The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-10
Commission Government
THE SITUATION BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF
MARIETTA BRIEFLY STATED.
WHAT OUR COMMISSION BILL is:

WHAT OUR COMMISSION BILL is:
It calls for the election of three Com
misSionerS, one to serve two years, one
for four years and one for six years. Ev-
cry two years one new commissioner will
be elected
They would perform the duties now
encumbent on the Mayor and Council
men and the Water Board. The School
Board is not abolished.
In place of the present Clerk, it pro-
vides for Secretary to the Commission,
elected by them, and on salary.
1t also provides for a Recorders
Court and Recorder, to be elected by
the Commission at a salary of $500 per
year.
It provides by its recall provision, for
the removal of any commissioner or COM
missioners, should they prove unworthy
on the petition of twenty-five per cent of
the voters of the last preceding election
WHAT THE COMMISSION BILL IF ADOPTED
WOULD DO FOR MARIETTA.
1t would eliminate factiona politics to great
extent, by doing away with the scramble every two
years by designing politicians for the control of
the city.
Officers and employees would be chosen from
merit and fitness, rather than from favoritism,
the payment of political obligations.
The taxes and other revenue OF the city would
be collected without paying commissions which
now aggregate several thousand dollars annually
The Court and Police would be separated from
the business department of the city government
and the city hall could be kept any other busi-
ness office, so that any lady other person would
not hesitate to go there to transact business
The Water and Lights office would be moved
into the City Hall, thus saving rent and clerk hire
The commissioners unhampered by politics
frequent changes in office. could plan and carry
out permanent improvements in the city instead of
wasting money in temporizlng.
Material and all city supplies could be bought
from competitive bidders, there would then be
no political debts to pay.
The amount saved in commissions and salaries
as now exist together with an economical manage
ment of the finances of the city, would enable the
commissioners to reduce the tax rate, thus benefit
ing not only every property owner, but every rent
er as we'll as rents necessarily increased under
high tax rate
TO THE VOTERS OF MARIETTA:
The Opposition against the Commission Form of Government
are using the argument against that will agree
serve without compensation the bill recently passed by the
Legislature reads
undersigned citizens OF Marietta, while in no
soliciting votes seeking Office Commissioner hereby agree
that the citizens and OF Marietta wish to
agree o serve a a Commissioner
II R. e. Butler R. H Northcutt
II c. D. Elder NJ. D. E. P. Dobbs
H A. A. Bishop j. n CAN'T
II c. c. Byrd Jas T. Anderson
II j. D. Malone G. e. Henderson
II r. M. Brumby j. j. Hardage
II J. J. Black w, L. Benson
II H G. Coyel JAS b. Dobbs
Il j. A. Benson H. H. Faw
Il w. H. Perknson F. Schilng
II H. R. McCatchey A. B. Gilbert
II Len c. Baldwin William Holland
II w. A DuPre W P. Stephens
II J D. Anderson w. A. Sans
II J H. Groves MoUrie NJ. Sessions
II Merry Meinet S. D. Rambo
II G. Gilbert T. W. Read
II T. Wallace W G. Cauiker
Il 5. c. McEachern J. Glenn Giles
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