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December 6, 1926 1.00 P.I~.
Special meeting of the City Commission o±' tle oity'of Bremerton, ?fash-
ingtom held'in the City Commissioners i{oom in the City Hall of the said City,
pursuant to Section 8894, VolU~ne 3, Rem. Code, for the purpos~ of canvassing
the returns of the ~peelal election held in the City of Bremerton on Saturday
December ~,1926, and also in ~he territory described as follows, ~o-wit:
"Beginning at ~he nOr~hwes~ corner of Vene~a Townsi~e, said point being on
the city limits of the City 0f Bremer~on, ~hington; ~hence eas~ along ~he
city limits of Bremerton 1~40 fee~; ~hence north 830 fee~ ~o ~he wes~ line
~he southeast quarter of ~h8 nor~heas~ quarter of Section 14, Township 24N.,
Range i east W. M.;'~hence sou~h to a poin~ eas~ of ~he norM~eas~ corner of
Lot 6. Block 16, Reese's ~irs~ Addi~i)n to Por~ Orchard, U. S, Navy Yard; thenc
west 1ZL0 fee~, more or less, on a line parallel to and l~O feet north of the
souM~ boundaries of Blocks IE, 15, 14, 15, and 16 of said Reese's Firs~ Additio
~o Port Orchard. U.S. Navy Yard, ~o a point on ~he centerlin~ of High Avenue
produced; ~hence sou~h at~ng ~he cen~erline of High Avenue to a poin~ west of
the ~oint of heginnlng; thence eas~ ~o poin~ of begi~ing, all in Kidnap County
Washington."
At which said election th~ proposition of annexation of said ~erritory was
submitted ~o ~he qualified vo~ers of said city and to ~he qualified voters
of said ~erritory.
At the roll' call by ~he City Clerk the following members of the
cm~m]ission responde~ present: Oldham, yes; Ealverson. yes; Casad, yes.
(City Attorney, Thomas 8~even~on a~so present.) City Clerk thereupon submitted
the returns of said election ~ogether wit~ his affidavit showing that said
ret~rns had no~ been in any wise alte~ed by additions or erasures, and tha~
they w~:re ~he same as when received by him.
The ~[ayor and Commissioners ~hereupon proceeded to canvass said returns
and as a resul~ of said canvass; found:
Precinct No. 1, 3~or ~nexa~ion 9~ Vo~es
Precinc~ ~' " Against " 7 Votes.
=~recinct No. 2, ~or ~nexatlon 119 V~tes.
" " " Against " 9 Votes.
l~recinc~ No. 3, For ~nexation 1Z8 Votes.
Precinct No 4; P~or ~nexation 128 Votes.
' " " A~ainet " 3 Votes.
Precinc~ I~o ~,. por ~exation ll4 Votes
Precinct No. or ~n~xa~ion 102 Votes.
" "' [nst "~ 8 Votes.
frec:nc~ No. 7, ~or ~exation 190 Votes.
Total votes cas~ in said City on said Proposition:
~or ~nexat ion 890 Votes.
Against Annexation 59 Votes.
Total vo~es cast in the territory hereinabove described:
For ~[nne~a t ion 55 V~tes.
Against A:mexation 13 Votes.
Total votes cas~ in said ~erritory and in said City on said Proposition:
~or Annexation 945 . Vo~es.
Agains ~ ~nexa t ion 72
~d it appemring from such canvass that a majority of all ~he ~otes cast
in such ter~'itory and a majority of ~l the votes cast i.~ such corporation
were for annexation, i~ was moved by Old,am and seconded by Halvorsen, that
Said territory be declared annexed$o~.~h~.:~c~[~o ~ ~and~that
it be incorp .rated in and a part of said City of Bremerton. The ~[ayor therefore
declared that said territory, to-wit:
"Beginni~g at the northwest corner of Ueneta Townslte, said point being on
the city li ~lts of the City of Bremerton, ~ashington; thence east along the city
li.~its of Bremerton 1440 feet; ~hence north,830 feet; thence west 150 feet to
the west line of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 14,
Township 24N , Rangel East W, M. . thence south to a ~oint east of the ~ortheast
corns,' of lo~ 6, Block 16. ~eese's ~irst Addition to ~ort Orchard, U. S. Navy
Yard; thence west 1320 fee~, more or, less, on a line parallel to and 120 feet
north ,of the south boundar'ies of. Blocks 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of said Eeese's
First Add±tion to Port Orchard, U. Si Navy Yard to a poin~ on the cenl, erline
of High Avenue produced; thence south a~ong the oenterline of High A~enue to
a point west of the point of begli~uing~ thence east to ~oint of beginning, all
in Kitsap County, Washington.
Is a ,~art of and incorporated in the said_f~.lty of Bremerton. The motion was
there[~on ,.~ut t~,y the City Clerk by roll ~ and was voted as follows: 01dham,
yes; Halvorsen, yes; Casad, yes.
It was m~-~ed 0,~' Casad, seconded by 01~ham, that the Clerk make and transmit
to the secretary of State, a certified abstract of such vote, showing the whole
numbe~' of electors voting in such teritory; the whole nt~nber of electors voting
in said c~ty; the number of votes cast in each for an~exation, and the number
of votes cast each against annexation. On roll call the motion carried as follows
01dham, yes; Halvorsen, yes; Casad, yes.
i,[ee~ing adjourned.