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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1158 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BR~RTON submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Bremerton the question as to whether or not the Pacific Telephone and Telegrsph Company, its successors a~d assigns be given the right to do a gen- eral telephone and telegraph business within the City of Bremerton, State of ~ash- ington, and to do any and all other matters and things as specifically set forth in Ordinance No. 1155 of the City of Bremerton, pertaining to this subject, which ordinance is on file with the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton, providing for time, place, and methods of holding such an election. BE IT ORDAINED BY ]tie CITY C0~:LISSION OF THE CITY OF BRE;Y~RTON: Section 1. That the Pacific Telephone an.d, Telegraph Company has applied to the City Commission for the right to do a general telephone and telegraph business within the City of Bremerton, as more specifically set forthin the above mentioned Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1155 , and it is necessary to have the approval of said Ordinance by a vote of the q~ified electors of the City of Bremerton before such an Ordinance becomes effective. Section 2. That there shall be submitted to the ~ualified electors of the City of Bremerton on the 30th day of August, 1937, the question as to whether or not the City of Bremerton shall grant to the said company the right to do business in the City of Bremerton as set forth in said Ordinance and this question shall be submitted at a special election tc be called upon the date above mentioned and the people to vote upon this Question shall be those who are qualified to vote within the corporate li~Lits of the City of Bremerton at said election to be held on said day between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M. at the same ti~e and the same places where election where City officers of the City of Bremerton are held and notice thereof shall be given by publication in a news- paper printed and published in the City of Bremerton, for a period of not less than once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the said election. Section 3. The electors of the said territory are hereby notified to vote upon such proposition and those des_~ring to vote in favor of said proposition shall place a cross (X) in the square opposite the word "For granting a franchise". Those desiring to vote against the said proposition shall place a cross (X) in the square opposite the words "Against granting a Franchise~. Section 4. That the said elector~ in the said territories shall vot~ at the usual voting places and as shall hereafter be designated and included in the notice of election hereafter to be published as recruited by law. Section 5. That the inspectors and judges of election conducting the said special election within the City of Bremerton shall be those as may be hereafter named and provided for in the notice of election. Section 6. That the City Cleric of the City of Bremerton, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of such election by publication in a news- paper printed and published in the City of Bremerton for a period of four weeks prior to such election. Such notice s}~.all distinctly state the proposition to be so submitted and the electors of the City of Bre~erton shall be invited thereby to quote upon such proposition by placing upon their ballots the words "For Grant- ing the franchise to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company" or Against grant- ing a franchise to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company", or words equiva- lent thereto. Section 7. Such notice shall also designate the places at which the polls will be open in such territory with the places which shall be the usual voting places or those designated by the Commission of the City of Bremerton. Such notice shall also designate the names of the officers of election as may be appointed by said Commission and the said City Clerk is authorized and directed to have the necessary special ballots printed and prepared, containing the questions proposed at such special election as above indicated and the voters are hereby directed to indicate their choice as hereinbefore specified. Section 8. That there may be submitted at such special election Other proposition legally placed before said voters without in anywise effecting the question above mentioned. Section 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days from and after its publication as provided by law. PASSED BY the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 10th day of Mayor v Attest: St~e o{ W~,~.1 S. S~ * I the undersigned do certify llmt the above and h)~agoin8 i~a true and ce[tact copy of ~ e~di~¢~ ~,~d by the ciN commission o~ the ciao of Breme~ton, Washington o. ~ date.