HomeMy WebLinkAbout0978 Ordi nanae No. 978'
An ordinance c,.Bllin~ ~ speci~,l election of ~he vo~ers of ~h~ City
of Bremer~on, sub~titting ~o such vo~ers ~he proposilion whether or nO~
~he 0i~y ef Bremer~on shall abandon ~he Co~mission form of Governm~.i
and become a Oily under lhe ~euer;~]. laws governina ci~ies of like pop-
ula~ton, fixing ~he da. to of said s'peci:,~l election, providing f~ no,lees
~hereof, ~roviding for ~he form of She b~].lo~, ~roviding for ~he name. nE
of ~he election officials ~herefor and for th~ coud~c~ of s~mh' election
and declaring an emergency.
AS POLL0~S:
Section 1. ~hereas, a petition h~s been filed with ~he City
of ~he Oiiy of Bremer~on, coniainin~ more ~han ~wenty-five per oen~m
of ~he electors of said City, pet!~ioninx for a soeai, al election
held in said 0i~y for ~he ~m~'oose of submit~in~ ~o the voters there~
~he propost ti ]n .~; to whether' or ~ot the City of Bremer~on shall a.b.~mdon
~he commission form of aove rnnmnt ~nd.become ~:~ 8i~y under ~he !~eneral
laws governi~ ci~ies of like oom~la~o.n, and said '~e~ition h~vinM
cerlified bi; the City' Clerk ~s being s~ffioien~ ~mder ~he l~ws ~ ~he
S~ate of ~ashing~o~l.
Therefore, a s,~eci~l elec~ion of ~he electors of the Ci. ty of Breme..~ou.
be and ~he .~a~ne is hereby c~lled ~o 'b.~ held in the 0ity of Bre~'.~a'~ou.-~n~
in eaeh and e~,ery 9recUnc~ ~hereof o~'t Tusa,'!ay,,~he a~h day'of November,
1932, between ~he h°urs of. 8 --.I~L..a~}d' ~ P.~'~- of said daY f°r ~he purp°~e °f
sublni~ting to the vo~e.r~'0f~'Sai~ C'it:y:~[~e' pro,msi~ion as ~o wheLher ~r no~
the Ci~y of Bre::~erton sh~.],l abandon ~hs co:'~sission form of government ~:~ he..e
in after specified.
Section ll. The ,~roposi~ion to be submitt~:~d' to the voters of said
~ity at such s.?eci:~l election sh::,.l~ be de', follows: ."S-~l.1 the 0ity of
BremerLo~l adandon i~s orgaui~a~ion ~'~s a OiLy under em'~issim and become
a 0i~y trader ~he general l:~ws ~ov~rning ci~ies o il~e.'~opulatfon.~
SeeLion lll. · The form of ~he b,~lot ~o be used a.~ s~:oh special election
'shall be as follows:
E~LOT
Speai~l eleoLi'~n of ~he Ci~y of Br:.merton, November 2,. 1932.
INSTRUOTION T0 VOTERS:
ORDINANOE No. 978
Every Votar Resiring ko vo~e in favor of
of ~o~r~ent sh~ll 'pla~e an X in 'the squ~re on~osi~e ~he word "Yea". 'Th~.~.e
desiring ~o vote aff~inst abando:~ing the e.ommission fo~u of qow, rn~e:nt
place X in ~he square o'o~oslte the word "No".
PROP0~ I TI 0N
Shall the 0i~y of Bremer~on abanSon i~s or?.niz~.~ion as a ~i~y ~mder
cmmnissi ~n ~nd become a Oi~y under ~he Mener~l l~ws governin~.cities of li!<e
populn ~ ion?
Bremer~on for such soeci:~tl elec~i>.n shall be ~h~ same a~': ~he vo~ing pl'~e
provided in e~ch o'ff su<~h precincts :for ..he hol,!in,r of U~e ~ffener~l, na~ioua],
state, and county election ~o be helR on the s:~me d:~y and i~% ~he sam~ 9recinets,
PREOINOTS Polling Place
..~:~:" No ; 2 Elks Temple
No. 3 610 'P~.etfio ~venue
::~ No. ~ Hal Smifih's G~r~:-,e ]?ark Ave
No. 5 A M. E..0hutch, Parl~ Ave
'%' No. 6 Evergreen Park, Hostess House
~.;?:::" No. 9 ~s. M~adden's Residence
No. 8 Lord's S~ore, 9th and Veneta
?( No. 9 ~ourth S~reet ~ire tt~,ll
?. No, 10 Perry Resida. nce, ?ll Roosevelt. Ave.
{;:.: NO. 11 Lomb~rd ~s G~rage, Naval Ave.
.~?: No. la Ooo~'s Garage Bt~.r'.,~,ell &Oallow.
??: The election offici::~ls tn e:.:~.c~ and every o-e =, ' .
' ~ ..... uca orecJno~s sh,:~ll be
persons :es sh::~l be Hereafter nmued ~.nd ar,,~oin~ed by the
by resolution, which sha].l consis~ of on~ insgector ~nd two ~ud.~3.~s :ff~
each of such precincts. The ap!)oir~men~ of such ele'ctio'~ offi[~i:~]s b'y
the City 2ommission, hy resalu~tm~, be :.:.r~d s.'u'ae is n~.,'ret, y aporoved
c onfirmed.
Section ~. Tha~ the ~ity 01erk be dud he is: here~:.y au~!,orize,1
'~o .publish no,ice of said election 'in ~he ~ffici,'~! newsr~'~?er'of the
2remer ton
O~'dln?~aoe No. 978 Oon~in'd
in %hree conse~n%fve issues ~hereof, ~he firs~ ~ublioaiion of which shall
be a~ leas~ fifteen d~s orior ~o ~he d~e herein fi~ed for snc.h eleC~on
and ~o pos~ nO~tees o{' such specL~.l election ~ e~oh of ~he pollin~
in such preoina~s as lea~t leas~ fifteen d~ys prior ~o ~he da~e. of holding
such special election and ~he form of such no,ice shall be a.s ~ore~cribed
by
Section V1. Th~ ~he City Cle~'k be ~nd he is hereby
and directed to prepare aud c~.~use to 'be delivered %o e~dh ~o]lin~ ~l~ce a
number of such ballots enua]. ~o ~wioe ~he uumber of vo~es cas~ iu
po!lln~ preoino~ at ~he las~ ~enern! mun~.e1'gal election: for ~n.y~ ,
he is further au~hoztzed ¥,.nd directed to '~re'oare'and furni~ ~o the elec-
tion officials in ench of such oo].linff ol~c~ ~ certified copy of
regis~r:~ion book for such poltin.~; ~l~:~ces, ~o:.a~her wi~h poll or ~.~lty
lis~s to be used by such election offici~].s ·
Section Vll. Se'u~r~:,~te b~llor bowes sb~l]., be provided for each
of such po]l~n~,~ ~ ~l~.~ces .nd the b~-~!lo~s u~ed ~:,t srmh s'oeci~.~l~ election and
vo~ed shg.~.!t he de .~osited i~l such b,~.llo~ bo~es ?.nd' the City Oler~ be ~..nd
he is hereby au~nor~_~ed and directed ~o f~r'nish hoc%he iq s~eh ~reein. cts
as may a~ such ~enera].elec~ion use votin~ m~].ohines. The elec~inn
sh~lt kee,~ an ~ccur~te lis~ of ~he ~ersons votin~ aa~d m~ke ~he~m retnrn~:
~o ~he. Oi~f? Cler]r of ~he Br~mer~on as provided by
'Section Vlll. The fact ~ha'~ the rep;ul:~.~r {~eneral election f~ the
election of n:~t'i~,nal, s~ate, and county officers is ~eld on the
in the same !)recinc~s ~nd no].lin~?~ pl~.~es sh.~:~].l not i~ any wise .fleet
or invalid~'t~ ' ...... '~t~ of s~:~''~ c~ '~ "" ~,~ 6r'~he condpe~' the~e~
but snob sneei-.~l elec~iou sh ].l be oo'~'~d, uo'ted ,~nd returns m,:~c!e in
manner as ~hou~:~h such ~'~ner~2 el~:~d~ion we~'e Ho~ held ~.t' srch ti.qe ~.nd
place and ~s-orovided b~z l:~w.
Seo~ioi~ 1X. ~in emer~::encv e::'J.~.: by re>mort of l;he fllJn~:
petition as hers:J~ >d~ove set forth, and ~hi~:~ ~8in~nee sh'-~].~ he in 'full
f~ce .and effec¢ i..mnedi~.tely u,,ou its ~,:~s:ap? ~.~]d
P'~se,1 b~ the O~¢y Co~mission, a-~oroved b,~ the ~y~, and "~
a~tested by.~he CiCyOlerk iu a~the,~Ic.~iot~ of .m~ch 'o~sa~.ge ~his
Se~tember, 19BB.
8~te of Washln~on~ ~
~unty o~ KRsap ~-'~
i the unde~i;ned do ~i~ that ~e
~~~~ ~ ~ ~nand forefoing is a true ~d correct copy ~
ordinance passed by the ci~ commi~io~
.... ~.~ .......... o tho cl~ of Brema~on, Washln~oR