The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-04

would be open to the public.
 c-The calendar would be publish ed at least 24 hours in advance of each meeting setting forth the su bjects to be considered at such meetings
 d-Deposito of city funds would be selected fon the basis of their sta bility and the rates of interest which they were willing to pay to the city
 e-Pu blic advertising would be on a Competitive basis. and the principles 1 of %economy# applied throughout. ~
 fA11 contracts over $500 would be in writing and let only to low bidders, after competitive bidding
 Contractors would be required to provide a.dequate bonds as security
 hA limitation would be placed on damage claims.
 Q) Sound business methods of is- suing city bonds and other loans and adequate sinking fund provisions therefor would be established.
 Election Provisions.
 Election provisions are reconmend- l ed, as follows:
 l. Nomination by Petition. The { manner of nomination of all elective 1 officers shall be by petition. The pe- tition for the nomination of each cam didate shall consist of not less than t10o nor more than 200 individual cer- tificates Each certiffcate shall be of uniform size, to be determined by the auditor shall be signed and verified by one registered voter and shall l date.
 2. F41ing Petitions The petition. consisting of at least 100 sufficient certificates shall be presented to the forty and not later than sventy days before election. The auditor shall en- dorse thereon the day and hour of it's presentation and by whom presented. 1 If the petition be sufficient he shall I file the same at once.
 8 The validity of an election shall I not be in any way affected by any defect Or 1rregu ularIty in any noTnina,t- 1 ing petition.
 Recall Eaect1ons.
 Il Regarding Recall Elections, the comnfttee recommends.
 I T. Any elective officer provided for l in this charter may be removed from for d successor to such officer. The I procedure to effect such removal shah I be as follows
 I (a9 A petition. demanding that the question of removing such officer be
 submitted to the electors qualified to dressed to the commission and filed
 with the auditor. Such petition shall
 be signed by at least twenty five per I cent of the total number of regs- l tered voters The signature to such petitions need not all be appended to one paper
 All papers comprising a recall petition shall be assembled and filed 1 with the auditor as one instrument j within thirty days after the filing
 with the auditor of the affidavit stat
 ing the name and office Of the officer days from the date Of the filing oi
 such petition, the auditor shall deter
 mine the sl1fi1ciency thereof and at
 tach thereto ,certlficate showing the
 result Of his examination. If the
 auditor shall certify that the petition is insuh7cient he shall set forth in the
 certificate the particulars in which
 the petition is defective and shall re turn a copy Of the certificate to the
 person designa ted in such petition te 5 receive it.
 f recall petition shall be cer- ,j tified by the auditor to be sufficient N he shall at once submit the same witl his certifcate to the commission and l shall notify the officer sought to be
 reealIed Of such action. If the off. t eiaI whose removal is sought does Hoi q, resign within five days after such no q tfces the commission shall thereupor Il order and fix q day for heIding re. call election Any such election sIaT Isbe held not less than forty nor more
 than sixty days after the petition has
 been presented to the eonmission. al ' the same time as any other genera
 or special election held within sucI l period but. if no such election be helt
 within such period, the connmissior l shall call a special recall election te
 be held within the time aforesaid. 8. The form e. ballots used in reca1 1 elections the method of marking are counting such ballots, and sdeternlin. ing the result of such election shaI
 conform in all particulars to the pro.
 visions of this charter, relating tc 3, regular municipal eleeti ions.
 l Except IS provided dh this sec. tion nominations Of candidates tt Succeed any officer whose removal 1.
 sought shall be made in the name. } already provided for in this charter
 and nominating petitions shall be f1let with the election authorities at leas E twenty days prior, to. the date of hold :. ing such recall election Any persol of such candidacy with his petition and in the absence Of such accept : ance his name shall not appear on tn : ballot Any officer sought to be re ! moved may be candIdate to succeed
 himself and, unless he requests other ? wise in writing at least twenty day 3 prior to the date of holding the recal : election the election authorities shal g place his name on the official ba1lo : without nomination.
 S.. The incumbent, if reelected : Shall continue in office for the remain s der of his unexpired term, subject t t recall as before, except as provided il ] this charter. If not re-efected in th t recall election he shall. regardless Q . any technical defects in the recall De q tition, be deemed removed from off1c e as soon as his successor has qualified g and such successor shall hold ofic t during the unexpired term If tn 0 successor fails to quality within te s days after receiving notification of hi e Ielection, the incuInb ent shall there t upon be deemed removed and the o1 - fee vacantl
 e 6. No recall petition shall be file 2 + against an officer within twelv s. months after he takes office, nor, i q case of an officer reelected in re
 call election, until six months afte