Amador ledger., 1901-03-08
Call for an Election.

Whereas, at regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of Amador County, State of Cal
ifornia, held at Jackson, said County, on
Monday, the 9TH day of January, 1901, petition
in form and manner as required by law for the
Incorporation of a certain therein described
territory in said County to be known as the
City OF jackson was duly presented to said
Board, together with due proof of due and legal
publication of due and legal notice OF the hear
ing of said petition at said meeting, and the
hearing of said petition having been postponed
from said 9TH day of January, 1901, to the 4th
DAY OF February, 1901, and said Board having
duly heard and considered the same now finds
as follows:
That the said petition sets forth and particu-
larly describes the proposed boundaries of the
territory therein prayed to be Incorporated as
the City of Jackson; states the number OF in
naDltantS thereof and prayS that the same be
Incorporated under the provisions Of an Act Of
the Legislature of the State of California en-
titled, IAN Act to provide for the organization
incorporation and government of municipal
corporations" approved March 13th 1888 and
all other acts amendatory thereto and thereof;
That the said petition Is signed by more than
fifty qualified electors of said Amador County
who are residents within the limits OF said
territory SO prayed to be Incorporated as afore-
said, and as attached thereto and filed and
presented Herewith an affidavit of three quail
lied electors OF said County residing within the
proposed limits OF said City, which afidsvit
sets forth among other things that all the
said petition Is signed by more than fifty of
said qualified electors and resident within said
territory, and that the said petition so present
ed to said Board as aforesaid was published
Tor more than two weeks before the time at
which 1t was as aforesaid presented to said
Board, and was published in the Amador Dis
patch, newspaper printed published and
circulated within said County of Amador and
within the territory proposed to be Incorporated
together with notice stating that the said
petition would be presented to said Board Of
supervisors at its afpresaid regular meeting at
jackson on said 9TH day of January 1901
That the description of the said boundaries
OF the territory SO prayed to be incorporated as
The City of Jackson and as said description Is
contained and set forth in said petition Is
correct, and is hereby found and determined by
this Board to be correct as in said petition set
forth
And the said Board of Supervisors finds and
determines also that the said described terri
tory is a portion of Amador County and is not
Incorporated as municipal Incorporation and
said Board has aScertained and now finds and
determines that the number of Inhabitants Of
said described territory is $500, and that said
territory when Incorporated will belong to
municipal corporations of the sixth class.
Now, therefore, in accordance with said petit
ton and the requirements of law thereto apper-
tanning the said Board of Supervisors of said
Amador County hereby. give notice of an cleo
jackson shall or shall not be Incorporated, and
in that behalf the said Board of Supervisors Of
said Amador County order as follows:
An election is hereby ordered and called to
be held on the 10Th day Of MARCH. 1901, within
the proposed City of jackson as in this order
described for the purposes of determining
whether the proposed City OF jackson shall be-
of the municipal officers thereof; the boundar-
les of said City of jackson as by this Board
found and determined to be correct as follows
Beginning at point on the east boundary
line of jackson TOWNSHIP where the east and
west quarter section line through the center of
section u, township north, range II east, M.
D. Il. q M. crosses said townsite line; the same
being the northeast corner of the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section
81; thence south along the subdivision line
through the middle of the east half of OF Sec
lions II and IS to the southeast corner Of the
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
section 2S township NORTH range II east, M.
ID. b. & M; thence west along the subdivision
line through the middle of the south half Of
said section rs to the middle point on the south
boundary line of the northwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter of section IS; thence north
IN direct line to the middle point on the north
boundary line of the northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 81, township 6
north, range II east, NJ D. b. & M; thence east
along the quarter section line of said section
81 to the place of beginning.
The name of said City and incorporation
shall be the City of Jackson, and the number of
Inhabitants residing therein as ascertained
and determined by said Board is $500.
The voters residing within said limits who
cast their ballots at said election shall have on
said ballots the words For incorporation" and
the words Against Incorporation or words
equivalent theretoi and said ballots shall also
nave or contain thereon the names Of persons
to I'LL the various electoral offices prescribed
by law for municipal corporations Of the sixth
class as follows, to wit:
board of five trustees,
clerk, who shall be ex-oficio assessor,
treasurer,
A marshall, who shall be ex-oficio tax and
license collector.
Said election shall be conducted in accord
ance with the general election laws OF the
state OF California, and no person shall be en-
Titled to vote thereat unless he shall be a quail
lied elector OF Amador enrolled upon the Great
Register thereof and shall have resided within
the limits of said proposed corporation as said
limits are above described during the time
next preceding such election as said time is
prescribed by law.
hereby designated the following divisions OF
said proposed corporate boundaries and poll
ing places whereat the qualified electors shall
vote:
within the boundaries of said proposed corpor-
ate limits within the boundaries of North
jackson precinct and West jackson precinct as
now established shall vote at Normans Soda
Factory.
And the following named electors residing
Within said boundaries whose names appear on
the last assessment roll of Amador County are
hereby appointed election officers at that place:
D.
Inspectors: Peter A. Holtz, A. Paramino.
Clerks: Geo. Kirkwood, T. K Norman
Ballot Clerks: Colfax Daugherty, B. H.
Schacht.
residing within the proposed corporate limits
within the boundaries OF South jackson pre-
cinct and East jackson precinct as now estab-
lished, shall vote at Whitmore House near
Bridge.
And the following named electors residing
within said boundaries whose names appear
on the last assessment roll of Amador County
are hereby appointed election officers at said
place: -
Judges: B. F. Taylor, James Harvey.
Inspectors: Wallace Kay, A. Perovich.
Clerks: John Going. S. N. D. Spagnoli.
Ballot Clerks: Ell Vandament, q. T. JuStus
All the qualified electors entitled to vote and
residing within the corporate limits within
Center jackson precinct as now established
shall vote at Globe Hotel Sample Room.
And the following named electors residing
within said boundaries whose names appear on
the last assessment roll of said Amador County
are hereby appointed officers of election at said
place:
Judges: w. NJ Penny E. NJ Hurst.
Inspectors: c. NJ Kelley, c. Marelia
Clerks: Geo. W. Brown, Will A. Newcum.
Ballot Clerks: Clarence Parker NJ Muldoon.
Polls shall be open at said above designated
polling places from 500 O'Clock a. m. to 500
O'Clock p m on said 18th day of March, 1901.
The Clerk shall cause notice of said election
to be given by publication of this order in The
Amador Ledger, published within the proposed
corporate limits for at least two weeks prior to
the date of said election and shall prepare and
distribute ballots to be used at said election
and all other necessary matters for use at said
election as required by law.
Passed by the following vote arE
Ayes: Supervisors NJ. Newman, Wesley M
Amick, A. b. Mclaughlin, E. B. Moore Fred
b. LeMoin
Noes: None.
Dated, jackson, Cal, February 4, 1901
C. L. GILBERT, Clerk.
BY B, R, BREEsE, Deputy Clerk.
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