The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-21
Quick Work DoneP Petihon Ia Circulation Only
One Day Has 500 More Names Than Necessar
commissioners Failed To Publish Ordinance
Within 2tDays Of Final Passage as Lsalu Requires
Petition it' Would Hold Good Any Time. Before
/. 4al a,,.S Ordinance Goes Into Effect Abril lst

quickly but effectively the filing for
referendum vote on the water ordinance 1 W. '
The first notice the public had Of the by
Tuesday the M 18th tie petitions were
and circulated on the 18th and the morning the 20h 10 seen
aat As petition containing 50 to
obtain referendum only circulation one
mas raised as to what
it, which the 18TH rs - '4s' W
then published newspapers as matter no Official
publication was given and after these published It was
amended and passed back forth the tie council
and finally approved and adopted council on aichi6
On March it officially published Of the
ever had Of Of ordinance mayor
certified the ordinance in ADOPTED by the
of Fairmon West Virginia NNE 5s
This was the final the ordinance understood
and the board Of affairs understood
The provisions for the section
REFERENDUM
Sec lo No ordinance franchise passed by affairs
provisions Of this act Except ordinance for
of the public health safety which shall
pas isas
sE m AZ HAVE
orally circulated in said city And during petition
signed BY the electors of the city equal in number thirty
last preceding general municipal election who received number
r. test sg1 5 5 b. b.
suspended from going into operation and shall board
affairs reconsider such ordinance and no.
entirely repealed the board shall
ohise provided @ section hundred and three
this act the vote Of the electors general
election at special municipal election that
and ordinance franchise shall
unless majority the qualified shall
favor thereof Said petition shall
hundred and
b clerk herein
provided ss5b M
This provides the filing wha
ten days before the ordinance into effect docs
mot into effect till April lst the hold good
time before that date But days from
the final council petition would have been
lin time had it been filed even as late the 9th
yesterday time before time
qued the West Vginian publish them CON
cernng the water ordinance and Tor publ
gave the most prominence front Of the
and that was our first ma Ae S
the suppose their
they complied with the that before
the within two days
Sundays holidays excepted its final passagef
the and for the publication notice.
has been passed
any they
There TO make an ordinance legal
first the board of affairs
The essential dsI Is the puonc
ton within two days lsssi Sgs
has complied other was not i Us is
is fact an ordinance at ALL we
have goodlega opinions that 1t IS not
1.-the board this case for
after as they eonstrue
passing ard hold up notice
by publication filing the petition has
elapsed and destroy entirely the eferenduma a
days after the final passage Of
the 9Th and the petition was in
the passage Of the ordinance excepting
Sunday that the PEOPLE required to circulate u
peion benefit Of the days limit
&c that Christian gentlemen who honorable
OF affairs hold that petition must be circulated on Sunday
nops are 70 benefit of the days limit
@ technical objection that might be raised TO the
Ling petitions that they were filed very hurred yesterday ases