§ 2.1. Nomination and election of commissioners to be by posts.  


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  • The commissioners elected in accordance with the amendment to section 2 of the charter of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, as amended, shall be nominated at a primary election and elected at the general election by posts to be designated post No. 1 for mayor-commissioner, post No. 2 for commissioner, post No. 3 for commissioner, post No. 4 for commissioner and post No. 5 for commissioner, and all candidates qualifying for nomination in the primary election for election in the general election shall, in qualifying, designate the post for which they qualify. Said five (5) commissioners shall elect one (1) of their number to act as mayor pro tem in case of the absence of the mayor.

(Amend. of 11-5-1968)

Editor's note

An amendment of November 5, 1968 amended the charter by adding a § 11, renumbered as § 2.1 at the discretion of the editors to maintain Code format.