The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

 would promptly provide useful i'm formation to the public. a7 #
 d-A system for the thorough au- dit of both revenue and expenditures.
 e-A modern system of budget making which would enable the citi- zens to participate understandfng1y in making the annual budget-the most important governmental event of the year to them.
 rates of compensation paid city en- p1oyees so that efficient service might be rewarded and inefficient
 g-speciaI procedures for solving the administrative problems in the police. fire and other departments.
 5-Other Noteworthy Features.
 a-Fullest publicity for all public records would be required.
 b@Al meetings of the Commission would be open to the public.
 The calendar would be publish ed at least A hours in advance. of Jects to be considered at such meet
 d-Depositorie Of city funds would be selected on the basis of their sta bility and the rates Of interest Which they were willing to, pay to the city
 e-Pnb1ic advertising would be on a competitive basis. and the princi- pies of economy applied throughout. An contracts over $500 would be | in writing and let only. to low bidders after competitive bidding.
 g-Contractors would be required to provide adeauates bonds as secur-
 h-A limitation would be placed on. damage claims.
 1 ing city bonds and other loans and 1 adequate sinking fund provisions 1 therefor would be established.
 ELECTION PROVISIONS
 l. Election provisions are reeonm end 1-No1nination by Petitio on-The manner of nomination of all elective 1 officers shall be by petition. The pc I + @i.0r4 fNF 111 candidate shall consist of not less than 100 nor more than 200 indivtd- ual certificates Bach certificate ternined by the auditor, shall be signed and verified by one registered voter, and #shaliseontain the name of l 3-Filing Petit itions-The petit on, consisting of at least 100 sufficient auditor for filing not earlier than forty and not later than twenty days 1 before the election. The auditor shall endorse thereon tue day and hour of it's presentation and by whom | presented. If the petition be suffi- cient. he shall file the same at once. 3--The validity or legality of an l election shall not be in any way af- E-fectedS by any defect or irregularity in any nominating petition.
 RECALL. ELECTIONS
 Regarding Recall Elections, the Committee recomr1ends:
 1--Any elective officer provi ided for in this charter may be removed from office by the electors qualified to vote for a successor to such officer. The procedHrest to effect such removal shall be as follows:
 a-A petition. demanding that the
 question of removing such officer be
 submitted to the electors quaIihed
 to vote for his successor. shall be ad- 5dressed to the Com mission and filed
 with the auditor. Such petition shall be signed, by at least twenty five pei cent. of the total number of regis I petitions need not all be- appended to
 2-AH papers comprising recaI petition shall be assembled and file6
 with the auditor as one instru rumeni
 within thirty days after the filing with the auditor Of the affidavit stat ing the name and office of the offic
 CT sought to be removed. Within ter z days from the date of the filing o1
 such petition. the auditor shall deter
 tach thereto a certificate showing tn, | result of his examination. If the au , l, ditor Shall certify that the petition il 5 insufficient. he shall set forth in tn, 9 certificate the particulars in wflicl the petition is defective, and shall re , turn a copy of the certincates to tn s person designated in such petitio1 2If a recall petition shall be cer sd t1fied by the auditor to be sufficient f | his certificate to the Com mission an . shall notify the officer sought to b d recalled of such action. If the of
 rlclal whose removal is sought doe . not resign within five days after sl1cl . notice the Commission shall thereup : on order and fix a day for holding shall be held, not less than forty nc n more than sixty days after the peti
 ton has been presented to the Com
 mission, at. the same time as an
 other general or special eection heI = within such period; but if no sue e election be held within such perfo( if | on seT7 al a ioT
 call election to be held within tn
 time aforesaid
 e gall elections. the method Of mark l. ing and counting such ballots, and de y ternali iraillg the result of such electfo r. shall conform mall particulars to th l. provisions Of this charter. relating f It regular municipal elections.
 t. 4-Except as provided in this sec
 tion, nominations of candidates 1 l- succeed any officer whose removal It sought shall be made in the nanne d already provided for in this charte T. and Tnpminatings petitions shall be fl a ed with the election authorities :
 least twenty days prior to the da1 g of holding such recall election. Ar 1t person so nominated shall file his a, y ceptance- of such candidacy with h n petition, and in the absence Of sue ts acceptancy his name shall not appes ly on the ballot Any officer sought
 be removed may be a candidate T. succeed himself and, unless he r, T. quests otherwise in writing at lea es ing the recall election, the selectie II authorities Shall place. his f.aT39e esss e the official ballot without noIiin. 1e ton. g-sss % 5ss5 zss81 sN Y
 511-Thes incumbe if re-eIecte t. shall continue in office for the r
 mainder of his unexpired term su1 od Jects to recall as before, except as pr. ,n- vtded in this charter. If not sre@elec as ed in the recall election, he shall r.
 gardIess of any technical defects re the recall petition be deemed r
 moved from office soon as his SUI es cessor has qualified and such sucee of sor shall hold office during the une t. pired term. If the successor fails
 qualify within ten days after recei rI ing notification of his election the il r. cunbent shall thereupon be deems o removed and the office vacant lis o-No recall benton shau be file st against an officer within twe1