The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
TAX LEAGUE WOULD
 ELECT MAYOR FOR
 4 FOUR YEAR TERM
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the City.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in Gen. eral Assembly convened:
 Section 1. The Mayor shall be elect ed for the term of four years, and shall receive the sum of - per year for his services. He shall be in- eligible for reelection at the next succeediig election. He shall have power to remove for misconduct. Tn office. any incumbent of any appoln- tive board, commission or office, ex- cept those of the library board and park commission, provided that such removal shall not take effect until he shall have filed with the City Clerk, as public record, an order or removal which shall specifically state his reasons therefor. It shall be his duty diligently to inquire into and supervise the acts and proceedings of said boards, commissions, offices and departments, whether appointfve or elective, and cause written report to be made to him monthly by said boards, commissions, offices and de- pective doings, and he shall be held to answer, as hereinafter provided, for every dereliction of duty on> the part of any appointive officers.
 Section 2. Each board CT commits sion of the City shall cause it's pro- ceedings and votes to be accurately recorded in a suitable record book to be provided for it's use by the City Clerk, together with the names of it's members voting for or against any resolution, motion, Or proposition be- fore it for action, and to record those present and failing to vote thereon as being opposed to said motion, res-. olution or proposition: Said record book shall be public record.
 GootiOn 'Whenauar a nptifiOn sign ed by three per cent of the qualified voters of the City, whose names ap- pear on the registry list made and completed next before the date of the filing of said. petition, as herein re-, qufred. alleging specifically any mis- conduct in office by any incumbent of an appointive office and request ing the Mayor to remove him, shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk. The City Clerk, within fOrty-eight hours, of the filing of such petitions; shall ascertain whether it contains the necessary number of names of qualified voters, and if SO, shall cer- tify to that effect thereon, and shall notify the Mayor. thereof. Whereupon the Mayor shall within thirty days in- vestigate the said allegations and finding the same to be true, shall re- move the person or persons complained of; provided, however, if he does not
 
 shall within thirty days publicly pulp fish his reason for failing to do so, in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation.
 Section Every incumbent of an elective office shall be subject to re- moval and recall as follows:
 Gal A petition signed by fifteen per cent of the qualified voters of the City, whose names appear on the reg ular list made and, completed next be- fore the date of the filing @of said pc tition as herein required, alleging specifically any misconduct in office by any incumbent of an elective of- flee and requesting a special election for the choosing of his successor, Clerk. The City Clerk, within seven ty-two hours Of the filing of such pe tftion. shall ascertain whether 1t con- tainS the necessary number of names of qualified voters and if so, shall certify to that effect thereon. and Mayor shall, within three days there after, call such special election, to be held not less than thirty-five nor more than forty five days after the date of said notification by said clerk, provided that if any regular State or City election is to be held within six ty days of said date, such special cleo 
 (b) The procedure for the calling and conduct of any special election so petitioned for, shall be that provided by law for the calling and conduct of regular City elections. the voting list used at such special election shall be that used at the last preceding National, State or City election.
 Co The name of the officer sought to be removed unless he shall have resigned or declined to be a candidate for election at the special election shall be placed on the ballot or tick ct to be used at such special election, and said officer shall be candidate for reelection.
 (d) No petition for recall shall be filed until Six months after the offic- CT sought to be removed has taken of flee nor shall a second petition be fil- ed against the same officer for the same offense.
 (e) If the officer sought to be re- moved shall resign subsequent to the filing of the petition. the Mayor shall fill the vacancy, but the person so ap- pointed shall hold office only until the person elected at the special cleo tion in the place of him so resigning shall have qualified.
 f) The person or persons elected at such elections shall hold office only for the unexpired term of the officer or officers removed or resigned , a(g) Whenever the Mayor is the of f1cer sought to be removed, the acts required to be done by him in this section shall be done by the President of the Board of Aldermen; whenever the City Clerk is the officer sought to be removed, the acts required to be done by him in this section shall be done by the Assistant City Clerk.
 Section Any voter who desires to become candidate for election for any office for which a special election is to be held, may be placed on the official list of those to be voted for for when registered and nominated as follows:
 (a) He shall within five days next after the calling of such election file fin writing request to the City Clerk to register his name as a candidate to be voted for at such election.
 Cb) The City Clerk. shall, upon such voter so requesting, forthwith regis te his name as such candidate. his place of residence and the time of filing such request in book by him kept for such purpose, which book shall be public record.
 Co The City Clerk shall cause the names of all persons so registering to be printed conspicuously in the forms of nominating petitions herein provided for, he shall make affidavit thereon that said names are SO regis tered and are printed thereon in the order of their registration.
 (d) Forms of nominating petitions shall be furnished by the City Clerk seven days after the call for such election to those who shall have regis tered as provided herein. Such nom mating petitions may consist of one