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 ORDINANCE NO. 415
 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
 THE SUBMISSION OF THREE QUES-
 TIONS TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
 ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
 BE HELD ON THE END DAY OF
 APRIL, 1863; TO-WIT: l. SHALL THE
 TERM OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
 BE INCREASED FROM ONE n YEAR | TO TWO (2) YEARS?; ?. SHALL THE | TERM OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL | MAN BE INCREASED FROM TWO (2l YEARS TO THREE (3l YEARS?: 3. | SHALL THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
 BE CHANGED FROM AN ELECTIVE l OFFICE TO AN APPOINTIVE OFFICE?: | AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Nome Alaska, | by its governing body, the Nome Com | mon Council, considers it necessary and | in the best interest of it's citizens for the efficient operation of their govern ment that the term of the office of Mayor be increased from One CD year | to Two (2) years, that the term of the office of Councilman be increased from | Two @ years to Three (3) years, that the office of City Clerk and Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from an elective | to an appontve office; and WHEREAS, the Nome Common Coun- cil is duly authorized by virtue of
 Title 2s;1o.o3o, and 29lo.oss AS: to | provide by Ordinance, to be ratified by the majority of the electorate, for an alternate system of elections; NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAIN- ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA:
 SECTION 1. That there be submitted to the duly qualified electors of the | City of Nome, Alaska, without regard to whether or not the names of said voters appear on the latest assessment | cipal taxation, the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO. Shall the term of the office of Mayor be increased from One p year to
 Two @ years effective on the annual municipal election to be held on the l first Tuesday of October of 1863? To be followed by the words:
 TWO YEAR MAYOR - YES . TWO YEAR MAYOR NO ri | PROPOSITION NO. 2
 Shall the term of the office of Coun-
 cilman be increased from Two (2) years
 to Three t3) years, to be implemented
 at the annual municipal election to be held the first Tuesday of October
 of 1863, at which time all of the existing
 terms of Councilmen shall expire and
 there shall be elected at said election
 Six (6) Councilmen, Two of which shall be elected for the term of One CD l year, Two of which shall be elected for | the term of Two CD years, and Two l shall be elected for the term of Three l (3) years, and thereafter Two Council l men shall be elected each year for Three l (3) year terms?
 l To be followed by the words: | THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN-YE . l THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN-NO Tl PROPOSITION NO. 3 i Shall the office of the City Clerk and | Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from | an elective office to an appointive office, effective with the annual municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday of October of 1863?
 To be followed by the words: APPOINTED CITY CLERK-YES IT APPOINTED CITY CLERK-NO T SECTION ?. That those persons having the qualifications of electors as described in Article V, Section l. of the Constitu- tion of the State of Alaska and in Chap ter 7-2 Clause D, Code of Ordinances, City of Nome. shall be permitted to
 vote on the propositions.
 SECTION 3. That the manner of con- ducting and holding the said election and details thereof shall be in accord ance with the requirements of law and Ordinances now in effect in the City of Nome as to General Elections when appncaDle or prOcedurely adaptable to elections for the purpose of approving or rejecting in whole or in part the propositions submitted hereby, that the City Clerk shall cause notice, of the propositions to be submitted, to be in- ciuded in the public notice of the muni- clpal election to be held on the first Tuesday of April of 1963
 SECTION 4. That the judges and clerks duly appointed for the said April cleo tlon shall canvass the votes cast at said election and shall prepare and file their returns of said election with the Clerk, stating in words and figures the number of votes cast for and against the several propositions voted upon and. if the votes cast in the affirmative on the said proposition or propositions be not less than a majority of the votes cast at such election, they shall certify the proposition or propositions carried; If otherwise the said proposition or propositions failed.
 SECTION B. That if any or all of the propositions be certified by the election