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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0596 ORDII~A2~O~ nO. 596 '~ "~,~H~~a pe$i~ion has been submJ_$ted to Che City Co~cil of the City of Bremerton, containing' more than one fifth of the qualified electors of said City, as shown by the vote cast at the last }~unicipal election held in said City, petitioning the City Co~cil to submit to the electors of ssid City, and to the electors residing ir~ certain ~erritory referred to in said petition, the qu~stion whether such territory shall be annexed to and be made ~ part of the City of Bremerton, therefore, ~E CI~ COUNCIL 0~~ T~ CI~ OF BD~E~RTON, D0 0~AIN AS 3~?LLOWS: See. 1. That a special election shall be held in the City of Brsmerton, and in ~he several voting places of said City, on 5~esday, the 10th day of September, 1918, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at which, said election there shall be submitted to the qualifie~ electors of the City of Brsmerton, the question %~hcther that certain territory hereinafter described and set forth, shall be a~exed to the City limits of Bremerto~, and become a ~0art therefor, to-wit: All of the South half of the North half of the South half of.Section l?3,.Township S¢~, North ~{an~e l, ~ast /;.~. e~ce.~t such portion thereof as ~ ~lready within the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton; and also the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter, and the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter Section 18, Towr~ ship ~, North Range ~, East ~V.~i., ancl all of tract l0 of ~cFeighs ~..G~rden Tracts. Sso,.E On the same day and dar elect~on zn the territory re~erred toelna~ ~ the sam~ ~Q~rs~tbere shal~be h~d n ' sa~ e~ecti OSlOR on6 oI uM1s uralnance, 5ne to be held at ~Iartins ~iall at which time and place, the qualified electors residing within the said territory referred to, and descri'bed in section one hereof, shall be invited to vote on the question of the annexation of said territory to the City limits of the City of Bre~nerton, Sec. 5. Due notice of said election shall be given by publication with the notice thereof in the official journal of the City of Bremerton, and by publication of the du~ notice thereof in the Charleston ~erican, being a newspaper publishedo~tside o!' the limits of the City of Bremerton, there being no newspaper published within th~ territo~ described in Section one of this Ordinance. Electors voting at said election inside the City of Bremerton, and within ~erritory described in Section one hereof, shall be invited to vo~e upon the propositic for anne~[ation or against a~%exation, or words eqivalent thereto. Sec. 4. The said election shall be held at the usual voting-places at the several precincts in the CiSy of Bremerton, and at ~fartin's Hall, in said territory of section one hereof. The names of the electionofficers to conduct the sa. id election, shrill be hereafter set forth by the City Council. Sec. 5. That thereafter the 0ity Co~cil of the City of Brernerton, shall canvas the voters cast at said election, within the City limits of the City of Bremerton, and thos~ cas~t~ithin the limits of the territory referred to in Section one of this Ordinance, separately, and if ir shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast in the said territory Seferred to in Section one hereof, and a majority of all votes cast within limits of the City of Bremerton shall be for~annexation, a certified abstract of such vote shall be fo~arded to the Secretary of State, and from and after the date of filiz such abstract, the annexation of said. territory to the 0ity l~its of Bremerton, shall be deemed complete. ~d shall be and remain a pars of the City of Bremerton, provided, that no property within such territory sa a~exed, shall ever be taxed to pay any portJ of any indebtedness of the City of Bremerton, con~racted prior, or existing a~ the of such annexation. Sec. 6. Th~ Ordina~nce shall be of full force and effect from five days after its passage, approval and publication. Passed by the City Co~cil and approved by me this S2nd day of July, 1918. ~Iayo r. Attest: y Clerk.