Res 1182-59 RESOLUTION No, 1182
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING A
SPECIAL ELECTION OF TltE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF RATIFYING (R REJECTING A THIRTY-YEAR
NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE TO FLORIDA PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMPANY, AND AUTHORIZING TEE
MAYOR OF SAID CITY TO GIVE NOTICE OF
SAID ELECTION, BY PROCLAMATION,
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of May, 1959, Ordinance No,
G-$18 , of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, was duly passed
and adopted in regular session assembled, and said Ordinance pro-
vides that it shall take effect upon its ratification at a refe~-
endum election to be called and held in accordance with the pro-
vision of the Charter of the City of Delray Beach for holding
bond election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, as follows:
That the Mayor of the City of Delray Beach shall give
notice, by proclamation, of a special election to be held at the
_ .CENTRAL .FIRE STATION , in the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
on the ~TH day of June, 1959, 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. _ G-SI8 ; that his said
notice and proclamation shall be published once each week for
two consecutive weeks immediately preceding the said election in
the Delray BeaCh NeWs-Journal, a newspaper published and printed
in the City of Delray Beach, State of Florida, and having a general
circulation in the City of Del~ay Beach, Florida.
That the form of ballot to be used at said election
shall be substantially as follows, to-wit:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL REFER~ ELECTION
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA
SOT_____~H DAY 0~ JUNE, 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
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passed and adopted by the City Council on the
25th day of May, 1959 - entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. G-$16
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida,
granting to Florida Public Utilities Company,
its successors and assigns, a gas franchise and
imposing provisions and conditions relating theretoe
FOR THE ORDINANCE
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE
That at said election only those electors who are
qualified electors in the said City of Delray 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 election vote for the adoption of said ordinance, then
such ordinance shall become effective or otherwise it ahall note
There shall be polling places, which place shall be
the CENTRAL FIRE STATION (Only), ,West Atlantic Avenue
in the City of Delray Beach, Floridae
That the following named persons are hereby appointed
inspectors of said election:
, Nary L. Walker
Dor0tha Bauer
......... Florence Cramp
Bertha Worthing
That the following named persons are hel~eby appointed
Clerks of said election:
C. C. Turner
Fritz FriberE
That the said election officials are hereby directed
and requi~ed to ~eke dne return of the results ~f said election
to the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, in
accordance with lawe
That a special meeting of the City Council of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby
called on the _lst day of ~uty, 1959, a~ 9:00 A.M., for ~e
pu~ose of c~vassing ~he re~u~s of said election ~d declar-
ing the result thereofe
PASS~ ~D ~0P~ in Re~l~ Session this ~day .~
of May, 1959. ~
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Affidavit of Publication
THE DELRAY BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL wau
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
Before the undersigned authority personally
appeared .~.~_ ~___~.o~__ ............
who on oath says that~.is-~x~~
.................................................. of the Delray, ~, _U .B,~ach
News-Journal, a weekly newspaper published at
Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida; that
the attached copy of advertisement, being a ........ ter
in the matter of ..........................................................
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a~ of 7:00
in the ................................................................... Court, ~.~ of
was published in said newspaper in the issue (s)
t his
pub-
Afl, an! further says that thc said Delray Beach Oity ¢ the
News-Journal is a newspaper published at Deh'ay ~d I the
Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, and ci~'
that the said newspaper has heretofore been con-
tinuously published in said Palm Beach County,
Florida, each Thursday and has been entered as
second class mail matter at the post office in
Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach. County, Flor-
ida, for a period of one year next preceding the
first publication of the attached copy oft~dver-
tisement; and affiant further says that_.~.___
has neither paid nor promised any person, firm
or corporation any discou~l~ebate, commission
or refund for the purpo~,~of.~fecuring this adve~r-
tisement for publicati~/t~e spid noavJsp~. !
Sworn to and subscribed before me this~.. ....
day of _._.;:_~,~.~.. ........................... A. D. 19J_.~._ ~'o~
('/ That
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C C.' TURNER
FRITZ FRIBERO
~a~~'~W~ 'said e~iun - ~uials' 'ar~
h~by dlr~ted and r~ulred to make due
~rn of the results of said election
tbs City Council of the City of Delray
B~ch, Florida, In acordan~ ~ith law.
~hat a s~ial meeting o{ the
rnCll .~ ~ ~t~ ~ Del~my ~a~,
i~, ~, ~th~ ~a~m ~r~ eal~d
on, ~e 1st da~ of Ju~ l~ at 9:~
~.M. '~r the D~r~.,~tng the
r~tu~s of said electl~ ~larlng 1he
~ASSED A~D A~D i~ ~lar
SesSion tht~ ~th day ~ M~ 1959.
(S) GEOR~E ~ J~.
A~EST:
R. D. WOR~G
~or s~td ~-~ one (1)
~la~ has. ~n desl~ated and is to
Atlantic Avenue, In ~. City of Del~y
Beach. Florida, and the voting ~urs are
At ~ ~[~tion, onl~ those e~tors
who ~ ~uR{tfied e~ctors 'in s~td~ City
o~ ~I~ ~h, Fl0ri~. at ~e d~te of'
~ald el~ion as ~ow 9rovided by law .~11
~ ~ to vote In ~d el~tl~.
~ ~{ori~ df ~e voters i~ sa~=~l~tion
vo~ for th~ adogtion of said O$~tnance,
~ +~ ...... ~ O~1~~ m~ll become ef~ective
~'~;'~ it s~l n~ ~ result
sa~ ei~t~ s~ '~ ~ ~rfifi~ to