The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-01-05
NEW CITY CHARTER
HAS BEEN PREPARED
Board of Trade Committee Again Takes Up
Consideration.
WILL HAVE FIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS
with restrictions and punishlaents.
COUNCIL.

he COuncll Shall BIZ elected by the quail
! fed voters of said city. Their terms Of
office shall begin on the first day of July
: succeeding their election. At the first
city election to be held under the provis.
iOns of this act two persons shall be
chosen as members ofthe Council by the
qualified ,oters in each of the five wards
described and defined in Saclion 2 of
this act, and five persons by the qualified
voters throughout the city. One OF
those so chosen by the voters of each
ward and two OF those so chosen BY the
voters throughout the city shall serve for
two years; and one OF those chosen by the
voters of each ward aud three of those
chosen by the voters throughout the
citv shall serve for four years.
Before the organization OF the
Council so chosen as aft esaid the
members elected by the voers in each
ward and those elected by the voters
Throughout the city shall determine by
lot who shall serve for two years and
VIII for four years. BisnnialIy there
after there shall be elections for MEM
Ders of the Council for terms of four
years; and at such elections the qualified
voters in each OF the several wards shall
elect one person, and the qualified voters
throughout tn city shall elect either
two or three persons, as may be necps.
sary, to ill vacancies caused by the ex-
pirasion of terms.
In the month OF January, in the year
nineteen hundred and eleven, or as soon
as praci cabIe thereafter, and at inter-
walls OF ten years from that time, the
Council shall by ordinance, subject as in
other cases to the approval OF the mayor,
readjust the boundary lines of the sew
eral wards, 80 that, al nearly as may be
feasible, each of said wards shall con-
tain an equal number of inhabitants
Section Is st$tes that the Council shall
be he jndg4 OF the elections, returns aud
qualifications of its members and Of
other elective officers. 1t directs that in
by lot, and saws: II member OF the
G unciI shall fail to qualify, or shall die,
resign, or be removed from off ~, the
Council shall, by majority vote OF the
other members, elect suitable person to
serve for the term for which said mem
Der shall have been elected. In such
elections members shall consider the
qualifications of the person for whom
they vote without reference to his afiitia-
tioDs with National or State poll, zeal
parties.
Sections 10 to &c define the duties
choosing OF officers, salaries and regula,
tions respecting the passage OF ordlnan.
ces. Section u refers to the purchase Of
park lands. Sections % to so -tate Com
ellis power over subjecs before the body.
MAYORS DUTIEl.
Sections 81 to 80 state that the mayor
shall receive salary OF $1,000 with a
term Of four years, and in case of absence
duties shall be administered by the City
Controller. The Mayor will not be elis
ible to reelection for the next term.
Section 81 provides that in case Ut the
mavor's death the city controller shall
serva until the next city election. Sec
lions 81 to AZ set forth that the mayor
NAV be removed for violation of dnties;
duty to administer oath to citv officers;
have custody of the zeal Of the corpora
ton; power to solemnize marriages call
special ,uncl meetings; send message
once year to c~unc!; has veto power;
authority tn appoint asecretary.
Section 43 il: The mayor shall nomi-
nate and when two.thirds OF all the
members of Council by vote assent, be
shall appoint the heads Of the several
executive departments and the mem.
bers of the several boards In sad depart
ents hereinafter estab ished. The heads
of the several departments, when not re.
moved az hereinafter provided. shall
hold their Offices until the expiration OF
the term of the mavnr bv whom they
were appointed, and thereafter untll tleir
successors shall be duly appointed and
qualified The appointment OF members
ni the said several boards. except the
Boird of Park Commissioners, shall be
made for sue terms that the term ofnna
member of each board ehal expire each
year On the first dav of January, and the
appointments of the members OF the said
Board Of Park Commissioners ahall be
made for snch terms that the terms nj
two penbars OF said board shall expire
each year on the first day OF Janna y.
The mayor shall not in euch appoint.
mants select more than two of the said
heads Of dep rtments, or more than half
the members Of any Of the said boards,
from among the members Of the political
party to which he belongs; and he ahall
not appoint the director Of public works
and the director of public pafptv from
the same political party. No appoirt-
mants of heads Of departments. or #
members Of said boards, shall be made
at anv time by the mayor that will have
the effect OF increasing the number Of
aaid heads Of dep ,rtments to more than
vo from among the members of the pc.
litical party to which the mayor belongs,
khak N ho &c ,ot &c Ii; -
director of public works and the director
Of public safety, or more than half the
members Of anv of the said boards. mem.
hers of the same political party Vacan-
cies among the heads of departments, or
in the said boards, shall he filed by ap.
poi ,tments In like manner for the un.
expired terms. If the Council shall re.
fuse to assent to the appointment OF q
person nominated by the mavor az the
head Of an executive department or the
member of anv board, the mayor shall
name another person for such office; and
II the Council shall refuse to ass mt after
three different nominations for such Of
fee aha have been made by the mayor,
or shall fail tn take action on any nomi-
nation within fifteen days of receiving
notification thereof, the mayor shall
have powe" to make an appointments to
the oflire without the assent Of the Coun.
Gil. and such appointment shall be as
effective az If it had been assented to by
the Council.
Sections "a to so provide duties for the
mayor, that he may for reasonable 'use
remove from Office any person appointed
bv him; t. he member Of executive board
with heads Of five departments and ex-
officio member NJ all boards established
bv the act: specifies powers Of commit
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