<​Duty of recorder​> Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of the recorder to make and keep accurate records of all ordinances made by the city council, and of all their proceedings in their corporate capacity; which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the electors of said , and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the ordinances of the city council, and shall serve as clerk of the municipal court.

<​Private property may be taken​> Sec. 21. When it shall be necessary to take private property for opening, widening, or altering any public street, lane, avenue or alley, the corporation shall make a just compensation therefor to the person whose property is so taken, and if the amount of such compensation cannot be agreed upon, the mayor shall cause the same to be ascertained by a jury of six disinterested freeholders of the .

<​Jurors to assess damages​> Sec. 22. All jurors empanneled to enquire into the amount of benefits or damages that shall happen to the owners of property so proposed to be taken, shall first be sworn to that effect, and shall return to the mayor their inquest in writing, signed by each juror.

<​In case of malconduct of mayor​> Sec. 23. In case the mayor shall at any time be guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or shall wilfully and corruptly be guilty of oppression, malconduct or partiality in the discharge of the duties of his office, he shall be liable to be indicted in the circuit court of , and on conviction he shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, and the court shall have power, on the recommendation of the jury, to add to the judgment of the court, that he be removed from office.

<​May establish a university​> <​Officers of university​> <​Powers​> <​Proviso​> <​Proviso​> Sec. 24. The city council may establish and organize an institution of learning within the limits of the for the teaching of the arts, sciences and learned professions, to be called the “University of the city of ,” which institution shall be under the control and management of a board of trustees, consisting of a chancellor, registrar, and twenty-three regents, which board shall thereafter be a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name of the “Chancellor and Regents of the University of the City of ,” and shall have full power to pass, ordain, establish, and execute all such laws and ordinances as they may consider necessary for the welfare and prosperity of said university, its officers and students: Provided, That the said laws and ordinances shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the or of this , and Provided, also, That the trustees shall at all times be appointed by the city council, and shall have all the powers and privileges for the advancement of the cause of education [p. 56]