Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-29
AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY
CHARTER.


ter in the city, we sent to our cores
pendent at Jackson and he Forwarded
them. Some Of them are quite impor
tant, and should have been printed
here before the Board Of Mayor ant
Aldermen sent them to Jackson ant
requested that they be legalized.
One provides for biennial municipa
elections instead of annual elections al
at present.
Biennial elections would be les
Objectionable than annual ones. bu
the remedy would not be effective
The corrupt element and the p~reiudicet
negroes would still have the city al
their mercy. What is needed is tn,
abolition of municipal election.
altogether. That remedy would be
permanent and very valuable.
The next one relates to officials from
the City Court and is as follows:
Be it further enatced that section y
of said charter be and is hereby
SO amended as to read as fol-
lows: That all appeals from
the City Court shall be taken
to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
and the appellant shall give bond to
be fixed by the Mayor, in a sum not
less than $l0O, and any person who
shall be fined in a sum exceeding $25
or sentenced to the work.house for
more than sixty days may appeal from
the Judgment of said Board to the Cir
cult Court, of Warren county, on Civ
ing bond to be fixed by the Mayor in
a sum not less than 500. In case of
conviction in said Circuit Court or be-
fore said board, besides a capias. an
execution may issue from the Court in
which the conviction is had against
such appellant and his sureties for the
amount of the fine and costs, which
may be levied on any property subject
to execution of law.
There is no reasonable objection to
that one.
There is one to provide for lighting
the city by electric lights. The text
is not given, but we are firmly con
WINGED the tax payers, merchants and
honest citizens are opposed to the pres,
ent Board being given power to enter
into any contracts of magnitude.
The next is "to provide for the cree
ton and maintenance Of a system of
W~aterworks, to supply said city with
water, and to that end, either to con-
tract with a party or parties, who shall
build and operate waterworks to sup
ply the city with water for public pur-
poses and pay for such supply, or to
erect and build the waterworks and
keep. maintain and operate same, and
charge water rates Of and against pri.
waite consumers, employing a superin-
tendent and other necessary persons.
And If the said Board of Mayor and
Aldermen shall determine to erect.
build and own such waterworks, it nav
issue for such proposed waterworks
bonds OF said city not exceeding $780,
OUO In amount, payable in thirty years
from date, bearing interest at the tate
OF five per cent. per annum, and the
annual net income from such water
works, after paying the operating ex-
pense, shall be applied to the payment
OF the annual interest on such bonds:
and if there should be a surplus of
such income, it shall be applied to take
up and cancel the principal Of such
bonds, but if there should be a de-
iciency, then the Board shall levy a
tax Of not exceeding two mills on the
dollar Of taxable property in said city
to pay such deficiency, which tax may
be levied in addition to the tax of two
per cent. now allowed.
Be it further enacted that all acts
ana parts Of acts in conflict with
this be and are hereby repealed and
that this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
The pith Of the proposition is
the present kangaroo concern
may plunge the city one hundred
thousand dollars deeper in debt if in
It's wisdom p it determines to do SO.
This ''leetle" cat in the meal tub prob
lbly explains why u reporter found
t impossible to secure a copy of the
amendments in this city. We venture
he assertion that not a dozen Of our
prominent citizens knew the nature
It the work our Legislators were re.
to rush through.
AN Iowa Congressman has intro. !
.uced a bill providing for the issue of s
rational paper currency of fifty, {
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