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NEW charter to be _
SUBMITTED TO VOTERS.
(Continued from page two.)
jve( ] by each candidate, in case of
.. eC .;i: n for officers, and the number
I Votes for and against any and all
, motions or measures voted upon
ther elections, and shall in gem
...p terms declare the result in ac
, V,lance with the requirements of
... V a ct. in all elections, unless it is
. wise provided herein or by the
~-a! laws of the State of Georgia,
, ority of the votes cast shall de
inc the result for or against the
n or measures voted upon. Be
- she certificate of election, the
i, managers shall, in every elec
i ,•:■?ify two tally sheets and the
; roters furnished them, by the
, •< clerk to be used by them in
•. ] !he election and shall attach
, ‘died tally sheet to the certi
i election fiftd with the Clerk
h shall be safely kept by him
y ars. The other tally sheet,
with the certified voter. ’ list
sealed in a package and de
ny the managers to tile Ordin-'
n Bartow County, to be kept by
wo years, and unopened, un
ime is demanded in some lit-
Di- contest as evidence.
Contests, How Held?
i 26. Be it further enacted,
election contests shall be con
oid governed by tht?* law a
! in section S of the Act of
neral AsiswniWy, approved Au
, i creating anew charter
e Cify of Cartersvil’e, Georgia.
Vacancies, How Filled,
ou 27. Be it further enacted,
die office of Mayor or Alder-,
i come vacant, an election shall
id by the election managers, not
than fifteen nor later than
y days thereafter, hating due
i lor the provisions of the act
. registration of voters,
Registration of Voters.
,-c ioa 28. Be it further enacted,
on the third Wednesday in No
, i, 1917, and on the third Wed
y if November in every second
>i. : thereafter, the City Clerk shall
i the registration books for the
re-. ration of the qualified voters of
ri, city and shall keep the same open
I'm;. Seven o’clock a. m. until 12
o'clock M. and from 1 o’clock P. M.
i,mil i; o'clock P. M., Sundays and le
i-i didays excepted, until and in
cluding the 2d Wednesday thereafter,
w! ;i the books shall be closed. Dur
ing the period the books are open it
shall be the duty of the Clerk (or in
his absence from sickness or other
cause, such person as may be desig
nated by the Board of Aldermen as
lib deputy) upon application in person
of any male citizen, who is qualified to
vote fur members of the General As
sembly. and who has paid all taxes
legally imposed, except taxes for the
current year, and who on or before
the next succeeding election will be 21
'ears of age, and will have on or be
i tore said election, resided in the State
L Twelv. months and in the City Six
I months, to allow such person to regis
f rer his name, his age, color, occupa
r t ion, and his City residence, said
[ Clerk >hall not knowingly permit any
one to register who is not lawfully en
titled to do so and shall in ever case
before registering the applicant ad
minister to him the following oath:
You do solemnly swear that you are
a citizen of the United States, that you
have resided in Georgia for Twelve
month? and in the City of Cartersville
for Six months next preceding the ...
day of 191.. (here insert
date of next election determined
upon i; that you neither have nor
claim a residence or citizenship else
i where; that you are or will be on or
I by the .... day of 19...
(here insert date of election determin
ed upon) twenty-one years of age;
that you have paid all taxes legally
imposed upon you, except taxes for
the current year, that, you have made
all returns required of you by the Or
dinances of the City, So Help You
God.”
Voting List.
Station 29. Be it further enacted,
That those registered as prescribed in
•section 28, except such as may be, for
am reason, illegally registered, shall
constitute the voters, qualified to vote
in all City elections occurring after
the closing of the registration books
and prior to the first day of July, fol
lowing.
For all elections occurring on or af
!er the first day of July succeeding
the closing of the books as provided
in section 28, and until anew regular
'egistnation is had in conformity to
section 28, it shall be the duty of the
( lerk to open the registration books
for the registration of voters and close
ihe same so that three full days other
than Sundays, shall intervene between
the closing of the hooks and the day
of the election, and so that Seven full
ays besides Sundays and legal holi
''ays. shall intervene between the day
the books are opened and the day they
are dosed, both days counted. The
,o °k.- shall remain open during the
>anie hours as provided for the general
registration and the same oath shall
" taken and subscribed and the same
'! oali float ion for voters shall apply.
L erk Shall Furnish List of Voters,
nn. ■ Re it further enacted,
' it ir shall he the dirty of the Clerk
;0 prepare in duplicate and in alpha-
: B , !f ' a ' or der, a list of the names reg
,, ere * as soon as the same can he
P a,er the books are closed in ev
'''a'e and shall post one list in
Ran tttnspicuous place in the City
Toliver one to the election
a , ' ae-rS ’ under his hand and corpor
kent ? a - Z Said, list shall he
!he managers liefore them for
"hire lor ‘ (!urin S any and all elections
tWt-J'j ,ae same constitutes the au
suob u % ?Ong list under this act, for
rterm-H ancl 1,0 person shall he
apr.PT r * to vote whose name does not
dMv L™. saW Us*. It shall he the
ftpv e lection managers, after
to the % , to return th e voters* Ust
togeltipr er^ 4 ’v to *afely kept by him,
hinun the cW h HaM Ul>l,oßfe IH>Bted
Section 9 *! Votin 8 Prohibited.
That all further enacted,
“iectioVi '*‘ lsons v °f' n ? at anv Citv
not to vote
'hail he; ,?,, provisions of this act,
lPon C o nv ,'7 of a misdemeanor, and
ooniietjotj thereof ip t b? g t *te
Courts having jurisdiction shall he
liu .•? "r ribM b °is
® tat ® for ille gal voting.
Election Managers Shall Arrange Date
of Elections, How’
rITIT ? 2 ' He further enacted
That the election managers in culling
any all yfectioas shan LaS !iw
tfcgard for the provisions of this act
tor the registration of voters, so ar
i anging the dates, in every- case ns
to afford ample time for the registra
rs ot voters as provided, and shall
in every case, notify the Citv Cleik
immediately of the date of any elec
upon SHch datc is determined
Organization and Meeting of the
Board of Aldermen.
Section 33. Be it further enacted,
lhat the Board of Aldermen shall
meet and organize on the first Wed
nesday in January, next after their
election, and shall hold regular meet
ing? once a week, the time thereof to
he as now provided until changed by
ordinance. They may hold special
meetings from time to time, upon cal!
of the Mayor or the two Aldermen,
provided twelve hours’ notice is given
to all members, or is waived, which
in. either case shall be shown on the
minutes, and meetings may be ad
journed io a later day in the same
week, and all meetings shall be held
at the City Hall. Two members shall
constitute a quorum and all powers cf
government except as otherwise ex
pressly provided shall lodge in the
Board as an entity and not in apy one
or more of the individual members
The Board may adopt its own ndes
governing its proceedings .(but the
rules now in force fer governing tin
proceedings of the Board of Com in'. -
sioners shall remain*of force until
changed by resolution.) The Mayor
shall be the presiding officer cf the
Board, and shall have thoTig’.it to vote
in all questions and except as other
wise provided, the vote of two mem
bers Qf the Board shall !> necessary
io adopt or pass any measure or de
termine any question before the Board.
In cases of emergency involving - the
safety of the life, property, health or
peace of the community any member
of the Beard mm. call a special meet
ing of the Boaid without notice, in all
such cases, the urgency of the cause
should appear upon the minutes and
no other bumness shad be transacted.-
Ordinances for Franchises and Ex
penditure of $500.00 and More,
How Passed?
Section 34. Be it further enacted,
That every ordinance or resolution ap
propriating money for any purpose in
excess of $500.00, or providing for the
extension or improvement of any
street or sewer likely to cost exceed
ing $500.00 or the making or confirm
ing of any contract, or the granting of
any franchise for the use, by any per
son or corporation, of the streets or
other public property or utilities of
the City, or the granting of any fran
chise, or privilege, or contract to any
person or corporation to supply to the
City *or its inhabitants electricity,
water, gas, or other like privilege, or
providing for the purchase of any
property, real or personal, equipment
01 fixtures; (except in cases of- emer
gency) costing more than $500.00,
shall be passed and become effective
only in the following manner, to-wit:
All such ordinances shall be introduc
ed and acted upon at a regular meet
ing of the Board, must be placed upon
fhe minutes together with the votes,
for and against, showing how each
member of the Board voted, a copy of
the ordinance shall be posted at some
conspicuous place frequented by the
public in the City Hall and shall, if
otherwise valid, become effective after
remaining of record seven days, ex
cept in cases where a ]>etition is filed
as hereinafter provided for a referen
dum.
Provided, That the provisions of this
section shall not apply to resolutions
or ordinances providing for bond elec
tions, or the submission of any propo
sition or measure to the vote of the
people and shall not apply to ordin
ances for the raising or appropriation
of funds for any work, purchase, im
provement, or other purpose, which
has been made or brought about in
pursuance of an ordinance of resolu
tion previously passed therefor, in
compliance with the requirements of
this section, and shall not apply to
any resolution or ordinance adopted
for the carrying out of details or put
ting into effect of any plans, policies,
oi improvements provided for in a
previous resolution or ordinance pass
ed in accordance with this section.
Petition for Referendum.
Section 35. Be it further enacted.
That if within Seven days from the
recording and posting of any ordin
ance or resolution of the character
contemplated in section 34 a petition
addressed to the Board of Aldermen,
he filed with them or with the Clerk,
signed by 25 per cent of the citizens
registered to vote at the last general
election of officers, requesting a refer
endum of the ordinance or resolution,
the Clerk shall forthwith notify the
election managers who shall call an
election to be held not later than 20
days thereafter at which the resolu
tion or ordinance shall be voted upon.
The ballots shall contain a copy of
the measure to be voted upon, pre
ceded by the words, “For” and
“Against.” Those voting for the meas
ure shall erase the word. “Against* -
and those voting against it shall erase
the word, ‘‘For.” If the majority of
those registered to vote in the refer
endum election vote against the reso
lution or ordinance, it shall be defeat
ed; otherwise it shall beepme effec
tive.
It shall be the duty of the election
managers or if they fail, the Clerk, to
have published at least once In a news
paper published in the City the day
und purpose of the election together
with a copy of the resolution or ordin
ance to be voted upon.
Provided. That no election shall he
held under this section, if prior to the
date therof, the Board of Aldermen
reconsider and iei>eal the ordinance or
resolution in question.
Initiative, How Exercises.
Section 36. Be it further enacted.
That it shall be the right of any citi
zen of the City to submit to the Board
of Aldermen in proper form, for pas
sage, any ordinance or resolution af
fecting the public interests of the City
for enactment, and if the same be
signed or approved in writing hv 25
pef cepj of those registered to vote at
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS. SEPT 6, 1917
the last preceding general election for
officers, it shall Ih> the duty of the
Board to pass upon such ordinance or
resolution not later than the second
regular meeting thereafter, and if it
fail of passage, the petition shall be
transmitted by the Clerk to the elec
tion managers within two days there
after, and it shall be the duty of the
managers to call an election not later
than 20 days after receipt of the peti
tion, under the same terms and regula
tions as prescribed in section 35. if
the majority of these registered to
vote in said election, votes for the
measure, it shall be the duty of the
Board of Aldermen to pass the same
al its next regular meeting after the
election.
Recall of Officers.
Section. 37. Be it further enacted.
That any one or more members of the
Board of Aldermen may be removed
from office in the following manner:
A petition shall be filed with the elec
tion managers containing the signa
tures of not less than 25 pet cent of
the whole number of those registerel
to vote at the general election for of
ficers next preceding, calling for an
election for the recall of the member
or "members of the Board therein
named. All signatures must be per
sonal or by mark, and witnessed, and
the petition shall lie accompanied with
an affidavit by ome signer who
knows the facts. Tent the signatures
are all genuine and those made bv
mark were placed there at the request
and in ibp •presence of such signor,
and shall contain a general sta f ement
■ f the general grounds tmon which the
recall is sought, the truth o? -whi -h
shall be supported by the affidavit,
upon information and belief, of one or
more of the sig-ers, attache I to the
petition. Within five day - after the j
filing cf nob petition, excluding Sun :
days, the election managers shall com
pare the names appearing on the peti
tion with the said registration book to
determine if the petition contains the !
requisite ?“ per cent of such register- j
ed names If it be found that the peti- j
tion dee no 1 contain the requisite j
number of such names It shall be re- j
turned within seven days, Sundays ex- i
cepted, to the person or persons from !
v. hotn received with a written state- !
meet of the number of names lacking,
within five days from its return, Sun
days excepted, the required number of
additional'names may be secured, and
the petition re-presented, together
with (he same affidavit prescribed for j
the original petition as to the signa- i
t ures.
If after again comparing the peti
tion with the added names with the
registration book, it be found to con
tain trie requisite 25 per cent of those
registered, the election managers,
within 20 days from the last receipt of
the petition shall hold an election to
determine whether or not the member
or members of the Board in question
shall lie recalled.
If, after comparing the petition with
the added names, asi above stipulated,
with the registration hook, it he found
that it still lacks the required number
of registered names, it shall be return
ed to the person from who received
with a written statement of the fact,
v'ith the date of the return written
thereon, and no election shall he held;
and in this event, and in the event an
election is had failing to result in the
recall of the member or members of
the Board in question, no like petition
shall he received for the recall of any
member of the hoard within four
months from the date of the election
in the one case, and the last return of
the petition by the managers in the
other, and in no case shall a petition
be filed for the recall of any member
of the Board of Aldermen, who shall
not have been in service upon his or
their present term of office for four
months. The election managers -shall
as soon as> practicable after the date
of the election is determined upon,
cause to be published in a newspaper
published in the City, the time and
purpose of the election, with the name
of the member or members sought to
be recalled and the ground upon which
the recall is sought, and shall have the
names of all such members printed on
the ballot, each name being preceded
with, “For the recall of” and “Against
the recall of" and those voting for the
recall of any member shall erase the
word, “Against” and those voting
against such recall shall erase the
word, “For.” If the majority of there
registered for the recall election, vote
for the recall of any member or mem
bers of the Board, he or they shall
vacate office as soon as his or - their
successor or successors are elected
and qualified.
Recall Goes Into Effect, When?
Section 38. Be it further enacted,
That no ordinance or resolution or act
ot the Board of Aldermen, except the
ordinary current affairs of the City,
passed by the Board during the en
eumber.cy of a member or members
after being recalled as in the next
preceding section provided, shall be
binding upon the Board as constituted
after the successor or successors of
the recalled member or members are
qualified, unless such resolution or or
dinance is enacted by a majority vote
of the Board, exclusive of anv recalled
member, provided the Board as con
stituted after the recall goes into ef
fect repeal the same within ten daj s
after the qualification of such succes
sor or successors of the recalled mem
ber or members.
Election to Fill Vacancies Caused by
Recall.
Section 39. Be It further enacted,
That upon the recall of any member
or members of the Board of Aldei men
the election managers shall hold_ an
election as provided in section 2i 10
elect his or their successor or succes-
Ssors. Any qualified person complying
with this section may become a can
didate .for the office and the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes,
in case only oae such member is to
be elected, or the two receiving the
highest number of votes, in case two
are to be elected, or the three receiv
ing the highest number of votes m
case three are to be elected, shall be
declared elected. Tn such election no
new registration of voters , shal J
had. but only those registered for the
recall election and otherwise qualified
shall he qualified to vote in such elec
tion Every oerson desiring to become
a candidate in the election provided
(Continued op pa.?e six.)
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