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-*» i,*,'Wfijim- :-'rrrtf •. 'r ' v THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY,.JUNE 24, 1911. THE TEXT OF THE CHARTER IN FULL Continuad from Pago Two. to promptly, effectively and economically discharge the duttea of aald de partment. BBC. It. No department shall pay out, or contract to pay out. In any year,- any sum fn excess of the appro priations allotted to said department during said year. SEC. >6. An artisans and mechanics employed by the city shall be re quired to work eight hours a day; they shall not be required-to work more than that time: Provl' ided this section shall not apply to the department of • public safety and. lights, nor to em- Hours of Labor. ployees edgaged In clerical work. Pro vided, further. In esse of emergency an employee subject to this provision may be required to do more work but shall be paid for such extra hours at the rate of one and one-ha)f time the rate for regular hours. Nothing herein’ contained shall be construed to prevent the commissioner of public safety and lights from continuing the . present hours of service. - ,, SEC. *7. The commission shall each month cause copies of the detailed statements of receipts and disbursements of said city, of die In the office of the clerk, to be furnished the press Publicity For Reports on Receipts of- said city. Quarterly statements and Expenditures. showing In detail the receipts and dis bursements shall be published In the 'paper carrying the city advertisements. c CITY OFFICERS. BEC. 38. An expert accountant shall be biennially selected by the com mission He shall semi-annually audit the books and accounts of. the city; the result of said examinations to be Expert 8hall Audit Semi- filed In the office of the clerk of-said Annually. city, and to be open, tot the Inspection of the public. His compensation shall be fixed by the commission and paid by the city. BEC 19. A 1 comptroller for the city of Atlanta shall, be elected by a majority vote of the registered voters of the city. The first election- shall take place at the regular election In December. 1911, and each foijr years thereafter. la the event of a vacancy Comptroller To Be Elected By People, In such office, the commissioners shall select a successor who shall hold until the next regular election, when a suc cessor shall be elected for the unexplred term. He shall also be subject to the recall provisions of this act. He Comptroller’s Salary $3,800. shall give bond In the sum of 150,00ft _ He shall receive an annual salary of $1,800, payable monthly. * BEC. 80. The commissioners shall elect a city paymaster, at a reason able salary, whose duty It shall be to discharge the pay rolls of each de partment of the city at-stated Intervals. Copies of pay rolls In each de partment shall be furnished him and be kept of file In his office. The money shall be furnished him, upon 8hall Name a City Paymaster, proper voucher. He shall Investigate the pay rolls and ascertain that the persons named thereon exist, and have worked at the wages designated for the time stated. He shall take receipts from the employees, showing the number of days and parts of days of service performed, the wages re ceived, and street address. These vouchers shall be nt once returned by him to and remain of file In the department of public affairs and finance. He shall give bond In a gum to be fixed by the commission. BBC. 4i, The commission shall elect a city clerk who shall attend each session, keep correct minutes'of aald meetings, and a book In which all or dinances, resolutions and measures Dutias of the City Clark. shall be correctly copied, and which ‘shall be open to the Inspection of the public. He shall keep such books and documents as will properly disclose all petitions and matters to be acted upon by the commission. All appli cations and communications of every kind and character to be acted upon by the commission shall be filed with him. He shall keep such other books and records and discharge such other duties as may be required by. the commission. BEC. 48. The commission shall elect a recorder, who shall try and dis pose of all cases brought to hla attention and who shall have authority to Impose penalties for the violations of such ordlnancts as are now of force or may be hereafter enacted, which aald penalties shall not exceed a fine of $500. nor Imprisonment for more than 80 days, either or both. In the discre tion of said recorder. He ahall take an oath to discharge faithfully and Im partially the duties of hla nfflea. .The commtssloh shall-have the right. In tho evunt of n vacancy, absence hr dis ability of the recorder, to designate'any di$y qualified elector of sold city to temporarily preside and discharge the duties of aald recorder. Other dutlee may hr Imposed upon said recorder by the,commission. His.salary and term of office shall*e fixed by the commission; Hla removal shal| -occur only by a majority votfj: of the Comh|lsalon.- , BEC. 48. The cnmralMlfh shall elect a city engineer, marshal, treasurer and attorney, and prescribe The eom- Other City Officers. pensatlon and duties of each office. Issloa shall have the right-to create such other of- >>0 T fW« rhorse of me pabHr bualneltf the incumbent and fix the salary there- May Create Other Offices. for. 8uch office may be declared va cant at anytljne by a majority vote of the commission, In which event a successor shall-be at ’orice elected by aald commission, unless the office la abolished. FRANCHISES. x SEC. 45. Every applicant for a now pahllp franchise, or for changes, alterations or additions In exlatlng franchises, to go upon, along, thru, over or under any of the streets of said city, shall file aald application, contain ing the terms and stipulations desired. In the office of the clerk of aald city, which application ahall be published Immediately after filing, at the expense of said applicant, In the newspaper In 15 Par cant of Votars Can Call For said city then publishing the city tax Submission of Franchise to Psoplo. sales. Bald commission, after the lapse of one week from date of filing. If It favors the grant, shall frame Its terma and conditions, which shall then be published once a week for two weeks In said paper, and the commission ahall then have the power to grant the same. Bald grant shall not become operative for the period of one month after Its final pasMge, within which time, upon petition signed by fifteen per cent of the registered-voters at the list general municipal election, aald application and grant shall be submit ted to the duly qqallfled electors of sshl city, |n the way and manner pre scribed for holding general city elections, at which election the question shall be submitted to said electors whether Duties of the Recorder, BEC. 44. The cdrtlmlsap fleas as pmy.be necessary >jh Expsnset of Election Boms by Applicant. they approve or disapprove of said L In the event a majority of the grant. registered voters shall disapprove said grant. It ahall then become null ami void; the expense of aald election to be borne by the applicant. This section ahall not apply to switch connec tions or privileges between street or steam railways and the owners or users of any Industrial plant, which,when granted by the commission, shall at once become operative. Nor ahaU It apply to water, sewer, light or heat connections. EXPENDITURES. v . . BEC. 48. Immediately after the 1st of January and the lat of June In - each year ths-commlaetonera ahall meet and prepare a budget. Each com missioner shall present. In writing, bis Itemised estimate of the money need ed In hla department. The antlrl- ■ All Budgets Shall Be Filed. paled Income of the city ahall be then divided, ao far oa la legal and prartl- cable, between the different departments by vole of the commission. Bhould the money allotted any department be less than that requested, the com missioner shall, within two weeks thereafter, revise hla estimate and ap portion the money ao allotted him among such of the Items of hla first estimate as he may deem wise and prudent. No money ahall be spent by him upon anything which la not Included In bath the original estimate sub mitted to tbs board and hla second estimate, unk-ss authorized by the com mission. Both the first and second estimate shall bo filed In the clerk's ofilrc, subject to tbs Inspection of the public, and copies thereof shall be fur nished the press; In order that the pub. Second Eatimatsa Shall Be Filed, lie may know upon what Items the money allotted aald department la to be spent, and tbs commissioner’* estimate of the cost of each Item. TAXES. BEC. 4T. Any taxpayer dissatisfied with hla aasaeatment may, within twenty days after hla return Is made, file a petition addressed to the de partment of public affairs and finance, specifying tha ground* of his objec tion, and It ahall then be the duty of- Taxpayer Mey Object to Hie said department to re-examine the as- ' Assessment. aessment. It th* assessment I* af firmed, the taxpayer shall have tha right within live day* thereafter to appoint an arbitrator, giving hla name In writing to tha department. The commissioner of the department ahall have th# right within five day* thereafter to appoint an arbitrator. Th* two lira wKIlin live days, and if unable to agree, any Judge of the . Provision For Arbitration. shall select a thli _ _ superior court -of Fulton county shall anpolnt tbo umpire. The board thus constituted ahall Investigate tha -mat ter and make a report either affirming the assessment, reducing or raising It This report may be made by a majority of the board, and ahall b* final. Upon aald hearing before the board both the taxpayer and the city ahall bav* tha right to compel the production of any pertinent document*, by • notice to produce or aubpena duces tecum. Th* trial herein provided fdr shall take place within five days after the selection or appointment of the umpire, unleae postponed for Providential Any taxpayer In said city ahall have the right to file written objections to th* tax return or assessment of any other taxpayer In said city; there upon It shall be th* duty of aald da- Any Taxpayer May Object to Any partment to re-examine tbs taxpayer’s Assessment. returns or assessments to which ob jections have been lodged. Upon aald re-examination the return or assessment shall be affirmed, reduced or raised, and the action of the department shall be final and without appeal ■ovlded There is Only One “Bromo Quinine 99 •That is Laxative Bromo Quinine USED THE WORLD OVER TO DURE A COW ItI ORE OXV. Always remember the full name. Look for this signature on every box. 26c. Ddwdenlilhia. WATER “The Greatest of All Natural Mineral Waters” For Over Thirty-five Years We H . ve Tr..i.d ah Deformities of Limbs, Joints of Feet result ing from Paralysis. WE TREAT AND CURE Club Feet, Diseases of Spine, Hip Joints, Piles, Fistula, Hernia, Rheumatism, etc. Writo today for our illustrated literature, 72 S. Pryor Si., Atlanta, Ga. NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED 1874 or legality of such claims as now provided for by law Is hereby preserved. , PUBLIC CONTRACTS. SEC..50. All.calls for bids for contracts for labor, supplies or materials to be furnished said city, or for work to be done In the Interest of said city, which shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars In amount, shall be ad vertised by the department In which Advertise For Bid* in Exeats said work, labor,'supplies nr materials of $500, properly belong. In the newspaper car rying the city advertisements, once a week for not less than two weeks, and aald contracts shall be awarded to the lowest and bAH bidder.-unless nil bids are rejected. Thla section shair not Abridge tho power of the city to do any work by Its own employee! whenever the same can ba done more effectively or economically In tho Judgment of the department.doing .the work. BOND ISSUES. SEC. 61. All proposed bond Issues shall be submitted to the people for approval,-ab now provided by law. CLAIMS AGAIN8T CITY. . SEC. tt. No suit for ifimages to person or property shall be Instituted In any court of la»- until after a claim therefor has remained of file In the office of the city clerk for at least thirty days. Unfavorable action upon said claim by the commission shall In no wise affect the claimant'# rights. INITIATIVE. SEC. 58. Any measure, resolution or ordinance which shall be favored by a petition signed by one-fourth of the registered voters, shall be submitted for adoption to the people at an election to be called therefor within thirty days, unless a regular municipal elec- 25 t**r Cent, of Voter* May Call tlon la to be held within ninety day*. > . . .ifelectioil. In which event It shall be submitted at such regular election. If, at said elec tion. sjlri measure, resolution or ordinance receives a majority of the votes cast. It shqll become operative, and ran not be thereafter repealed, except by an election similarly called. - .The signatures, authentication. Inspection, certification ,and submission shall be as provided for In section 55 of Ibis act. Any number of measures. resolutions or ordinances may be voted Not Mors Thsn One Spaelal Elec- upon at one election. But there ahall tlon In Any One Period of 6 Mos. not be called for this purpose and under ’ , ■ > ; this suction, more than one special elec tion trftHIn dny one. period of six months. If mure than ore measure, resolution or ordinance be submitted they ahall be separately voted upon. ' REFERENDUM. . i SEC. 54. The commission ahall be authorised tp submit to the duly quail, fled electors, at'anV regular election, any measure, resolution or ordinance which they may dram proper, and In tha event a majority of the vote* , cast Is for such measure, resolution or May 8ubmit Questions to th* ordinance, the tame shall be adopted, Pe, pit. and If the majority la against aald measure, resolution or ordinance, the tame shall be defeatod, and eball not be thereafter adopted by aald commis sion until resubmitted to the duly qualified electors. If adopted, euch meat, ure. resolution or ordinance can only be repealed by a majority vote of tbe duly qualified voters at a regular or specially called municipal election. RECALL. SEC. 86. Any commissioner shall be subject to removal during his term of office. In th# following manner: Whenever one-fourth In number of tho quallflod registered voters, as. disclosed by the registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal regie- 25 Per Cent of Voters May Re- tratlon. shall so request. In a petition quire Recall Election. filed In the office of the clerk of aald city, an election shall be called. Bald petition ahall show In general, terms the ground* upon which a recall la sought and each signer shall stats hi* residence, giving the street and num ber. The petition may be In duplicates, but tho voter can sign but once. Bhould the cominlasioher resign, no election shall b* had, and the re maining commissioners shall fill the vacancy. Bald petition shall be examined by th* clerk and the names thereon checked against the registration Hat within ten days from Its filing with him. If one-fourth of said registered electors have so petitioned, he shall thereupon so certify and the election shall take place not less than 3ft days nor more than 40 days thereafter. Such elections shall be hail and conducted under the rules and regulations then existing In reference to regular city elections. The commissioner whoso office shall he thui Involved may be a candidate to succeed himself. All opposing candidates shall be duly entered, and their name* placed upon the tickets to be submitted to the elector*. Th* person receiving a mnjorlty of the No Recall Within First Six votes cast at such election shall be au- Months. thorlsed to assume th* duties of sold office, after duly qualifying. Bueh elec tion khall be onlv for the unexplred term of the then Incumbent. No com missioner shall be subject to recall .within six months after qualifying. SUBMISSION OF ACT. SEC. 6«. Thla act shall be submitted to the registered voters of the city' of Atlanta at a special election Id be called by the regular authorities, and which election shall be held In the way, manner and be governed by the forms that now control regular city elections. It shall not be held within [ess than 3ft days from the date of the Special Election Shall B* Called. approval or thla gel, and not more than 4ft days from Its - approval. At said election but one question shall be submitted to said registered votars, that being whether they approve or disapprove of the act. If a majority of the votes cast at said election approves this act: It ahall become operative. If a majority of the votes east disapproves the act It shall not become opera tive. The form of the ballot shall be in substance, "For the commission char ter” and "Against the commission charter,” and the voter shall strike the word “fori', or “against” as he may desire. If th* act Is thus approved, the five commissioners and th* comptroller shell b* selected at the regular city election to be held In December, 1811, and the government herein provided for ahall assume control on January 1. *At the special election thus called for, no other question or. measure shall be aubmltted to the people, mjr ahall any primary of any party or or ganisation be held on said day. CONFLICTING LAWS. BEC. 67. All laws and parts of laws In conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Commlasioxar Under Fire May Run In Recall Election. An appeal shall lie, as above pro' for, In behalf of tha taxpayer whose return or assessment may be raised. BBC. It. Tbe tax rate, taxes aewssments for sewer, street, sidewalk or curbing as now exlatlng shall remain unaffected by this act. The method of collecting and legally restating such Tax Rata th* Sams. taxes, licensee, assessments, etc.„ ahall likewise remain unchanged, except as affected by thla act t . SEC.. 43. Except as otherwise provjded by thla act, all execution*, levies, notices, summonses, He., shall be served by the cHJr marshal, as bow required by law, and the collection of such executions, 11. fas.‘ and claims In favor of th* city for taxes. Handling of Executions, Etc. licenses, fees, assessments, etc., shall * be had and made In the fnannerliow provided for by law; and tbe right to contest by legal process the justness •' friiffllifrfV Chinawar* Factory. Macon. Oa., June 24.—Announcement wa* made yesterday afternoon by the Chamber of Commerce that a deal had been made whereby one of the largest rhlnaware factories In the United States will be removed here from Akron. Ohio, at an early date, and es tablished about four miles from the city. It will give employment to above 300 skilled operators and will have a monthly pay roll 6f more than I10JKH), Skating! You’ll like it. Artistic designs and su perior finish that make home attractive is tho char acteristic of our Pianos. CABLE PIANO CO., 84 N. Broad-st. TYNER’S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY FOR Constipation, Indigestion. Fullness aft er eating, ’ Heart Flutter, Heartburn. 50e bottle. at druu stores. SANTAL-MIDY 0) Relieves In 24 Hours @ Catarrh of the Bladder SANTAL-MIDY If you have automobile you an ever owned have had your pump troubles, and know what it means to have your radiator circulation go out of business. > Things happen to pump gears just for the sake of happening, it would seem. And then the fun of getting at your pump. Oh my! Oh my!! Maxwells, along with their many other virtues, never have any pump troubles, for they don’t have to have any pump. One of the foundation stones of the Maxwell Automobile bus iness, which used to be the Max- well-Briscoe Co., was the Briscoe Manufacturing Co., the pioneer in the manufacture of automobile radiators. Ben Briscoe, who built up this industry from -nothing, starting away back years ago with a hammer and a soldering pot, is now president of the United States Motor Co., the greatest in the world—with its thirty mil lions of capital. The Briscoe factory perfected the Maxwell radiator that has kept motors cool for years with out a pump. And when you meet a car on the road with a brass strip across the front of the radiator like this you may always remember that the owner of that car has never had trouble with his cooling system, because he has the radiator that circulates with out a pump. It is these common sense points that make the Maxwell so plain ly dependable, but produceable, at so reasonable a price. When you know more the Maxwell, you too will \r,, it as your car. about select United Motor Atlanta Co. 207 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Ga.