The Detroit times., 1913-06-21
bEFAULTERS TO
|BE BARRED AS
|OFFICE HOLDERS
Charter Board Would Make In.
eligible Any One Who Has.
Taken Public Funds
KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
NECESSARY FOR PLACE
But Payroll Attaches Need Not
Read and Write Language
"lntelligently"

The qualifications OF ONCE holders
Detroit as to residence and ability
read and write English. their rec
rds as trustees or public funds. and
heir privileges In running for other
mces were discussed and fixed by the
harter commission, Friday mornina.
Whether all officials OF the city
hould be able to read and write Eng
ish was question which took up
most OF the morning. and the original
Burton proposal was amended 10
trtke out the word "intelligently."
commissioners Guthard and Eikhofr
we're much exercised for fear the pas
rage OF such law would require all
candidates for ONCE to be professors
bf English" Commissioner DENLY
anally moved to strike out the quail.
Tying word 'intelligently." after Com.
missioner Broadway had failed In try.
Ing to substitute for II the word I'm.
elligibly."
Other proposals which were brought
up before the committee of the whole
pnd approved we're: That no person
who had ever defaulted In the matter
pr money or property Of the city. or
any county, municipality IN the state,
or the state itself. should hold once;
that no person holding an appointive
once should be allowed to present
himself as a candidate for any other
once; that members of the common
council should hold no other civic Of
hces. and that the mayor should have
direct control over his own appointos.
The provisions regarding the mayors
appointing power give him the right
to appoint controller, inspectors for
gas, electric meters, weights, pound
master. market clerks. and other Of
|hces already within his Jurisdiction.
The deputy positions In all depart
ments are to be filled by the heads or
those departments. The mayor may
remove any appointe Of his own at his
Town pleasure or discontinue any Of
flce which may seem to be no longer
needed. The latter provision was IN
contemplation Of such a situation as
recently arose over the once OF gas
inspector, which was no longer need.
led, but which could not be discon-
tinued without fight. Whenever The
mayor makes an appointment he must
submit the name Immediately to the
council, and II he fail to do 40 the
council may make the appointment.
The provision that all officers OF the
city must live within the city limits
decided that II shall not apply to any
experts that are to be salled In by the
heads OF departments for consultation
or as superintendents.
No elected officials are included in
the provision which was passed pro-
hibiting ofice-holders from becoming
candidates for other positions. II is
expected that another section will
cover that point, as Commissioner
Burton and several others are deter
mined that the charter shall prevent
the head of any department from
using his ONCE as a ladder to climb
into a higher position.
The report Of the committee on
finance, which has been under con.
sideration. was presented and covers
Ave cardinal points. The new laws
II accepted will provide as follows:
City departments may buy supplies
In large quantities to take advantage
OF wholesale prices, and II overstock-
ed, may sell to other departments.
This obviates the need for purchas-
ing agent
Emergency bends may be issued 70
raise money II needed under extraor-
binary circumstances.
Bond issues may bear interest at a
rate higher than per cent II neces-
sary.
Bonds may he sold at any price
that can be obtained on a competitive
market. At present city bonds must
sell at par and bear only four per
cent.
The water debt Of any territory
annexed to the city, shall be as
sumed by the water board.
In regard to arranging financial
matters, two communications were
received from Controller Heineman.
He asked that the proposition to In.