1162 ORD SUBMITTING TO QUALIFIED VOTERS OF COP THE QUESTION "SHALL A COMMISSION BE CHOSEN TO FRAME A NEW CHARTER?"

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ANk _ ~ . rRDIt,AI`1CE N'0.-~~~~~- ` r 111 OEDINANCE SUBl.SITT1IvG to the qualified voters of the City of Paris the question, "Shall a comriission be chosen tn frame a new eharter?T" and providing tor the election from the city at large of a charter corwnission of fifteen members provided that a majority of the qualified voters noting on said qtiestion sha11 have voted in the affirmative; ;nroviding Por the submission of the question at a speciml election and ordering an election to be held betti^.een the hours of 8:00 A.Ri. and 7;00 P.M. on theIZ) day of~~~ , 191~9, by the aualified voters of V the City of Paris for said purpose. BE IT 0--RDAII\M BY ~1TE CI"Y COUTI<CIL vF `P1m CIT`.t OF P<,I3IS; Section l. That an e].ection shall be held by the qualified loters of the City of Faris bet~veen the hours of $:00 ~..T~. and 7;00 P.P::~. on the/0 day of , 194-k, and that at such election t.here shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the gity of Paris the question, "Shall a camrnission be chosen to Lxame a neti^r charter?n and at said election shall be subrzitted the names of all persons tiahose names have been du1;T filed accordinE to laUi as candidates frorl tLe city at larCe for members of a Chaxter Corrirv.ssion provided that a n:a jority of the r,,ualified voters voting an the quest- ion, "Shall a commission be chosen to framz a ne.r char.ter?" shall h.ave voted in the affirmative, fifteer of such persons receivino the highost number of votes cast at such electa.on to constitute a charter corx:.ission to frar!e a neiv cha.rter for the City of Paris rrhich ahall be subrutted to thie qualified voters of said city at an election to be held at a time fixed by the charter comr~:ission not less thazi forty nor r.iore than ninety daSrs after the carapleticn of the work of the charter cor:unisszon, provision for z~4'r!ich shall be made by the governing body of the city in so f.ar as not prescribed by the general lavl. Section 2. Zf the voter desires to vote in f avor of the qizestion, r'Shall a corunission be chosen to f'rame a nei•r charter?tf, such voter shall leave the word 11YES" on the ballot ar_d strike ovt the word "ITO". If the voter desires to vo-L-e aca?nst the question, "Shall a corrunission be chasen to frar.ie a r.evr charter?O, such voter shall leave the ti~rord "NO" and strike out the aord "XES" on the ballot. Sectior. 3. 'Fach voter rna,y vote for any fifteen or less of the persons whose names are subm:3tted as candidates for membars of a charter com.rnissionas above provided, and each voter shall have the privilege of striking out any one or r.iore names on said ballot and writing in the name of any nualified person, in Urhich event the vote for such qualified Derson shall be counted as effectually as if his or her name had been printed unon the ballot, but no votes shall be counted for any candidate for riembership on the charter commission upon any ballot upon which more than fiPteen names, printed or tvrittan, shall