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PRITCHARD IS j OUSTED FROM ; PUBLIC OFFICE i \MAYOR CURRY ISSUES OR- 1DER REMOVING MEMBER ;OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC lt;tWORKSReginald Pritchard in no longer a member of the board of public ; works of the city of Key Went. He was ousted from the office late Saturday through an order aignt *! by Mayor Leslie A. Curry and d«* livered to Mr. Pritchard by Sergeant V. Vinson.Mayor Curry stated today that he had made a thorough investi-. gution of the charges preferred by ■ the city council against Pritchard and had found sufficient grounds to remove him from office. '.Before requesting the mayor to I remove Mr. Pritchard from the! board of public works several works ago. a committee lt;t council ’ members had investigated reports .in which Pritchard was charged lt;with receiving from a local !J. S. | , army officer a check in • payment|,for work performed by the public |works force and never accounting t , for it; that he had appropriated to his own use an automobile tire., that belonged to the public works j , board, and that he had used forij his personal purposes several loads' of niarl owned by the board.| The removal of Mr. Pritchard • lt;from the board of public works is , I permanent, Mayor Curry declared! today, and said that a successor ( would be elected by a vote of the i , city council.! The mayor’s delay in taking uc- , tion on the request of the city council was occasioned by his waiting for a conference with the \ city attorney relative to his power; in the situation, it was explained by Mayor Curry today. I
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Key West Citizen
Key West, Florida, US
Mon, May 20, 1929
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