Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-09
STATEMENT
n. IS ! MADE BY
COMMISSION
Commissioners Give View,
On What Passage Of Meas
ure To Relieve Street R.
R Company From Paying
Paving Tax Mean. To
Grand Forks.

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granting the Grand Forks Street
Railway company exemptions, from
paving costs for a 10-year period has
city commission and signed by all of
SSfhe members of the commission
The statement follows:
To h Electors Of the City, Of Grand
I'LL Forks:
Complying with the request Of nu-
merous taxpayers, the board OF city
commissioners submit the following
for consideration Of electors:
On the 18th day. of September,
1922, a petition signed by~a number
Of electors exceeding twenty-five per
president Of the board Of city com
missioners at the last general NUM-
cipal election. was filed in the Office
of the city auditor Of the city of
Grand Forks and thereafter and on
the 10th day OF September, 1922,
this petition was certified to the board
OF city commissioners as being sum
cient.
The proposed ordinance is as fol-
lows:
Proposed Ordinance.
IAN ordinance relieving the Grand
Forks Street Railway company from
all cost and expense of constructing.
maintaining. replacing ard repairing
pavement from January LIST, 1921, to
December al, $780,
Be it ordained by the city commits
sion of Grand Forks, North Dakota:
Section l. That the Grand Forks
Street Railway company, its SUCCESS
sors or assisnsf be and It hereby Is
released, 6 discharged and relieved
from any and all cost, expense and
liability for, the paving. construction,
maintenance. repair and replacing of
paving during the period beginning
January !: 1921. ana ending Decem-
Section 2. That all ordinances and
with are hereby repealed" !
This petition required that the
board of city commissioners pass this
ordinance or submit the question of
its passage to the electors Of the city.
forthwith.
The board of city commissioners,
after consideration Of the provisions
OF the ordinance, declined to pass 1t,
accepting the alternative mentioned
in the ordinance and provided by
law. to call a special election, and
submit the question of its passage to
the electors of \the city.
October 23rd. 1922, has been fixed.
by. resolution Of the board Of city
commissioner as the day for hold
ing such election.
All these proceedings take their
rise and authority from certain pro-
visions Of law hat apply to cities act
ing under the commission form OF
government. The right to- pass ordi-
nances Is derived from laws made by
the legislature Of the state, and 1t Is
usual to bestow this privilege solely
upon city councils and city commits
sions. but. the. legislature under the
law in question, which ,is known o.
the "referendum'' have e bestowed;
under certain regulations, this city
law-making power upon the electors
of commission governed cities.
This law provides hat whenever
fifteen per cent, petition the board
Of city commissioners to enact q pro-
posed ordinance, such board must
either enact the proposed ordinance
into a city ordinance, within twenty
days from the time 1t is certified by
the auditor to the board; or must
submit it to the electors, at a gen.
eral election, II such general election
occurs within ninety days from the
date Of such Fertilization; but II nc
general election occurs within ninety
ed and such proposed ordinance sub.
plitted to the electors, who may pass
it by a majority vote or reject 1t.
At the election to be held on the
gard day of October, 1922, the cleo.
tors will express their wishes with
regard to the enactment Of this pro.
posed ordinance.
Purpose and Effect of Proposed,
Ordinance.
The purpose Of this proposed or.
dinance iss apparent from Its heading
but its effect is only to- be determin.