The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-18
PERCY COMMISSION
 BILL IS FINISHED Birmingham Is the Only City
 Affected THREE COMMISSIONERS Mayor Is First Member and Other Two Are to Be Elected Within Sixty Days After the Passage
 of the Act
THREE COMMISSIONERS

The bill which Walker Percy took with him to Montgomery yesterday morning contained the provisions for the commission government for which he proposes to fight. It Is applicable only to Birmingf. am. Here are some of the salient features:
 Three commissioners
 Salaries-The president of the board
 The government is divided into 5000 per annum; three departments public safety and public welfare streets, parks, city and public property and city and public improvements finance. accounts and publs. affairs.
 The first commission will be elect i've except that the present mayor shal become a commissioners.
 Two commissioners are to be elected within 60 days after the passage of the act.
 The vote of tw members Is neces- sary to pass ordinances or laws or to transact business.
 Two members constitute quorum All meetings must be public, there be- ing no executive sessions.
 In case of public grant of fran chise a petition of 1000 voters can call special election and grant shall hinge on result.
 Persons getting the indorsement of caucuses or primaries of political par ties shall be ineli gible to hold office
 Five hundr ed names are necessary on petition before anyone can run for office, and a penalty of Imprisonment for anyone signing petition who is not a voter on any matter affecting gov ernment under commissions is fixed.
 Three thousand names of voters on a petition can request resignation of sign, then commission shall call election to force him to resign.
 It is made misdemeanor for any one to solicit votes for any candidate or to work in any manner for the cleo tion of any candidate. Hired workers subject to $100 fine.
 Not over s5oO0 must be spent by any
  mission.
 The title of the bill contains most of this information.
 A bill, to be entitled:
 An act to provide and create a commis sion form of municipal government and to establish same in all the cities of Ala i,o u1n Or which Y hereafter have population of as much as 100000 people. according to the last fed eral census, or any such census which may hereafter be taken; to regulate the selection and election of commissioners and their terms of office and retention ir and recall from office; to fix their powers duties and compensation; to punish i'm proper conduct in connection with elec- tions and petitions hereunder; to abolish police commissioners, aldermen and cer- tain other city officials; and otherwise to provide for the creation and mainten- ance of said commission form of govern ment.
 Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala bama:
 OeCtlOn l. All CLUES Ol tuc Stdtt Oi Alabama 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
 First Elections
 Sec. 9 Tn all cities of the state of Ala bama which have such population accord ing to the last federal census, an election shall be held on the first Monday after 60 days from the date this act shall have been approved. Not less than 30 days notice of the date and purpose of such election shall be given by the mayor of said city, which notice, at the expense of tine city, shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to such election in some newspaper published in said city. At such election two persons shall be elected to hold office as com missioners of said city; one of said com mssioners to hold office for a term of two years and until the first Monday In November, 1913, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as hereinafter provided; the other of said commissioners to hold office for a term of four years and until the first Mon- day in November, 1915, and until his suc- cessor shall be elected and shall qualify as hereinafter provided.
 Mayor Member
 The mayor or chief executive of every such city at the time this act shall be approved shall be.and become, as soon as the other commissioners take office as provided herein, the president of the board of commissioners of such city, and one of such commissioners. with the authority and duties hereinafter set forth, holding office for term of three years and until the first Monday in November 1914. and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify as hereinafter provided. TTArT NEJ @EA0 TnD