The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-04
TEXT OF THE COMMISSION BILL FOR BIRMINGHAM AS
 AMENDED BY GOVERNOR

 Percy commission bill as amended b' ihe governor and coneurred in by the tw' houses of the legislature, reads as fol lows:
 An act to provide and create com mission form of municipal governmen and to establish same In all the cities O Alabama which now have, or which ma, hereafter have, a population of as mucf as 100000 people, according to the las federal census, or any such census whicf may hereafter be taken; to regulate tht selection and election of commissioner and their terms of office and retention II and recall from office; to fix their pow CTS, duties and compensations; to punish improper conduct in connection with cleo tions and petitions hereunder; to abolish police commissioners, aldermen and cer- tain other city officials; and otherwise tc provide for the creation and maintenance of said commission form of government. '
 Rs it enacted by the legislature of Ala ksma-
 Section l. All cities of the state of Ala bama which have a population of as much as 100000 people, according to the last federal census, or which hereafter shall have such population according to any such census that may be taken here- after, shall become organized under the commission form of government accord ing to the terms of this act.
 Sec 2 Tn all cities of the state of Ala hama which have such population &C., cording to the last federal census a com mission form of government shall be es- tablished according to the terms of this act within S0 days from it's passage. Two persons shall be appointed by the gov ernor to hold as commissioners of each Of said cities; one of said commissions CTS to hold office for a term of three years and until the first Monday in No vember, 1914 and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as herein after provided: the other of said com ussioners to hold office for a term of four years and until the first Monday in November 1915. and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as here matter provided. The mayor or chief eX- ecutive of every such city al the time this act shall be approved shall be and become, as soon as the other commission CTS take office as provided herein, the president of the board of commissioners of such city, and one of such commits sioners, with the authority and duties hereinafter set forth, holding office for a term of two years, and until the first Monday in November I3l2. and until his successor shall be elected and shall quail fly as hereinafter provided:
 Sec. B. In all cities not now having but which shall have a population of as much as 100000. according to any federal census that may be taken here after. commission form of government shall be established according to the terms of this act within 30 days after the result of the taking of said census, show ing such population shall have been an- nounced.
 Two persons shall be appointed by the governor to hold office as commissioners of each such city, one for a term of three years and until the first Monday in No vember thereafter and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as here matter provided, and the other for term of four years and until the first Monday in November thereafter and until his sue cessor shall be elected and shall qualify as hereinafter provided
 The mayor or chief executive of every such city at the time the results of the taking of said census shall be announced shall be and become president of the board, and one of the commissioners oi said city as soon as the other commits, sioners take office, for a term of two
 
 vember thereafter, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. i. The president and commissioner provided for in sections and 8 above shall be known collectively as the board of commissioners of the city of -- (the name of said city to be inserted. ant shall have the powers and duties herein after provided. The commissioners first nir,+a r1,C manner prescribed in section 12 of thi. act, hereinafter set forth, on or before the first Monday of the month following the date of their respective appointments AS soon as they shall have qualified fol onice in any city, then such city at tha time and thereby be and become organized under the commission form of govern ment provided by this act. and all three of said commissioners shall forthwith take office and enter upon their duties.
 Sec. 5. The president of the board O, commissioners and commissioners of suct city, to be known as the board of com missioners of said city, as provided, shal be municipal officers only and shall have possess and exercise only the municipa powers legislative, executive and Judicial possessed and exercised by the mayor and board of aldermen and board of po lice commissioners; and any and all othe, boards, commissions and officers of such city of any and of every sort what soever, except whatsoever power they may possess expressly or impliedly as state officers, except those provided fol by this act, shall then and thereby b, abolished and the terms of office of an, and all such officers or officials shal then and thereby cease
 Said boards of commissioners shall no nave. possess, or exercise any legislative Judicial administrative powers of the stat, or county, nor shall the offices held b, them be state offices provided, however that the office of commissioner. the tern of which under the provisions of thi. act expires on the first Monday In No vember. 1915, Is and shall be a tudicia office and the commissioner appointed Thereto and hereafter elected thereto i, clothed with all and ample power to ad minister Justice under the ordinances O. said city only, and the legislative and ex ecutive powers hereinabove conferred upon the commissioners whose term of of dce expires as aforesaid shall be an in cident merely to said judicial office anc shall be confined only to municipal mat ters:
 Such city shall continue it's existenc. as body corporate under the name O .'city of ----- dnserting the nam, of the city) It shall continue to be tn, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon i as a municipal corporation not inconsist ent with provisions of this act and shal continue to enjoy all the rights. i'm munities, powers, privileges and fran chises enjoyed as well as those that there after be granted to it, not inconsisten with the provisions. of this act.
 All laws governing such city and no Inconsistent with the provisions of thi act shall apply to and govern said cit, after it shall become organized under tn