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Show VJtcvsT m:iis is the cut UIUMII. Wb unJcr-laii'l thero I n growing tentliuent among aouie meinberaof the City Couucll In favor of tilling tho placu of two Uounclhuen who havu j , long beou ab,ent from their nt, There la nothing agalntl either of tin m. to far oa n e can leant, but the fact that they nro nwny and that their intend. j i. uueded, aud falling that, aomn olhor I ' ptraonioughttobeerlectodtnnillhtlr placit. ' The power of appointment to (111 I J voianclei rel with tho City Couucll, I U can be oxurclted, wo tuppoao by u iHv Wi K laTJaVaSVaSHaSaWBBVaagfaaaTaxskltaaaaaaaaaBta majority Tote. Hut It la beyond dlt-tute dlt-tute that no vacancy cat, be filled until It exl-ta, and tho charter detlnea how that can riccur. It muit t "by death, rralgnatlon, removal or otherwlao." We Jk ar that aoine raemlra proio-w declarlog two cfllcea of Councilor vacinland then llllliig by appointment appoint-ment lbs vacanclea thut created. Wo areoftha opinion that It cannot I done. If the Councllmen who are abxntdle, orchoore to rr,lgt, or are removed or expelled from ofI1c, the vacancies would legally occur and appolnlmentaato All them coull I legally made. Hut there It no roceaa that we know of by which n vacancy ran tit, createl by omolll flat. In order to exptl a Councilor from cfllcc.cauio mutt be shown, the oflenJ-lug oflenJ-lug member iuukt be duly notified of tho charge agalnat hlni and mutt have an opiorlunlly of defeudlng hlni-Mf, hlni-Mf, and llun It will lake tho con-i-nrrence of twothlrda of the mem her of the Council to make the e x-pillion x-pillion legal. Mr. Hralth waalept out of hi aeat by "l.llieral" fraud lor nearly a year and a half aud during that tlma l camo engaged In bitilneaa mailer that look hlni out of the T, rrltiry. We do not know when he will returner what Ida Intentions are, but lilt procure In the Council I deklrah'e. Mr James ha been nlMtnt for anino time. alto. We are told II Is for Ilia lienellt of hi health. He It an etllclent member and ntaoountho Is ablo ho ought to bo alhlii-xt. Iluttheox-prcased Iluttheox-prcased Intention of declaring Ida ofllce vacant apjrare to founded on a mlapprehen.loti of tho tqwers of tho Council. Inllnwi critical limn when Import aut,uetlohtiire at issue, although a maJorltyr.in traitact public lii'lneas, every ubllo ofllcer Is needed In Ills 1 1 ito and tho people look for his I rer-ence rer-ence aud his aetvlces. |
