunkenness, ' p Y P ' ~t!so include in said judgment an order, removing the accused from
<br />tabitual neglect of duty, or upon conviction o ~.~'.s office and declaring the same vacant. But if the vote is other-
<br /> .~:~ise, the accused shall be declared not guilty, and judgment en-
<br />Before any officer shall be removed from offi~red'accordingly. Provided it shall require two-thirds of the en-
<br />.~s sha!1 be preferred against him, and filed with t ~,~e council to constitute a quorum for the trial of such causes.
<br />n days notice given to the accused before the he The city council shall have power by resolution,
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<br /> i'ges: provided the accused is absent from the ci!~assed by two-thirds of the members of the council elect, for good
<br /> such notice ghall be made for twenty days in so¢~huSe,[ tO suspend any officer of the city from the discharge of his
<br />blished in the city. ~ties for any term not exceeding thirty days.
<br />Whenever charges are preferred and filed withI S~c. 8. The city council shall have power at any time to re-
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