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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0800 AN 0HDINANCE providing for the calling of a special election to be held in the ~ity of ~remerton and in ~he several precincts thereof, on i~onday,December l, 1924, submitting to the voters of said City the question of adoption or rejec- tion of that certain proposed Ordinance providing for the increase of salaries of the police and firemen of said City according to the provisions and terms of said proposed Ordinance as published; providing for the ~orm of the ballot, the designation of the polls, and the appointment of election officials. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COI~ISSION OF THE CITY OF BRF%'~RTON, AS ~0LLOWS: Section 1. WHEREAS, a proposed Ordinance has been submitted to the City Commissioners of the City of ~remerton by a petition signed by electors of said City equal in mumber to 26% of, t,he votes cast for all candidates for ~viayor at the las~ preceding g~nerAl~velection held in said Oity duly certified, which proposed Ordinance provides for the increase in salary of ~he police and firemen of said City, as follows: 0aptain of Police, from $1§0 per month to $17~ per month. Lieutenant of Police, from $138 per month- to $160 per month. Patrolmen, from $12§ per month to $1B0oper month. 0bier of ~lre Department, from $1§0 per month to $17B per month. 21retruck driver, from $1~§ per month to $160 per month. Firemen, from $12B per month to $1BO per month, the same to take effect January let, 192§. Said Ordinance not having been passed by said Commission, a special electisn is neceasary to submit the same to the voters of said City. Therefore, a special election is hereby called to be held in the City of Bremerton in the several voting precincts thereof, at the places in said precincts to be hereafter designated, ,on Monday, December let, 1924. The polls of said election shall be opened at 8.00 A.M. and shall ,remain open until 8,00 P.~. of said day. Section i2. The officials of election for said special election shall be the same as those provided by the said City Commission for the general election in said City to be held on the same day, at the same places, and during the same hours~ and the said election officials are hereby authorized and directed to submit to each qualified voter offering to vote thereat, a ballot in the form hereinafter designated upon said proposition, and re ceive said ballots, and, after closing Of said polls, ~o canvass the same and make the returns thereof as provided by law. ~ee~ion ~, Said ballots shall be printed upon white paper, of convenient and uniform size, and shail be in words and form as follows: SPECIAL EL'ECT}0N BALLOT A proposilion submitting to the voters of the City of ~remerton a proposed Ordinance providing for the increase of salaries of the policemen and firemen of the City of ~remerton, as follows: Captain of Police, from $1s? per month ~o $17§ per month. Lieutenant of Police, from $1~§ per month to $160 per month. Patrolmen, from $12§ per month ~o $1~0 per month. 0hief of ~'ire ~e~artment, from ~l~0 per month to $17§ per month. ~lretruck driver, from $1~ per month to $160 per month. ~iremen, from $125 per month to $1~0 per month, ~ take effect January 1st, 192~, as provided by that certain printed Ordinance published in the Bre~nerton News ~earchlight on No,ember ~, 1924, according to t.he ~erms and provisions thereof. INSTRUCTIGNS TO VOTEHS: Those desiring to vote in favor of adopting said Ordinance shall place an "X" in the square opposite the words "~OR THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING ~OR increase of salries of polieemen~ and firemen." Those desiring to vote against said ordinance shall place an "X" in the square opposite the words "AGAINST T}{E ORDI1~ANCE PROVIDING ~OR increase of salries of policemen and firemen." ~OR the Ordinance providing for increase of salaries of policemen and firemen ..................... ........... AGAINST the Ordinance providing for increase of salaries of policemen and firemen ............ . ....... - Section 4. A~ said special election, there ahall be submitted to t~e ~ualifie~ voters of the City of ~remerton, and each of the several precincts thereof, the proposition as contained in the form o£ the ballot hereinbefore, in Section S of th~s 0rdinanee, designated, and in ~he events such proposition shall receive a majority of all the votes cast thereon by the qualified electors of said Gity, such Ordinance shall be adopted,and shall l~e in full force and effect. Section ~. The City 01erk is hereby authorized and directed ~o provide for sufficien~ number of ballots for the use and purpose of such special election, and shall, on the morning o~ said election, before the opening of the polls ~hereof, distribute, or cause to be distributed to each of the several vo~ing places in the several precincts of said City, to be hereafter d~signated~by the 0ity Commi- ssion, a sufficient number of ballots for the uses and purposes of each of the several precincts and voting ?laces. Section 6. The voting places in each of the several precincts of said 0ity shall be the same as those designated by the City Commission for the holding of ~he general election i,, said City, and the designation of said voting places in each of said precincts by the said Commission, a. nd the appointmen~ of election officials in each of said precinsts hereafter made by the City ~ommission of said City, he, and ~he same is, hereby ap~roved and confirmed as the vo~ing places and ~he election off~icials of said special election. OP~INA~OE NO. 800 (Oont'd} ~' Section 7. The returns of the election ~fficials of sa~d special election shall be canvassed by the City 01erk, as provided by law. Section 8. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of said special election in the manner and for the time required by law, and shall cause said proposed Ordinance to be published once in the BREi~HTON NEWS- SEARCHLIGHT, a daily newspaper printed, p~blished and of general circulation in Said City, and in the KITSAP A~2RIOAN, a tri-weekly newspaper printed, published and of ~eneral circulation in said City, not more than Twenty (20) or less than five (5 days preceding said election. THIS ORDINANCE shall be in full force and effect thirty days from and after its Passage and publication, as provided by law. PASSED by the 0ity Commission, approved by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such p~ssage this 15th day of October, ~. ~. 1924.