in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 825 Acts of 1913 make the following nomination of candidates to be voted for in the election to be held in the City of Melrose on Dec. 9, 1919. We certify that we have subscribed to no other nominations of candidates for this office. Signatures to be made in person Residence Present Ward Signers must write their first and last names in full, with the initials of other names. AFFIDAVIT TO NOMINATION PAPERS Middlesex ss. : Then personally appeared .1919 who I am satisfied is one of the signers of the above nomination paper and made oath that the statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that his postoffice address is .... Before me Justice of the Peace During or after the swearing in of the elected officials, as described in Chapter III, let the leader call on some of the members to assist him in the rearrangement of the stage. This being done, the aldermen should take their appointed places, according to the diagram below, as fast as they are sworn in. Voting Voting Election Ballot Policeman Election DIAGRAM OF POLLING PLACE The city clerk then assumes the chair and discharges the duties until such time as the president of the board is elected. There should be two or more nominations for president and these are made from the floor. The balloting is done in the simplest way-each alderman writing his choice on a slip of paper, and depositing it in a hat or box passed for the purpose. The clerk declares the successful candidate. The nomination of the city clerk is next in order. Some one courteously suggests the present incumbent of the office, and after it has been seconded the balloting is done by roll call. The mayor swears him in. The final business before adjournment is the reading by the president of the mayor's letter with its recommendations. (See below.) Separately the president takes up the recommendations and calls for discussion. No name should pass unchallenged by the board. Serious or ridiculous objections may be made, but in each case it would be best to vote in the end to approve the mayor's suggestions, because these are the names that have been selected by the leader as best fitted to fill the various offices. After as much time given to each discussion as the hour will allow, the votes taken should be "yea" and "nay." The motion to adjourn comes from the floor. MAYOR'S OFFICE CITY OF MELROSE To the Honorable Board of Aldermen : Gentlemen: I nominate subject to your approval for Chairman of Board of Health for Chairman of Board of Charity for Chairman of Board of Highways Solicitor As the following demonstration is a continuation of the preceding one, the mayor, clerk, aldermen, and president of the board of alderman should be the same as those elected at the last meeting of the unit. In addition, it will be necessary to have a clerk of committees to distribute the calendars and act as a messenger. The reporter may be but a figurehead; or he 61 may be the chairman of publicity, if these demonstrations are given by an organization. To prepare a dozen or more mock bills is no small task. Where it is possible, obtain the blanks from your local city clerk and frame your bills from local conditions. Where this is not feasible the model bills at the end of the chapter may be used, with or without variations. These will be found to be of the common or garden variety of aldermanic business. One copy of each is sufficient as only the president need use it; but headings of each should appear carefully numbered on the calendar.1 A number of these (calendars) should be mimeographed, not only for the use of each alderman, but for the convenience of the remaining members of the unit who act as spectators. A model calendar will be found on pages 74 and 75. The president standing at his desk should read the bills rapidly and bang the gavel lustily whenever the opportunity offers. The balloting is done by yea and nay votes, except in cases of appropriations, when it is always customary to use the roll call. Whenever possible, the president or speakers on the floor should refer to the individual members as the alderman from Ward One or Two as the case may be. Either a rehearsal or careful instructions should be given the aldermen chosen to speak, and certain ones, as in the Town Meeting demonstration must be selected to make motions, ask questions and "kick" at appropriations. 1 It is customary in many cities to send a calendar to each member of the board, twenty-four hours before the meeting. |