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TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR, and THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Fort Worth:-

We, your Charter Committee, composed of Hon. T.J.
Powell, Mayor of the City of Ft. Worth, E.C.Orrick, Chairman of the
Charter Committee, J.F.Lehane and W.G.Newby, members thereof, would
respectfully submit that they herewith report to the City Council the
Charter of the City of Ft. Worth as the same has been agreed upon by
the said committee together with the exceptions and differences be-
tween the Mayor and the Committee which are hereinafter set out.

FIRST:- We report the charter as a whole, which embodies agreed
with the exceptions hereinafter set out. In connection here-
with, we would state that we have taken this method of reporting the
charter in order that the issues may be clearly defined, and that the
Council may have no difficulty in passing upon the same when they shall
have been submitted to it. And also in this connection we would
state that some of the ideas of the Mayor, and upon which he made his
canvass, have not met with the approval of the committee and they are
unable to report in favor of those ideas set forth in the charter
which is herewith reported as a whole.

SECOND:= The first point upon which we differ from the Mayor and
from the charter herewith submitted is upon the question arising under
Art. 2, Sec. 3 of the Charter as it now stands. We do not think that
all of the officers of the City of Ft. Worth should be elected by the
people, and our reasons for so reporting have been carefully considered
by the committee, and while probably not in accord with our former ideas
upon the subject, are the result of the most careful consideration con-
sidering the best interests of the city. We therefore report, (a).

That the following officers of the City of Ft. Worth shall be elect-
ed by the people as follows, to-wit:- The Mayor, the Aldermen, The Board
of Equalization, the School Board, the Chief of Police and the Assessor
and Collector of taxes. In this connection we would state that we
think that the School Board of Equalization should be composed of nine members,
one from each ward, to be elected as the Aldermen are now elected. And
as to the question of whether or not the said Board shall be elected at
the same election as other officers of the City of Ft. Worth, we do not