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Show New City Ordinance Lists Ways Naming Election Nominees Anticipating the biennial election elec-tion of municipal officers on Tuesday, November 7, an ordinance ordin-ance providing for the nomination nomina-tion of such officers was passed Wednesday by the Bingham city council. The ordinance was made necessary by the passage of a bill by the 1939 state legislature, later signed by Governor Henry H. Blood, which provided that Utah cities of second and third class were to determine whether nominees for city offices were to be selected by petition, convention con-vention or direct primary methods. meth-ods. To be elected in November are a mayor, a city recorder, a city treasurer, all for the term of two years, five councilmen at large, four for a term of two years and one for a term of four years. In each city election following the election of this year, a mayor, a city recorder and a city treasurer treas-urer for a term of two years and four councilmen at large shall be elected, three councilmen to serve two years and one for four years, the ordinance provides. Primaries As outlined in the ordinance, which is published in full in this issue of the Bulletin, nominations nomina-tions may be made by political parties, organizations or associations associa-tions which may call or hold primary pri-mary elections, or which may hold mass primaries to nominate candidates. Convention Nominations may also be made by convention of voters or delegates dele-gates of a political party which at the last city election polled 2 of the entire vote cast for mayor. Petition Candidates may also be nominated nom-inated by a petition signed by 25 qualified voters. Nominations are to be filed with the city recorder not more than 30 days before election. Any person nominated may within 25 days prior to the election, in writing duly signed and acknowledged, ack-nowledged, notify the city recorder re-corder that he has declined the nomination. City Business At the council meeting Wednesday Wed-nesday evening bills amounting to $1617.34 were approved for payment. $200 payment to the state for workmen's compensation compensa-tion insurance premium and $318 for Utah Power and Light August bill was approved. Councilmen Dale Johnston and Al Ablett reported on the Municipal Mu-nicipal League convention held last week end in St. George. |