Logan Republican | 1908-04-04 | Page 2 | Peculiar Municipal Franchise

Peculiar Municipal Franchise. Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Co-lumbia, has a peculiar municipal franchise. fran-chise. Every' person who pays a $2 dog tax Is entitled to vote In elections for mayor and aldermen. The system has led to abuses. It has been discovered that six enterprising women voted on tho strength of a single dog. Vors still, ono Ingenious woman, unable to get a real dog In time to qualify, took out a license for a china dog on, her mantelpiece. Municipal franchise reform re-form Is now regarded as a question of urgency In Victoria, and the unkind association of dogs with mayors and aldermen Is doomed.