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Ordinance 310 -r .....-.._-~....:.,..,-,::'. . ,. '" ~' ,. , / ORDINANCE NO. ~~ / D .....J- AN ORDINANCE CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF GILROY, COUNTY OF SANTA CL'ARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON (~.( <.i (( tloy THE .2')- DAY OF OCTOBER, 1921; THE OBJECT BEING TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY,A. PROPOSITION OF SEIJiLING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM AND THE GAS GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF GILROY, IN- CLUDING THE 70 HORSEPOWER BOILER AND THE BUILDING IN WHICH SAID GAS GENERATING SYSTEM IS SITUATED, BUT EXCLUDING THE LAND UPON WHICH SAln GAS GENERATING PLANT IS LOCATED, AND OF APPLYING THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH SALE TO MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO TFE WATER SYSTEM, THE SEWER SYSTEM AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF GILROY. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Gilroy do ordain as follows: Section 1. A special election is hereby called and ordered to be held in the City of Gilroy, CountYl~f Santa Clara, State of ,r--- California, on v ,-t. I , the l'" day of October, 1921; the object being to submit to the qualified electors of the City of Gilroy a proposition of selling the electric light and pow~r distributing system and 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 excluding the land upon which said gas generating plant is located, and of applying the prooeeds of such sale as follows: Forty per cent thereof for the purpose of making .. , ~/O II T im-orovements and additions to the water system of the City of .. Gilroy, Forty per cent thereof for the purpose of making im- provements and exteneione to the sewer system of the City of Gilroy, and Twenty per cent thereof for the purpose of making im- provements to and purchasing apparatus for the Fire Department of the City of Gilroy. Section 2. The special election hereby called and ordered to be held) shall be held and conducted) and the votes thereat received and canvassed, 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 ~nj governing elections in the City of Gilroy The polls for such election shall be opened .at 6 o'clock A. M. on aa.id day of October, 1921, and shall remain open until the hour of 7 0 'clock P. M. of said day, atvc;hich time said polls shall be closed. The ballots to be used at said election shall be such as may be required by 13.w to be used thereat, and in a,j:1.i tion to any other :na tter requi. red by law to be printed thereon, then shall &.hall be printed the following: WIHCIP,AL TICKET To vote for the proposition; ani thereby authorize the sa.le of the public utili ty mentioned in the proposi tion submi tted, stamp a cross (x) in the blank space to the right of the word "Yes ". To vote against the proposition, and thereby refuse to authorize the sale of the public utility mentioned in the proposition submi tted, stamp a cross (x) on the blank spa,c e to the right of the word "No". - a - T Said ballQt sh~ll also have printed thereon the following: Shall the city of Gilroy sell its electric light ~nd power distributing system and its gas generating and distributing system, in- eluding the 70 horsepower boiler and the build- ing in which said gas gener~ting system is - - ~ situ~t~d, but excluding the land upon which said gas generating plant is located) and apply the proceeds of such sale as follows: Fortj[ YES: per cent thereof for the purpose of rna~.<ing im- provernents and adii tions to the lfib.ter ,sYf3te;(] of NO the City of Gilroy; Forty per cent thereof for the purpose of making improvements and exten- sions to the sewer system of the City of Gilroy) and Twenty per cent thereof for the purpose of making impro.vements to a.nd purchasing apparatus for the Fire Dep&rtment of the City of Gilroy. Sample ballots containing the above matter required to be printed thereon shall be sup:;lied to the electors of sa..id City of Gilroy by the City Clerk) but a failure on the p~t of any elector to receive such sample ballot shall not be held to . invCl,lida te the eleot(oI\ or effeot in any manner the legality of any sale that may be authorized thereat. Seotion 3. Any qualified eleotor of the City of Gilroy who has oomplied 'vith the law governing the registration of voters may vote at said special election for or against the proposition therein submitted. To vote in favor of and thereby authorize the sale of the public utility mentioned in the proposition submitted, he sha.ll sta,rnp a cross (x) in the square to the risht of the - 3 - word "Y~s" printed opposite the proposition. To vote against, and thereby refuse to authorize the sale of the public utility mentioned in the proposition sub- mitted, he shall stamp a cross (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 "Yes" shall be oounted as a vote in favor of and to authorize the sale of the publio utility mentioned in the proposition opposite to which such cross (x) is stamped; and each cross (x) stamped in the square to the right of the word "No"' shall be counted as a vote not in favor of and a refusal to authorize the sale of the pUbliC utility mentioned in the proposition opposite to which such cross (x) is stamped. Section 4. There shall be but one election precinot within said ~ City of Gilroy for the purpose of holding said special eleotion which shall be, and the same is hereby designated "Gilroy Consolidated EleotiQn Precinct", and the boundaries thereof shall be the boundaries of the Cityof Gilroy, and which said Election Precinct is hereby established. The officers to conduct said eleotion are hereby I appointed and designated as follows: Inspector: rJ I'!. / ~r.' l"(, 1,. -'. ~. i <' \..jl't / - 4 - ,..".. "...,:"'). J'.I..... ;. ~ _' When the polls are closedJ the officers of the election shall count the ballots cast at such special eleotionJ and oanvass the vot.. cast respectively for and against the proposition herein statedJ and make return thereof to the Mayor and Common Counoil of the City of Gilroy in the timeJ form and manner required for countingJ canvassing and returning of votes cast at other Municipal eJ.eotions held in the City of Gilroy. Section 5. Th~s ordinance shall be published once a week for , /~ day of OctoberJ 1921J two successive weeks prior to the t in the Gilroy, / { " which is a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in less than six (6) days a week in said City of GilroYJ and this ordinance and such publioation shall be the notice of said election. Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ApP'roved this 3Ad. day of October, Attest G 1. A?~, (J1 ty Clerk. - 5 - "