Ordinance 0172ORDINANCE NO. 172
New Series.
AN ORDINANCE: ORDERING, GALL -
iNG AND PROVIDING FOR AND
GIVING NOTICE OF • A SPECIAI,
E:I.I:CTION TO BE HELD IN THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA, STATE OF
(CALIFORNIA, ON TUESDAY, MAY
4, 1820, FOR THE. PURPOSE OF'
SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSI-
TION TO INCUR A BONDED DEBT
BY SAID CITT' FOR TFIE AC-
QUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF
A COMBINATION STORM' DRAIN
AND SANITARY SEWER IN AND
FOR SAID CITY, SAID ELECTION
TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE
PRIMARY F.i.ECTION TO BE HELD
IN SAID CITY ON SAiD DAY.
\V 110RE:XS, the Council of the City of
Alameda did, on fie 30th day of March,
1920, by a vote of two - thirds of the
members of said Council adopt a reso-
lution determining that public interest
and necessity demanded the acquisition
and construction .of a combination
storm, drain and sanitary sewer in and
for said city, the cost of which would
be too great to be paid out of the an-
nual ordinary income and revenue .of
4:aid city, now, therefore
IT ORDAINED by the Council of
the City of Alameda, as follows: •
Section 1. A special election is here -
hy called and ordered to be held in the
City of Alameda, State of California,
on Tuesday, May 4, 1920, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the qualified
voters of said city a proposition to in-
cur a. bonded debt by said city for
the acquisition and eonstruction of a
combination storm, drain and sanitary
sew.y' in and for said city, • which
special election shall be consolidated
with the primary election to be held
In said city on said day.
The estimated cost of said combina-
tion storm, drain and sanitary sewer
and the amount of the principal of the
indebtedness to be incurred therefor is
one hundred seventy -five thousand
(175,000) dollars: and the rate of in-
terest to be paid on said indebtedness
shall not exceed five and one -half per
centum per annum, payable semi -an-
nually.
Sec. 2. The special election hereby
called and ordered to be held shall be
held and conducted, and the votes there-
at received and canvassed, and the re-
turns thereof made, and the result
thereof ascertained, determined and de-
clared as herein provided, and in all
particulars not recited herein. according
to the laws of the State of California
providing for and governing elections
in the City of Alameda: and the polls
for such election shall he and remain
open during the time required by said
la ws.
The ballots to be rise,: at said spec-
ial election 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, shalt
appear thereon the following:
Aee.,:ula '',n:rt Si.
YPr :CINCT NO. ,_
Folks - Place: Tent, N. 10. car. 4 er-
sallies and-- a:ncin.cl Ave.
• PRECINCT NO. n
Polling Piac.e: Ton c. N. L.. cor_ San
Jose Ace. and -Pent': St.
PRECINCT NO. 7.
Foiling• :'lace: Tent, S. E. nor. 5' n
Jose and Regent SC.
PRECINCT NO. 8.
Polling Place: Tent. S. E. cor. Broad-
way and Central Ave,
PRECINCT NO. 9.
Polling Place:. 'Pont. N. W. cor, Lin-
coln and Pearl.
PRECINCT NO. 10.
Polling Place: Tent., Vc%ehb Ave., op-
posite Firehouse.
PRECINCT NO. 11.
Polling Place:. Tent. S. W. cor. Pnrk
St. and Lincoln ;we.
PRECINCT NO. 12
Polling- Place: Tent, S. W. car. Perk
St. and Central Ave.
PRECINCT Nn. 12
Polling Placer Tent, S. W. cor. Part.
St. and San Jose Ave.
PRECINCT NO. 14.
Polling }'lace: Tent, S. W. cor. Clin-
ton Ave..•arid Laurel St.
PRECINCT NO. 15.
Pollirgg Place: Tent, C. W. eor. Oak
and Alameda..
PRECIN('P N0. 10.
Pollint Place: Tont, Elm and Buena
Vista.
PRECINCT NO. 17.
Polling Place: Tent, N. 00. eor. Pa-
cific Ave. and Willow St.
PRECINCT NO. 18.
Polling Place: Tent. S. 10. cor. Cen-
tral Ave. and Willow.
PRECINCT NO. 1 8.
Polling Place: Tent. S. G, cor. San
Antonio and Willow.
PRECINCT NO. 20.
Polling Placer Tent. S. 1:. cor. San
Antonio Ave. and Chestnut.
PRECINCT NO. 21.
Polling Place: Tent, S. E. cor. San
Antonio and Lafayette.
PRECINCT NO. 22,
Polling Place: Tent. N. W. cor. cen-
tral- Ave, and Lafayette St.
PRECINCT NO. 23.
Polling Place: Tent, N. W. cor. Buena
Vista and Stanford.,
PRECINCT NO. 24.
Polling Place: Tent, S. 1Z'. cor. P,uena
Vista and Schiller 5t.
PRECINCT NO. 25.
Polling Place: Tent, Contra! Ave. and
Grand St.
PRECINCT NO. 28.
. Polling Place:_'I`en1, San :Antonio Ave.
and Parn.
PRECINCT NO. 27.
Polling Place: Tent, N, W. car. Stan-
ton and Santa Clara.
PRECINCT NO. 28.
Polling Place; Tent, Pacific Ave. and
Stanton St.
PRECINCT NO. 29.
Polling Mac.: Tent, N. 1V. cor. Pay
and Lincoln Ave.
PRECINCT NO. 30.
Polling Place: Tent, Santa Clara .‘v e.
and Sherman.
PRECINCT NO. 11.
Polling Place: Tent. San Antonio Ave.
and 13ay, St.
PRECINCT Nn. 22.
Polling Place: Tent, S. 07. cor. Caro-
line :u,d Central Ave.
PRECINCT. NO. 33.
Polling Place: Tent, N. 10. cor. St.
Charles and Santa Clara.
MUNICIPAL TICKET
To vote' for the proposition, and
thereby authorize the incurring of ,a
bonded indebtedness to the amount ieQf,
and for the purpose stated therenn,
starnp a cross (X) in the voting square
after the word "YES."
To vote against the proposition, and
thereby refuse to authorize the incur-
ring of a bonded indebtedness to the
amount of, and for the purpose stated
therein, stamp a cross (X) in the vot-
ing square after the word "NO."
Also, said ballots shall have printed
thereon the following:
Prbp.osition to
incur a bonded
debt' by the City
of Alameda to the
amount of One
Flundred Seventy -
five Thousand,
(175,000) Dollars,
gold coin of the
United States, for
the acquisition and
construction of a
Combination
Storrs, Drain and
Sanitary Sewer in
and for said City,
such debt to bear
interest at a rate
not to exceed five
and one -half per
centum per an-
num, p ay able
semi- annually.
Sample ballots containing the above
mutter required to be printed thereon
shall be. supplied to the electors of
said city by the city clerk, but a fail-
ure on the part oil, any elector to re-
ceive such sample'.ballot shall. not be
held to invalidate the election •or affect
in any planner the legality of any
bonds that may be - authorized thereat.
Sec. 3. Any qualified elector of the
City of Alameda may vote at said
special election for or against the
proposition .herewith submitted. To
vote in favor of, and to authorize the
Incurring of a bonded debt for the
purpose ,set forth in said proposition,
he or'"she shall stamp a cross (X) In
the voting square to the right of the
word "YES" printed opposite said
proposition, and to vote against and
refuse to authorize the incurring of a
bonded debt for the purpose set forth
in said proposition, he or she shall
stamp a cross (X) in the voting square
to the right of the word "NO" printed
opposite said proposition.
A cross (X) stamped in the voting
square to the right of the word "YES"
shall be counted as a vote in favor
of, and to authorize the incurring of a
bonded debt for the purpose set forth
in said proposition ;and a cross (X)
stamped in the voting square to the
right of the word "NO" shall be count-
ed as a vote not in ;favor of, and a
refusal to authorize the incurring of a
bonded debt for the purpose set forth
in said proposition.
Sec. ,4, The .election precincts for . the
holding of said special election shall
be the same as those heretofore estab-
lished by the Board of Supervisors of
Alameda County for the holding of
state and county elections, and the
polling places for said precincts shall
be the same as those set forth/ in the
notice entitled "NOTICE BY COUNTY
CLERK OF TIME AND PLACE OF
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.
POLITICAL PARTIES ENTITLED TO
PARTICIPATE THEREIN AND NAMES
AND ADDRESSES OF CANDIDATES
FOR DELEGATES," which notice was
published in the Oakland Tribune, a
daily newspaper of general circulation
in Alameda County, by Geo. E. Gross,
County Clerk of said Alameda County,
on Wednesday evening, April 14, 1920,
said precincts and the polling places
therein, as designated in said notice, be-
ing as follows:
PltIECINCT NO. 34.
Polling Place: Tent, Pacific Ave. and
Chapin.
PRECINCT NO. 35.
Polling . Place: Tent, Mozart and
Santa. Clara Ave.
PRECINCT NO. 36.
Polling Place: Tent, S. W. cor. °th
and Taylor Ave.
PRECINCT NO: 37.
'Polling Place: Tent, S.E. . cor. Web-
ster and •Lincoln' Ave.
PRECINC. NO. ::8.
Polling .Plan ;r Tent, N. .N. cor. Lin-
coln Ave. and 8th •St.
PRECINCT NO. 39.
Polling Place: Tent, Lincoln Ave. and
6th St.
PRECINCT NO, 40.
Polling Place: Tent, S. F. cor. Santa.
Clara and 6th St.
PRECINCT NO. 41.
Polling Place: Tent, N. W. cor.
tral Aye. and
PttECINC7T NO. 42.
Polling Place: 'Tent, Pacific Ave. and
4th St.
The officers of saki special election
shall be the same as those set forth in
the Resolution of the Board of Super-
visors of said Alameda County appoint-
ing said election officers, which was
approved and adopted by said Board
at the regular meeting thereof held on
Monday, April: 5th, 1930. •
At said special election the polls shall
he op_ned at six o'clock a. m. of the day
of said election, and be kept open until
seven o'clock p, m. of. the same day,
when the .polls shall be closed except
as provided in Section 1164 of the Po-
litical Code of the State of Califor-
nia.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to
procure all supplies that may he ne-
cessary to properly and lawfully con-
duct said election.
When the polls are closed the officers
of election. shall count the ballots cast
at such election, and canvass the votes
cast respectively for and against the
proposition' herein stated, and make
return thereof to the City Council in
time, form and manner required for
the counting. canvassing and returning
of votes cast at other municipal elec-
tions held in said City of Alameda.
Sec. 5: If, at said speciai election, It
shall appear that two - thirds of all the
votes cast thereat were in favor of
and authorized the incurring of a bon-
ded debt for the -purpose set forth In
the proposition hereinbefore stated.
then said proposition shall be deemed
to have been accepted by the electors,
and bonds will be issued to defray the
cost of the improvement -therein speci-
fied and to the amount stated therein.
Such bonds shall be of the form and
character known as "Serials" and at
least one - fortieth part of the principal
sum of said .indebtedness will be paid
each and every year in gold coin of the
United States until all of said bonds
are paid.
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ec. 6. This ordinance shall be pub"
lashed once a day .for seven days prior
to said day of election in The Evening
Times -Star and Alameda Daily Argus,
a daily newspaper of general circula-
tion, printed and published at least six
days a week in said.city, and this ordi-
nance and such publication thereof shall
constitute the notice of said election.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take ef-
fect immediately.
Adopted and passed by the Council
of the City of Alameda this 20th day
of April, 1920.
FRANK OTIS,
Presiding Officer of the Council.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was duly
and regularly adopted and passed at a
meeting of the council of the city of
Alameda held Tuesday evening, April
20th, 1920, by the following vote, to-
wit:
PRECINCT NO. 1'.
oiling Place: Tent, S. E.
and Encinal Ave.
PRECINCT NO. 2.
Polling Place: Tent S I
it. and Central Ave.
'RECINCT NO,
Polling Place: Tent, S.
Ot. ; and Liberty Ave.
PRECINCT NO. 4
oiling Place: Tent, S. E. cor. C
AYES: Councilmen Aflame,
'bbst and President Otis (4).
NOES: None;
ABSENT: Councilman Noy
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF
hereunto '!set my ihand a
o€ficial seal of said. city
of April, 1920.
Ci
(Seal)
Pub, A
nd affixed the
this 21st day'
BOSSHARD,
y of Alamede
w8, 27, 28,