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BE IT REMEMBERED:
That whereas, a proper petition of the qualified electors of the City of Clarksdale,
County of Coahoma, State of Mississippi, was duly and properly filed with the mayor
and board of aldermen of the said city, praying that an election be ordered by said
mayor and board of aldermen to determine whether or not the City of Clarksdale aforesaid
should adopt a commission form of government as provided in Chapter 101 of the Laws
of Mississippi of 1908, which petition was as follows, to wit.
"To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Clarksdale:
"The undersigned qualified voters of the City of Clarksdale hereby petition your Honorable
body to order an election to be held in the City of Clarksdale as required by law,
to determine whether or not the qualified voters of the City of Clarksdale will elect
and determine to adopt a commission form of government as is provided by law, with
the following named elective officers to wit: Three commissioners, one of whom shall
be voted for and elected as mayor.
"That each of said commissioners shall be required during each day to devote not less
than two hours in the service of the City of Clarksdale, and that the salary of each
of the said commissioners shall be not exceeding fifty dollars per month, and that
each of the said commissioners shall be required to give bond as required by law.
Your petitioners pray that said election be ordered and held at as early a date as
may be done in compliance with law."
And whereas, the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Clarksdale did order an
election to determine whether said commission form of government should be adopted,
which said election was duly and legally held on the 30th day of August, 1910, and
resulted in the adoption by the qualified electors of said City of Clarksdale of the
commission form of government for said city, and the said mayor and board of aldermen
by resolution did declare the result of said election and declared the adoption of
the said commission form of government;
And whereas, the Clerk of the said City of Clarksdale has duly and properly certified
to me the result of said election as set forth and declared by resolution of the said
mayor and board of aldermen as the law directs,
Now therefore, I, Joseph W. Power, Secretary of State, by virtue of the authority
and requirements of the said Chapter 108 of the Laws of 1908, do hereby issue this Charter of the City of Clarksdale, signed
by the governor, to put into effect the commission form of government under the terms
and provisions of the said Chapter 108 of the Laws of 1908, and as set forth in the said petition, election and resolution
aforesaid, to wit:
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