The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-11
PROPOSED LAW
FOR GOVERNING
SALT LAKE CITY
Continued From Page I.

-..,o-s library trustees, city attorney.
s-sae11rer. recorder and all other city
officers
Five Branches of Government.
r7, the provisions of the bill the city
,orernment is distributed among the
Sollowing FIVE departments;
department of public affairs and
finance.
Department OF water supply ana va
ferwOrks.
Department of public safety.
Department of streets and public i'm
department of parks and public
property.
sioners the board shall designate a COM
missioner 20 have supervision over each
department..
The branches of government which
come under each department are
obvious. The board determines du-
Ties of the superintendents of depart
ments, and may assign subordinate Off
GERS and employees to duties in two OF
more departments. The board also has
the power Of appointing a city attor-
Dev. city recorder and city treasurer,
and such other officers as are neces-
saTy.
Salaries Provided For.
Each commissioner receives a salary
Of $500 year, and the auditor 81, 400.
The salaries of the other officers of the
city are to be liked by the board.
The bill provides for an election of
mayor, four commissioners and a city
auditor on the Tuesday following the
first Monday in November, 1909. The
mayor and two commissioners chosen at
this election are to serve four years
and two commissioners are TO serve two
years. Bienni1lly thereafter are to be
elected two commissioners, to serve
four years, and the mayor to be elect
ted quadrennially. The city auditor Is
TO be elected biennially for a term of
two years.
Nominations for candidates for
mayor, commissioners and auditor are
TO be made at a direct primary election,
and no names other than those selected
at such primaries are to be placed on
the ballot. The primary election is to
be held on the second Tuesday preced-
ing the general municipal election.
Judges for the primary election are to
he those appointed for the general cleo
ton.
To File Candidacy.
Any person desiring to be a candidate
for office shall file. at least ten DAYS
prior to the primary election, a state
ment of his candidacy, accompanied by
a petition of 100 voters requesting such
candidacy. The names of the person
who have filed such candidacy are to be
voted on at the primary election.
Two candidates for mayor, the eight
candidates for commissioners and the
two candidates for auditor receiving the
highest number OF votes at the primary,
without reference to party, shall be the
only candidates whose names shall be
placed on the official ballots at the gen.
erai municipal election.
Civil Service Clause.
Immediately after organizing the
board shall appoint three civil service
commissioners, one to serve two years.
one four years and one six years. Each
succeeding board shall appoint one civil
service commissioner to serve six years
Each commissioner must have been a
resident Of the city for more than three
years preceding his appointment. Or
the first Monday of April and October
Of each year, or oftenrer if necessary
the civil service commission is to hold
examinations for the purpose of de-
terminion of the qualifications of sppii-
Cants for positions. After determining
applicants the civil service commission
shall submit to the board of commits
sioners of the city a list of qualified
applicants double the number of posi-
tons TO be filled. From this list the
board shall fill the positions
Initiative and Referendum.
The bill provides that any proposed
ordinance may be submitted to the
board of commissioners by petition any
proposed ordinance signed by % per
cent Of the voters. The board must
thereupon pass the ordinance without
alteration within twenty, days or call a
special election. at which the proposed
ordinance shall be submitted to the
voters of the city.
The holder of any elective Office may
ne removed at any time by the voters
OF tn city. A petition signed by at
least -5 per cent of the voters is to be