The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-21
OF Water Works and Sewer
age City Board of Trade
is Asking For
CITY COUNCIL TO ACT
Full Text of the Proposed Adj
dition to the Code of the
City Of clarksbufg.

4 isssNshAtStk ssStk lsst nlktlL To- take 1acti0n oil
the recommendation OF the Board 8
Trade that the eits ask the iegfslatur,
to amend the city charter 80 as i
provide for the creation OF 4 perma
Enent elective water works ana sewer
age commission OF three members al,
mot smaterialize, for the reason that
quorum did not report, Those pres
ent were couhelimsn Lynch. John,
son, Bland and Garrett. besides tn,
mayor and the city clerk. Ii was de.
cided to holdsa meeting tonight at the
usual hour.
The following is copy of the
amendment the Board OF Trade de,
eided upon and asks the council to
have enacted by the Legislature:
a BILL to amend and re-enact sec
tion 7,'of Charter I61 of Acts oi
1897, and section of said chapter
1o1 of the acts of 1897. as amend-
ed by chapter 20 of the Acts OF
1903, in relation to the City of
clarksburg: and to further amend
said chapter 1O1 BY adding thereto
section s-a. abolishing the oftice Of
Commissioner OF Water Works and
Creating in leu thereof Water
Works and Sewerage Board. and
for other purposes.
BE II enacted by the Legislature Of
West Virginia:
!. That Section OF Chapter 1O1
Of the Acts Of 1897, in relation to the
City Of clarksburg. be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows.
Section Z: There shall be a Chief Of
Police, City Attorney. superintendent
of Street, City Physician. Assessor.
City Collector and Treasurer. city
Surveyor, city Clerk !lnd three (s)
members OF the w Ter Works and
Sewerage Board: of said city. all OF
of whom shall at the time OF their
election. or appointment. be duly
qualified voters in said city and en-
titled to vote for the members os its
Common Council; and not more than
two of the members OF said Water
Works and Sewerage Board shan be
members of the same political party:
nor shall they during their term OF
service be eligible to any other mu-
nicipal office in said city. The city
Attorney, citys Physician.- and city
Surveyor shall be appointed by the
Common Council. rto hold their re-
spective Offices for the term Of one
year from the third Monday in April
or until their successors shall have
been appointed and qualified.
II That Section. s Of. Chapter 101
of the Acts of 1897, d amended ana
re-enacted>5y Section /. Chapter 20 Of
the Acts ofN903. be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
Section 8: On the Tuesday after
the first Monday in April One Thous-
and, Nine Hundred and Nine. and ON
said day of every succeeding year,
there shall be elected by the qualified
waters of said city, Mayor,
Chief of Police. superintend-
ent Of ssreett, Assessor. city
Collector and Treaurer. and city.
Clerk. who shall hold their respective
offices for one year and untl Their
successors shall be elected and qualifit
ed And on the said Tuesday after
the first Monday in April one Thous-
and Nine Hundred and Nine. there
shall likewise be elected three mem
bers Of the Water Works and sewer
age Board. or the members OF said
Board so elected on said date. the one
receiving the highest number Of votes
shall hold office for three years; the
one receiving the next highest num-
Der OF votes for two years: and the
one qualified as provided by Section
seven, and receiving the next highest
number OF votes for one year re-
spctively. and each until his success
or shall be elected ana qualified. And
thereafter on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in April Of each year
there shall be elected one member OF
said Water Works and Sewerage
Board, who shall hold ohice for the
term OF three years. or until his sue
eessor shall be elected and qualified.
But at no time. as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shah more than two members
Of the said Board belong to the same
political party.
III. That said Chapter 1el Of the
Acts OF ass7. be and 1t Is hereby
further amended by adding thereto
Section s-a as follows:
Section s-a. The Water Works and
Sewerage Board of said City shan
have general charge OF the water
Works and Sewerage Systems Of the
said CITY Of clarts5urg: they SHAH by
and with the approval OF the city
council fx and regulate the rates
and ehqrges Of water supplied 70 ali
consumers. and shall prescribe such
reasonable rules and. regulations. az