Milford chronicle., 1923-02-09
BILL PROVIDES FOR
DISTRICTTNC THETOWN
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tary of said Board, certificate show
ing that their names have been filed
Section 2. The Collector and Treas
urer of said town shall be and is here
oy required to file with the Secretary
OF council, not later than the twen-
tleth day of December of each year, a
certlhed delinquent list in duplicate,
which list shall be available to any
citizen upon request and any person
whose name appears on said list shall
be ineligible to vote at the ensuing
town elections.
Section 3. The said Town of Milford
snail be and is hereby divided into six
wards as follows:
1. The first ward shall embrace all
the territory of the town of Milford in
Sussex county and lying on the west
side of Walnut street.
2. The second ward shall embrace
all the territory of the town of Milford
in Sussex county and lying between
Walnut street and Franklin street.
3. The third ward shall embrace all
the territory of the town of Milford in
Sussex county lying on the east side
of Franklin street.
4. The fourth ward shall embrace
all the territory of the town of Mil
ford in Kent county lying west of
Railroad avenue and Church street.
5. The fifth ward shall embrace all !
of the territory of the town of Milford |
in Kent county lying between Railroad |
avenue and Church street on the east, |
and Walnut street on the west.
6. The sixth ward shall embrace all !
the territory of the town of Milford in
Kent county lying east of Walnut
street.
Section 4. The President of Council
and the Collector and Treasurer shall
be elected at large throughout the said l.
town. Each ward shall elect a Coun-
Gilman to represent such ward and /
only persons residing in such ward
shall be eligible to vote for the candi- /
date for Council of such ward. Booths
Shall be provided for each election by Z
the election officers. The election Off :
GERS shall be provided with ballots for !
each of the six wards and each ballot
shall have printed on the back there !
of in large figures the number indi- +
eating the number of the ward in $
which the vote is to be cast. It shall +
be the duties of the election officers 1
to ascertain from each voter the ward n
in which such voter lives and to pro- h
vide him or her with proper ballot for
such district. The ballots shall be q
printed with the names of the candi- p
dates and the Office for which they n
are running and when there are sew n
eral candidates for the same office, the u
names shall be arranged in alphabet s
)rder. m
Section 5. The election officers shall ]
De required to turn over to the Secre- p
ary of Council complete list of all dt
lames voted and the Secretary of eC
Jouncil shall file such list with the nc
own papers. Provided that the first Gi
lection TO be held under the provis- M
on fthis act lin January 1924 one
shall be elected from the br
Ourth ward for one year and from the an
rst, third md iiith wards for two an
ears. The councilmen elected for eli
wo years at the last election, and cb
rho reside in the second and sixth les
ards shall continue to serve out HC
leir terms. R,
Beginning with the annual town Lo
lection in January One Thousand sey
inc Hundred and Twenty Five the
luncilmen from the second, fourth To
nd sixth wards shall be elected for tel
Vo years; and at the elections held in thi
anuary One Thousand Nine Hundred boz
nd Twenty-six councilmen from the poi
rst, third and fifth wards shall ,be Ge
ected for two years. At all following ate
ections candidates shall be elected ly
r two years to succeed the council dul
en- whose terms expire. 4
In case of vacancy caused by death, apr
signation or removal, members of Wa
uncil shall appoint a member to Jer
rye until the next annual election, the
which time a successor shall be L
scted to serve out the unexpired era
nm. the
Only ballots provided by the election tral
icials shall be voted at the annual con
'ctlon. liar