The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23


 or four members shall be required to
 pass an ordinance or resolution ovel
 the veto Of the president. No resolu- tion, py-law or ordinance granting any
 franchise, appropriating any money for any purpose providing for any public
 improvements. enacting any reguIa-
 lion concerning the public comfort the pupl1c safety or public health, or of
 any other general or permanent nature except a proclamation of quarantine l snail be enacted except at a regular public meeting of said board, or an ad- Journment thereof. Every ordinance in troduced at any and every such meet l Ing shall be in writing and read before l any vote thereon shall be taken. and l the yeas and nays thereon shall be re- corded. All ordinances or resolutions
 shall be adopted by majority vote of l the commission. All ordinances and all Resolutions of a permanent nature
 after having been adopted by the com
 mission shall be submitted to the pres
 ident, who shall if he approve the same. signify such approval by indorsement | on such ordinance or resolution with 1 in five days after the same shall haye been submitted to him, and if he does not approve the same, he shall return the same to the commission with his veto, and his reasons therefor indorsed
 thereon, and such revolution or ordi- 1 l fective, unless at the following regular | meeting of the commission, the four l commissioners of such city shall vote ! in favor of the passage of such ordi-
 nance or resolution, notwithstanding g the veto of the president A record l of the proceedings of every meeting of l the commission shall be kept in a well bound book, and every resolution or I ordinance passed by the commission J must be recorded in such book, and l the record of the proceedings of the l meeting shall be signed by the presi- dent of the commission or by three
 commissioners before action shall be effective. Such record shall be kept available for inspection by all citizens of such city at all reasonable times. No ordinance of permanent operation shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced, except by unan- imous consent, and such unanimous consent shall be shown by the aye and nay vote entered upon the minutes of such meeting; provided, however, that if the president of the commission and all the commissioners vote for the passage of the ordinance, and their names are so entered of record as vot. ing in favor thereof, it shall be con- strued as giving unanimous consent to the action upon such ordinance at the meeting at which it is introduced.
 Sec. IS. At the first meeting of the commissioners provided for by this act, they shall designate by majority vote one of their number as president pro tenn, who shall have all the-authority, and discharge all duties that devolve upon the president of the said commits sion during the absence of the president on account of illness. or any other cause.
 Sec. IA. No resolution bylaw or or dinance granting to any person, firm or corporation any franchise, lease or right to use the streets, public high ways. thoroughfares, or public property of any city organized under the pro- visions of this act. either in, under, upon, along, through, or over same shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the board of commissioners and pub lication of said resolution, bylaw or ordinance In full once a week for three consecutive weeks in some daily news paper published in said city, which pub lication shall be made at the expense of the persons, firm or corporation ap- plying for said grant. Pending the pas sage of any such resolution, bylaw or ordinance, or during the time inter- vening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be made as above provided, the legally qualified voters of said city may by written petition or petitions addressed to said board of commissioners object to such grant. and if during said period such written petition or petitions signed by at least 1000 legally qualified voters of such city shall be filed with said board of commissioners, said board shall forthwith order an election, which shall be conducted by the election com mission of such city. at which election the legally qualified voters of said city shall vote for or against the proposed grant as set forth in the said bylaw, resolution or ordinance. In the call for said election, the said resolution, by law or ordinance making such grant shall be published at length and in full at the expense of the city in at least two newspapers published in said city by one publication. If at such election the majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of said ordinance and the mak- ing of said proposed grant, the same shall thereupon become effective; but if a majority of the votes so cast shall be against the passage of said resolu- tion, bylaw or ordinance and against the making of said grant, said bylaw resolution or ordinance shall not be- come effective. nor shall it confer any rights. powers or privileges of any kind, and it shall be the duty of the said board of commissioners after such result of said election shall be deter mined, to pass a resolution or ordi- nance to that effect No grant of any franchise or lease or right of user, or any other right in. under upon, along through, or over the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of any such city. shall be made or given, nor shall any such right of any kind whatever be conferred upon any person. firm or corporation, ex- cept by a resolution or ordinance duly passed by the board of commission CTS at some regular or adjourned public meeting and published as above pro- vided for in this section; nor shall any extension or enlargement of any such rights or powers previously granted be made or given except in the manner and subject to all the conditions herein pro- vided for as to the original grant of same. It is expressly, provided, how ever, that the provisions of this sec ton shall not apply to the grant of sidetrack or switching privileges to any railroad or street car company for the purpose of reaching and affording railway connections, and switch privi- leges to the owners or users of any in- dustrial plant, store or warehouse; pro- vided further that said track or switch shall not extend for a greater distance than 1920 feet.
 Sec. 15. In every city which shall be- come organized according to the pro visions of this act any persons desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of president of the com mission, or commissioner. may become such candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county in