April 2 and 3 Mentioned As Election Day for This Year A suggestion to fix the election days for Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3, was made at a recent meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council and will be forwarded to the Consular Body for endorsement, it was learned yesterday. No date has as yet been fixed for the holding of the annual meeting of ratepayers which last year took place on April "April has been chosen for years as the month when the electors of the International Settlement were given the opportunity of electing an executive committee or Council to carry on the administration of the Settlement for another fiscal or Municipal year.
The elections this year in all probability will be as important and mo-montons as those in any past year dering from the time when foreigners secured permission to reside and trade in Shanghai nearly a hundred years ago.
The procedure for the election of members of the Council is laid down under Article XVIII of the Land Re" gulations which has not been altered since 1869 and the cumbrous procedure still provides an effective means of representing most of the interests involved in the Settlement.
The Municipal election takes two days between the hours of 10 am. and 3 p.m. and upon the close of the Poll two scrutigeers appointed by the Council check the voting list and announce the names of the nine ratepayers with the largest number of votes who become automatically considered duly elected for the ensuing year. report is to be ready for adoption in time for the Annual Meeting of Ratepayers in April, The Council felt that the job could only be done by people who could start straight away, having a good knowledge of the existing system and of rating principles and practices. Mr, Jones is a former Secretary of ihe Council, with a knowledge of English rating law on which our rating system has been built up, Mr. Franklin and Mr. Okamoto are not only familiar with Council affairs but also have legal Knowledge of practices in countries other than Great Britain, Mr, Meyers has given much study and thought to the problem involved, Mr. Sun, a Chartered Accountant, is Assistant General Manager of the Sin-Hua Trust and Savings Bank, Ltd, with experience in the Real Estate business in Shanghai,
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