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Show DES MOINES PLAN FOR UTAH CITIES SMITH'S BILLS GO ' SE Almost Unanimous Vote for the Commission Form of Government GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THEM LAW Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo. Logan and Murray to Be Affected by Change. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 h i X . Axled as to tha probahle fata X of tba bill for a commission form 4 of government ia citiea of tha first and eerond class c. ia Utah, 4 4 which has aow passed both tha . 4" house of tba Utah legielative 4 aasembly, Oovarnor Spry said thia afternoon that ha ia not 4 against tha commission form of. government, providing it ta da-. . Toid of tba initiative and refer- 4 endum and recall feature.. - t tti .---.-------- Tha fata of tha commission form of ' government bills now rent with Oar-' Oar-' amor Spry, senate bills 821 and 233, by y Smith, having passed tha bouse thia morning by vote of forty -one fog and one against, with thrM absent and aot voting. Two year ago the legislators ' passed alBrilat bllto. which war Teeeed ' by the governor. Thia wear H ht .-derstood .-derstood that he will alga tha bills ba-eatu ba-eatu they do not eofTuft tba inmate, referendum and 1h recall The bills apply, mandatorily, on citiea of the nrst and second class the Commission Com-mission form of government. The citiea which will be arTecUM are Salt Lake. - the only city of the first class in the stste; Ogdea, Logsa, Provo and Mur-rav, Mur-rav, of the second el aee. On motion of Allison, the bills were tekra np eerly in this morning's session. ses-sion. Henstor Besner X. ftmith, author ' of the bills, was sllowed Ithr privilege of the floor to explaia them. They had fceen reported favorably by the house sifting committee. In onening his address Benstor Smith raid that four vears ago he iatrodueed is the senste bills calling for a-com missioa form of government, then known ss the Gslveatoa plan. These hiihKSailed to nasa. Two years ago he iatrodueed aimilar bills along tke Dee Moines plaa of government. These bills psssed the senste aad koaaa, bnt were vetoed by the governor be-' be-' cause thev ewatained the initiative, referendum nnd recall. He said tkst tke present bills were tke seme ss those of two years ago except that thev did not contain these provisions, which he very much regretted. I He expressed tke hope that the next time tke legislnture met it would see St to so smend the lew as ta provide for the initistive, referendum sad the reesIL He declared that tke bille were Intended for n better' government for . cities of the irst and second claea, that f it was a step ia the dirertioa of a business form of government and lot a politk-al form, rive Kea Control City. . . fader the proviaioaa of the bills cities ef the Brat elaas will have ire commissioners, one of whom sksll be mavor. .Four of the cemmisaioners akail receive a sslsrv of .lttH) aid tke mayor a aalsrv of 42'RI a year. Aa auditor alee is to be elected. Ia eities of the second clsss there will be three commissioners, com-missioners, one of whom shall bs mayor. Tks commissioners in cities of tke see. ond rises sksll not receive lees thaa , 0 a year aor ssore thsn 15K),' nnd ths msvor not lees than eoOM nor more tkan -"" n year. Una of tke oh.ierts of the bills, according ac-cording to the statement of their suthor, ia to take tke cyty administra-' thoa ont of politics, For this purpose non-partisan primaries eaall be held at t which snv persoe en petition of 100 voters msy become n rsndidate for any i of the Ave ofbecs. The two receiving' tke largest number of votes for msvor j and tke eight receiving the highest number ef votes for commissioners at the prtmarire will be placed on the general gen-eral ticket to be voted en at the general gen-eral election. - The law becomes operative oper-ative aixty davs after it a signed by the governor sod will spply to trie next fall election in the cities of tke Srst! and second class. How to Ditribate Work. At 'he November election. 1911. there I will 'e r ,-vted in halt Lake t'itv aj DiM n auditor and twe rommtt.bina-1 ers t .-rve for four Vtrnrs and two, coir" -ers to serve for two yire. At toe l.'ii election there will be 'elect-! ed two commissioners to aerve for fourj years. I Is cities of the second e'asa at tbe. yovemoer election tfcre will lie ciert-i ed n msvnr, aa au utor and one cum-j liiixMimcr f'r four veers and mie com I nn.oii'-r for teo T-ars, tie icct be n-'t t' tsve an en"r t'.f 1.- ot j , fc -'Vleo.-, . - t - . r - - i - - -. I irirwi departmeats will h distributed a mong t he i v com ra ian ionera aa t ol-' ol-' lows: Impart meat ' puhlie afTaira aad I ri ounce, deirtment of water supply aad water works, department of public aafctr. department of streeta and pub-j pub-j lie improvemeata aad department of perks and public property. Tha departments depart-ments over which each commissioner ihall premde will He derided en nt tbe first moetiao of the board. ! Vow Operated In 12aV Citiea, ! Tha bills provide that tba board shall bold at leM four meotinga a week, one of which shall be in tbe evening. A maioritT of the members will constitute a board and no orheial busmesa raa be tra enacted with lesa thaa g Biajoru pre-vpnt. ISenator Smith declared that the sv-tera sv-tera had beea tried for eiht or ten rears ia Gsiventoa and had proved sat iMa-rtory aod tuat at the present t'ne it waa ia ot-eratmn ia mora tna 15 citiea in tne L Difed btatia. He declared de-clared that it was n ini-uneaa form of trovcrnn.r-Dt and that cmea should be run on buin-a priacipica aud nut aa pot t ir al ma- n.ne. -o ins roil rail oa 221 Ki haHiw-.a wm t-e on.v sn-rTibr to ths Beratntt 're i. ra o, J . n-i .r,,a be j a -Tit. o". - I ' It ! I l . V e. f- -, , fa C e 1 . i . |