The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

toria of Schleswig Holstein. The b
August is II years old.
or councilman must file with the
city clerk 10 days before election
sworn statement of his qualifica.
tons with a petition of at least rs
voters requesting his candidacy.
Each petition must be verified by
one or more persons as to the in
tegrity of the signers.
The names of candidates are pub
lished for three days In all the
daily papers of the city before be-
ing arranged on. the ballot in al
phabetical order. The alphabetical
arrangement disposes of any such
scrambles for first place on the
ticket as was witnessed in the d.
rect primary election in this state
last month.
No party mark or designation is
permitted upon the ballot. The
citizens simply vote. for the man.
The results of the primary election
are Immediately canvassed and Of
ficially published by the city clerk.
The two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for mayor
are the only candidates placed
upon the official ballots for the
regular city election following. The
same rule is adopted for council
men, the eight highest going on
the ballot for the four places, or
all the primary candidates If that
number is less than eight.
Professional election working is
prohibited under penalty of fine
of not more than $500 and 80 days
in jail for any person agreeing to
perform any services in the inter
est of candidate for any office in
consideration of money or other
valuable thing.
The penalty for bribery is espe.
cially severe, fixing penalty OF
not less than 500 nor more than
$500, and Imprisonment from 10 to
90 days in the county jail. The
same penalty applies to an elector
accepting bride and also to false
statement of qualifications to vote.
Three members of the council
constitute a quorum, three votes
being required to pass any measure
or resolution. The mayor presides
at the council meetings but has no
power to veto, and each ordinance
is signed by the mayor and two
councilmen.
The council acquires all execu'
tive, legislative and judicial powers
and duties exercised by the mayor,
city council, board of public works;
park commissioners, police. fire and
water commissioners, library board,
assessor. treasurer, auditor, city
engineer and other executive and
administrative Offices of cities OF
the first class. These powers are
vided into five departments, as fol
lows:
Department Of public affairs; OF
accounts and finances; of public
safety; of streets and public i'm
provements; Of parks and public
property.
The council determines the
powers and duties to be performed,
and assigns them to appropriate de-
partments, exercising full control
over all officers and employees.
The mayor Is made superinten.
dent of the department of public
affairs and the council at the first
regular meeting designates by vot'
ing, naming one of its members as
superintendent of one of each OF
the other four departments. This
arrangement may be altered and
the offices changed when 1t ap.
pears that the public service would
be benefited thereby
The council upon regular or
ganization elects city clerk and all
other heads OF the various depart
ments such as are now appointed
by the mayor and confirmed by the
council-when the council chooses
to confirm. No other city Offices
are elective other than those oil
the mayor and four councilmen. A
majority vote Of the council re
moves any officer or assistant fol
cause except the civil service com