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RESOLUTION NO. 514
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF
GILROY, DIRECTING THE FILING OF A CDPY THEREOF, DIRECTING
THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE THE SAME TO BE PUBLISHED AND
CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING
THE PROPOSAL FOR ADOPTION. BY THE ELECTORATE.
WHEREAS, the Subsection (f) of Section 8 of Article XI
of the Constitution of the State of California authorized the
legislative body of a city, on its own motion, to frame, or cause
to be framed, a proposed Charter for the government of any such
city, and to submit a proposal for the adoption thereof to the
electors of said city, and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Gilroy, on
its own motion, has caused a proposed charter for the government
of the city of Gilroy tp be framed pursuant to the aforesaid
provision of the Constitution of the State of California,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council
of the City of Gilroy, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1.
That the said proposed Charter fe and the same is
hereby approved by the Common Council of th~ City of Gilroy, and
a copy thereof shall be filed forthwith in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy.
2. That the proposed Charter for the government of
the City of Gilroy be submitted to the electors of said city
for their approval or rejection at a special municipal election
to be held therein on Tuesday, the 18th day of August, 1959,
said proposed Charter being as follows: to-wit:
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3. That the City Clerk be, and he is hereby directed
to cause said proposed Charter to be published once not less
than forty (40) and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the
date of the special municipal election herein provided for in
The Gilroy Evening Dispatch, and in each edition thereof during
the day of publication, said newspaper being a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in said City of Gilroy.
4. That the City Clerk be, and he is hereby directed
to cause a notice to qualified electors of the City of Gilroy
that copies of the proposed Charter may be had upon application
therefor at the office of the City Clerk of said city in the
City Hall in the City of Gilroy, California, to be published
in The Gilroy Evening Dispatch, a newspaper of general circulation,
on the day said Charter ,is published, and in each edition of said
newspaper thereafter until the day fixed for the election.
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The foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular
meeting of the Common Council of the City of Gilroy held on the
15th day of June, by Common Councilman Wentworth
, who moved
its adoption, which motion being duly seconded by Common Councilman
J 0 rd a n
, was upon roll call duly carried and the resolution
adopted by the following vote:
NOES:
councilmen:Pate,Rush,Petersen,Wentworth,
, Gallo, and Jordan
Councilmen: None
AYES:
ABSENT:
Councilmen: None
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
I, G. B. CARR, the City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
do hereby certify that the annexed copy of Resolution 514
has been compared by me with, and is a full, true and Gorrect
copy of the whole of such Resolution duly adopted at and appearing
among the official minutes of a regular meeting of the Common
Council of the City of Gilroy, held on the 15th day of June, 1959,
at which a quorum was present.
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