The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-23
Logan Gets Des Moines
. Government
Continued from Page u

The city election will be as now bi.
ennially, the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. Next No.
vember, Salt Lake City will select an
auditor whose term of office will be
two years; two commissioners for
two-year term and mayor commits
sioner and two other commissioners
for a four-year term. Every two years
| thereafter there will be elected an
auditor for term of two years and
two commissioners for a term of four
years, and every four years thereafter
there will be elected a mayor commits.
sioner and two commissioners for
term of four years, so that there will
be at all times, either, two or three
| holdover commissioners and after the
| first all will hold office for four years.
A radical change is made in the
manner of nomination and election
of city officers. The Des Moines pri-
mary election law is adopted.
On the second Tuesday preceding
the city election a primary election
will be held as far as possible in the
same place and the polls will be OPP
ened and closed at the same hour as
at the general election.
Any person desiring tC be candi-
date for mayor, commissioner or au
ditor shall, at least ten days prior
to the primary election, file with the
city recorder statement of his can.
didacy and request that his name be
printed upon the official primary bal.
lot for nomination. This statement
must be accompanied with a petition
OF at least 100 qualified voters request
ing such candidacy Form of statement
and petition is provided in the act.
Immediately upon the expiration of
| the time of filing the staement. pc.
tition for candidates, the city record
er must publish fer three successive
days in all of the daily newspapers
/ published in the city the names of
/ the persons as they are to appear up
on the primary ballot and ii there is
no daily papers then in two issues of
/ two other papers, and must at once
cause the primary ballots to be print
ed authenticated with facsimile of
his signature. Upon the ballot the
names of the candidates for mayor ar.
ranged alphabetically are first placed
with SQUARE at the left of each name
and Immediately below the words
Vote for one" Following these names
will appear the names of the candi-
dates for auditor, with direction to
vote for one. Then follow the names
of candidates fer commissioners, with
the direction to vote for tw.
At the first election the direction
will be to vote for four, as at the
election next fall there will be four
commissioners elected. The judges at
the primary election count and certify
the returns and the next day the au'
ditCT canyasses the same. The two
candidates for mayor and auditor re
spectively having the highest number
| of votes shall be the candidates for
these offices at the general election
and at the first election the eight can
, didates having the highest number OF
votes will be the candidates for com
mssioners, but thereafter of course
the four candidates having the high
= est number of votes for commissioner
p. will be The candidates at the genera
election. The names of the candidates
for commissioners will likewise be II
alphabetical order and those having
the highest number of votes will BIZ
elected.
Neither at the primary nor at thu
Il general election will there be an!
L party designations The ballots will
G be upon plain white paper and nothing
., viii appear thereon except the name
of the candidates, the offices to b.
filled and the direction for voting. |
viii be noted that in the place of tn
. long voting machine ballot now use,
we will have the short ballot" s
V strongly recommended by Goyedno
% Hughes and President Elliott an
d other students Of political science.
The foregoing provisions apply {
% cities of the second class, with the 70
lowing notifications:
" (a) Cities of the second elias
have three commissioners, one q
ct whom is designated as mayor.
If Oh In cities of the second elias
4. having more than 10000 inhabitant,
the salaries are the same as in cite
of the first class.
- (c) In cities of the second elias
l. having less than 10000 inhabitant