333-39ORDINANCE N~
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION
TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCILMEN
IN GROUPS OF A, B AND C; PROVIDING HOW CANDIDATES THEREIN
SHALL QUALIFY FOR SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION, AND APPOINTING
A CLERK AND INSPECTORS TO HOLD SAME ELECTION.
V~KEREAS, an emergency exists in the City of oelray Beach,
Florida, due to the fact that a primary election should be held
in said city not more than thirty days nor less than ten days
prior to the date of the general election, and it is provided by
the charter of the City of Delray Beach that the City Council
shall prescribe by ordinance the method and manner of holding all
elections in said city, and shall provide when and how special
elections shall be called and held which are not provided by the
terms of the city charter, and whereas, it is necessary for the
immediate preservation of public peace, property, health or
safety~ or for the daily operation of a ~unicipal department that
this ordinance be passed providing for such primary election, and
whereas, a group of electors have petitioned the City Council to
pass an ordinance calling for a primary election within the time
specified by the charter and to provide the method and mannner
of holding Sh~ same, now therefore, be it ordained by the City
Council of the City of Delray Beach as follows:
1st. That a primary election to nominate candidates for the
office of City Councilmen in groups of A, B and C is hereby called
pursuant to the request of a group of electors, and the date for
holding of such election is hereby designated and set as Tuesday,
November 7, A. D. 1939. Such primary election shall be held at
the Firemen's Hall in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, on the
date specified between the hours of 8~A. M. and 6 P. M., Eastern
Standard Time.
2nd. All qualified electors of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, shall be qualified to vote in said election.
3rd. In order to qualify as a candidate in said primary
election, the candidate must file with the City Clerk of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, on or before Tuesday, October 31st, a
statement in writing under oath that such candidate is qualified
under the charter of the City of Delray Beach to hold the office
of Councilmen, and shall designate in said statement in which
group he will run. Such candidate shall also pay to the City
of Delray Beach a fee of $ ! 0~ ~_~ .... which sum shall be paid at
the time of filing the above described statement. When this
statement has been filed and the said sum of $ '0 ~ has been
paid, the candidate shall then be entitled to have his name
printed upon the primary election ballot in the group designated.
3rd. The official ballot for said election shall be sub-
stantially in the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Primary Election
City of Delray ~each, Florida
November 7, 1939
Make a Cross (x) Mark before the name of the
Candidate of your choice
Elections are for a term of two years
FOR COUNCILMAN CLASS A
(Vote for one)
FOR 00UN01LNAN 0LASS B
.Vot e fo r One }
FOR COUNCILMAN CLASS C
(Vote for one)
4th, The City Co=oil hereby appoints 00. 0, ~~r¢O as
as inspectors of said election.
§th. This election shall be conducted substantially on
the principles adopted for state elections insofar as the same
do not conflict with the charter of the City of Delray Beach,
and shall be conducted substantially in the same manner as general
elections in said city. The candidate in each group who receives
the highest number of votes shall be declared the nominee for such
group and shall be entitled to have his name placed on the general
election ballot.
6th. The result of the voting in said primary election,
when ascertained, shall be certified by return in duplicate, signed
by the clerk and the majority of the inspectors of said election,
one copy to be delivered to the Mayor and the other to the City
Clerk, both of whom shall transmit such returns to the City Council
at a called meeting to be held not later than three days after
such election. At such meeting the City Council shall canvass the
returns, and in the absence of a declaration of a contest by any
of the candidates in such election, shall declare the result of the
election by the returns made by the clerk and inspectors for said
election.
7th. The Mayor of the City of Delray Beach is hereby
requested to call this primary election by proclamation published
in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
Delray Beach for two consecutive weeks prior to such election.
8th. This is an emergency ordinance and shall take effect
immediately upon its passage.
PASSED in regular session on this the 9th day of October,
A. D. 1939.
Pr~sid~nt of CitY "
ATTEST: APPROVE~b: . / / '
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