Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION.


 Notice Is hereby given that an cleo ton will be held within the territory below described on Monday, the 6th day of April, 1908, for the purpose of determining whether said territory shall become incorporated as a muni cipal corporation of the sixth class by the name of the City of El Centro, un der and by virtue of the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Bill of the State of California, entitled "An Act to provide for the organization, incorpor- atiOn and government of municipal corporations" approved March 13, 1883, and acts amendatory thereto.
 The boundaries of said proposed cor poration as defined and established by the Board of Supervisors of Imperial County, California, are as follows, to- wit:
 Beginning at the Southwest corner to Section 3, Township 1e South, Range 14 East, s. B. M., and running thence East two miles to Southeast corner of Section in said Township; thence North one and one-half miles; thence West two miles, and thence South one and one-half miles to place of beginning, and situate in El Centro Judicial Township, Imperial County, California.
 And the number of inhabitants re- siding in said territory has been as certained and determined by the said Board of Supervisors to be and is 700.
 The voters are required to cast bal lots which shall contain the words, For Incorporation; to the right and opposite such proposition and in sep arate lines the words, Yes" and "No;" and to the right and opposite thereto voting squares so arranged as to en- able a voter to express his choice on said proposition by voting for incor- poration or against incorporation, ac- cording to the general election laws, by stamping cross (x) in said voting square opposite the word "Yes" and "No;" and said ballot shall contain the following words: "To vote for incor- poration, stamp a cross (x) in the square to the right of the word "Yes." To vote against incorporation, stamp (x) in the square to the right of the word No To vote for a person, stamp a cross (X) in the square to the right of the name"
 Also such ballot shall contain other
  writing In names in blank column and said ballot shall also contain the names of persons voted for to fill the various elected municipal offices of town of the sixth class below designated, with voting squares opposite and to the right of the name of each candidate. The following officers may be voted for, to-wit:
 1. Five members of the Board of Trustees.
 2. A clerk who shall be exoff1cio assessor. 3. A treasurer.
 4. A marshal who shall be exoficio tax and license collector. And for the purpose of said election, the territory shall constitute enc vot- ing precinct and the polling place for said election is hereby designated and fixed to be at the office of the Imperial Valley Abstract, Title & Trust Co.,, within said territory. The following have been appointed officers of said election: Inspectors: T. B. Putnam, A. P. Nuffer.
 Judges: J. Stanley Brown, W. o. Hamilton. Ballot Clerks: M. L. Watson, Dan B. Shaffer
 Clerks: Phil D. Swing, J. J. Colby. Jr.
 The polls will be open on election l day at 6 o'clock a. m. and keep open ] until o'clock in the afternoon of the l same day when the polls shall be closed, and said election shall be con ducted in accordance with the general election laws of the State, and no per son shall be allowed to vote thereat unless he shall be a qualified elector of the County of Imperial, enrolled upon the Great Register thereof, and shall have resided within the limits of said proposed corporation for at least 60 days next preceding such election. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Imperial, State of California. zss 5at M
 F. S. WEBSTER, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. D. s. ELDER,
 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
 of Imperial County.