The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-12
Hattiesburg's New Charter
Has Been Prepared, Signed
And luiu be Delivered Today
Instrument is Clear And Explicit, And Removes All
Doubts From the Minds of the Dubious

ness as may come before them. The
lar meeti on the First Tuesday in
each MOI h, at which the minutes of |
the previous months work shall be |
read and approved, and the reports |
of all of GERS shall be made and |
acted upon. All accounts and bills |
for work and labor and supplies shall
be audited and if correct shall be ap-
proved and allowed. The Commission |
er designated as Mayor shall preside
at all meetings of the Commissioners,
and in case of a tie on any question
the mayor shall cast the deciding
vote. AT all regular monthly meet
ings of the Commissioners the pubic
shall be allowed to attend and to be
heard on any petition or matter they
may desire to bring before the Com
missioners; and the public or any cit
izen who may be interested, shall be
| allowed to be present at any regular
| weekly meeting of the Commission
ers at which ordinances may be adopt
ed or any public matter finally de-
termined and acted upon. The Com
missioners shall have the power to
require the attendance of any officer
or employe of the municipality at any
regular weekly meeting il they so
desire, and every officer elected by
the municipality shall be and is here
by required to attend all regular
monthly meetings of the Commission
ers, unless excused by the Mayor for
good cause.
Section 4. The three Commission
ers provided for in this charter shall
in their collective capacity be vested
with all the powers and
duties conferred by Chapter
80 of the CoGc of Mississippi
of 1906, upon and vested in the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, and shall
jointly exercise and perform such
powers and duties equally and CO.
ordinately, but each Commissioners
shall supervise and control one of the
three departments of the municipal
government provided for in Section
Three, of this charter which shall be
assigned him, subject to the ratifica'
tion or revocation of the joint body.
But the Mayor shall exercise the au
thority and discharge the duties de
fined in the said Chapter SO of the
Code of 1906, except as the same
may be inconsistent with and in con
flict the provisions of this charter
, and except as the same may conflict
; with the rights, powers and duties
|, conferred upon and assigned to the
other Commissioners, or vested in the
said three Commissioners as a body
Section 8. No grant of a municipal
franchise shall be made by the said
Commissioners until the same shall
be ratified and approved by a majority
, of the qualified electors of the City
of Hattiesburg in an election called
for that purpose; and if such fran
chise shall not be approved or voted
for by a majority of the qualified
electors voting in such election, the
said franchise shall not be again sub
mitted on an election in less thar
six months from the date of the frs
= election.
Section 6. This charter may b,
" amended as to the number of Com
g missioners, the time required of eacn
! the amount of salary paid to each, ant
the bond required of each, and als'
! as to subordinate officers, by al
L election to be held for that purpos
at least three months before the reg
l. ular election of municipal officers. Il
any such election held for the purpos
of amending this charter, if sue
proposed amendment shall receive
majority of the votes cast, the Cler
of the City shall certify a copy of sal
| amendment with the result of tn
election to the Governor who sha
thereupon issue his proclamation Al
thorizing the said amendment.
Section Z. In the event that tn
:. said City of Iattiesburg shall at an
e time desire to abolish the Commissio
d form of government as establishe
1t under this charter, and re-establis
4, the municipal form of government a
8 provided by Chapter 80 Code of Mi
sissippi of 1906 it may do so with tn
d consent of a majority of the qualifie
is electors of said City at an election
e. be held for that purpose, and to /
called on petition of ten per cent
the qualified electors, and conducte
in the same manner as provided fl
the adoption of the Commission for
of government If such election sha
Y result in favor of the propose
- change of government, the Clerk
the City shall forward to the Cove
nor a certified copy of the order f
the election and a certified copy
mi the election returns, and if found
is be correct, the Governor shall issI
IT. his proclamation authorizing the pi
" posed change of government
EDWARD F. NOEL,
ry Governor.
of Issued and Attested by
al JAS. w. POWER,