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RESOLUTION NO. 214
W~f~_REAS, the City Commission of the City of Bremerton passed Ordinance No. 1458,
on the 8th day of April, 1942, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE, providing for the enumerat~o~ of
ali_ persons residing in the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton, by en~merstors to
be appointed by the Nayor, orescribing the duties of such enumerators, and procedure to
be followed in the event twenty thousand or more persons are found to be residing in the
City of Bremerton, and declaring an emergency," which said ordinance was published tn
the Bremerton Daily News Searchlight, the official newspaper of said city and became
effective on the 3rd day of April, 1942, and
WHEREAS, oursuant to the provisions of the said ordinance the Y, ayor of the City of
Bremerton, with the approval of the entire City Con~nission, appointed B. A. Getschmann,
Gordon Taylor and Irving G. Sullivan, on the 8th day of April, 1942, as enumerators, to
make an enumeration of all persons residing within the corporate limits of the City of
Brememton, and the persons so appointed did on the lOth day of A~.rft, 1942, take an oath
for the fa~ thful performance of their duties as such enumerators and did within five (5)
days after their appointment proceed within their respective distr~_cts to make an en~mer-
at.~on of all persons residing therein with their names and places of residence, and did
immediately ~pon the comp!etlon of such enumeration make return thereof upon oat~ to the
C~ty Commission of the City of Bremerton, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Bremerton did at their next meeting,
to-wit, on the 22nd day of April, 1942, canvass and certify the enumeratl_on in wrltlng
of all persons residing within the city limits of the City of Bremerton with their names
and places of residence and it appears that the whole number of persons residinS within
the corporate limits of said city is more than twenty thousand, to-wit, 26,966 persons,
Now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, that the }~ayor and
members of the City Commiss]~on and the City Clerk shall certify to the Secretary of State
of the State of Washington the nttmber of persons residiug in the City of Breme~tou, who
shall file the same in his office and when so filed said certificate shall be concl~sive
evidence of the population of said city.
BE IT FURTHER RESOI,VED that in addition to the said certificate the City Clerk of
the C~ty of Bremerton shall forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of
Ordinance No. 1458, certified copy of the appointment of emnnerators, certified copy of
the oaths of the three enumerators, certified copy of the return of en~:merat!on of ali.
persons residing in the City of Bremerton, and a certified copy of this resol'utlon.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the complete record of said enumeration shall remain
on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton as a public record.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 22nd day of April,1942.
Mayo r
Attest:
~ity Clerk