Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-24
THE CITY ELECTION. |;.]
No Election to be Held in Bismarck
This Spring if the Murphy
Bill Passes.
It Provides for Elections in Even Mum.
bered Years and Present In
cumbents Hold Over.
An Emergency Clause is Attached and
if Passed the Measure will
Take Effect at Once.

If Senator Murphy's bill No. 1872, intro
duced just before the recess adjourn
ment, passes and becomes law the citi-
zens of Bismarck will be relieved of the
necessity of holding an election this
spring, as elections thereafter in all cities
in the state would be held on even-num-
bered years only and the present officers
would hold over until their successors
are elected. The proposed measure
amends sections 2l34, 214l, 2155, 22O4,
2251 and and 2244 of the Revised Codes
to read as follows:
Sec. 2l34 Aldermen shall hold their
Office for the term of four years and
until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Sec. 2l4I. It shall at the first regular
meeting after the election in each even
numbered year proceed to elect from its
own members president and vice presi-
dent who shall hold their respective Of
fees for the term of two years. The
president of the council shall in the ab~
sence or temporary disability of the
mayor, be presiding officer of the coun
cil-and shall, during the absence of the
mayor from the city or his temporary
disability, be acting mayor and shall
possess all the powers of the mayor,
In the absence or disability of the mayor
and president of the council the vice
president of the council shall perform
the duties of the mayor and president
of the council.
Sec. 2l55. The elective officers of a
city shall hold their respective Offices for
two years and until their successors are
elected and qualified; provided, that
aldermen shall hold their offices for four
years and until their successors are
elected and qualified, except in cities
where the aldermen are elected at large.
Sec. 22A provides for filing vacancies.
Sec. 225l. There shall be an election
for elective officers herein provided held
on the first Monday in April of each even
numbered year, at such place or places
in each ward as the city council shall
designate; except in cities where alder
men are elected at large the council shall
designate one polling place only. The
polls shall be kept open continuously
from eight o'clock in the forenoon until
five o'clock in the afternoon and no
longer, and ten days previous notice
shall be given by the council of the time
and place of holding such election by
publication in at least two of the city
papers published in said city, if two shall
be published therein.
Sec. 2254. At the first election under
this article there shall be elected the full
number of aldermen to which the city
shall be entitled. At the first meeting
Eof the city council after such election,
the aldermen elected shall be divided by
lot into two classes; those of the first
class shall be continued in Office two
years, and those of the second for four
years.
Sec. Z, Whereas, there is now no law
providing that the election of city officers
in the different cities of the state shall
be held in the same year, an emergency
exists and this act shall take effect i'm
mediately on its passage and approval.