04-20-59A.~ESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOlid, TON BEACH,
PALM B~ACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, CALLING A SPECIAL ELEC-
TION O? T~ Q~ALIFI£D ~LECTOR~ OF ~$AID CITY FOR THE
PURPOS~ OF'RATiFYING OR REJECTI2G A THiRTY-_~EAR
NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE TO FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMPANY, AND AUTHORIZING THE MA~f0R OF SAID CITY
TO GIVE NOTICE OF SAiD ELECTION, BY PROCLA~ATION.
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of April 19~9, Ordinance No.
of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, was duly passed and adopt-
ed in regular session assembled, and said Ordinance provides that
it shall take effect upon its ratification at a referendum elec-
tion to be called and held in accordance with the provision of
the Charter of the City of Boynton Beach for holding bond elec-
tion; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Boynton
Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, as follows:
That the Mayor of the City of Boynton Beach shall give
notice, by proclmmation, of a special election to be held at the
Shuffle Board Pavilion, Corner of Ocean Avenue mhd $. E. 4th
Street, in the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, on the 26th day
of May 19~9, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M., for
the purpose of ratifying or rejecting this contemplated franchise
Ordinance No. 320; that his said notice and proclmmation shall
be published once each week for two consecutive weeks immediate-
ly preceding the said election in the Boynton Beach News, a news-
paper p~blished and printed in the City of Boynton Beach, County
of Palm Beach, State of Florida, and having a general circulation
in the City of Boynton Beach, Florida.
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That the forth of ballot to be used at said election shall
be substantially as follows, to-wit:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL REFERENDUM ELECTION
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
26TH DAY OF MAY 1959
Shall there be granted to the Florida Public
Utilities Company a thirty-year franchise per-
mitting said company to use the city streets
for the installation and maintenance of a
natural gas system as provided by Ordinance
#320 passed and adopted by the City Council
on the 20th day of April 1959 - entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. 320
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Boynton Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida,
granting to Florida Public Utilities Company, its
successors and assigns, a gas franchise and impos-
ing provisions and conditions relating thereto.
FOR THE ORDINANCE
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE
That at said election only those electors who are qualified
electors in the said City of Boynton Beach, Florida, at the date
of said election as now provided by law shall be permitted to
vote in said election. If a majority of the voters in said elec-
tion vote for the adoption of said ordinance, then such ordinance
shall become effective or otherwise it shall not.
There shall be one polling place, which place shall be the
Shuffle Board Pavilion, at the Corner of Ocean Avenue and S. E.
4th Street, in the City of Boynton Beach, Florida.
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That the following n~med persons are hereby appointed
inspectors of said election:
1. Mrs. Wm. Daly
2. Mrs. ~,[i!dred Hallier
3. Mrs. Clifford Rich
4. Mrs. Sam Adams
5. Mrs. Kay Birkhead
6. Mrs. Harry LeFort
7. Mrs. Joseph ~Brull
8. ~,.iss Alice Kelly
That the following n~_~ned persons are hereby appointed
~.ler~o of said election.
Clerk - Mrs Mary
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Deputy - ~gene Mahlmeister
That the said election officials are hereby directed and
required to make ~ue return o~ the results of said election to
the
,~.~ty Council of the ~
,~_ty of Boynton Beach, Florida, in ac-
cordance with law.
That a smecial meeting of the City Council of the City
of Boynton Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby called on
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the 2.tn day of May 19~9, at 9:00 A..?,.[. for the purpose of can-
vassing the returns of said election and de~larmng the result
,~,,ereof.
P~oo~o .~h~ ADOPTgD in Regular Session this 20th day of
April 1959.
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Attest:
Ci~Cle~k
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