Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1905 — CITY AND TOWN ELECTIONS THIS FALL. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND TOWN ELECTIONS THIS FALL.

Under the new city and town law elections will be held Nov. 14, next, and where the terms of present officials end'before the close of the year, terms will be extended to the first Monday in January, 1906. Where terms do not expire until after January 1, 1906, the officers elected next November must wait until the terms do expire before taking office, when they will serve until the first Monday in January, 1910 City and town elections will be held hereafter but once in four years, on the first Tuesday after first Monday in November. Town marshals will be appointed by the boards of trustees, instead of being elected by a vote of the people. The law provides for a deputy marshall to be designated “humane officer,” whose duties shall be those imposed on humane officers in cities. All deputy marshals may be discharged by the marshal, as he may be, in turn, by the trustees. It is expected that the new laws will be put in force by April 27, and no town elections will be held in May this year, as heretofore.