Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-10-20

The primary election for such nomi-
nation shall be held on the second
Monday preceding the municipal
election. The officers of election
appointed for the municipal election
shall be the officers of the primary
election, which shall be held at the
same place. so far as practicable,
Z and the polls shall be opened and
closed at the same hours as are re-
CURED for the municipal election.
Any person desiring to become a
candidate for mayor or commission
er shall, not less than 10 nor more
than 20 days prior to said primary
election, file with the city clerk
statement of such candidacy accom-
panied with the filing fee required
by law.
He shall at the same time file
Herewith the petition of at least one
hundred qualified voters requesting
such candidacy, Each petition shall
be verified by one or more persons
as to the qualifications and residence,
with street number, of each of the
persons so signing the said petition.
immediately upon the expiratio on
of the time for filing the statements
and petitions for candidates, the city
clerk shall cause to be published
over his signature for three success
sive days in all the daily newspapers
published in the CITY, in proper form,
the names of the persons as they are
to appear on the primary ballot, and
! If there be no daily newspapers, then
! in two issues of any other newspaper
that may be published in said city.
The said clerk shall thereupon cause
the primary ballot to be printed.
Sec TO- Each member of the city
| commission shall have the right to
vote on all questions coming before
the commission. Two members of
the commission shall constitute
quorum, and the affirmative vote of
two members shall be necessary to
adopt any motion, resolution or ordi-
nance, or pass any measure, unless
a greater number is provided for in
this act. Upon every vote, the yeas
and nays shall be called and re-
corded, and every motion, resolution
or ordinance shall be reduced to
writing and read before the vote is
taken thereon. The mayor shall pre-
side at all meetings Of the commits
sion; he shall have no power to
veto any measure, but every reso-
luton or ordinance passed by the
commission must be signed by the
mayor, or by two members of the
commission, and be filed and re-
corded within five days after it's
feet from and after thirty days after
its passage, except as otherwise pro-
vided.
Sec. 1. Cities organized under
the provisions of this act shall have
all the powers which cities of the
second class now have, or hereafter
may have conferred upon them; all
of which said powers shall inhere
in and be exercised by the commits
sion provided for in this act. The
executive and administrative powers,
authority and duties in such cities
under commissions, shall be dis
tributed into and among three de-
partments, as follows:
|. Department of public safety
II. Department of finance and ac-
counting.
H. Department of streets and
public improvements.
The commission shall determine
| by ordinance the powers and duties
to be performed in each department;
shall prescribe the powers and
duties of officers and EN- ployees; may
assign particular officers and en-
ployees to one or more departments,
may require an officer or employee
to perform duties in two or more
departments, and may make such
| other rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary or proper for
the efficient and economical conduct
of the business of the city.
| Sec. IL. The mayor shall be
superintendent of the department of
public safety, and the commission
shall, at the first regular meeting
after election of its members, desig-
nate by majority vote one commits
sioner to be superintendent of finance
and accounting; and one to be super
intendent of the department of
streets and public improvements; but
such designation may be changed
whenever it appears that the public
service would be benefited thereby.