Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-06 | Page 12 | Citizens to Tell Election Wishes

CITIZENS TO TELL ELECTION WISHES I Public Hearing on Bills Relating to City Government In order that citizens of Salt Sail Lake may have an opportunity to express their sentiments on pending measures measure In the house of representatives relating relatIng Ing to election tenure of office of Ice and qualifications of city commissioners and othir f officials a special co committee commit commit- mit-I mit tee of the Ole house will hold a public meeting tonight at the Hotel Utah The committee was appointed Wednesday afternoon when the Currie bill Increasing the number of commissioners commissioners com com- missioners in Salt Sail Lake to six with a representative to be elected from every ever ward and a mayor to be selected from the city at large came up for consideration consid- consid Since another bill on the same subject by Mrs 1 Blakely Blakel of Salt Lake LaIE is on the calendar It was decided decided de- de to refer the two bills to the special special cial committee consisting of the Salt Lake county delegation headed by Arthur Welling Velling as chairman Mrs 1 Blakely's bill provides for grouping the city Into five wards with a commissioner commissioner commis- commis elected from each ward and the mayor chosen by the commissioners from their own body When the bill was opened for discussion Currie stated that fully 75 per cent of the voters of the city favored his measure the voters voters voters' on the west side of the city who he declared had never I hadn hada direct on the city commission The only bill to get the ax during the days day's session was the Masters income income in- in come x bill which was returned to the house home with the unfavorable report of the committee which favored the income tax measure introduced by the special school revenue committee The rhe bill was burled buried by adoption of the committees committee's report