The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1955 Page: 11 of 16
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Bowie Needs A New Charter
The Future cf Bowie Calls for Home Rule
. Many, many of ihc City of Bewic ordinances are out-dated.
Many
Tim future lr>v-lopnm-nt and improvement of our city calls for Homo
We have
th >t the Post Interests of the C.ify of Bowie will be served by adopting
heard frequently that the city doos not have records showing where the
Home Rule.
city limits extendi in all direction:;.
Many Bowie ordinances do not moot present day conditions. The State
All of those th Inga anti many more add up to the fact that Bowie
majority of th, voters scratch out the word "No" in
Saturday's election
Bowie.
What this charter will contain no one ran say except that you V^ow
urday.
want to vote for any others for the commiMion. you can write their names
on the ballot.
the Charter Commission.
Th.? cmmcil
.1 i til i.-.t
annual
of T< . I’.ih provided for growing towns to adopt Home Rule when they
Tea' h a population of 5 000. tin.nu Rule i.. to be adopted only by vote of the
people.
Pule, l.ach ' year. you ob-ct city officials io look after the city's buri
n< Your »>• enl el-jefivc officials. after thorough investigation, believe
a commission of fifteen persons will write a charter for
m eds a c hill ier. If a
of them have b<? <i amended but the records are not available. Now ordi-
nance: arc needed for changing times such as new additions being added
to the city and new additions facing opened-up within the city.
the fifteen persons whose names are no the ballot — you know them for
substantial citizens who are very much in favor of seeing Bowie progress
in the right direction. We have confidence that they will draw up a charter
that will give cur city what it has needed for some time. However, if you
Bowie lien novz reached this stage and your city officials are giving you
the opportunity t’, scratch out the word “No" or "Yes" in the election Sat-
Small Communities
Manager Plan In
Bv Bichard S. Child .
Chairman. Eveutive Commit
tee, National Municipal l.'ag.ue
Over 1000 A ii i ieau and ( 'a
nadian eitie-. ti>wm . villir? mid
enmities have adopted the conn
cd-manager .form ol povet tiirwid
Five hundred of there, ranging,
downward from Ciiicmatti mid
Kamas City, arc imom'. it-.- y.ooo
• cummilllitii ; of 5 (lijo popnl.'ithni
or over, the oilier liOU m, undo.
5,000 population
THE NEW WAY OF
RUNNING TOWNS
The dazzling and off told
Stone of the long ■ It..tallied . ue
cess of the council man-ug.et plan
in cities Ute well matched m tin
500 towns and Vlllagi s of about
5.000 population.
Village and town government
in America are commonh hoiie t
and well intentioued but ihev-
ate not very efficent or economi
cal or modern in their method'.
It takes a long lime to get thir.i' ;
done. Transient amateurs m the
local offices struggle, with unf i
miliar laws and techniqiii s, do
the best they can, get ti ed aid
irritated and give way to other
A few officers go on for lorn-,
periods of thankless and unpaid
service in a familiar rut
When the council-manager
plan comes in, the power i all
vested in an elected count d of
(usually) five members who meet
at the town hall. They are nomi
hated by petition and voted for
on a nonpartisan ballot They
hire from anywhere in the iouii
try a manager-who hold' office
at their pleasure, get . a salary
and appoints and oversees the
Your city officials boliev;? that the best interests of Bowie can be served
by the city adopting Homo Rule. One thing that a new charter undoubtedly
would provide, would be Mayor—City Council—City Manager form of gov-
ernment for Bowie. However, you are voting only for Home Rule at the
city election Saturday and it the vote is favorable, you will be given an
opportunity to vote "yen" or "no" on the new charter to be drawn up by
re-1 of th-- p.n rail
also .let i tn in
pl lidli . * -.mt i■ I l> ■
pti- I audit
'll, . .-i, a- er . pi?-pare? the an
mud bud'i-t and come to the
niinii'il I--I the ,'ippl<ipi l iti<-11.
He iilmut hi pi opt .mi "I public • .
Will '. -A llh e .1 llll.de t ’.einp, I
I' II -1 line '.' Ol la I ln.nr elf. he I
m a pod ion to • ii tlial .ill other
i.ntiliiei.pal employee- give lull
Im in 1 eiii i i-> Iiin IT he make.
- ■ od. In ean hav e t lie I.ope of se
< in me, pl dlli.it ion onio (lav Io a
I ■! ei eitv at i I.ii . er alary and
Um. I'i' I in ' hl pi ole sioii a .
otl>t man ii ei have done in the
10 p i-ar . : me hi profe ion lie
iii i Some immapi i have
• i ? i d | p.. eirii : and himdi e.l
lia . • : el Ivl in tWo or three >
I In- manai'ei pi I to be the
man who know every meh arid
i cry doll.ii of Hu- mimieip.il
■ii livitte. and the elected imtn. il
l ien have the congenial dut> of
. itching him perfot m 'hi (little
a their fin le i aiy-nt malum-
him bring in all the facts nee
i ary loi -.mind d<-eilorn and
helping him adjust to local ti i
• fit ion-.
I In able I .Illdyino t icpl e .ell-
taiive citi, on in town will glad.
Iv accept .civile on. such a conn
' ll where the bit -ne-.s is laid In-
hie I hem at i -ach meeting in .
> o d order by a ( unipotent man
.mer and they have plenty of
time loll to deyole to then own
pi i'. ate career-.
II is somethin;’, like ' those
’Imo] system where an elected
i herd board hire.; a professional
ijiool supei mb iidanf' to manage
Ho pei "imid and property.
The plan i: spreading at the
rate of around 75 adoptions a
\ eat on the basis of its -.trncess.
Let’s Continue Its
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THE BOWIE .NEWS. BOWIE. TEXAS
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1955
YOUR
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NEEDS AN
UP-TO-DATE CHARTER
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This advertisement paid for by a group of voters who are in favor of Home Bule and the resuming Mayor-Oily Council-City Manager form
of Government. However, we believe in the voters deciding such important questions, so urge you io vole no matter how you vote.
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Tibbetts, Harlow E. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1955, newspaper, September 15, 1955; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1367923/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.