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A RESOLt~rlON of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
providing for the submission to the qualified elec-
tors of the City at a special election to be held
therein on June 1, 1971, of a Proposition defining
certain dogs as a nuisance and providing for their
impounding and elimination and providing penalties
for violations of the Law.
WHEREAS, a number of voters as required by law have presented
Initiative ~teasure #4 entitled "Curb and Leash Law for Bremerton"; and
WttERFAS, the City Clerk has certified to the City Cotmcil
that the petitions attached to the said Initiative ~leasure contained the
signatures of registered and qualified electors of the City of Bremerton
equal to twenty-five per cent of the number of votes cast for all candidates
for the office of Mayor at the last preceding election; and
Wt~ ~EAS, the Charter of the City requires that if the City
Council shall fail within thirty days to take final action upon an initiative
petition, the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors for their
approval or rejection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council took no action on said initiative
petition within thirty days of its submission to the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY T}~ COI~CIL OF TIlE CITY OF BREM~RTON,
That a special election shall be held on June 1, 1971, at which time
such proposed initiative shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the
City of Bremerton for their approval or rejection; and the Auditor of Kitsap
County, Washington, as ex-officio supervisor of all elections held within
Kitsap County is hereby requested to assume jurisdiction of, and to call and
conduct said special election, to be held within the City on said date, and
to submit to the qualified electors of the City at such special election the
proposition hereinafter set forth.
The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify said
Auditor
proposition to the Kitsap County/and in the following form:
CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
DOG CONTROL ORDINANCE
Shall the City of Bremerton, for the purpose of controlling dogs
within the City limits, adopt Initiative Measure #4, also known as
"Curb and Leash Law for Bremerton," declaring certain dogs to be a pub-
lic nuisance and providing for the impounding and possible destruction
of such dogs, and providing that any dog away from the premises of its
owner must be leashed and curbed and under the control of its owner or
custodian, and providing criminal penalties for persons allowing their
dogs to become public nuisances or for otherwise violating this ordinance.
in e o ut on .
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For the dog-control ordinance .......... [
Against the dog-control ordinance ......
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such adoption
this 7 '~ day of April, 1971,
GLENN K. JARSTA~Mayor
A]TEST:
G. C.~DN, SR., city'Clerk