The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-03
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lima 10 Enact
Section 1. That an act entitled A
Act 10 Amend the Charter of the City
Of Wilmington" ratified the 9Th day
OF March, a. D., 1895, and also an act
entitled An Act TO Amend the char
ter OF h City Of Wilmington" rau-
fed the 9TH day OF March, a D., 1897.
be and they are hereby repealed, and
all laws and clauses OF laws concern
ing the city OF Wilmington existing
at the time of the ratification OF the
act OF March 9Th, 1895, are hereby de-
clared TO be in full force and effect,
except SO far as they are amended by
this act.
Sec. 2. That the election of aldermen
shall be held according 10 the charter
Of the city of Wilmington and the acts
amendatory therto, except that the
registration books may be open for only
ten days previous TO the election.
Sec. 3. No member Of the board Of
aldermen shall be eligible TO the office
Of mayor, or other city office or en-
ployment, until the expiration of the
term for which such alderman may
have been elected or appointed.
Sec. 4. The mayor OF the city shall
receive a salary in lieu of any and all
other compensation, 10 be IKE by the
board Of audit II finance, CT not less
than twelve hundred dollars nor more
than two thousand dollars per annum
IN S~A0Ay -AAo " ~
during his term Of office.
Sec. 5. No person arrested by the
city police for violation Of the laws
of North Carolina or the ordinances OF
the city shall be brought before any
other person than the mayor for trial
or submission, except upon the usual
affidavit for removal now provided by
law.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
mayor to have all persons who are
tramps or Migrants, as defined by the
laws of North Carolina, brought be-
fore him and TO notify such tramps or
Migrants to find employment within
twenty-four hours or leave the city;
and upon failure or refusal TO do so
within said time, to arrest and put
them to work on the streets or other
city property for a period not exceed
ing thirty days.
Sec. Z. The terms of the city attor-
ney and the city clerk and treasurer
shall be for two years, beginning on
the first Monday in April of each year
in which the new board of aldermen
are to be elected under existing laws,
and shall not be removed except for
cause.
Sec. s. That Jesse Wilder, c.. w.
Yates, S. P. McNair, H. c. Mcqueen
n w. A. Riach be n they are here
by appointed members of the board of
audit and finance, whose terms shall
commence upon the expiration of the
term of the members of the present
board, and shall continue for two
| years and until their successors are
! appointed.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Sec. 8. That whenever the execu-
tive committee of any political party
of citizens in the city of Wilmington
decide to take by primary election
the sense Of the members of the said
party as to the proper person or per-
sons to be presented on behalf of hat
party to the voters of the city at an
election to be held in the city, under
the laws Of this state, for the election
of aldermen in the several wards Of
the city, and as to the proper persons
to be presented to the board of alder
men as the candidates of that party
for the offices of mayor and chief of
police, and for the selection of the
members Of the city executive commit
tee of such party, the said committee
shall file a ntoice of the primary, with
such rules for its conduct as it may
adopt, not inconsistent with this act,
. with the city clerk and treasurer of said
| city, at least ten days before the time
designated for the holding of said
| primary. Such notice and rules shall
be signed by the chairman or acting
| chairman and attested by the secretary
of said executive committee, and by
them certified under oath to be true
and correct copies of the originals
adopted by a majority of said commit
tee. Said notice shall state the places
where the voters belonging to that
| party are requested to cast their votes
| for the candidates as herein stated; and
| there shall be only one such place
/ designated for ach ward of the city;
and the day on which such primary
| election is to be held-not less than
| ten days before the city election and
| the hours within which it is to be held
| and the names Of the inspectors ap-
| pointed to hold such primary election
| and receive the votes that may be cast
thereat and make report and return
| thereof, and the time, when such re-
turn and report shall be made to the
| committee directing such primary
| election to be held; and also, the date
| at which a second primary shall be
| held, as hereinafter provided, in cases
where no one person voted for shall
| lave received a majority vote of those
| cast at the first primary. On the filing
| of the said notice, and, if the said COM
mittee shall have adopted rules for the
conduct of said primary, upo the
| filing of said rules, as provided, with
| the city clerk and treasurer, the said
| officer shall Immediately cause the
same to be copied in a book to be kept
and preserved in his office for that
purpose and the said notice and rules
TO be published in three issues each of
at least two, or more in his discretion,
Of the daily newspapers published in
said city, under his certificate that the
same were filed in his office and the
primary called pursuant thereto.
Sec. 10. hat no person can vote or
take part in the proceedings of any
primary election who is not by the
laws of the state a lawful elector At
the time such primary election is
held.
Sec. IL. That the executive COM
mittee appointing ~the inspectors to
hold such primary election may de-
clare the terms and conditions on
which legal electors offering to vote
at such election shall be regarded ard
taken as proper members Of the party
at whose instance or in whose intsr-
est such primary election a been
! called or may Be held. and therefore
entitled to vote at such election as a
member Of that party, and to provide
rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this act, for the conduct of such
primary. And upon the filing and
publication of said rules and regula-