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RESOLUTION NO. 522
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY CANVASSING
THE RESULTS OR RETURNS OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD
AUGUST 18t 1959, UPON THE QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY OF GILROY
SHOULD ADOPT A PROPOSED FREE HOLDERS CHARTER.
WHEREAS: on August 181 1959; a Special Election was held in the
City of Gilroy to determine whether a proposed charter should be adopted
by the said city of Gilroy for the said city; and;
WHEREAS 1 the law requires that a canvass be made of the returns
of said special election by the Common Council of said City and that
the results of said election be entered in the minutes of the Common
Council and that a resolution be adopted by the said Common Council
declaring the results of the canvass;and1
WHEREAS: the said Common Council has duly canvassed the returns
of said election in accordance with law at this, an adjourned meeting
of the said Common Councilg including the absentee votes; and found and
ascertained that the total number of votes excluding absentee votes
cast at said election was 737; that the number of votes cast at
Precinct "A" was 222; that the number of votes cast at Precinct "B"
was 237; that the number of votes cast at Precinct "c" was 155; and
that the number of votes cast at Precinct "D" was 123; andg
WHEREAS; the following measure was voted upon at said special
election:
"Shall the proposed City Charter of the City of Gilroy
which was filed in the office of the City Clerk of the
City of Gilroy on the 15th day of June; 19591 be ratified
and adopted?"
That the City of Gilroy was divided into four (4) election pre-
cincts and that the number of votes cast in each precinct for and against
said measure was as follows:
D
YES NO TOTAL
195 27 222
212 25 237
138 17 155
104 19 123
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649 88 737
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PRECINCT
A
B
C
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That all absentee voters' ballots have been duly received and
canvassed in the time and manner required by lawt and the results
of same is as follows:
Number of Absentee Ballots
2
Number of Votes 'Yesn
2
Number of Votes INon
o
Total number of votes
2
That more than a majority of all the votes cast at said special
election were in favor of said measure and that said measure has been
adopted by the said city of Gilroy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of August, 19592 by the following
votes:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN: Pate, Rush, Wentworth, Gallo, Jordan
NOES:
COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN: Petersen
APPROVED:
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