Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1921, Page 5

SATURDAY, JAI. 8, 1921 co be Casper Daily Tribune FULL TEXT OF CITY MANAGER BILL DRAFT Measure Endorsed by Casper Chamber of Commerce to be Introduced in State Legislature by Natrona Solons The Casper Chamber of Commerce, through Natrona county’s representa tives, will introduce in the coming ses- | sion of the state legislature a bill de- signed to pave the way for the adop- tion of the city manager plan by Wyo. ming cities along lines found product- ive of the best results where various forms of this class of city management have been tried out. Following is the toruplete text of the measure as finally |tavised by the board of directors of | the chamber of commerce through the elimination of sections 43, 44, 45 and 46 ,on recommendations made at the last forum meeting, when the bill was dis- cussed: —_—_—_—___ AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMMISSION MA NAGER FORM OF GOVERN- MENT FOR CITIES AND TOWNS IN 5 WYOMING. Section 1. The provisions of this act shall apply to all incorporated cities and towns in the State of Wyoming, wheth- er incorporated under a general law or ® special act, having a population of 1,000 or more, according to the cen- Sus taken last preceeding under the uthority of the United Statas of America or of this state. PETITION FOR ELECTION SIGNA- TURE Section 2. thirty day fict, @ petition dddressed to the legisia- tive body of any such city or town may be filed with the city or town clerk asking that the question of the adoption of the plan of government provided for herein be submitted to the electors of; the city or town. The signatures to! any such petition need not be appended! to any one paper, but to each such peti-| tion paper there shall be attached an amidavit the circulator thereof stating that each signature thereto wa made in his presence nd the gen- vine signature of the person whose| name it purports to be. The signature| of all such petition papers shall be made in. Ink or indelible pencil, and after his name each signer shall state his residence by street and number, or other designation sufficient to identify the place, and the date when the sig- At any time not less than after the passage of this} left of each of these words shall be 2 square in which hy making an (X) mark the voter can indicate his choice for or Against the proposed plan of govern- *aent. Such ballots shall be in form substantiilly as follows: Shall the City (or Town) of ---ndopt the Com- on Manager plan of govern- as provided in the Session of Chaper_ ment Law: APPROVAL BY ELECTORS. | Section 6. If when submitted to the electors of any city or town the adop- tion of the plan of government provided for in this act is approved by the ma- jority of those voting thereon, the plan of government so approved shall become effective in such city or town as here- inafter provided. PENALTIBS, EXPENSES. ection 7. In all elections held under th whether for the choice of can- or the submission of questions) to the electors, and in ali matters and proceedings relating thereto, except asj herein otherwise provided, all provis-| fons, including penalities, of the general election laws of the state shall apply! 80 far ‘as applicable. All expenses of any election held in any city or town} nature “Was made. All such petition papers shall be in substantially the fol-! lowing form: “Zo *he Council (or other legislative} body) of the City (or town) of ~~ = we, the undersigned voters of the City r Town) of —_ , respect-! fully petiiion that the following ques- tion be submitted to the voters of this! ‘Shall City (or City Town) of adopt the Commission Manager plan of gpvern-| meht as provided in the Laws of ....-,| Chapter ‘Name. Town): the | Date! { County, | Pe being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the circulator of ‘this petition paper andj that the signatures appended thereto were made in his»presence and are gén-! ine signatures of ‘tiie persons whose nomes they purport to be. Signed. <= Subscribed and sworn to before me, this -------- day of 1 My commission expires - oN ps ies a i i «Notary: Public. TILING OF PETITION NUMBER RE-} QUIRED EXAMINATION OF Section 3. All petiton papers re- questing any such election shall be as- sembled and filed with the City or Yown Clerk as one instrument, and the petition shall be deemed sufficient i signed by electors ofthe city or town equal in number to at least ten (10); per cent of those who voted at the last preceding general municipal election. Within five days after any such peti- tition is filed the clerk shall complete an examination thereof to deternfine ther it is signed by a sufficient num- ber of qualified electors, and he shall certify the result of his examination to the legislative authority of the city 6) town at its first regular meeting held after the completion of such examina- tion SPECIAL BLECTION, Section 4. Whenever the city or town clerk shall itfy to the legisla tive authority of any city or town that fa sufficient petition has been filed re- questing that the question of adopting the plan of government provided for in this act be submitted to the electors of the city or town, such legislative au- thority shall order a special election for that purpose, to be held not less than thirty days, nor more than sixty days after the next succeeding first day of May. The election shall thereupon be conducted, the yote canvassed, and the yesult declared in the same manner as is provided by law in respect to other city and town. élections. BALLOTS, HOW PRINTED. Section 5. The city or town shall prepare and distribute the ballots. The ballots used in voting on the adop- tion of the plan of government provided for in this act shall have printed there- clerk, on the question: “Shall the City (or Town) of ---, adopt the Commission Manager plan of govern- ment as provided in the Laws of a Chapter 7’ Immediately below the question shall: appear the words “Yes" and “No,” one above the pibtahisac eae Siet aeee ee ———————— , TYPEWRITERS Bought, sold, rented, repaired. Dealer CORONA—L. C. SMITH Casper Typewriter Exchange Phone 856 101 Wyatt Bldg. ———_— at COAL N. & A. Coal Co. “ Phone 1400 under the provision of Sections 2 to 7, Inclusive, of this’ act shall be paid by| such city or town. The city or town} clerk shall file with the city or town! treasurer an itemized statement of the) expenses of such election, setting forth} the name of such person to whom the Same are payable, and such expenses shall be paid out Of the general fund of the city or town without any special appropriation being made therefor. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RE- SULTS, PUBLICATION, WHEN PLAN TAKES EFFECT. Section 8, The county or town clerk shall certify to the legislative authority of the city or town the results of the election on the question of adopting the form of government provided for here- in, anda duplicate certification shall he filed in the office of the city or town clerk. Upon the filing of a certifica- tion in the office of the city or town clerk that the result of the election Is favorable to the adoption of such plan, it-shall be the duty of the clerk dt-oneo to make publication of the fact. in’ {at least one issue in a daily or weekly newspaper of the general circulation in such city or town. A plan of govern- ment adopted,under this act shall take eftect upon the completion of such pub- lication insofar as it applies to the nom- ination and election of officers provided for herein, and in all other respects it shall take eifect on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January next sneceeding the first election of officers held hereunder. THE COMMISSIONERS, SALARY. Section 9. In cities or towns adopt-| ing the plan of government provided for by this act, there shall be a commis-y sion or council elected from the city or} town at large. In cities of the first! class. and. in cities of the ‘second’ class, the commission or council shall con-| sist of five (5) members. In all other cities or towns adopting the commission- manager plan the commission or council} shall consist of three (3) members. Each commissioner shall receive a. sal-) ary of not to exceed Six Hundred (600) | Dollars per annum in cities of the first class, not to exeeed Five Hundred (600) Dollars per annum in cities of the sec-} ond class, and not to exceed Three} Hunéred (300) Dollars in all other cities and towns. In every city or town the mayor shall receive an additional an-} nual salary equal to fifty (50) per cent of the amount reecived by him as com- missioner. TIME OF ELECTION. Section 10, In cities and towns adopt- ing the provisions of this act a munici- pal election for the choice of members of the commission or council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In cities or NUMBER, ; } ¥ | other, and in tlie order named. At the|such cities or towns, the election pre- | pileable Jaance is -.----- Plan becomes effective on October Ist, the muuicipar slection for the choice of members of the commis- {sion or council shall be held on the first Tuesday efter the first Monday follow-| Ing in November. number to the places to be filled re- jCelving the largest number of all votes eats at such election shall be consid- jered slected, ELECTORS. | Section 11. All electors of cities and/ towns under this act who by the laws’ governing euch cities or towns would to vote for the election of at any general municipal elec-! Yon In any such cities or towns shall be qualified to vote at all elections un-| der this act, and in all elections in cinets, voting places, method of con- ducting the election, canvassing the vote and announcing the result shall be the same as by law provided for election af such officers in such cities or towns so far as the same are applicable and hot ineonsi with the _ proyis- of this ac No prior registration of electors shallt*be required, but the} régistration lists prepared for the} respective precincts of the iast pre- ceding general county or state election} shall be used \and the general laws/| applicable to swearing in of che votes} of non-registered electors shall be ap- TERM OF OFFICER, Seetion At the first election of commissioners held in any city or town| after the adoption of a plan of goyern- ment provided by this act the entire; commission shall be chosen. If such| election be held in a year bearing oda number, such commission hold office until the fest Tues the first Monday in January foll the "next gene tion and until their successors been duly elected and qualified. commissioners first elected the same]! time provided by law for state and coun- ty elections immediately after assum- ing office shall be d two groups as nearly equal in numl as. may be. ‘The terms of the larger group shall expire at the end of two years and the térms of the ler} group at the end of four years, There-| after members of the commission or council shall be eldcted to serve for a| term of four years and until their sue: cessors have been elected and have| qualified, unless chosen to fii out an un-| expired term. | Any qualified elector of the city or} town shall be eligible to the office of| commissioner, If any yacaney oecurs in the office of any commissioner, except as the re- sult of a recall election, the remaining members of said commission or coun-| cil shall by majority vote appoint a duly! qualified person to fill such vacancy during the balance of the unexpired term. ‘The terms of the mayor and councilmen, or aldermen, including the mayer and commissioners provided for under the commission form of govern~ ment in any such city or town in office! at the beginning of the terms of office| of the mayor and commissioners here-| in provided ‘for first elected under the| provisions’ of this act shatl cease and} determine, and the terms of office of | il other officers in office in such city or town except as hereinafter provided shall cease and determine as goon as the commission or council shall by resolution declare. NOMINATIONS. } Section 13. A person eligible to the commission or council may be placed in nomination by petition in his behalf filed with the city or town clerk and signed by electors equal in number to ul county and state elec-| hav The | jat least one (1) per cent of those who last preceding regular municipal election. The signatures to a nominating petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each sep- arute paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof, stat- ing tha’ eech signature appended there- to was made in his presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signer of a petition shall sign his name in ink or indelible pencil, and shall place after} voted at the {his name the date when his signature was made and his place of residence by by street and number of other descrip- tion: sufficient to identify the place, No elector shall sign petitions for more} candidates than the. number of p | to be filled at the forthcoming election. | PETITION PAPERS. Section 14. The form of nominating} petition papers shall We substantially! as follows: | “We, the undersigned, hereby pre- sent ‘ ~ whose resi-| Wyoming, | to be for the office of Commissioner, voted for at the el day of November, and we 9 that we are qualified to vote for candi- dates for the above offic: and Effective Is equipped to render and will promptly piping complete. body A Word to the Wise is Sufficient Heat with Natural Gas; the Most Desirable Fuel Known. » Our Gas Fitting Department you excellent service install your house Telephone all orders and inquiries to New York Oil Company, Gas Department No. 114 South Wolcott Street. Phone 1501 towns adopting the ‘plan of govern-|have not signed more nominating peti-|shall cause ballots to be printed for the ment .provided for im this act, if such| tons than there are places to be filled|€lection of commissioners which shall before|#t Said elect*_n."* Candidates equal in/State of Wyoming, - |named therein as a candidate whether |mission or council who is placed int | ‘LIST OF CANDIDATES, PUBLICA-| ided by lot into|!" "Ip ection to be held on| individually certify | ED HERE jbe without party mark or designation. DATR| Each elector may vote for many} Official Text of Bill as Finally Revised by candiaten a there sm phaea 1b Board of Directors on Recommenda- “jfilled, but any ballot marked for more ° ~|canaidates ‘thin there are places to be! tions Made at Last Forum Meet 7} filled shall not be counted for any of “\such candidates. Except that the nemes| ee being auly|°f candidates shall appear in the spaces sworn, at he is the {ndieated therefor, and that the spaces|/be counted as though for a candidate circnJator of this petition paper, ana ltt Tor the date of the election and the; whose name is printed on the ballots that the signatares’ appended. thereto|MUmber Of candidates to be voted for, VOTES NECESSARY FOR ELECTION. were made in his presence and are the ®?@i be filled with such date and num Bectian-20.. Candidates at the Novem genuine signatures of the pe ver * respectively, the ballot shall i) hep election, equal in number to t} whose names they purport to be in form substantially follows: | maces to be filled who receive the hi Signea.--!______ MUNICIPAL est number of votes shall be de! Subscribed and sworn to tonthvana aay |to be elected. A tle between two this day of -....- S BE ey) Ob spake |more candidates, receiving the lowest 19. Reig Sate pa | number of votes sufficient to elect, shall Put a Cross (X) in front of ¢ lot the presence! of that you wish to vo for. ibe decided b such candidates and under the direc ; Do not vote for mor ndidates than “'there are places to be filled. NAMP. RESIDE County, §s. linder its former organization shall vest in the same under* the organization herein contermp and no right or liability either in favor of or againet it existing at the time, and no sult er prosecution of any kind shall be +f, fected by such change unless other- wise provided for in this act. POWER TO REV: APPROPRIA- TION Tf at of Month), 19.---. 8. ch name of 22. the beginning of the first co in municipalities of government pro- act, the appropri:- ‘ expenditures of the ernment for the curre ve been made, the com- suncil shall have power by ordina to re r change ich appropriations ike addi 1al_appropriatio: M 23 Tuesday after next fol tion commission expires Section the term of office m nm or council, lopting the led. for in jons for t town go in t tion of the city or town clerk. | EXISTING LAWS SHALL REMAIN ad IN EFFECT, AN laws now in ning any such city town and not inconsistent with the 5 visions of th t shall apply to and uch city or town after {i shail a of candid: ptea the provisions of this ballots in rota-} Ali byJaws, ordinances and res¢ Uots shall be} lutions lawfully p: and in fore series as there are!any such city or town under it Not NOTIFICATION ANCE Section 1h. AN separate pape prising a nominating petition s! assembled and filed with the town clork ax one instrument at least thir prior to the date of hold- ing th fon with respect to which! shall be printed cn tt such petit is filed. Within five days! tion as follows: The after the filing of a nominating peti-, printed in as many tion the clerk shall notify the person s for the commission or cour-|mer organization shall rem: whole number of ballots to he} until altered or repealed 1 printed shall be divided by the num-| mission or council elected ber of candidates and the quotient so| provisions of this The territorial obtained shall be the number of bal-| limits of such town shall lots to be printed in each series. In|main the same r the far printing the first series of ballots the | organization, and ; names of candic anged | property of in the alphabet or of their siv-| were vested names. After printing the first , the first name in the list shall be ed Jaxt, and the next nd this progres until each name shall first in one 5 Phe ballots so print shall then be combined in tablets to supplied to the various polling Rach tablet shall contain sub number of ballots FILING ACCEPT. force or O- com- IL be city or ROTATION OF CANDIDAT Section 18. nam: tion first in January manicipal ele ouncil shall meet and hold such m re ntly ele commis: |sume the duties of thei whien ——-- (Comtinned on F the day lar or place com such pe the the re tors. ition is found to be ired number of qua Any signed by ed élec- person eligible to the com- at re office. There nemiration 95 hereinbefore provided sha'l have bis name printed on the lot? if within five days after 5 notification by the .city town clerk lic shal: have filed therewith an accept- ane- of th: nomination. | ption jer or tow 209 0000960000006000000000F 0S S000 OOOEPOODO OOD OO OOOO OO? An Absolute Bargain ooo TION. Not le two Section or more vovend clerk si of sa’d of the cand tl in the masner herein vid:1 whose names inted on the ballots alse Mle in his off certified lists and forthwith ¢ published days in a di two before the be town | 090009900990 00000060000000066: hoay hom- pro. the same of , and so far_as allots shall be nner that ane or s shall not be in the tablet. VOTER MAY INS! ‘ ig wRT NAME. | Hots wed in every choosing comm joners or | to vote, | 2 stant from e | ticable bel in su | the One 1919 Packard Twin Six four-passen- ger roadster. Newly painted and over- hauled. Price, if taken at once, $3,150. fore entitled t y y newspaper published in| the eity or town, or if there be none! tion such, then at least once in a weekly! shall hav newspaper of general circulation there-|Iew the 2 notice of such election containing| thereon s to be filled ertified list of candidates, the of-| at suck In any such spa fices to be filled and the time and places; an elector may write the name of any of holding the election. | person eligible to the commission PRINTING OF BALLOTS—FORM OF council for whom he m Section 17. The city or town clerk an‘ vote Richards & Cunningham Co. Price Adjustment Sale in Men’s Department tion for 19. ¥ blank spaces. be candidates, printed JOE E. 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