Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout0636 AN ORDINANCE proposing to the Toters in the 0ity o£ Bremerton their validation l and ratifiaation of the attempted incurring by the acts of the corporate a~th0ritiss cf said City in accordance with Ordinance No. BBB of said City, a certain indebtednes analnst a special fund created by the said ordinance and known as the "Improvements and Betterments Water Fund'," purported to be evidenced by certain warrants heretofore issued by the corporate authorities of said city, and providing for the holding of am election for that p~arpose, at which said voters may vote fqr or against such val- idation and ratification of the incurring of the indebtedness represented by said warrants. ~EREAS, the corporate authorities of the City of B~emer~$n have heretefire issued certain warra~ats against the special fund created by Ordinance Nc. 656 and known as the "Improvements and Betterments Water ~und," in the sum of $!4~,768.29, signed by the Mayor and 01erk and sealed with. the seal of said city, drawn u~on~the Treasurer ~f said'city, of their face, payable out of said special fund and to sundry persons ia said several warrants respectively named as the payees thereof, or to their order, which warrants were severally so issued in consideration of labor or services perform for materials or other property furnished to, or monies paid for the use of the water system owned and controlled by the said city, presented for ~ayment to the Treasurer ~f said city on or shortly after their respective dates, or prior to the passage of this Ordinance, and by said Treasurer endorsed, "Presented and not paid for wamt of funds," and are still wholly unpaid and are owned and held by sundry persons as 'claims Against said ~pecial fund and evidence of indebtedness against the water sustem of said city to the respective holders of said warrants in the respective sums therein named, with interest, and WHEREAS,.doubts have arisen as to the ~alidity of said sundry warrants, or of the greater portion in number and amount thereof, and in order to remove such doubts, the Mayor and City Ceumcil of said city deem i~ advisable that said attempted incurring ef said indebtedness by the issuing of all said warrants,.or of all such thereof as represent indebtedness which may not be valid without the ratifiaation herein pro- vided for, shall be assented to, validated and ra~ified in the manner authorized by law. THE 0ITY COUNCIL O~ TEE CITY 01~ BREMERTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 1. The Mayor and City C~uncil of the City of Bremerton hereby ~ropose $o the voters in said city that they assent to, validate and ratify by the vote required for that purpose by the constitution and laws of this state, to be east at the elec- tion in Section Two of Chis Ordinance'provided, be held for that purpose, the attemp- ted incurring by the acts of the corporate Authorities of said city of the indebted- mess against the w~ter system of said city, and ~ha special fund created by Ordinance No. 5§5 and known as the "Improvements and Betterments Water Fund," in pursuance to a special election held in said city of the 18th day or,september, A. D. 1917, in the sum of $149,~68.~9, which said indebtedness is evidence~by certain warrants drawn upon the Treasurer of said city, on their face, payable o~t of the "Improvements and Betterments Water ~und"ofsaid city to sundry ~ersons therein respectively named as payees thereof, or to their order, and for the sundry sums of m~ney therein respec- tively specified, in the sum of $149,768,~9, in the manner and form and-at such stated intervals as specified in said Ordinance No. 555, paid and are owned and held by sundry persons as claims against said special fund, with interest as provided by law. Sec. E. An election shall be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of July, 1919, in the 0ity of Bremerton and the several election precincts into which.said city is divide~ for the purpose of voting therea~ by ~h~ voters in said city, upon the propostition submitted to them in and by SectiOn One of this Qrdinance; provided that any 0roposi- tion tr propositions to fund said indebtedness s~prcoosed to be assented to and rati- fied~ or any part thereof, or any other existing-mind~ebtedness of said city, the crest: of any indebtedness against said fund, or a~ainst said city for any purpose, and the issuance of bonds,er warrants in pursuance ~hereof, may be submitted to the voiders of said city at the same election, in pursuance of any other Ordinance or Ordinances of said city, that may so provide. Sa&d election shall be held at the voting places in said several precincts, and shall be conducted by inspectors and Judges of electio~ as may be provided, and in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinances and general laws of this State, and the City 01erk s~all give at least ten ~10) days' notice of the time and places of said election in the manner and form provided by law! provided that such notices may be so framed as to include notice of any other pr~- position or propositions that may be submitted 'in said election as here in ~his section permitted and in the forms of ballots te be cast for and against such said ether propestion. Sec. ~. The proposition submitted to the voters of said city in and by Section One of this Ordinance shall be voted upon in said election in the following manner ~Every water electing to vote in favor of said proposition to assent to,validate and ratify said incurring of the indebtedness represented by said warrants, ahall veto a ballot centaining the words: "In favor of the assent to validation and rati- fication of the attempted incurring by acts of the corporate authorities of the City of Bremerton of the indebtedness against the water system ef said city, re~resented by warrants on the s~ecial fund known as the "Improvements andBettermentz Water ~und" created by 0~di~nce Ne. 88B, in the su~ of $1~19,~88~BB,~with interest thereon accord- ing te law, in the manner and form and in the maounts at such specified intervals provided by said Ordinance No. 888;" And every voter electing to vote against said ~ropesitien last above specified, shall vote a ball~t containing the words: "Against the assent t~ vali4ation and ratification of the'at'empted ihc~rl~ by acts of the corporate authorities of the City of Bremerton ef the warrants on the~special fund ~owm as the "Improvements and Betterments ~ater F~d, created by Ordinance No. 555, in the s~ of $149,768.B9, with interest thereon according to law, in the manner ~d'form and in the amounts at much specified intervals provided by said Ordinance Ne. 558." Sec. 4. If at said election to be held as provided for in this Ordinance, the maj- ority of the voters in said city voting at said elction, shall vote in favor of the validation and ratification of said indebtedness attempted to ~e incurred as afore- said respectively represented by the wa~'ran~s aforesaid, then and thereupon, on the canvass of the returns and declaration of the results of said election in that regard, in accordance with the provisions of law, such indebtedness se assented to, validated and ratified, shall ~hereby become and thenceforth a~mitted withou~ other or further action of the corporate authorities of ~aid city than said ~eclara~ion of the result ef said election in that regard to be validated and a binding obligation against said special f~d created by said Ordinance No 55~ only; and provided further that nothin~ i this ~Ordin~ce centai~ed ahall be construed as an admission on the part of said city er cf the corporate authorities thereof, that ~y specific item ef the indebtedness in this Ordinance mentioned, is not already a valid and binding obligation upo~ the said special fund without the assent and ratifiaatien herein contemplated. Sec. 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect f~ve days from and after its passaEe, approval and publicatie~. ~ Passed by the City Council of the City o[ Bremerton, and approved by me this 9th ~ay of J~e, A. D., 1919. AT.ST: ~AYOR. ' ....