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RESOLUTION NO.
Canvass and return of the vote cast at the General Biennial
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municipal election held April ,,74?', 1916, in the City of Huntington
Beach, California, for the purpose of electing municipal officers.
Whereas, a General municipal election washeld in the city of
Huntington Beach, state of California on Monday the 19th day of
April, 1916, for the purpose of electing Three members of the Board
of Trustees for the term of four years, a Clerk and ex-officio '
assessor and a Treasurer for the term of Two years.
And Whereas, it appears that said election was held and
conducted in accordance with the General election Laws of the
State, so far as the same were applicable; and that the Board
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of Trustees gave such notice of election as prescribed by law
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and ordinance, and appointed a board of election, fixed their
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compensation and established an election precinct and polling
place; and that such election was held and conducted and the
votes cast thereat were received and canvassed and returns thereon
made in time, form and manner as required by law.
And Whereas, the Board of Trustees did meet on this, the
seventeenth day of April, 1916, being the Monday next succeeding
the date of said General Election for the purpose of canvassing
the vote cast thereat, whereupon it was found that the vote cast
at said General Municipal Election in the precinct established then&
for was asp-,follows :
Total vote cast in said city . . . . . . 636
The total vote cast in said city for R. H. Chapin
as Member of Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
The total vote caste in said city for H.C.Decker
as Membeer of Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
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The total vote cant in said city for E. E. French
as member of the Board o ' Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.
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The total vote cast in said city for M.E.Helme
as Member of Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . 35:1
The total vote cast in said city for L. Obarr
as Member of Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . 283
The total vote cast in said city for L. T. Young
as Member of Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . 261
The total vote cast in said city for Chaa.R.Nutt
as City Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
The total vote cast in said city for H.T. Sundbye
as City Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.
The total vote cast in said fity for C.E.Lavering
as City Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
The total vote cast in said city for S. A.Moore
as City Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
And the Board of Trustees having completed their work of
canvassing the returns of said general biennial municipal
election of said city held on the Tenth day of April 1916, finds
and declares as follows :
1. That the whole number of votes case in the city of
Huntington Beach, California, at said general biennial municipal elec-
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tion held on the ., th of April, 1916 was 636.
�. That the names of the persons voted for, the offices
to fill which each person was voted for are as follows, to-wit:
That the following named persons were voted for to fill three
vacancies upon said Board of Trustees of said city, to-wit:
R. H. Chapin, H. C. Decker, E. E . French, M. E. Helme,
L. Obarr, and L. T. Young.
That the following named persons were voted for to fill
the office of City Clerk of said city, to-wit : Chas R. Nutt,
and H. T. Sundbye.
That the following named persons were voted for to fill the
office of Treasurer of said City, to-wit: C.E. Lavering and S.A. Moore.
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AND WHEREAS, it appears from: the above canvass of the
votes cast at said general biennial municipal election, that the
persons next herein named received a majority of all the votes cast
thereat for the respective offices mentioned, Now Therefore
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, determined and declared by the Board
of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California, that at the
General Municipal election held in said city on Monday the lath
day of April, 1916, the persons elected to the respective offices
for the terms stated and until their successors are duly elected
and qualified, are as follows :
M.E. Helme as Trustee for the term of Four Years.
H. C. Decker as Trustee for the term of Four Years .
R. H. Chapin for Trustee for the term of Four years .
Chas R. Nutt, as City Clerk for the term of Two years .
C. E. Lavering as City Treasurer for the term of Two Years.
The Clerk and Treasurer, respectively, before entering upon
the duties of their respective offices , shall execute a bond to the
City of Huntington Beach, in such sum as required by Ordinance,
which bond shall be approved by the board of Trustees and filed
with the Clerk the bond of thefiled
Clerk shall a 1 b e le with the
President of the Board. All newly elected officers before 'entering
upon the duties of the office to which they have been elected
shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office
and file the same with the Clerk.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, this 1`7th day of April, 1916.
ATTEST: M - L , f4 E L M E
President of the Board of Trustees
Chas R. Nutt of the city of Huntington Beach,
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of California.
the Board of Trustees of the city
of Huntington Beach, California.
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State of California,
County of Orange, ) ss.
City of Huntington Beach. )
I , Chas . R. Nutt, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution of Canvass and
return, was read to the Board of Trustees of the City of Hunting-
ton Beach on the 17th day of April, 1016, and that the same was
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board held on
the above date by the following vote:
Ayes -- Trustees - Helme , Tarbox, Huston, French.
Noes -- None.
Absent-- Rosenberger.
Chas. R. Nutt
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the Board of Trustees of the city
of Huntington Beach, California.
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