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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #108 ORDINANCE NO 108. AN ORDINANCE CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN AND FOR THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY THE QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH SHALL RETAIN ITS POWERS OF CONTROL RESPECTING CERTAIN CLASSES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OF THE EXTRA SESSION OF 1911;APPROVED DECEMBER 23RD 1911.. The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach.do Ordain as follows; . Section 1: It is hereby ordained that is pursuance of a petition of qualified electors of the city of Huntington Beach, filed with the Board of Trustees of said city on the 21"day of July, 1913,and presented to the said Board of Trustees according to law,a special election be,and is hereby called to be held in the city of Huntington Beach, California,on Tuesday the 23d day of September, 1913,. Section 2. The Object and purpose for which said special election is called is to submit to the electors of the City of Huntington Beach the question whether said city shall retain its powers of control over certain public utilities which now are or may be operated and maintained in said city,or whether the said city shall surrender it said powers of control to the Railroad Commission of the State of California, said powers to be exercised by the said Railroad Commission as provided in the act of the legislature of the State of California,approved December 23d, 1911,and known as the"Public Utilities Act." Section 3. The propositions to be submitted to the electors of the city of Huntington Beach at the aforesaid election,on the date thereof are as follows: Proposition No 1. Shall the city of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over street Railroad corporations? Proposition No. 2. Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over gas corporations? Proposition No 3. Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over electrical corporations? ORD. 108 1 Proposition No 4 Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over the telephone corporations? Proposition No 5 Shall the city of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over water corporations? Section 3. It is further ordained that the official ballot used at said election shall contain(besides the other things required by law)the following propositions and questions, is substantially the following manner: Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over street railroad corporations? Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over gas corporations? Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over electrical corporations? Shall the City of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over the telephone corporations? Shall the city of Huntington Beach retain its powers of control over water corporations? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No If,at said election, an elector shall stamp a cross(x)in the voting square after the word"Yes,"his vote shall be counted in favor of the proposition. If an elector shall stamp a cross(x)in the voting square after the printed word"No,"his vote shall be counted against the proposition. It all other respects said ballots shall be in accordance with the general election laws of the State of California, so far as said general election laws apply to municipal corporations of the Sixth class. ORD. 108 2 Section 4. It is further ordained that said special election shall be held in accordance with the general election laws of the State of California, in so far as said election laws are applicable to municipal elections in cities of the Sixth Class; also,in pursuance of Chapter 40 of the statutes of the State of California,of the extra session of 1911,approved January 2°d, 1912.the polling place must be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon 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 5. 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 said election, and that the polling place for said election is hereby designated as follows: Inspectors: Guy S. Miles,and Ed Manning. Judges: C.S. Bundschuh and Joe Dameron Clerks: Geo. W. Wardwell and G.A. Corbelt Polling Place: The City Hall of the City of Huntington Beach, California. Section 6. It is further ordained that each and every member of said election board shall receive as compensation for his services on said board,the sum of Five Dollars. Section 7. 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 twice in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper published and circulated in the said City of Huntington Beach,and thirty(30)days after the last publication thereof 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 at their adjourned Regular meeting held on the 21St day ORD. 108 3 of July 1913; and that the same was passed and adopted by the said Board at their regular meeting held on the 41'day of August 1913,by the following vote. Ayes, Helme,Manning,French, Seely. Noes, None Absent, Rosenburger, C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio 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 108,and entitled An Ordinance calling and providing for a special election in and for the City of Huntington Beach, California, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of said city the question wheather the city of Huntington Beach shall retain its powers of control respecting certain classes of public utilities,pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14, of the Statutes of the State of California of the extra session of 1911; Approved December 231d 1911, and that the same was published twice in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper,printed and published in the City of Huntington Beach according to law, on the 8& 150'day of Aug 1913 C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 108 4 phis Ordinance was reproducedfrom a lool lool handwritten original in its exact form to maintain its historicaCtntegrity. This tyyewrtttenformat alCotivs for keyword searching. the lool lool handwritten originaCs can be viewed in the City Cterk 's office on request.