06-05-56SpMtg JUNL 5'1'tt, 1956
A Special Meeting of the City Commission of' the City of
Delray Beach, was held in the Commission Chambers at 1:00 P. M.,
with Mayor Hike Yar~ates in the Chair, City Manager W. ~:.
Lawson Jr., City ~tttorney John H. Adams and the following com-
mission Members being present; Catherine E. Strong, W. J. Snow,
Emory J. Barrow and Howar~ Lee Cromer, the full Commission beine
present.
City Manager W. E. Lawson Jr., then read t(esolution No.
1008,
i(~SOLUT10N NO. 1008.
A ItkSOLUT10N OF THE CITY C0MHISSION Ok
D~.LILAY BEACh, ILO~[1DA, APPROVING A SPEC-
IAL ACT TO BE SUBHITTEO TO TIlE LEGISLA-
TUHE U~ TH~ STATE Ol~ t'LO~Ii~A FOit ENACT-
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~tEaEA~, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, determines that it is to the best interest of the
general public of the City of Delray Beach, ¥1ori~a, in order
to preserve the health, safety and general welfare of the com-
munity to cause to be passed special legislation re-defining
the municipal boundaries of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
*UNb WHEfib:AS, it is of the utmost importance that such a
legislative act be passed with all possible speed,
~R~,tbF0~(k, BE IT i0oSOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of l)elray Beach, Florida, as follows:
Section 1: That the City Attorney, John H. Adams and
special Councel, Oohn Moore, are authorized and directed to
draft a special act of the legislature re-defining the bound-
aries of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, by excluding the
entire negro araa therefrom, and to take all necessary and re-
quired steps incident to having the same enacted into law as
soon as possible.
Section 2: That it be submitted %o the State Legisla-
ture for enactment.
AI~3P'fSD BY %he City Council of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, this the 5th day of June, A. D., 1956.
~_S/ Mike Yargates
MAY0 ~
Attest:
Worthin
City Cler~
I, ~OBk~tT ~. WO~[ThING, City Clerk, of the City o£ Delray
3e~ch, Flori~b,., ~:o hereby certify that this is an exact copy of
the Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Delray Beach, Florida, on the 5th day of June A. D., 1956.
~ R. D. Worthing.
Conm~issioner Snow moved that ~esolution No. 1008 be adopted
asread. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cromer and
Call Of i(oll, Mayor Yargates and Commissioners Snow, Cromer and
~arrow favored the motion, voting yes, Commissioner Catherine E.
Strong was opposed. Ho%ion carried.
Commissioner Strong stated that prior to voting in op:osition
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to the motion for adoption of aesolution No. 1005, she did not
£eel that this metiiod would solve the problem of current issue
and that, further, she did not believe there had been sufficient
time devoted for consideration of the proper solution concernin-_'
the issue involved, and, therefore, had voted "NO".
Attorney John Moore, authorized by i(esolution No. 1008 to
represent the City of Delray Beach, as special counsel, an aid
to City Attorney John H. Adams, informed those present that
such an act, by virtue of legality, would contain provision for
a referendum and the people, at such time, could accept or
reject the proposal by majority vote thereon.
Meeting Adjourned.
/S_/ it. 11. Worthing
APP~iOVED:
MAYOR