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^y ~ At a'special meeting_of.the city
~eouticil held l Iic
to ast: evening a resohi-
'tion was adopted to place th s~
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it e_gues-
~tion of,amending the city charter
~to p~~ovide for a change in th
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Iof office of city officials on the
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ballot at the emning election
The y
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lcharter now provides t!:at the term I
ins
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~ of office of all city officials shall ba
for two years ~
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as long been felt that the idea C
it. of electing all of the city officers ~E
pv every two -}-ears yeas not a good
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a one. Under the present system it I .
-lf is easily possible to elect arc entirel i R
ed y
~new and inexperienced cumplement lP
ce of city officials, with not a ratan -in
us ~office who has had crap prceious --
th experience in handling cite affairs
as
(under our cite charter. cr tee Ore- ,
ng
lgon la~4s. Ia:
of ~ The new k!a» kill l;rm'ide fur ; ti
ve the election this }'e.=r of the usual
u. six councilmen, thrrr uC ~~~!.um will C
re hold office fer hco rear.: ;,qci tart~.e
~for f
• •y
i;l. om
years. These elected a•~il
ea I$raw lots tS is }•ear as to e~ho sisal; I
~;l iserve the hco-or q.~ur~~~~:::~ trrrn. i~~
of At the next election taco >~~:~~< [rum
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Sc now (and at al] elections tlu•ro:utcr) ~
only three counclmen •.cill !-r ,~
chosen, leaving three Lolduvers. ,
"'T'hus-there will ahcay~s be ttu•ce • L
ce
t:e men on the council ~ci:n kno~s the S
ropes. No change w,..; made in the L
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• terms of office of the n~,:n~,n' cr ciky
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"t recorder. A
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• According to latest advicrs nomi-
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Hating petitions hate been filed fur i
°' the following canciidetes for city
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he councilmen: John Capp. Raymoatd
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1;ckadhl, E. lt. Yocum and Al Set- lP
Hess. Petitions arc uut for Roy P
ac belly, H. M. Dorland. Don•
Faber A
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and Wm. Ciabb, but these have trot I c
` as ,yet been formally. filed. Alo t~
'~~ we are infoa~tned that ~it petition 9tas a
been completed nominating 1;. E'. t
rag Scott as mayor, but that he has not a
•ts as yet signed his certificate of p
y- acAeptance so tt,e petition n,ay be I
n filed. Also the petition nominating . n
-1 Arden. I3TYitcham for recorder is on Ip
~g• file. AlL.nomi~ating petitions must ~t.
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he filed witli the city reeordar not b
r- less than five clays prior to Nuvem- ~t
se ber-•2. _ Js
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