ORDINANCE NO. 4.

AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ELECTIONS.

Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Browning, Missouri, as follows:

SECTION 1. A general election, for all elective officers required by law, shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1893, and every two years thereafter.

SECTION 2. Each ward shall annually elect one Alderman, and an election for that purpose shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, of each year; provided, that at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1893, each ward shall elect two Aldermen, and at such election, the person receiving the highest vote for Alderman, in each ward, shall hold his office for two years, and the one receiving the next highest vote in each ward, shall hold his office for one year.

SECTION 3. All vacancies that may occur in the Board of Aldermen, shall be filled at a special election, to be called by the Board of Aldermen, and ten days notice of such election shall be given by the Mayor; provided, that when a vacancy occurs in the Board within six months of a general City election, no election shall be called to fill such vacancy, and all special elections held under this ordinance shall be conducted, in all respects, as general elections held thereunder.

SECTION 4. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen shall appoint the judges of election, said judges shall be qualified voters of the ward in which they serve. In case the judges so appointed, or any of them, are not present at the time and place fixed for holding the election, a majority of the qualified voters present may elect judges in the place of those who are absent.

SECTION 5. After the polls shall have been closed, and the ballots properly counted, and the result properly certified, the ballot boxes, containing the ballots, shall be delivered by the judges, together with the certificate of the result, to the City Clerk, who shall, at the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen, in the presence and with the assistance of said Board, proceed to count up the number of votes certified in each poll book, and make and deliver a certificate, under the seal of the City, signed by the Mayor, to each person elected, setting forth the office to which he is elected.

SECTION 6. The judges of election shall select their own clerks, and the judges and clerks shall each receive one dollar per day for their services.

SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Passed and approved this 3rd day of June, 1892.

E. B. Fields,

Mayor.
Attest:

R. M. Tunnell,
City Clerk.