and required to issue Subpoenas and such other Process as may be necessary to secure the attendance at such Trial of all persons whose testimony may be required by either party, in the same manner as is provided in other cases of proceedings before Justices of the Peace. The said Aldermen shall meet at the time and place apointed for the trial of said Contest as aforesaid, and after hearing and examining the evidence offered by both parties, they shall decide which of the said Candidates shall have been duly elected, and shall certify the same to the Recorder, who shall thereupon make out and deliver to the successful party a certificate of his election as hereinbefore provided. The said Aldermen shall enter judgment against the unsuccessful party. Either party may appeal from the decision of said Aldermen to the municipal Court as in other Cases, and the decision of said Court shall be final. And the unsuccessful Party shall pay all Costs incurred before either or both of said Courts, as the Case may be.
Sec. 17. There shall be allowed out of the City Treasury to the several Judges and Clerks of election, such compensation, not exceeding two Dollars per day, as the City Council shall deem proper to allow; they shall also allow to the Clerks of election such compensation as they may deem just, for any stationary such Clerk may have furnished for the purposes of election.
Sec. 18. If any Judge of the election, or clerk, or any other officer or person, in any manner concerned in conducting the election, shall wilfully neglect, improperly delay, or refuse to perform any of the duties required by this Ordinance, after having undertaken to perform such duties, he shall, on conviction thereof before the Mayor or municipal Court, be fined in any sum not exceeding One hundred Dollars; and if any such Judge of the election, Clerk, or other officer or person, in any wise concerned in conducting the election, shall knowingly admit any person to [p. 139]