Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-10-27
LAWS GOVERNING
COMMISSION FORM
Extracts From State Law Concerning
Commission Form of Government.
Twenty-Five Per cent of Voters
May Call for Election.
Continued from last week

small receive Sucn salary or cOmpen-
sation as the commission shall fix
by ordinance and shall be payable
monthly or at such shorter periods
as the commission shall determine.
Sec. Is. Regular meetings of the
commission shall be held on the sec
ond Monday after the election of the
commission, and thereafter at least
once each week. The commission
shall provide by ordinance for the
time of holding regular meetings,
and special meetings may be called
from time to time by the mayor or
two commissioners. All meetings
of the commission, whether regular
or special, shall be open to the pub
| lie.
The mayor shall be president of
the com mission and preside at its
meetings, and shall oversee all de-
partments and report and recon-
mend to the commission for it's action
all matters requiring attention in
any department The superintend-
ent of the department of finance and
accounting shall be vice-president of
the commission, and in the absence
or inability of the mayor, shall per-
form the duties of the mayor.
Sec. 16. Every ordinance or reso-
luton appropriating money or order
ing any street Improvement or sewer,
or granting any franchise or right to
occupy or use the streets, highways,
bridges or public places in the city
for any purpose. shall be complete
in the form in which it is finally
passed, and rem main on file with the
| city clerk for public inspection at
least one week before the final
passage or adoption thereof. No
| franchise or right to occupy or use
the streets, highways. bridges or pub
lie places in any city shall be granted,
renewed or extended, except by ordi-
nance; and every franchise or grant
for tnterurban or street railways, gas
or water works, electric light or
power plants, heating plants, tele-
graph or telephone systems. or other
public service utilities within said
city, must be authorized or approved
by majority of the electors voting
thereon at a general or special cleo
ton.
Sec II. No officer or employee
elected or appointed in any such city
shall be interested, directly or in
directly in any contract or job for
work or materials, or claims or de-
mands of any kind or nature what
soever, or the profits thereof, or SER
vices to be furnished or performed
for the city; and no officer or EN-
plOyee shall be interested directly
or indirectly, in any contract or job
for work or materials, or the profits
thereof, or service to be furnished
or performed for any person, firm or
cooperation operating interurban rail-
way, street railway, gas works,
water works, electric light or power
plant, heating plant, telegraph line,
telephone exchange, or other public
utility within the territorial limits
of said city.
Sec. 18. The commission shall
each month print in pamphlet form
detailed itemized statement Of all
receipts and expenses of the city and
summary of it's proceedings during
the preceding month, and furnish
printed copies thereof to the state
library, the city library, the news
| papers of the city, and to persons
who shall apply therefor at the office
o! the city clerk. At the end of each
| year the commission shall cause a
| full and complete examination of all
| the books and accounts of the city
to be made by competent account
ants, and shall publish the result of
such examination in the manner
above provided for publications of
statements of monthly expenditures.
| otC' l D. II, at llt DeSlllIlHS vi
the term of office of the first COM
| mission elected in such city under
the provisions of this act, the APP
preparations for the expenditures of
the city government for the current
fiscal year have been made, said COM
mission shall have power, by ordi-
nance, to revise said appropriations
Sec. 20. The holder of any cleo
tive office may be removed at any
time after six months of incumbency
by the electors qualified to vote for
a successor of such incumbent. The
procedure to effect the removal of
an incumbent of an elective office
shall be as follows; A petition
signed by electors entitled to vote
for a successor to the incumbent
| sought tO he ramOvad auuai in nuu