Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
BOND ELECTION
TO Be DELAYED
EAST HOLLYWOOD WISHES TO
PARTICIPATE .
Mayor Paves Way for Action b. Veto
ina Measure Relating to Har-
Dor and Power Develop
ing Bonds

February 16 by the former council the
election for the harbor and power ue-
velopment bonds may not be held until
about the middle of March. Inc CITY
council will meet at o'clock this morn
ing to pass the ordinance hXlng th5
date and to consider the claim OF East
HOLLYWOOD for participation in the pond
election. .,,,
Several months ago the former coun-
ell passed the ordinance for the polu
election and fixed the date at Feprua.y
49, Subsequently proceedings ZOE Inc
consolidation of Los Angeles ana f1oll| =
wood were begun and the date for the
Generalization election fixed at January
% AS the bond election ordinance nau
been passed without considering the
consolidation of Hollywood no provision
was made in the bond ordinance tnde
,rn,lld give the Hollywood voters
chance to cast their ballots in the pond
election in case consolidation became
effective before that time.
To correct this defect City Attorney
Hewitt asked for a session of the coun-
ell Yesterday afternoon to pass a bona
election ordinance providing precinct
for Hollywood. -
In order that plenty of time may
eIapse between the completion or the
prospective consolidation and the bona
election the city attorney yesterday
asked the council to fix the date OF
the bond election at February "a.
Chance for East Hollywood
But l.. A. Newman, chairman of the
annexation committee of East Holly
wood, asked that the bond election be
still further postponed so mat hasl
HOLLYWOOD can also participate in the
bond vote in the event of it's annexation
TO Los Angeles. The date for the East
HOLLYWOOD annexation has been t1Xeu
at February and the ordinance passed:
Mr.. Newman told the council that East
HOLLYWOOD has an assessed Valuation
of S3,000 900 and this property would
help pay the bonds in case the East
Hollywood property owners had an op-
portunity to vote on them
This appealed strongly to Councilman
Washburn, chairman of the finance
committee, and he suggested that
further action be postponed until TINS
morning. The board of public WORKS.
the water commission, the harbor COM
mission and the president and secretary
of the San Pedro consolidation commit
tee have been invited to meet with the
council this morning to assist In de-
termining what is best to do.
In order that the matter can be pre-
sented to the council in it's proper form
Mayar Alexander vetoed the ordinance
Dassed by the former council hiking the
date of the bond election at February
16. The veto was merely formal, put
the procedure that followed put the
council in an embarrassing position.
City Attorney Hewitt advised that
someone would have to move to pass
the ordinance, notwithstanding the
mayor's veto. None of the council took
kindly to this suggestion and each
waited for the other to make the mo-
ton Finally Councilman Andrews,
when he understood it was merely
formal proceeding, presented the mo
tion, and he was seconded by Councll-
man Gregory
Andrews Changes Vote
When the roll was called Councilman
Andrews supposed he had to vote to
pass the ordinance over the veto, as he
had made the motion, and he voted
ave" Councilman Lusk, who was
acting as president pro tenn. in the alb
sence of President Works, playfully
shook his gavel at MIR. Andrews, ana
Mr.. Andrews changed his vote, to mo"
Tie motion was lost by unanimous
vote and the mayors veto sustained.
The veto message is in part as fol-
lows:
1.-THE ordinance providing for the bond
election having been passed by the
council prior to the commencement
of the proceedings for consolidation,
does not make any provision for the
participation therein of voters in the
city of Hollywood in the event that
consolidation is effected. If the con-
solidation election results favorably to
consolidation l am advised that the
voters residing in the city of Holly
wood should be permitted to vote at the
bond election contemplated by the or
dinance herewith returned.
Il therefore return the ordinance
calling the bond election for February
16, 1910, TO you without my approval,
my objection thereto being that it does
not make any provision whereby cleo
tors of the City of Hollywood can par
ticipate in said election; and L recon-
mend that in any ordinance to be
passed by your honorable body provid-
ing for such bond election that pro-
vision be made whereby in the event
that the proposed consolidation of Los
Angeles and Hollywood is effected
voters residing in the present city OF
Hollywood can take part in said bond
election"
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