Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-10-22

published or circulated in said coun-
ty, for at least two weeks before the
election. and also to advertise the
same by printed or written handbills,
posted in conspicuous places in said
city, for the same length of time. If
there is no weekly or daily newspa-
per published in said city, or the
proprietor of said paper refuses to
publish such notice, the printed or
written hand-bills provided for, shall
be sufficient notice. The sheriff or
other such officer shall have the ad-
Vertisement and notices herein pro-
vided for posted as herein required.
within seven days after he receives
the order of the county court. All
elections provided for in this act, ex.
-cept the primary elections shall be
held on the regular election day, by
the regular election officers.
If it shall be found that a majority
of the legal votes cast at the cleo
tons herein above provided for were
given for or against said proposition
submitted, it shall be the duty Of the
.canvassing board to certify that fact,
which certificate shall be delivered
to to the clerk CT the county court
and a'copy thereof delivered to the
clerk of the city, and at the next
regular term Of said court the cOun-
ty judge shall cause the same to be
spread on the order book of said
court, and the entry of said certif-
Gates in the order book, or copy
Thereof, shall be .prima facie evidence
of the facts therein contained.
When a majority Of the votes cast
shall be in favor of organizing and
governing the city under the provis-
ions of this act, and said factshall be
certified as herein before provided,
by the said canvsssing board to the
county clerk, cspy of which shall
be certified to the city clerk, and
said copy Of said certificates shall be
spread upon the records of said coun-
tv, a. herein provided, and upon the
recortls of said city, and at the next
regular meeting of the city council
thereupon said city shall be organic
ed and governed by the provisions of
this act
All the present city officers. save
those of mayor and police judge and
city prosecuting attorney, shall. at
expiration of that year which shall
next follow the year in which said
election is held, be ipso facto abol.
ishee, if the vote at said city election
shall be in favor of the organization
and government of the city under
this act. 1t is understood that the
mayor. police judge and city prose-
cutting attorney shall hold their res
pective offices until the expiration of
the term of Office to which such Off
Ger was elected.
If the year in which such election
under this act shall be held in any
city. be an even year. and the vote
shall be in favor of the organization
and government of the city under
the provisions of this act, then at the
regular city election in the next fol-
lowing odd year, there shall be elect
ed by the qualified voters of said
city, two commissioners and may
or. if the term of the then mayor
will expire with such odd year. or
two commissioners and a police judge |
if the term of the then police judge |
will expire with such odd year. If
the terms of the then mayor and po-
lice Judge should both expire with
such odd year, there shall be elected
by the qualified voters of said city.
two commissioners and a mayor and
a police judge, but the term of Office
of such police Judge SO elected at the
same time as the mayer is elected
shall be for two years only. So that
every two years as herein after pro-
vided, there shall be elected two
commissioners and mayor, or two
commissioners and police Judge as
the case may be. i
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