The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-04-07
AN ORDINANCE

CANVASS OF ELECTIONS
pait ordained i,v the mayor and city council
Of the city Ct Ocala. Ft9fioh ,h
1ar+fon7 Every male person q me age OF
tv-erfy-eHt. wears and upwards, Nno shdI at
,ba time af registration. De cltALel 81 the
United States. and who shau haNe 1900 and
had his ha 5iration- d0m.clIe. nom en- emu place
If varraaT,rnt abode IN the stats VI AoFi'id lol
nrts vear and i'm this city for SIX months
shall il otherwise qualified aecoIulIS 10 law
and ordinances Of this city D. deei!e d quail
fed eIector at II elections uli>leA "'' u 'he
charter acts OF this city -, r-,;+a6 ST. .
the time Of and before reist iol: ~,t. pro,
duce to the registration officer ms Llhcate OF
naturalization or a duly certified copy thereof
and shall make oath that ne Is tne larhticai
person named N said ceTtlhcaiJ, |*ipEe ne
Shall be allowed 10 register: proViaed' mat the
fnio1nsr classes Of persons shall not be en-
titled 10 vote:
TAI. Persons not daily registered according
70 law.
III. Persons under guardianship including
r!.ose kept OF confined IA any paolIc prison.
ri Persons who re insane or idtotc.
TdI Persons who may have bcen convicted
If bribery. perjury or larceny, or .! any ina
rlog,s crime in any court OF IAls sur OF anE
other state or Wrlo are interested ID any bet %
~ no. -. re-r,fr or which shall depend upon
anT election, or that shall hereafter tiEl- !,
duel or send knowingly carry or dcct pt clal-
l,.-,sra 70 fight, or that shall b. a 'cuGd -
i-IEe- nv or that shall b. the nearer Of SUc..
eaaIGena ,,r accept nee: but the leg diSabi.-
itv shall not accrue unt4l after tEla- aAd con
viction b. due form Of law
TEL NJ DerScn shall be permitted 10 vote 81
am election wlo shall have failed 10 pay n
least on or before tiie second SATURDAY n the
month preceding the day OF such erection. MI
l4oll taxes fer tie Two years next pEeced n
rh. wear il which such election shaI b held
provided. that 10 person shah * prevented
frog voting on account Of not having - paid Il
no3I~T. for asty year which shall moi nav" t.en
lawfully assessed gEiE>t him by reason OF h;~
not having ben OF aE" or having zen oFrr
hfty-fiye years old, or who mas Iost Iimb in
butte and who shall have procured ana shall
exhibit the certificate of SUprTTlSofof Ft--i-trs-
tiun 10 that cfT-ct: AMI provided, thlt no pr
~,l who has not been IL this state more imam
on year previous - any general election >haI!
l51 required - pay more than one year poll
IA xes. or poll taxes for am year when he was
not reside ut in this state.
section = \ general election shall be held in
the. several wards Of this city on the SECOND
tuesday in DeceLEbar. \. p. 1875, ana annually
on the same day thereafter. or upon such day
"a may hereafter be fixed by law. at which
general city election there shall he chosen by
the duly qualified electors in this city SucH
city officer, the charter acts OF TINS city pro-
vide shall be elected By said electors. wno>c
terms OF office may then require an election To
be held TO i'll such offices, except as herein
otherwise provided.
Section B. mayor OF the city OF Ocaia, 10 lie
chosen from the city at large. and one council
man from each ward Of said city. 10 be chosen
and elected BY and in the ward which he rep
reStnts. and Of which he must be a resident.
ISIS. and every year thereafter. the persons
chosen al said election TO hold their respective
OFFICES. the mayor for one year after the sec
ond Tuesday in January of the jear after his
election. and the cOuncllmen 10 hold their re
spective offices as cOuncIlmen from the wards
from which they are chosen. for two years
after the said second Tuesday in the month OF
January OF the year next after their election.
In addition to the mayor and councilmen n.
whose election is herein before provided for.
there shall b. chosen, from the city at large. at
the general city election 10 be holden on the sec
ond Tuesday in December. 1899, and biennially
thereafter, a councilman for the city at large.
who shall b. known and called the council
man at large ana the councilman at large
shall hold his office for two years from ami
after the second Tuesday in January of the
year next after the year of his election.
section /. Special elections shall be held in
the following cases and in no other:
laI. Where there has been no choice of an
officer VINO should have been elected at Il gen
erai election
[bI Where VACANCY shall occur more than
six months before any general election. Icy
death. TtS guatlpn, removal. expulsion OF
otherwise. ii the office of mayor or member 4
the city council. be such member from q ward
or from the city at large. And if any such
vacancy occur il the office OF mayor al time
less than six months before any general cleo
ton. the city council may. N their discretion.
order SPECIAL election 10 ii said vacancy. and
+ such yac"nry occur AT time less than SIX
months before any genera! election in tn" office
of ward councilman or councilman from the
city AT large, the mayor. by and with the adj
vice and consent Of the city council, may order
Il special election to iii: such vacancy.
section >. Of all general elections hereunder
the proclamation thereof shall b. "a herein
after specially provided under the title:
Duties OF the Mayor.
Sec d Whenever any special election j. reQUir-
ed 10 he holden. 10 fiji any f1fice, the city cuuu-
ell. if such election be for mayor, or the mayor
and city council II Sucn election be for a coili-
Gilman or cOunCilmen. shall pass make and
enter an order declaring the day on which such
election shall be held. and shall deliver the
anna m rEa.a( her f.F-
clerk shall publish notice of such special cleo
ton i'll newspaper published III Ocala. TO br
GeSI grated oy said COuuCiI. such notice to be
published at least once a week for not less
than fifteen, nor more than twenty days prior
to said election, such notice TO state what
cancieS are 10 b. filed at said election. and if
the vacancy be that OF ward councilman the
notice shall 50 state. and the special election
shall be held in the ward where the vacancy
exists, and only residents of that ward shall
b. allowed to vote. ana the election shall be
held nearly a. pTactiCa bic at the same ard
voting place was used at the last general
city election. ard II said special election b. for
mayor or for councilman at large, or To submit
any question to the electors of said city. such
election shall be held at the city hall OF the
.ity OF Ocaa. in the court room IF the mayors
court. uQ less otherwise provided by resolution
IF the council at The time OF calling such spe-
REGISTRATION
Section :. The city clerk Of the city Of Ocala
shall he. eN-oi'icio. the supervisor of regi>tra-
ion Of said city. II" shall keep his Office at
h" city clerks Ollie" III the city hall OF the
.ity OF Ocala. and shall have exclusive charge
4 the registration Of electors within SAID city
or all elections under this ordinance. Upon
'ctirjng from Office. il shall lie his duty - de
iver over - his successor any and all books OF
blanks in his office pertaining to his duties Of
registration officer. at the same time a he de-
iver> over other matters in said Office 70 his
aid successor.
Section :. The said clerk. aS supervisor of
r=istra.joa for sad city. shall keep the regis
ration boo L. herein provided open at his said