The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-06

satisfactory bid IS received. the Board
Of Commissioners may reject all bids
and call for further bids. or direct
the City Manager to dispose of such
articles at private sale or for not
less than the amount of the highest
competitive bid,
Section 10. All contract OF the City
Of Ardmore, shall be signed by the
City Manager. Where any contract
binds the City to the payment Of
more than the sum of $4,000 it shall
not become binding obligation of the
City until it shall have been approved
and signed by the Mayor, and where
it binds the City to the payment of
more than the sum OF 100000 the
Mayor shall not 50 approve such con-
tract until the same shall have been
Board of Commissioners,
Section 90 Whenever the City OF
Ardmore is sued upon any contract, or
for an amount claimed to be due upon
any account. it shall be the duty of
the City Manager or the City Attorney
under the direction of the City Man
ager. to defend the action upon all
legal grounds, including. if possible,
the ground that the expenditure is in
excess Of the estimate or in excess
OF the authorized expenditure for the
period during which the same is al
legged to have been incurred
! Section 81. Section 6 OF Article 2 of
OF the Charter of the City of Ard
more as now existing is hereby adopt
ed as Section Il of Article of the
Amended Charter.
Section 22. Section of Article
2 of the Charter Of the City Of
Ardmore as now existing is hereby
adopted as Section 90 Of Article 2
OF the Amended Charter
Section 90. Section of Article 2
OF the Charter of the City of Ardmore
as now existing is hereby adopted as
Section 90 OF Article 2 of the Amend
ed Charter, except that same shall
be modified so that the bonds therein
provided for shall bear a rate of in
terest not to exceed six per cent
Section "a. All elections for muni-
cipal officers in the City of Ard
more shall be conducted as herein
provided.
Section %. On the second Tuesday
in March of each year in which muni-
cipal election is to be held there shall
be held a primary election in each OF
the voting precincts within the city, at
which time candidates for such offices
as are TO be elected at the general
election in such year shall be elected.
Section 26. On the first Tuesday in
April in the year 1923, and bi-ennially
thereafter, there shall be held a gen.
eral election conducted at the regular
voting places within the city for the
election of municipal officers. Can
didates shall be selected by electors
Of the City at large.
Section q. In either the primary or
general election provided for here
under only such persons shall be
qualified to vote as electors therein
as are qualified and registered under
the general statutes of Oklahoma
providing for qualification and regis.
tration OF electors, and only such
electors as are residents of the City OF
Ardmore.
Section %. All elections within the
City of Ardmore Shall be held at the
polling places designated by the
Board Of Commissioners, and. in the
absence Of such designation. at the
polling places designated under the
general election law, of which notice
shall be given by publication in one
issue of some newspaper OF general
circulation in the City, at least ten
days before the primary election such
places so designated to be the poll.
ing places in both primary and gen.
eral election.
Section 20. Any elector may be
come a candidate for any office in
any primary election by filing with
the City Clerk not more than twenty
(20) days nor less than ten C0) days
before such primary election. writer
notice setting forth his name. III,
ward from which he is a candidate oi
at large, as the case may be, and thC
street number Of his address. ant
shall give the name of the office fol
which ne is a candidate and the dat,
Of the primary.
= Section 30. In addition 10 the abov,
method an elector may become n can
didate at the primary election by tn,
filing Of written notice within the time
provided in the preceding section, sucl
as set forth In the last section. ant
signed by % registered voters in IN,
City of Ardmore. stating the nam,
Of the candidate they desire to nomi
nate in addition to the matters re-
quiref by the foregoing section to b,
included In such notice, provided tina
the clcctor nominated shall, within
= three days after the filing OF hl
nomination, file his acceptance Of IN,
nomination.
2 Section 81 II shall be the duty o
the City Clerk to cause to be printe,
b ballots containing In alphabetical ord
er the names OF all candidates for OF
fees to be voted upon at such primar!
, election Said ballots shall state IN,
offices 10 bc voted for. and immediately
following the name Of the office th,
names OF the candidate therefor an,
statement OF the number thereof {,
bc voted for. Such ballots shall con
tain no emblem, device. mark or sgl
3 OF any kind indicating to which poll
tical party a candidate may belong
but snail bc strictly non partisan
ballot. II shall be the duty OF tn
City Clerk to distribute the said bal
lots. together with the necessary elcc
ton supplies TO the officers duly ap
, pointed for the holding OF said election
+ prior to the day designated for tn
holding OF the same.
; Section -. The ballots shall b
: counted as provided by the genera
: election laws OF the state. and Ger
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