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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #107 ORDINANCE NO 107. AN ORDINANCE CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN AND FOR THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA,FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVYING AND COLLECTING A TAX OF FIFTEEN CENTS ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY,PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF USING SUCH TAX AND THE TIME OF COLLECTING THE SAME,AND PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OFFICERS AND POLLING PLACE IN SAID CITY,PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 420 OF THE STATUTES.OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1911,APPROVED APRIL 10, 1911,ENTITLED,"AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, OTHER THAN FREEHOLD CHARTER CITIES, TO LEVY AND COLLECT A TAX FOR PARK,MUSIC AND ADVERTIZING PURPOSES." The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: Section 1. It is hereby ordained that a a special election be and is hereby called to be held in the City of Huntington Beach, California,on Tuesday the 15'h day of July 1913, and that at such election the following proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said City of Huntington Beach,to wit: "Shall a tax of fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of said City of Huntington Beach, California,be levied and collected for the purpose of providing and maintaining parks and music and for advertizing purposes pursuant to the provisions of chapter 420 of the Statutes of California for 1911, entitles: "An Act authorizing municipal corporations,other than freehold charter cities,to levy and collect a tax for park,music and advertising purposes?" Section 2. It is hereby ordained that a tax of fifteen cents shall be levied on each one hundred dollars of taxable property within said City of Huntington Beach,for the purpose of providing and maintaining parks,music, and for advertising purposes; and such tax shall be in addition to all other taxed now authorized by law to be levied and collected, and shall be levied and collected for each fiscal year. Section 3. It is hereby ordained that such tax shall be used for the purpose of maintaining parks,music and for advertising purposes,and the money realized from such tax shall be used and expended in any manner that may be deemed best by the Board of Trustees of said City for carrying out the purposes herein expressed. Section 4. It is hereby ordained that the tax provided for by the Ordinance shall be collected by the Tax Collector of the County of Orange, State of California, at the same time and in the same manner at State and County taxes are collected as provided by law;that the taxes on all personal property secured by real property, and one-half of the taxes on all real property will be due and payable on the second Monday in October, 1913,and will be delinquent on the last Monday in November next thereafter,at six ORD. 107 1 o'clock P.M. and that unless paid prior thereto,fifteen per cent will be added to the amount thereof, and that if said one half be not paid before the last Monday in April next, at six o'clock P.M. an additional five per cent will be added thereto. That the remaining one-half of the taxes on all real property will be payable on and after the first Monday in January next,and will be delinquent on the last Monday in April next thereafter, at six o'clock P.M. and that unless paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added to the amount thereof; and said tax,when collected, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Huntington Beach under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes,and pursuant to the ordinances of the City of Huntington Beach relative to the collection,payment, and settlement of other taxes. Section 5. It is further ordained that the official ballot used at such election, besides the other things required by law, shall contain the following proposition and question, in substantially the following manner: "Shall a tax of fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of said City of Huntington Beach, California,be levied and collected for the purpose of providing and maintaining parks and music and for advertizing purposes pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 420 of the Statutes of California for 1911, entitled: "An Act Authorizing municipal corporations,other than freehold charter cities,to levy and collect a tax for park,music and advertising purposes?" Yes No If an elector at said election stamp a cross(x)in the voting square after the printed work"Yes,"his vote shall be counted in favor of the proposition; if he shall have stamped a cross(x)after the printed work"No,"his vote shall be counted against the adoption of the same. The said ballot shall be in other respects in a accordance with the general election laws of the State of California so in force as the general election laws applied to municipal corporations Section 6. It is further ordained that the said special election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of California in as far as the said election laws are applicable to Municipal elections in cities of the sixth class,except as hereinbefore specifically set forth. ORD. 107 2 The polling place must be opened at six o'clock in the morning of the day of election and must be kept open untill six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day when the polls shall be closed. Section 7. It is further ordained that the following qualified electors of the City of Huntington Beach are hereby designated and appointed as election officers for the offices set opposite their names at such election, and that the polling place for such election is hereby designated to be as follows,towit: Inspectors. L.W. Lindsley, W.L. McKenney. Judges, Fritz Gruggeman,Joe Washburn Clerks, Geo. W. Wardwell,L.R. Whitney. Polling Place:-City Hall of the City of Huntington Beach, California, Section 8. It is further ordained that each and every member of such Election Board shall receive as compensation for his services on such Board the sum of$5.00 Section 9 The City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper published and circulated in said City of Huntington Beach,and thirty(30)days thereafter it shall take effect and be in full force. W.D. Seely, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. Attest: C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach,California. State of California ) County of Orange ) S.S. City of Huntington Beach. ) I,C.E. Lavering, City Clerk and Ex Officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California,do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was read to the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach on at their adjourned Regular meeting held on May. 18, 1913,and that the same was passed and adopted by the said Board at their Regular meeting held on the 2nd day of June, 1913,by the following vote: Ayes, Helme,Manning, Rosenburger, French, Seely. Noes, None Absent, None. ORD. 107 3 C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Oflicio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach,California. Date of Publication May 23, 1913. I C.E. Lavering City Clerk, and Ex-Officio Clerk, of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach,hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach,numbered 107, and entitled An Ordinance calling and providing for a special election of the qualified electors in and for the City of Huntington Beach, California,for the purpose of levying and collecting a tax of fifteen cents on each One Hundred Dollars of taxable property in said City,providing for the manner of using such tax and the time of collecting the same,and providing for the election officers and polling place in said City,pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 420 of the Statutes of California for 1911, approved April 10, 1911, entitled, "An Act authorizing municipal corporations,other than freehold charter cities,to levy and collect a tax for park,music and advertising purposes."and that the same was published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper,printed and published in the City of Huntington Beach according to law,on the 6a'day of January 1913 C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 107 4 phis Ordinance was reproducedfrom a lool lool handwritten original in its exact form to maintain its historicaCtntegrity. This tyyewrttten format alCotivs for keyword searching. the lool lool handwritten originaCs can be viewed in the City Cterk 's office on request.