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AN ORDINANCE CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR, AND GIVING
NOTICE OF, A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF GILROY,
COUI~TY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON ~DNESDAY. TRR
fth DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1921; THE OBJECT BEnm TO SUBMIT TO THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITION OF SELLING THE
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POVilffi DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM AND THE GAS GENERATING
AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTE11 OF THE CITY OF GILROY, INCLUDING THE 70
HORSEPOWER BOILER AIm THE BUILDING IN ~EICH SAID GAS GENERATING
SYSTEM IS SITUATED, BUT EXCLUDING THE LAND UPON WHICH SAID GAS
GENERATING PLANT IS LOCATED, AND OF APPLYING THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH
SALE TO :MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND ADlJITIONS' TO THE WATER SYSTEM,
THE SEWER SYSTEM AIID THE FIRE DEPART1~NT OF THE CITY OF GILROY.
The Mayor and Common Counoil of the City of Gilroy do
ordain as follows:
Seotion 1.
A special election is hereby oalled and ordered to be
held in the City of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara, State of
California_on Wednesd~, the 9th day of November, 1921; the ob-
. ject being to submit to the qualified electors of the City of
Gilroy two propositions: 1st a proposition of selling the
eleotrio light and power distributing system of the City of
Gilroy, and 2nd a proposition of selling the gas generating and
distributing system of the City of Gilroy, including the 70
horsepower boiler and the building in which said gas generating
system is situated, but exoluding the land upon whioh said gas
generating plant is looated, and of applying the proceeds of suoh
sales as follows:
. Forty per oent of the proceeds of each ~~le for the
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purpose of making improvements and additions to the water
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system of the City of Gilroy.
Forty per cent of the proceeds of each sale for the
purpose of making improvements and extensions to the sewer system
of the City of Gilroy, and
Twenty per oent of the proceeds of each sale for the
purpose of making improvements to, and purchasing apparatus for
the Fire Department of the City of Gilroy.
Section 2.
The speoial eleotion hereby oalled and ordered to be
held, shall be held and oonduoted, and the votes thereat reoeived
and oanvassed, and the returns thereof made, and the result thereof
ascertained, determined and declared as herein provided, and
according to the laws of the state of California, providing for
and govenling eleotions in the City of Gilroy.
The polls for suoh eleotion shall be opened at 6 o'clook
A. M. on said fth day of November, 1921, and shall remain open
until the hour of 7 0' olook P. M. of said day, at whioh time said
polls shall be closed.
The ballots to be used at said eleotion shall be such as
may be required by law to be used thereat, and in addition to any
other matter required by law to be printed thereon, there shall
be printed the following:
MUNICIPAL TICKET
To vote for a proposition, and thereby authorize the
sale of the public utility mentioned in the proposition submitted,
stamp a cross (X) in the blank space to the right of the word "Yes".-
To vote against a proposition, and thereby refuse to
authorize the sale of the publio utility mentioned in the proposi-
tion submitted, stamp a cross (X) on the blank space to the right of
the word "No".
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Said ballot shall also have printed thereon the
following:
Propositions submitted to vote of Eleotors.
1st. Proposition.
Shall the City of Gilroy sell its eleotrio
light and power distributing system and apply the
proceeds of suoh sale as follows:
Forty per
oent thereof for the purpose of making improve-
ments and additions to the water system of the
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City of Gilroy; Forty per oent the reof for the
purpose of making improvements and extensions
to the sewer system of the City of Gilroy, and
Twenty per oent thereof for the purpose of
making improvements to, and purchasing apparatus
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YES .
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NO
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for the Fire Department of the City of Gilroy.
2nd. Proposition.
Shall the City of Gilroy sell its gas
generating and distributing system, including
the 70 horsepower boiler and the building in
which said gas generating ~stem is situated,
but excluding the land upon Wlioh said gas generat-
ing plant is looated, and apply the prooeedB of
suoh sale as follows:
Forty per cent thereof
for the purpose of making improvements and addi-
tions to the water system of the City of Gilroy;
Forty per oent thereof for the purpose of making
improvements and extensions to the sewer system of
the City of Gilroy; and Twenty per oent .thereof for
the purpose of making improvements to, and pur-
chasing apparatus for the Fire Depantment of the
City of Gilroy.
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Sample ballots oontaining the above matter required to
be printed thereon shall be supplied to the electors of said
City of Gilroy by the City Olerk, but a failure on the part of
any eleotor to receive such sample ballot shall not be held to
invalidate the election or effect in any manner the legality of
any sale that may be au~horl.ed thereat.
Section 3.
Any qualified elector of the City of Gilroy who has
complied with the law governing the registration of voters may
vote at said speoial eleotion for or against either propositions
therein submitted.
fo vote in favor of and thereby authorize the sale of
the public utility m~tioned in a proposition submitted, he
shall stamp a cross (X) in the square to the right of the word
"Yes" printed opposite the proposi tion.
To vote against, and thereby refuse to authorize the
sale of a ~blio utility mentioned in the proposition submitted,
he shall stamp a crOBB (X) in the square to the right of the word
"No" printed opposite the proposition.
Eaoh oross (X) stamped in the square to the right of
the word nYes" Bhall be' oounted as a vote in favor of, and to
authorize the Bale of the publio utility mentioned in the
proposition oppoBite to 1hich suoh oross (X) is stamped; and
eaoh oross (X) stamped in the square to the rl ght of the VIO rd
"No" shall be counted aB a vote not in favor of, and a refusal
to authorize the sale of the publio utility mentioned in the
proposition opposite to which such cross (X) is stamped.
Seotion 40
There shall be but one eleotion preoinot within said
City of Gilroy for the purpose of holding said special eleotion
Which shall be, and the same ~s hereby designated "Gilroy Consolidated
Eleotion Preoinct"t and the boundaries thereof shall be the boundaries
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of the City of Gilroy, and ~ich said Election Preoinct is hereby
eStablished.
The officers to oonduct said eleotion are hereby appointed
and designated as follows:
Inspeotor: C. E. FREDRICKSON
Judges: FRANK STANIFORD and SARAH F. TRYON
Clerks: NELL ONYON, HAZEL MARTIN and J. W. FORSYTH
The polling place for suoh eleotion shall be at the
Fire House on the Northerly side of Fifth Street between Monterey
Street and Eigleberry street in the City of Gilroy.
The City Clerk is hereby direoted to provide all supplies
that may be neoeBsary to properly and lawfully oonduot said speoial
eleotion.
When the polls are closed, the offioers of the eleotion
shall count the ballots oast at such special election, and
oanvass the voteB oast respectively for and against the propositions
herein stated, and make return thereof to the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Gilroy, in the time, form and manner re-
quired for counting, canvassing and returning of votes oast at
other Munioipal el eot ions held in the City of Gilroy.
Seotion 5.
This ordinance shall be published onoe a week for
two successive weeks prior to the 9th day of November, 1921, in
the Gilroy Gazette which is a newspaper of general ciroulation
printed and published less than six (6) day a week in said
City of Gilroy, and this ordinanoe and such publioation shall be
the notioe of said election.
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Seotion 6.
This ordinance shall take effeot and be in force
immediately.
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Passed this If'':!::"day of October, 1921, by the following
vote:
Ayes Counoilmen {;C1A/{~~. ';/J~~ C?III ~ ~.JJ~
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Noes Councilmen ~
Absent Counoilmen rL~. ("_..e.L.-Lx.~
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Approved this If .. day of October,
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Attest
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