Charter of the City of Hartford (Classic Reprint) by Hartford Charters
Excerpt from Charter of the City of Hartford ELECTIONS. Section l. Every elector of this State having the qualifications and complying with die requirements prescribed by law, entitling him to vote at any city meeting, in said city for the election of officers thereof, shall be a freeman of said city. All elections hereafter held within the City and Town of Hartford shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the statute laws of this State relating to elections. Sec. 2. At the several elections held within the City and Town of Hartford for the choice of city officers, those only shall vote who are registered on the corrected lists of voters last before completed, including those added on the day of election; provided, that no person shall vote in any ward meeting held for the choice of city officers unless he shall have resided in such ward sixty days next preceding the day of said ward meeting. If such person otherwise qualified to vote in said city meeting shall have removed from one ward to another within said sixty days, he shall be entitled to vote in the ward in which he last resided before his removal. Sec. 3. Meetings of said City shall be held annually on the first Monday of April for the choice of officers and such other proper business as shall be specified in the warning of such meeting and shall be warned by the Mayor in such manner and held at such places within the several wards as shall be prescribed by the ordinances and by-laws of said City; and in each ward in said City the ballot boxes shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and remain open until five o'clock in the afternoon and no longer. Special meetings of said city may be called and held in such manner as the ordinances and by-laws of said City shall prescribe and may be adjourned from time to time; and alt questions before any such meeting shall be determined by a major vote of the legal voters present and voting. Sec. 4. At the meeting of said city on the first Monday of April, 1906, and biennially thereafter, the freemen of said city shall elect from among their number by a plurality vote, a Mayor who shall hold office for two years and until his successor is chosen and qualified; a Town and City Clerk, a Collector, a Controller, a Treasurer, a Corporation Counsel and a City Sheriff, each of whom shall hold office for two years from and after the first day of May next succeeding his election and until his successor is chosen and qualified. Sec. 5. At the annual meeting of said city Holden next after this act shall lake effect, to wit: On the first Monday of April. 1905, and annually thereafter for the choice of officers and other proper business, there shall be chosen t>y a plurality vote in each ward from among the electors entitled to vote therein, one Alderman and four Common Councilmen: the Alderman to hold office for two years and the Councilmen for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. Sec 6. At any city meeting held in the Town and City of Hartford, the vote of the electors for the candidates for any office or for any proposition acted upon at such meeting may be taken upon any of the voting machines authorized by the General Statutes to be used in city elections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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Author: Hartford Charters
Number of Pages: 58 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781332112012
Download Link: Charter of the City of Hartford (Classic Reprint)
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Author: Hartford Charters
Number of Pages: 58 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781332112012
Download Link: Charter of the City of Hartford (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Charter of the City of Hartford ELECTIONS. Section l. Every elector of this State having the qualifications and complying with die requirements prescribed by law, entitling him to vote at any city meeting, in said city for the election of officers thereof, shall be a freeman of said city. All elections hereafter held within the City and Town of Hartford shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the statute laws of this State relating to elections. Sec. 2. At the several elections held within the City and Town of Hartford for the choice of city officers, those only shall vote who are registered on the corrected lists of voters last before completed, including those added on the day of election; provided, that no person shall vote in any ward meeting held for the choice of city officers unless he shall have resided in such ward sixty days next preceding the day of said ward meeting. If such person otherwise qualified to vote in said city meeting shall have removed from one ward to another within said sixty days, he shall be entitled to vote in the ward in which he last resided before his removal. Sec. 3. Meetings of said City shall be held annually on the first Monday of April for the choice of officers and such other proper business as shall be specified in the warning of such meeting and shall be warned by the Mayor in such manner and held at such places within the several wards as shall be prescribed by the ordinances and by-laws of said City; and in each ward in said City the ballot boxes shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and remain open until five o'clock in the afternoon and no longer. Special meetings of said city may be called and held in such manner as the ordinances and by-laws of said City shall prescribe and may be adjourned from time to time; and alt questions before any such meeting shall be determined by a major vote of the legal voters present and voting. Sec. 4. At the meeting of said city on the first Monday of April, 1906, and biennially thereafter, the freemen of said city shall elect from among their number by a plurality vote, a Mayor who shall hold office for two years and until his successor is chosen and qualified; a Town and City Clerk, a Collector, a Controller, a Treasurer, a Corporation Counsel and a City Sheriff, each of whom shall hold office for two years from and after the first day of May next succeeding his election and until his successor is chosen and qualified. Sec. 5. At the annual meeting of said city Holden next after this act shall lake effect, to wit: On the first Monday of April. 1905, and annually thereafter for the choice of officers and other proper business, there shall be chosen t>y a plurality vote in each ward from among the electors entitled to vote therein, one Alderman and four Common Councilmen: the Alderman to hold office for two years and the Councilmen for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. Sec 6. At any city meeting held in the Town and City of Hartford, the vote of the electors for the candidates for any office or for any proposition acted upon at such meeting may be taken upon any of the voting machines authorized by the General Statutes to be used in city elections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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