HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 561• RESOLUTION # 561 •
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOAR,§ OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,CALIa
FORNIA,CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE
19TH.DAY OF NOVEMBER,1$18,AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
01"BAIW eITY AN ORDINANCE HEREMN DESCRIBED TIESIGNATING THE ELECTION
PRECINCT AND POLLING PLACE,AND APPOINTING HE ELECTION OnICERS FOR
SAID ELECTION,AND PROVIDING FOR GIVING NOTICE THEREOF;6
The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do resolve as follows'.
SECTION 1. A special election is hereby called to be Held in
the City of Azuea,California,on the 19th.day of November ,1918
for the purpose of submitting t6 the qualified voters of said City
an ordinance to divide the Administration of the municipality -
into five departments'and providing for the assignment of the several
members of the Board of Trustees of said City to be the -heads of
such resrective departments and torbe-app6Yntedt&e,,.the.-rcom#ssionere
of sueh.'respeotive:depextmentAand defining the duties,powers,and
responsibilities of each commissioner and requiring such commissi-
oners to devote at least one hour of each buisness day to.the
performance -of their duties and fixing their compensation at the
sum of Ten Dollars per.month for each commissioner,whieh said
proposed Ordinance is on file with the City Clerk and reference to
which is hereby made for further particulars.
SECTION 2. That the number of voting precincts for such special
election shall be One and the boundaries thereof shall be the ext-
erior boundaries•of the City of Azusa and the loeation.of,--the pol-
ling place thereihc shall be in the room of the Board of Trustees
in the City hall of the City od Azusa,which City Hall is located
at the Northeast corner of Centre Street qnd Alameda Avenue in the
City of Azusa,and the Board of Election for such special election
is hereby appointed as follows:
Inspectors:' W.O.Streshly
Mary E,.Burt
Judges: Tr.,C%Bouldin
Thomas A -.Smith
Clerks: Henry O.Willisms
Alma G, Gable
and the above named personsare hereby appointed to such offices res-
pectively and their compensation shall be $6.00 each for all services.
SECTION 3. That the polls for said election must be opened at
6 o'clock A.M.of the day of election ,and must be kept oxen until
7 o'clock P.M.of the same day -,when the polls d; except
and provided,however,that if at the hour of closing there are any o
o$her voters in the polling place of in line at the door who are
qualified to vote and -have not been able to do so since appearing the
polls shall be kept open a sufficient time to enable them to vote.
But no one who shall arrive at the polling place after 7 o'clock
in the afternoon shall be entitled to vote,although the polls may
be open when he arrives.
The -}allot to be used at such election shall be printed in the
following form;
To vote upon the proposition submitted,stamp a cross(x)in the
voting square after the word"yes" or after the word"No"e.
All marks'excepting the cross (X)are forbidden.
All distinguishing marks or erasures are forbidden and make the
ballot void. '
If you wrongly stamp,tear or deface this ballot,return it to the
Inspectorrof Election and obtain another.
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Shall the Administration -of the City of Azusa
be divided into Five Departments as follows:
1. Department of Public Sei'vipe shall have -charge
and supervision of the Water and Light Departments
of the City ofAzusa.and supervision of all public YES
utilities other than those owned or operated by the
City,and shall also have supervision of the Public
Library;
2: Department of Finance shall have oharge'and sup-
ervision of all financial matters of the City;
30 Department of Publi,h.Health shall have charge
and -supervision of -all matters relating to,the public
health and sanitary conditions of the City;
4; Department of Public Works shall have charge,
and supervision of all public streete,public parks,
public buildings and public property of ,the City other
than that'belonging to the Water and Light Departments
of said City';
5. Department of Supplies and Public Safety shall hav
chargeand supervision of the purchase of all supplies
required by said City or any of its officials,and of NO
the Police and Fire Departments of said City;
and the several hembers of the Board of Trustees to
be the heads of such respective departmentscand
devote at least One hour of each buisness day to'
the performance of the duties thereof and each reoeive
as compensation therefor: -the sum of Ten Dollars per*
month;and the proposed Ordinance so providing on file
with the City Clerk,reference to Much is hereby made
for further particulars,be adopted?
The voter at sueh.election shall mark his ballot by stamping in
the appropriate,"voting square a cross(x)opposite the answer he
desires to give: Such cross(X)shall be made only•with a stamp.
SECTION 4. That notice of the time and place:of holding the
said special election is hereby given.
Seotion 5. That in all particulars not herein recited inIthis
Resolution such election shall be held as provided by Law for
holdind such elections in said City.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
resolution and shall cause the same to be published three times
before the date of such election in 'DHE POMOTROPIC,a week;y news-
paper of general ciroulation,published and circulated in the said
City of Apz�u'a anghthajast of such publication shall be made at least
one week die ode e e of holding such election.
Adopted this 21st.day of Ootober$19180
Attest:
I��Case
resident of the Board of Trustees
of the City of Azusa.
J• C Durrell
City Clerk of the City of Azusa*
State of California)
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City of Azusa. )
I.J,.O.Durrell,City Clerk of the City of Azusa,do hereby certify
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that' -the foregoing Resolution' wab- duly ad6pt4d"by` the Board of
Trustee'"o"f';the`City oi:A'zusa y4tate-of�"Califoxriia-and`'si'gAid'by
I Tresi'deftf, bf''"sald,B'oard.'a a;regular•meeting"' hereof;hel'd
on the' 2Yet;day"o Oct'ob,er,".1918, and, that the same:.wasspased
by the ,foll'owing vote,,to-w t:
Ayes:BaxriB,e,Robinson,Bierbower,Case.
Noes'Mone. ,
Absent':None.'
...0 ty Cleric of the City of Azusa.
Notioe 'of'Special 21'ectiori
Notice is -hereby given that a-special-ele0tionnis to'be held
in the City of"Aiusa,County'of ios Angeles'Btate of California,
on the .19th':day `of November 1918 -as "s3peoifbUiri the foregoing
Resolution'and'said'Resolution 'is",hereby referred to and made 'a
part of 't2s notice for the' purpose of giving notice of such -
election as required by law*'.
J 0 Durrell