Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-13

deem and the election takes place No
vember 20. At this election, the vot-
ers will vote, For Organization as
city under commission" or Against
organization as a city under commits
sion" If a majority decide for a
commission, the city will hold an cleo
ion within sixty days of such adop
ton to elect mayor and two com
.nissioners, to serve for three years
from the first Monday in December
following their election. The new
commissioners will assume office on
the second Monday after election, at
which time the present mayor and
councilmen shall retire The other
officers shall continue in office at
the pleasure of the commission
How Elected
Primary elections are held two
weeks prior to the regular election
for the nomination of candidates, all
the names being printed upon one bal
lot To be placed upon this ballot,
the prospective candidates must, not
less than Is nor more than 20 days
before the primary election, file his
declaration with the clerk, which
must be supported by a petition of
at least 100 qualified voters, and each
no v,nriGnd tN
fications and residence, and must give
the street number of each signer.
The names of the candidates must
be published twice in a daily news
paper before the ballots are print
ed.
The two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for Mayor,
and the four highest for com
missioners, are the nominees at the
regular election at which the three
officials are chosen from the six can
didates. Any person who shall agree
to assist any candidate for money, or
of value, or attempt to
bride any elector, or who shall solicit
or accept such bride is liable to fine
and Imprisonment.
Vacancies and Bonds.
Any vacancy occurring in the com
mission shall be filled by the remain
ing members for the uneXpired term,
and each commissioner shall give a
bond in five times the amount of his
annual salary, for the faithful per.
Torrance of his duties, and they may
require any of the appointees to give
bonds.
Duties and Powers.
The powers and duties are divid-
ed into three departments, viz: De-
partment of public safety, of which
the mayor shall be chief; the de-
partment of finance and accounting,
and the departments Of streets and
public improvements. They shall, by
ordinance, determine the powers and
duties to be performed in each de-
ter Edith returned Saturday from a
partment, as we'll as the duties and
powers of officers ana employees. They
shall appoint city clerk and such
other officers and assistants as may
be required, who may be removed by
a majority vote of the commission
at any time, and whose salaries shall
be fixed by ordinance.
The commission must maintain an
office at the city hall, and hold pub
lie meetings at least once week
All meetings, regular or special, shall
be open to the public. The mayor
shall be president of the commission
and preside over it's meetings, and
shall oversee all departments. The
commissioner of finance and account.
ing shall be vice president, and shall
act mayor during the absence or in
ability of that official.
Salaries
lie mayor SudlI receive salary
of $4,000 and the commissioners 3d.
900 each, per annum, payable month
ly. (This is based upon a population
of $4,000, which the Herald believes
Aberdeen has, although the federal
census was 240 short of this number
Legislative Powers and Restrictions.
Every ordinance appropriating mon
ey, or ordering any street improve
ments or sewer, or granting any fran.
chise to use streets, bridges or pub
lie places must be complete in the
form in which it is finally passed, at
least one week before it's final pas
sage, and be on file with the clerk
for public inspection. No franchise
or right to occupy or use the streets,
bridges or public places shall be grant
ed, renewed or extended except by
ordinance, and every franchise for in
terurban or street railways, gas or
water works, electric light or power
plants, heating plants, telegraph or
telephone systems, or other public
corvipn ,1ti1ifioc cho11 not ho Dnoro