1907. and to change by increase or by limitation the powers and duties of the municipality and of its officers, to the same extent that such powers and duties could be changed, extended or limited by Act of the Legislature; the only limitation upon such power being that the municipality shall not acquire any rights other than those properly pertaining to local municipal governments. The generai election laws of the State of Florida shall apply to all elections, general or special, held in the said city of Gainesville, and the Clerk of the City Council shall make out and publish in a newspaper at least five days preceding any general election a list of the qualified voters of said city. Sec. 5. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act, and all amendments heretofore adopted to this charter, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 20, 1907. CHAPTER 5807-(No. 212). AN ACT Amending the Title of an Act Entitled An Act Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the title of the above act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: An act amending Sections 1, 2, 4 and 8, of an act entitled an act extending and enlarging the territorial limits and the powers of the city of Gainesville, a municipal corporation organized and existing in Alachua County, Florida, and providing for the exercise of those powers, the same being Chapter 5497, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1905. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 27, 1907. 1907. CHAPTER 5808-(No. 213). AN ACT to Organize a Municipal Government for the Town of Greenville, and to Provide for its Government? Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: ARTICLE I. boundaries. Section 1. That a municipality to be called the town of Territorial Greenville is hereby established in Madison County, Florida, the territorial area of which shall be as follows: Beginning at the center of Section 21, thence running east for a quarter of a mile; thence running south one-half of a mile; thence running west one-quarter of a mile; thence running south one-quarter of a mile; thence running west one-quarter of a mile; thence running south one-quarter of a mile; thence running west to the Greenville Southern Railroad; thence running north along said railroad to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter Section 20; thence running east one mile; thence running south one-quarter of a mile to the point of beginning, the same being in Township 1 north, Range 7 east. rights, etc. Sec. 2. That said corporation shall have perpetual suc- Succession, cession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may purchase, lease, receive and hold property, real and personal, within said town; and may sell, lease and otherwise dispose of the same for the benefit of the town; and may purchase, lease, receive and hold property, real and personal, beyond the limits of the town, to be used for the burial of the dead, for the erection of waterworks, for 26-G. L. Ibid. 1907. the establishment of poorhouses, pesthouses, and houses of detention and correction, for public parks and promenades, and for any other public purpose that the Mayor and Town Council may deem necessary or proper, and may sell, lease, or othewise dispose of such property for the benefit of the town, to the same extent as natural persons may. Said town shall have and use a common seal which may be changed at pleasure. All public roads and streets that are now being used as public thoroughfares and highways for said town shall remain the same as they now are, with the privilege of extension as the ordinance of the Town Council may deem proper. Corporate authority. Term, election and of Mayor. Sec. 3. That the corporate authority of the town shall be vested in a Mayor, Town Council, Clerk, Clerk and Collector of Taxes (one person), Treasurer and Assessor of Taxes (one person), Marshal, and such other officers as may be appointed or elected in pursuance of law. No person shall be eligible to any of said offices, save and except the office of Marshal, who may not be a citizen of the State of Florida, and who may not be a resident and legal voter of the town. ARTICLE II. Sec. 1. That the Mayor shall be elected for the term of qualification one year, and shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified by the qualified electors of the town at large. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance, but shall not be changed during his term of office. Jurisdiction, duties and powers of Mayor. Sec. 2.The Mayor shall have jurisdiction for the trial of all offenses against the town ordinances; to see that the ordinances of the town are faithfully executed; to have power by his warrant to have brought before him any person or persons charged with the violation of the town ordinances; to require the attendance of witnesses for the town and the defendant; to administer oaths; to take af fidavits; to inquire into the truth or falsity of all charges; to decide upon the guilt or innocence of the accused and to fix by his sentence the penalty and to see that the same is enforced as by law or ordinance may be prescribed; to pardon and release persons convicted by him, and to have and exercise all the powers incident and usual to the due enforcement of his jurisdiction. He shall keep a record and minutes of his official acts, and may require the Town Clerk and Treasurer to make and preserve this record from his minutes. When in his opinion the public good requires he may appoint and discharge special policemen and detectives. 1907. Powers of Mayor. Sec. 3. That the Mayor shall have power to bid in or have bid in property for the town at all tax sales and judicial sales, and sales under process of law, when the town is a party; to make pro tempore appointments to fill vacancies caused by sickness, death or disability of any town officer for misconduct in office or negligent of duty, reporting his action with his reason therefor in writing at the next regular meeting of the Town Council for its approval or rejection; but he shall not have power Exception. to suspend members of the Town Council or fill vacancies in membership of the same. meetings. Sec. 4. The Mayor shall call special meetings of the Special Town Council and when called he shall state the object for which called, and the business of such meeting shall be confined to the object stated. Mayor. Sec. 5. The Mayor shall have general supervision over Duties of all town officers, but not over members of the Town Council, and may examine into the condition of their offices, the books, papers and records therein, and the manner of conducting their official business; and he shall report to the Town Council all violations or neglect of duty on the part of any town official that may come to his knowledge. ordinances Sec. 6. That every ordinance passed by the Town Coun- Approval of cil, becoming a law, shall be presented to the Mayor, if he by Mayor. approves the same he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it with his objections in writing to the next regular meeting of the Town Council for its consideration, and if the Town Council shall pass the ordinance by a twothirds vote of the members present, it shall become a law. He may veto any part of an ordinance and approve the residue. If he shall fail to return any ordinance at or before the next meeting after its passage he shall be deemed to have approved the same, and it shall become a law without further action. Sec. 7. The Mayor shall communicate from time to time Duties of to the Town Council such information and recommend Mayor. 1907. Impeachment of Mayor. In case of death or absence of Mayor. such measures, as may tend to the interest of the town, and shall report violations and neglect of duty on the part of any town officer that shall come to his knowledge; and he shall take care that all the laws and ordinances of the town are duly respected and observed, and shall perform such other duties as the ordinances of the Town Council shall require of him. Sec. 8. The Mayor shall be impeached by the Town Council for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, for drunkenness, habitual intoxication, or gross immorality; and two-thirds of the members of the Town Council may remove him from office. Should charges at any time be preferred against the Mayor the Town Coun. cil shall proceed without any unnecessary delay to investigate and decide them. Sec. 9. That in case of death or absence of the Mayor from the town, or his inability from sickness or from any other cause, to discharge the duties of Mayor, the president of the Town Council shall discharge the duties of Mayor pro tempore, or until the office of Mayor shall be filled by law in the manner that shall be provided by ordi nance. Terms of members of Council. ARTICLE III. Sec. 1. That the Town Council shall be composed of five Councilmen who shall be elected for a term of two years by the qualified voters of the town. At the first election under this charter, three Councilmen shall be elected for two years and two for one year. The three receiving the highest number of votes at said election shall hold for the long term, and the two receiving the next highest number of votes at said election shall hold for the short term. The term of office of any member of the Town Council shall expire at the end of the term for which he is elected. The members shall elect one of their number to be president of the Town Council, and he shall have power to enforce such rules as may be adopted by the board for its own government, and in the absence of the president the members may choose or elect one of their number president pro tempore. Sec. 2. The Town Council shall judge of the qualifica |