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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A BOARD
OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
McHenry, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1. CREATED; COMPOSITION.
There is hereby created a Board of Police
Commissioners consisting of three members,
as provided by statute.
SECTION 2. APPOINTMENT; TERMS.
The Board of Police Commissioners shall be
appointed by the Mayor of the City, by and with
'I the consent of the City Council. The terms of
office of the members of the Board of Police
I'I Commissioners shall be three (3) years and
until their respective successor shall be appointed
j� and qualified; provided, that no such appointments
shall be made by any Mayor within thirty (30) days
(� before the expiration of his term of office; and
provided further, that the Mayor shall appoint the
first members of such Board, one of whom is
appointed to serve until the end of the current
municipal year in which such appointment is made,
another shall serve until the end of the municipal
jyear next ensuing, and the third shall serve until
the end of the municipal year second next ensuing;
provided, that each of the first members of the
Board shall serve until his successor is appointed
and qualified.
SECTION 3. QUALIFICATIONS; OATH; BOND; REMOVAL.
The members of the Board of Police Commissioners
shall have such qualifications as are now, or may
hereafter be, required of them by law. Each mem-
ber of the Board of Police Commissioners shall take
oath or affirmation of office and shall execute and
deliver to the City a bond in the sum of One Thousand
($1, 000. 00) Dollars with such sureties as the Mayor
and City Council shall approve, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of his office.
The members of the Board of Police Commissioners
shall be subject to removal from office in the same
manner as other officers of the City.
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SECTION 4. POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Board of Police Commissioners shall have
such powers and duties as are now, or as may
hereafter be, given to it by law.
SECTION 5. COMPENSATION OF SECRETARY AND MEMBERS
OF BOARD.
The secretary of the Board of Police Commissioners
shall serve without compensation for his services,
and the members of such Board shall serve without
compensation.
SECTION 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 7. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication according to law.
Passed and approved this 15th day of January, 1968.
Mayor 2-4
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Voting Aye: Bolger, Etten, Hromec, Huck, Jackson, Pitzen, Rogers,
Smith, Wegener.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
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