The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1915 Page: 4 of 10
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in the (ormtilution and Statutes of
the State of Oklahoma, which are
now in force and effect, or which may
be hereafter panned to carry out the
provision* of the constitution in
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Section H. CLAIMS All claims
airain.il the city must bo presented in
writing with n full account of th«
items, and verifier! by the oath or af
firm at ion of the claimant, or his
agent, that the same is correct, reac
onable and just, and no claim or dt
ntand shull be audited or nllowed, un
loss presented and verified, as pro
vided for in this section; provided, no
costs shall be recovered against th
city in any action brought against it
for any unliquidated claim, which
has not been presented to the Hoard
of Commissioners to be audited, nor
upon claims allowed in part unless
the recovery shall be for a greater
sum than the amount allowed with
the interest due. Provided, further
that no action shall be maintained
against the city, in exercising or fail-
ing to exercise, any corporate power
or authority in any case where such
action would not lie against a private
individual under like circumstances
Section !). OATHS ANI) BONDS.
Each Commissioner shall qualify be
fore entering upon the discharge of
the duties of his office by taking the
oath of office required by law and en-
tering into a good and sufficient bond
in the sum of $f> ,000.00 to be execut-
ed by some solvent Surety Company
the premium to be paid by the city
for the faithful discharge of the du-
ties of his office; such bond to be ap-
proved by the Judge of the County
Court of Payne County, Oklahoma,
and when so approved, to be depos
ited in the office of the Clerk of said
County Court. All officers, agents
and employees of the city, except the
Commissioners and Business Manag-
er, shall enter into such bond as may
be required by the Board of Commis
sioners .and such bonds shall be ap
proved by them and be kept as a part
of the records of their office, premium
on such bonds to be paid by the city,
All bonds whether made by a Sur-
ety Company or personal bond, shall
be made in substantially the follow-
ing forms:
File No
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tb* L'nitad Stat** and the Constlttt- Section 7 No appointment to any
tion of tha State af Oklahoma, and ^hkki undar tba city government
will discharge tba datla* of my ojwt ,h«ll b* mad* or witbbald by raaaon
with fi<lality; that I ba*r not paid or „( any political opinion*, or aflUia-
contributcd aitbar dirartly or indiraet- < tlonk< or political aamca; and no ap
ly any monay or otbar valuabla thine |M.intm«nt or alaction to. or removal
procure my nomination or alaction. from any office, or »mplu»iaant and
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SURETIES
Filed
Official title
State of Oklahoma.
County of Payne, ss.
The foregoing bond of
as in and for said city
was this dav approved.
Date ..... 191 ....
Official title
State of Oklahoma. •
County of Payne. City of Cushing.
Know all Men by These Presents:
That we " Pnn-
and
appointment i except for nacaa
*ary and proper expenaea expreaaly
authorized by law; that I have not.
knowingly, violated any election law
of tha atate, or permitted it to be dona
by other* in my behalf; that I will
not knowingly receive, directly or in-
directly, any money or other valua-
ble thing for the performance or non-
performance of any act or duty per-
taining to my office, other than the
compensation allowed by law. And
I further swear (or affirm) that I
will not receive, use, or travel upon
any free pass or free transportation
during my term of office.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this day of ...... A. D., 19.
My commission expires
Official title,
CERTIFICATE OF RECORD
State of Oklahoma,
City of Cushing:
County of Payne,
I, in and for said
city do hereby certify that the fore-
going Bond and Oath of Office, dat-
ed the day of 191..
was filed for record in my office this
...day of A. D., 19
at o'clock ....m., and duly
recorded the day of .... A.
D., 19. . . . at o'clock, . .m., in
the Official Bond Records of said city
in Vol on page
Witness my hand and official seal,
at office in Cushing, Oklahoma, the
lay and year last above written.
Official title.
By
Section 10. The Compensation of
each member of the Board of Com-
missioners shall be Five ($5.00) Dol-
lars for each meeting that the mem-
ber attends, but in no case shall a
member receive any compensation for
services on committees, or otherwise,
than herein provided; provided, that
no member of the Board of Commis
sioners shall receive for his services
as such, for any one year a sum ex
ceeding Three Hundred ($300.00) Dol-
lars. Provided, further, that when
any member of the Board of Commis-
sioners shall be out of the city, he
shall receive his railway, hotel and
such other necessary and legitimate
expenses.
ARTICLE III.
Appointive Officers, Employee and
Laborers. Nominations and Remov-
als, Compensation.
Section 1. APPOINTIVE OFFIC-
ERS. In addition to Commissioners
may, in their discretion, provide by
ordinance for the appointment of a
City Clerk and other officers to per-
form such duties as the best inter-
ests of the city require, and pres-
cribe their respective duties, and fix
their conmpensation and bond, pi
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vided, however, the city Clerk shall ^
receive a salary of Eighty | ually a.'id'on bte
Dollars per month for the first T amoUnt of the —
year and One Thousand ($1,000.00) j approvwJ ailowwj or
per year for the second (2nd) and auc-
ceeding years should he remain contin-
no tranafar,
ward, or punishment shall be in any
manner averted or mad* by raaaoi
of such opinions, affiliations, or aar
vice.
Section 8 The Board of Commia-
sioners shall be vested with the pow
er and charged with tba duty of adop-
ting all laws and ordinances not in
consistent with the constitution and
laws of this State touching every
object, matter and subject within the
purview of the local government in
stituted by this charter.
Section 9. All salaries and wages
to be paid employes of the city, ex-
cept as otherwise provided herain,
shall be fixed and paid by the Board
of Commissioners, acting as a whole
and shall not become effective unless
at least two members of the board
shall vote therefor.
Section 10. The term "officer" as
used in this charter, shall apply only
to those officers who are elected by
the people, or are appointed or con-
firmed by the Board of Commissioners,
and the same does not include police-
men, except the Police Captain, Po-
lice Judge and Business Manager, and
does not include other agents or em-
ployes of said city. AH city officers
and employes shall enter into such
bond for the faithful performance of
their duties as the Board of Com-
missioners may require, by ordinance
or resolution, and shall perform such
other and further duties as the Board
of Commissioners may from time to
time prescribe.
Section 11. Every person elected
or appointed to any office in the City
of Cushing, shall, before he enters
upon his duties, take the official oath
prescribed by the State Constitution,
and such additional oaths as the Board
of Commissioners may prescribe to
secure a faithful performance of duty.
Any officer ceasing to possess any of
the qualifications required of him at
the time of his election shall thereby
vacate his office and the same shall
be filled as herein provided.
Section 12. No officer or employe
of the City of Cushing, shall ever
accept, directly or indirectly, any gift,
favor, privilege or employment from
any public utility corporation enjoy-
ing a grant of any franchise, priv-
ilege or easement from the said city,
during the term of office of such offic-
er, or during employment of such em-
ploye, except as may be authorized
by law or ordinance. Any officer or
employe of the city who shall violate
the provisions of this section shall be
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be imprisoned in the county
jail not less than three months nor
more than twelve months, or shall
be fined not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars or may be punished with both
such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be subject to removal from office
ipso facto.
Section 13. Every officer who shall
approve, allow or lay any demand on
the Treasury of the City not author-
ted by law, ordinance, or this char-
ter shall be liable to the city individ-
official bond for the
demand so illegally
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alb the fallowing form
I hereby accept tba nomination for
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united la toy (to* iU«««t*i) ml tto*
I'aait) ITallia Hoard, delivered |o| **d**t
tto* pmnmm ar pi i man elected, aball I app»»
reaialltat* a rvrttbeata of alartiaa. Tba, liar
ratarae af all ebrfaa* bald aadar the
prw*tat**ke of tbi* <barter, earvpt tb*
Ar*t electlaa aa baretnbefor* *W.
•bait I1* caavaaaed by the Board af
< ommtaaiorwr*. rvrtlAad ta by the
i bairatan of aid Board af CamMia>
•loner*, which aball be delivered to
the aurceaaful candidate or rand Ida tee,
•ball conatitate a certificate of etac-
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to* Arat etarttaa.
19. Bate* ummi la ttoa d-
4 gnt*r ttoa praataMaa af
ttole charter aball b* raaarvrud af
gal%aait*d ib«*t tree of tawaty fa«ir
g*j*g* Held bote* aball he fifteen
ifkcba* by fifteen inch** b> twelv*
Mrhe* la depth, one end of
each hot aball hare a hood
or lid constructed af like material and
ao constructed that the edge of the lid
ni will come dottn over the edge of the
Section 12 In all election* held I bog one inch. Said hood or lid aball
_ >der the proelatona of thu charter, j b* atlarhed to the box with binge*
tba candidate* racetnng the highest j faatened with rireta and equipped
that my name aball he placed upon
the official ballot aa a candidate far
■aid office
Signature of nominee
Keefton 1 No nomination petition
nor acceptance thereof ahall hare up-
on It any party emblem, sign, or dee — . ..... ,
ignatlon. and there ahall be nothing number of votM aball be declared elec-
thereon to Indicate the affiliation of ted . ... ,
the nominee or of any aigner with any In caae of tie between two or more lid ahall have a auitabl* handle in tne
political party or any organisation 1 candidate* the deciaion ahall be made renter for the purpo** of carrying the
Section 4. Said nomination petition1 by caating lota. I bo*- There ahall be a *llt in the lid
must be executed in duplicate and Section 13. In all election* held »,* inchea long by one-fourth of an
filed with the Board of Commission- under tha provuiona of thi* charter inch wide. The locks *hall be lale
ers not leas than ten (10) day* be-'for the election of commisioner at thai six lever apring lock* or their equal,
fore the election. The Board of Com I annual election as provided for in ar- equipped with two keya.
* ' ~ Section 20. All election* *upplie*
shall be placed in the boxes for each
precinct and shall be delivered to the
officer in charge of each precinct at
with two staple* and claap* on the op-
poaite «»da from the htngaa The
misstoner* shall forthwith post one ■ licle two (2) of this charter, orfor
cf the copier in a conspicious place! the purpose of electing commission-
in the City Hall where it ahall re- j ers to fill vacancies in the office of
main until after the election. Nj el-j commissioner caused by the recall of ...
ection petition shall be circulated more j a commisioner or by re*ignation, or, the hour of seven (7> oclock a. m.
than thirty days (30) before election. | otherwise, and all other elections held on the day of the election. After tne
than thirty days (30)
Section 5. Immediately upon the) under the provisions of this charter,
expiration of the time for the filing the election returns shall be canvass-
ar . » _ *L. 1) 1
ueous in the service of the city. Said
payments to be paid in monthly in-
stallments.
Section 2. EMPLOYES AND LA-
BORERS. Tha Board of Commiaioa-
ers may from time to time employ
ARTICLE IV.
Section 1. Candidates to be
for at elections for commissioners
shall be nominated as hereinafter pro-
vided and only tba name* \f those
of nomination petitions, the Board
of Commissioners shall post in a con-
spicuous place in the City Hall for a
period of three (3) days, the form of
the official ballot to be used for the
coming election with names of the
candidates appearing thereon, arrang
»-d under the name of the office for
which they arc candidates aa herein-
after provided.
Section 6. Immediately upon the
expiration of the time for filing nom-
ination petitions the Board of Com-
missioners shall call for bids for the
printing of the necessary election sup
plies for the coming election and shall
furnish each newspaper or job print-
ing establishment with copies of all
printing to be done. Immediately up-
pon the expiration of the three days'
time for the posting of the official bal-
lot, as mentioned in section five of this
article, the Board of Commissioners
shall let the contract for said elec-
tion supplies to the lowest and best
bidder.
Section 7. The Board of Commis-
sioners shall arrange the names of the
candidates for commissioners with-
out regard to th'e alphabet or the time
of filing of the nomination petitions.
Said names shall be so arranged that
each name shall appear at the head
of the list of candidates on the to-
tal number of ballots an equal number
of times with other candidates and
each name shall appear second on
such ballots for said position an equal
number of times with other names.
And likewise third and fourth and so
on to the end that the name of each
candidate shall appear on said ballot
in such position as will iesure said
candidate an equal opportunity with
other candidates. The said Board of
Commissioners shall cause said bal
lots to be printed in such numbers ar-
ranged as herein provided and shall
cause said ballots so arranged and
printed to be distributed among the
various presincts of the the city so
as to carry out the intents of this sec-
tion.
Section 8. Upon said ballots the
names of4he candidates for commis-
sioner shall be placed under the words
"For Commisioner". Followed by the
instructions, "Vote for One," with
square at the left of each name.
Following these names shall appear
the names of the candidates for the
other two Commissioners under the
words for Commissioner and the in-
struction vote for one with the square
to the left of each name.
The ballots to be voted at said mu-
nicipal election shall be substantial-
ly in the following form with the nec-
essary modifications when less than
three commissioners are to be choe-
voted ing
oners I you
• pro- jCAl
m aa
Municipal Election
CITY OF CUSHING
(Date)
Place a cross in the square preced-
ing the name of the person for whom
desire to vote.
ANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER
Vote far aae
ed by the Board of Commisionera;
provided, that the first election of
Commissioners held under the pro-
visions of this charter, the ejection
returns shall be canvassed by the
County Election Board.
.Section 14. In all elections held un-
der this charter, other than the first
election, the returns of such election
shall be publicly canvassed by the
Board of Commisioners on the day
following the election at the hour of
ten (10) o'clock, a. m., and the re-
turns thereof shall be spread on the
journal of the Board of Commission-
ers, and shall be published in one or
more newspapers printed in and of
general circulation in the City of
Cushing.
Section 15. For the purpose of hold-
ing all elections provided for by the
provisions of this charter the Board
of Commissioners shall appoint not
less than two (2) judges and two (2)
clerks for each voting precinct. The
clerks so appointed shall be the of-
ficial counters of said election. The
judge, whose name appears first in
the published list for each precinct,
shall be the officer in charge of the
election in that precinct. Should the
said judge fail for any cause to serve,
then the next shall perform the du-
ties herein mentioned, in that event
the said judge shall appoint another
judge and shall fill any other vacan-
cies that may occur on the Election
Board. Should it be shown by the of-
ficer in charge of any precinct on the
day of election that there is not a suf
ficient number of clerks to properly
handle the votes being cast in that
precinct, the judge in charge shall
appoint additional clerks. The judges
and clerks appointed to hold the elec-
tion, shall constitute the Election
Board in their precinct. All election
judges and clerks shall receive the
sum of three($3.00)dollars per day for
their services and the same shall be
paid in the same manner as other
claims against the city. No judge or
clerk shall receive pay for more than
one day's time in each election.
Section 16. For each election held
under the provisions of this charter
the Board of Commissioners shall have
printed the following supplies for
each voting precinct, to-wit:
One poll book, tally sheets, blank
oaths of office, oaths for challenged el-
ectors, four envelopes, to-wit: One of
sufficient size to hold the poll book
and taly sheets, with the words "poll
book and tally sheets" printed on the
back in large, black faced type. One to
hold the challenged ballots, with the
words "challenged ballots" in bold fac-
ed type printed on the back. One to
hold the voted ballots, with the words
"voted ballots" printed in large, bold
faced type on the back. One to hold
the mutilated ballots, with the words
"mutilated hallots" in large, bold fac-
ed type on the back, and such other
supplies as may be necessary to prop-
erly conduct any election held under
the provisions of this charter.
Section 17. la *a<
Election Board shall have completed
their work the returns shall be plac-
ed in the Ik»x and conveyed to the office
of the Board of Commissioners by-
two judges nnd there in the presence
of the two judges and the Commis-
ioners the two keys to the box shall
be placed in an envelope and sealed
and bound with a twine in such a man-
ner that the twine shall pass around
each end of the envelope. On the
cross of the twine on each side of the
envelope there shall be placed a seal
of wax not less than one inch in dia-
meter, and while the wax is soft there
shall be made an impression with the
seal of that precinct. Said seal shall
be so placed that the enevelope can
not be opened without breaking the
twine or the envelope. After the seal
has been so placed on the envelope the
seal, ballots and returns shall be plac-
ed in the box and locked and both
sealed envelope and box shall be plac-
ed in the vault of said Board of Com-
missioners. The seal of the envelope
shall not be broken or the envelope
opened except in the presence of all
the commissioners at the time when
they canvass the returns of said elec-
tion. The Board of Commissioners
shall be responsible for the safe keep-
ing of the election returns and keys.
The said commissioners shall receipt
the said judges for the returns and
keys.
Section 21. The voted ballots, mu-
tilated ballots, challenged ballots,
stubs and ballots not used in the el-
ection, shall be placed in a box of
similar construction to the ballot box-
es, at the time that the election re-
turns are canvassed by the Board of
Commissioners, and the keys there-*
to shall be sealed in an envelope in
the manner as provided in section 20
of this article, with a seal provided
for that purpose, and said seal shall
be placed in the box and locked and
remain until the expiration of the
time for contests of the election as
provided by law. The seal of the en-
velope with the keys shall not be op-
ened except in the presence of the
Board of Commissioners.
Section 22. The "Tally Sheet and
Poll Book" as hereinbefore provided,
shall constitute the official returns of
each precinct of every election held
under the provisions of this charter.
Section 23. The ballots used in ev-
ery election held under the provisions
of this charter shall be printed with
a stub which shall be in substantial-
ly the following form.
No never detach this number
from stub.
Voter's name . ..., street
No if the voter is challenged.
write (challenged here. If the
voter is sworn write (sworn)
here. If the ballot is spoiled or not
voted, write (spoiled) here per
forated line when voter
returns ballot, detach this number,
No .... perforated line
All ballots shall be printed on white
paper of not less than twenty (20)
pounds weight Sample ballots shall
be printod on colored paper of light
Tba ballots for aach precinct
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