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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1491 Ordinance No. 1491 AN ORDINANCE providing for a special election in the City of Bremerton, for the purpose of submitting a proposed City Charter to the qualified voters of said City; providing for the election of officers thereunder, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY_ COMMISSION 0F THE CITY OF BREMERTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That a ~pecial election shall be held in the City of Bremerton on or about October 6, 1942, the date to be set by the Kitsap County election board, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Bremerton the proposed City Charter as proposed by the freeholders com~ittee heretofore duly elected and qualified, which City Charter has been published in two daily news- papers in the City of Bremerton for thirty days, for their approval or rejection, and for the further purpose of electing officers provided for in said proposed City Charter. Section 2. Such election shall be under the supervision of the Election Board of Kitsap County, and it shall be the duty of such Board to give at least fifteen days notice of such election in each election district of the City of Bremerton, by publishing such notice in 2 daily newspspers published in said city and by causing the same to be posted at each polling place in the several election districts thereof. The election Board of Kitsap County shall canvass such election, and certify the results thereof to the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, and issue certificates of election to the successful candidates, and take such other and further steps in supervising and conducting said election as may be necessary to conform with the laws of the State of Washington. The notice of such election so given shall be substantially in the following form: "NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION" "Notice is hereby given that on the 6th day of October, 1942, in the City of Bremerton, an election will be held for the purpose of voting on the proposed charter for the City of Bremerton, as submitted by the Freeholders' Committee. The form of the ballot at such election shall be: For the proposed charter ~ Against the proposed charter "Notice is further given that at the time and place aforesaid an election will be held for the purpose of electing officers named therein to serve under the provisions of said charter. "Said election will be opened at 8 o'clock in the morning and will continue until 8 o'clock ~n the evening of the same day." The ballot for such election shall be in substantially the following form: "OFFICIAL BALLOT" Special Election, City of Bremerton October 6, 1942 "Charter proposi ti ~n: "Shall the proposed Charter as submitted to the City Commission of the City of Bremerton by the Committee of Freeholders, and published for thirty publishing days, providing for the government of the City of Bremerton as a first class city, be a~opted? For the proposed charter ~ Against the proposed charter ~ "Election of first officers to serve under the proposed Charter: (Place a cross in the square opposite the names of the parties you favor as candidates for the respective positions." Vote for One Mayor CoH~issioner of Finance and accounting, Vote for One Vote for One Commissioner o£ Public .W°rks. . ~ & ~Utili'ties~. :,~j ~ City Clerk Vote for One Section 3. Officers to be elected to serve under the provisions of said charter shall be the Mayor, who shall be Commissioner of Public Health and Safety; a Commissioner of Finance and Accounting; a Commissioner of Public Works and Utiliti and a City Clerk, who shall also be Purchasing Agent. No person shall be eligible for election to any of the offices herein set out unless he be a citizen of the United States and of the State of Washington and a qualified elector of Kitsap County for two years last past and a resident of the City of Bremerton. Declarations of candidacy of such officers shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton not later than six days preceding said election, by all candidates desiring to have their names printed on the ballot. Forms for such declarations of candidacy shall be provided by the City Clerk and shall be in substantially the following form: "I, , do hereby certify that I am a citizen of ~he United States and of the State of Washington, a qualified elector of Kitsap County for two years last past and a resident of the City of Bremerton, and that I am a candidate to be elected to the office of ." Each candidate shall pay upon the filing of his candidacy a filing fee in the sum of One per cent of the annual salary of the office for which such candidate files; providing, however, that if the said proposed City Charter shall not be approved or adopted at the election provided for herein, the filing fee paid by each candidate to serve under said charter shall be refunded, and the City Clerk is hereby dir- ected to hold all such filing fees in trust and not deposit them with the general funds of the City of Bremerton unless said proposed charter has been approved, and he is hereby authorized, upon failure of said charter to be approved, to refund to the candidates their respective filing fees paid hereunder. Section 4. At such election of officers, to serve under the provisions of said charter, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office for which he is a candidate, shall be elected. Section 5. Immediately after the vote of the election provided for herein shall have been canvassed and the result thereof declared, if it shall a~pear that a majority of the votes cast at such election were cast in favor of the ratification of such proposed charter, the Mayor and City Clerk of said City shall thereupon issue notice to each officer elected at such election, notifying him of his election and within ten days after the issuance of such notice the officer so elected shall qualify as provided in such charter, and on the tenth day after the issuance of such notice, at 12 o'clock N., of said day, the officers so elected and qualified, shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of the offices to which they have been elected, and at such time said charter shall be attested as recorded ~nd go into effect. Section 6. ~at an emergency exists affecting the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the city of Bremerton, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately after passage and publication. PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication thereof, this 15th day of September, 1942 Mayor ATTEST: