Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-23

be elected from the municipality at
large without regard to ward lines
and one of the commission shall be
voted for and elected by the people
as mayor.
Section 2-Any city or town desir-
ing to adopt commission form of
government shall proceed as follows:
A petition shall be circulated set
ting forth the number of commission
ers desired, the time required of each
per day in the service of the munich
pality, the salary of each per month,
the bond to be made by each and such
others officers as 1t may be desired
to elect. Said petition shall be sign
ed by 10 per cent. or more of the
qualified voters and then filed with.
the mayor and the board of aldermen.
Section 3-When such petition is
filed, the mayor and the board of aid
ermen shall order an election to be
held at the expiration of three weeks,
during which time the petition shall
be advertised by being published in
a weekly or daily paper, or posted in
three conspicuous places In the mu-
nicipality. The board shall elect three
commissioners to hold such election.
Said commission shall have ballots
printed, on which shall be printed a
copy of the petition, less the sigma
lures, with the words, "Yes," and
mo" at the bottom of the ticket. The
election shall be held at the time and
place designated by the board and in
the manner that other elections are
held. The election commissioners
shall report the results of the election
to the board of aldermen as soon as
the votes are counted and delivered
to them all ballots, tally sheets and
records of the election. Only legal
ly qualified electors shall be allowed
to vote, and If majority of the votes
cast shall be for the proposed COM
mission form of government the board
of aldermen shall declare by resolu-
ton that the election was carried. II
the majority of the votes cast are
against the proposition the board OF
aldermen shall declare by resolution
that the election was lost.
Section Al the election is carried
the clerk shall, at once, forward a
certified copy of the resolution and
the election returns to the secretary
of state, who shall issue charter to
the municipality, which shall be
signed by the governor.
Section S.-The charter shall sci
forth the facts of the original petition
and shall authorize the municipality
to elect the officers therein named
at the regular elections held for mu
nicipal officers. Said charter may be
amended as to the number of com
missioners, the time required of each
the amount paid each and the bond
to be made by each, and as to sub
ordinate officers, by an election held
for that purpose, at least three months
before the regular said election !
carried the clerk shall forward to the
governor a copy of the proposed
amendments to the charter and the
governor shall issue a proclamation
authorizing said amendments.
Section 6-All powers and duties
rights and privileges of the mayor
and aldermanic bodies and of all cleo
tive municipal officers set forth in. the
laws Of the state of Mississippi are
hereby conferred and imposed upon
the mayor, upon the commissioners
and upon the subordinate officers
respectively. of the municipality thai
may adopt the commission form Of
government. And the additions
power is hereby granted the commits
sion to appoint such and all necessary
subordinate officers as are not speci
fled in the charter to be elective, t.
employ such help as may be neces
sary to properly conduct the munich
pal affairs, to prescribe the duties o.
all subordinate officers, both electiv,
and appointive and to fix their salar
les, and to regulate the same, which
in all cases shall be just and in pro
portion to the value of the time re
quired and the service rendered tn,
municipality, to remove any elective
or appointive subordinate officer o.
school trustee for good cause and t.
fill the vacancy by appointment; tt
abolish any appointive office, excep
that Of school trustee, or consolidat,
two or more when necessity requires
If any subordinate officer, any