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shall have qualified for office, ant
before the transaction Of any othe
business. the City Council shall con
vene and proceed to the selection
Of one Commissioner to be the Com
missioner of Public Works and the
other Commissioner TO be the Com
missioner Of Finance.
Section 5.
After the first election OF Mayor
and Commissioners, a Mayor or Com
missioner shall be elected annually
thereafter for a term of three years
to succeed in the Office and perform
the duties of the Mayor or Commits.
sioner whose term at that time ex-
pires.
Section 6.
All executive authority is hereby
vested in the Mayor and Comis-
sioners, and they shall at all times
have their offices at the City Hall,
and shall devote their entire time to
the duties of their respective offices.
Section z
All Legislative authority is here
by vested in the City Council. The
Mayor, and commissioners shall
each have one vote in the City
Council, and the Mayor shall
have no veto power, but shall
forthwith, without discretion
approve all ordinances and
resolutions adopted by majoritl
vote Of the City Council. All ordi
nances and resolutions shall be en-
tered in the minutes. and no ordi-
nance or resolution shall become op-
erative until thirty days after it,
final passage and approval, except
in case Of emergency measures; and
no such emergency measure shal
become Immediately operative un-
less ii shall state in a separate sec
tion they reason why II is necessary
that II should become immediately
operative, and the question Of EN-
ergency shall be ruled upon sepa
rately and approved as provided by
law; and emergency measures SO
adopted and approved shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
their passage and approval.
Section 5.
The City Council shall hold daily
public meetings, except Sundays, at
the City Hall, at an hour to be des-
iqnated by resolution. A majority
of the City Council shall consti~
tute a quorum.
Section 8.
The Mayor and commissioners
shan be the City Board of equaliza-
tion, and shall perform such duties
as are now or hereafter may be re-
....s,.ol 30 Dnnrde ne Tgupa If1af ffon Of
Cities Of the first class by the stat
utes Of the State Of oklahoma. They
shall receive no additional compen
sation for such services.
Section 10.
The Mayor and Commissioners
shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, each enter
into an undertaking with the City
secured by some renable surety
in the penal sum of ten
thousand dollars, to be approved by
the Board Of Inspection, condition
ed upon the faithful performance OF
the duties of their respective Off
ces. The City Council shall require
bonds secured by reliable surety
from the appointive off
aers of the City, TO be approved by
the City Council in such sums and
subject to such conditions as it NAV
deem advisable. No premium on
official bonds snail be paid by the
city, except as herein otherwise
The Board of Inspection
shall have the power at any time
in its discretion TO Increase the
amount of the bond of the Commits
sioner of Finance, in which case tbs
premium on any excess over ten
thousand dollars shall be paid by
The City.
Section II.
Each officer Of the City shall be-
fore entering upon the duties of his
office, take and subscribe the oath
oT office prescribed by the consti
tuition Of the State or Oklahoma.
ana file the same in the office of
the County Clerk
Section II.
All officers of the City of Chick
asha Gas municipality existing
before the adoption Of this charter
shall hold their respective offices
change Of compensation
until the officers provided for here
in are elected and appointed and
respectively qualified under this
charter at which time their respec-
tive terms of office shall end
ARTICLE III.
Section l.
The affairs of the City OF Chick
asha shall be conducted under three
Bureaus. to be known as follows;
tlD the Bureau of Public Health
and Safety; CD the Bureau of Pub
lie Works; and CD the Bureau Of
Finance.
Section 2.
The Mayor shall be the chief exc
cutive officer of the City, and shall
have direct supervision over tbs
Bureau of Public Health and Safety
which shall include the City Police
the City Fire Depart
ment and the City Health Depart
ment. In addition thereto. he shall
preside over the meetings of the
City Council, and shall have general
supervision over the affairs Of the
City, and shall see that all ordin-
ances are properly enforced.
Section g.
The Commissioner of Public
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