The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-12-19
NO CONTEST FILED.
The City Council Canvass the Returns
and Declare Mr. Fishel Elect
ed nsyor.

ed hayOr-
\ large number of inlert ~teu spec
| tatUrs gathered IL the council chambe
Tuesday night expecting TO witness
some excitement i'm canva-sing the
mayoralty vote bu, were dissppoiut-
Ell.
The following resolution was offered
10y Councilman Nouge. viz:
"A resolution Of the city council
of the city of Ocala prescribing rules
for contested elections.
WHEREAS, II appears that the char
ter Of the city of Ocala confers upon
the city council the right to determine
contested elections and that rules Of
/ proceedings i'm said contests Of cleo
tious have not been adopted 10y this
! body. therefore, toe it
Resolved, lst. That elections held
within this city 10y municipal author
itv and returns of same may Ice con-
tested and the same heard and deter
mined 10y the city council.
3ud. Said elections and returns
may be contested by any elector in
said city 10y filing with the city clerk
or president of the city council a
statement in writing setting out
briefly and informally any legal
ground of contest, at any time before
or during the canvass of returns Of
said election.
3rd. The city council shall upon
The filing of said written statement
enquire into the truth Of said ohjpc-
tiou~ aud grounds ofconte,t and shall
have full authority to reject ballots
and returns, modify and change same,
correct errors and make up and deter
mine and declare the result OF said
election upon the returns 80 modified
10y said council together with the
proofs submitted upon s. hearing of
the grounds of contest CT may reject
any or all the returns of election
upon proper grounds, and require aud
cause To Ice proclaimed new clec-
ten. Said council shall also have
the right to compel the attendance of
witnesses AT its meetings and the pro-
duction of books and papers.
After some sparriug between Me-sr-.
II. l.. Anderson aud W. X. Zewadski.
attorneys. a. To the powers of the
council a. a. cauva~sing board, a
motion TO refer the Re >olution To "A
special committee WAS voted down,
the council holding that contests must
ue made in the courts.
The next matter If Importance WAS
that OF the necessity of placing flag
men AT tire crossing of the =. \. l..
railway at North Magnolia street.
The committee appointed To iuvrs-
tisste the necessity for the same SUBJ
mitted the following report:
To tae u.a.-a... City C..u,.
We, your committee so confer 81 i,h
theattorrey and agent ofthe Sraboara
Air Line railway Iu p. gard TO crossing
North Magnolia sire, { in O,-ala, would
respectfully say:
We do uo,iJhiuk it proper to force
the said railroad To place man at
said CROSSING, a. would he required if
the ordinance introduced some time
ago should pass
Had the cjry council i'm former
years that granted said railroad these
privileges, looked ahead. existing con-
drious could have been avoided. aS il
D.; aI., or nearly all. their side tracks
cross ihi- street, the business requires
constant shifting agd Masking m, %.
G.iu~ and experience lus~ tua.
vv.u "A mau stationed ;h,rv could Zoo.
..uty~ .,I. VI,u It was safe Co. er.--
..m rhy tacr .HaI b.. could rut a..
H.r~ -ye .Ie,.-l.,erar Eara master
..rIrser. ~. nat,r-a"d. Ia~.u.r-,
...na.n~ vu... in tH, ..r6.
With the un..us ano..i- An.l.
uy ANA O..... u.tt .-...raa..... $751;.
traye. canlu- .s p.a@ <.a Naa, .'4
~.r.., Mil .. ,.aag,I W,atI.....
m,.i the entr..n... II a., .r..-
n.... now e>i-.ln- g.. r.-ata q. raiE
.rsa crossings -a-l s,~ a'.nw.u- a.i.-