be called together by the member whose name appears first in alphabetical order. The commission shall organize in such fashion as shall seem wise and expedient and proceed to frame a budget to cover the expenses which may be contracted for secretarial and necessary incidental purposes. This budget shall be presented to the county commissioners and they shall then appropriate out of the general funds of the County an amount sufficient to meet the necessary expenses of the Commission. The County Commissioners shall also provide the Charter Commission with necessary quarters and general facilities for their labors. The charter as framed by the Commission shall be submitted to the voters of the County at an election to be held at a time fixed by the Charter Commission and within one year from the date of its election. Provision for said charter election shall be made by the Deputy State Supervisor of Elections in conformity with the laws governing the holding of elections and the Board of County Commissioners shall appropriate out of the general funds of said County a sum sufficient to pay the expenses of such election. Not less than thirty days prior to such election the Deputy State Supervisor of Elections shall mail a copy of the proposed charter to each elector whose name appears upon the poll books of the last regular election held within the County. If such proposed charter is approved by a majority of the electors voting at the election thereon it shall become the charter of the county at the time fixed therein. Provision shall be made in the schedule of any such charter for such lengthening of the terms of elected public officials so that on a given date the terms of all such officers shall legally end and the officials chosen under the charter provisions shall take their place. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU. GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN, Chairman. SENATOR EDWARD C. CURTIS, Grant Park. SENATOR RICHARD J. BARR, Joliet. REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD J. SMEJKAL, Chicago. REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM P. HOLADAY, Danville. E. J. VERLIE, Secretary. W. F. DODD, in charge collection of data for constitutional convention. |