The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
BLANK BALLOTS
SENT MEMBERS
Voting Is Now In Order
For Six Officials
WHO REMAIN ONJOB
Charles K. Mayer and George
Atchison Eligible To
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Ballots Tor the primary election
OF directors for the Civic and Com
merce Association were placed in
the mails today. These ballots, in
order to be counted, must be re-
turned TO the Offices Of the associa-
ton not later than o'clock Fri
day afternoon Of this week. The
final election will follow immedi.
ately after the primary.
Six directors are to be elected at
this time. w. r. Adams, c. w.
Fisher and J. C. NARROW retire from
the board and are not eligible to
re- election or appointment on the
board for a period OF one year, A
stipulation In the bylaws provides
that no member who has served
the association as a director for a
continuous period Of two years
may be re- elected, appointed or
reappointed as a director until one
year from the end Of the last term
Of service This rule does not dis
qualify President Charles X. Mayer
or Director George Atchison, whose
present terms expire at this cleo
ton, as both OF these men are
merely filing vacancies and have
served for periods considerably less
than the two years mentioned in
the bylaws. President Mayer sue
ceeded A. J. Veigel on the board a
short while ago, when Mr.. Veigel
resigned as director and as
president Of the association to &C
cept the appointment OF State Su
perintendent of banks. Mr.. Atchi
son was elected year ago to fill
the vacancy created by the resig-
nation of II E. Carney, of whose
term there then remained one
year. The sixth directorate to be
filled at this time is that Of the
Rev. Ralph A. Jensen who was
elected for a three year term a
year ago, and who has since left
the city. Harry K. Cain. NJ. H.
Chesbrough, P. NJ. ferguson, NJ. d.
Fritz, John NyQuist and Charles
T. Taylor hold over, as their terms
do not expire at this election.
In q letter accompanying the bal
lots, members are cautioned to vote
for persons who will, II elected, de-
vote the necessary time to the Of
fee. Frequent board meetings are
held and it Is essential that di-
rectors attend them regularly, so
in voting it is suggested that mem
bers bear this point in mind. and
vote only for such persons that not
only desire to, but can devote the
necessary time to the office. -.-
A printed roster and business
classification was mailed with each
official ballot as was also a special
addressed, return envelope. These
envelopes are numbered In order
that a registration may be made
Of members who vote. These mum
bers however do not interfere IN
any way with the secretiveness OF
the ballot, as the judges and tell
ers, who open the envelopes, do not
have access to the master list.
The voting is carried on in a
strictly secret way.
Members must be in good stand
ing to vote, which means that old
members must have their dues paid
at least for last year, and new
members must have paid something
on their dues for the current ifs
cal year.
The twelve members receiving
the highest number Of votes will
be declared nominated, and their
names will appear on the printed
final ballot, which will be mailed to
the members on Monday or Tues
day OF next week Six directors
will be elected from the twelve
nominated In the primary election.
Four of these are to be elected for
three year terms; one for two
years and the other for one year.
The vote will determine by number
the length Of time for which the
various directors are to serve.
Members may vote by mail or de-
post their ballots in the ballot
box at the association offices, but
they must be sealed In the special
envelope printed for this election.