The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
DISAPPROVES ELECTION
OF Superintendent MUTE
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Pro-
yides for Election of Successor.

yldeS for Election OF Successor.
Following the action of the Board
OF Education at the City Hall on
Monday afternoon in it's election OF
Supt. A. c. Mute to succeed himself
as Superintendent of the Union City
Public Schools for another year, the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen, at a
called meeting on Tuesday night,
July 8, disapproyed of said election
and passed an ordinance, which ap-
pears in full below, providing for
the election of superintendent OF
city school to succeed Mr.. Mute, and
in case of failure or refusal confer
ring powers upon the Board of May
or and Aldermen to control and to
elect superintendent.
The following members were pres
ent: Mayor Pittman, T. R. Rey-
nolds, H. A. Bransford, M. F. White,
T. w. Jernigan, John Adams.
After the reading of the minutes
the Mayor announced the purpose OF
the meeting, whereupon Mr.. Brans-
ford suggested that an election be
ordered to determine the will of the
people upon the question of Mr..
Nute's election.
This brought forth some comment,
the gist of which was that instead of
arriving at a satisfactory conclusion
of the matter an election would Gre
ate further trouble and confusion.
Some comment was made upon the
publish 4 list of names indorsing
Mr.. Nut IS progressive methods. To
this list, it seems that only little
over two hundred voters were signed,
and it is taken for granted that the
petitions were generally circulated
and submitted to every citizen of
Union City. This thea did not ap-
pear to members of the board as an
Endorsement of the people of Union
City for the reelection of Mr.. Mute.
At the outset Mayor Pittman
stated that it was the desire of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen to
proceed upon the matter in an or
derly and business like way, to be
just and fair to the Board of Educa-
tion, and in view 'of that the follow
ing ordinance was adopted. 1t was
not the wish of members of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen to be arbi-
trary with the Board of Education.
The. following is the ordinance
adopted by aye and nay vote, all
present voting aye, Mr.. Davis asking
to be recorded as approving.
AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE to amend an Ordi-
nance passed February 5, 1918,
entitled, AN Ordinance to pre-
scribe and define certain duties
and powers of the Board of School
Directors of the Union City
Schools, to place said Directors un-
der the control, supervision and
management of the Mayor and
Aldermen, and to repeal an Ordi-
nance passed March 21, 1911" so
as to confer upon the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen the power to
elect Superintendent of City
Schools under certain conditions.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
Union City, That Section l of an or
dinance passed February 5, 1918,
"An Ordinance to prescribe
and define certain duties and powers
of the Board of School Directors of
the Union City Schools, to place said
Directors under the control, super
vision and management of the Mayor
and Aldermen, and to repeal an or
dinance passed March 21, 1911" be
and the same is hereby amended by
adding at the end of Section 1, the
following: Provided further that,
if the Board of School Directors shall
fail or refuse to elect a Superin-
tendent of Schools satisfactory to |
and approved by this Board within
such time as the Board deems rea-
sonable, then in that event, the |
Board of Mayor and Aldermen may
elect said superintendent"
Section 2. Be it further ordained, |
That this ordinance take effect from
and after passage, the public well |
fare requiring it.
Passed July 9, 1918,
F. e. QUINN, Recorder.
Approved July 8, 1918,
F. L. PITTMAN, Mayor.
Published in The Commercial at |
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