The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-26

organization Of said city; and no right
or liability either in favor of or against
shall be affected by such change unless
this act
Sec. Is. All health and quarantine
matters shall be administered in accord
ance with the established public health
system of the State of Florida, and such
public health laws as are now in force
or may hereafter be enacted; also in ac-
cordance with existing city ordinances
and such ordinances the commissioners
may hereafter legally enact. Nothing in
this act shall be construed SO as to af-
feet the powers with which the state
board of health is now or may hereafter
be legally invested.
Soc. IL Any proposed ordinance may
petition signed by qualified voters of the
city OF Pensacola, equal in number to
twenty per cent of the total number OF
votes cast in the last general municipal
election. Within two weeks after the FL
ing of said petition said commissioners
shall pass the said ordinance. or call
special election, at which the adoption or
rejection OF such ordinance shall be SUBJ
mitted TO the qualified voters Of said
city, or said ordinance shall forthwith,
upon the failure of council to act as here
nabove prescribed, become valid ordi-
nance Of said city after the expiration Of
two weeks. At such election. the ballots
shall contain the words Tor the Ordi-
nance Cstattng the title Of the ordi-
nancs) and Against the Ordinance" II
the majority of the qualified voters vot.
ing on the proposed ordinance shall vote
in favor thereof, such proposed ordinance
shall thereupon become a valid ordinance
of said city; and any ordinance proposed
by petition or adopted by an election
as herein provided. cannot be repealed or
| amended. except by an election as herein
provided. Amy number of proposed ordi-
nanceS may be voted on at the same
election in accordance with the provisions
OF this section.
Sec I5. No reeoiu ton. bylaws or or
dinances granting to any person, arm or
corpora ton any franchise. lease or right
| to use the streets, public highways. thor
oughfares city wharves and wharf prep
erty. or public property of the city of
Pensacola, State of Florida, either in,
| under, upon. along, through, OF over same
| shall take effect and be In force untfR
thirty days after the final enactment Of
same by the board of commissioners and
publication of said resolution, bylaws.
or ordinance in fun once a week psr four
consecutive weeks In one of the newspa-
pers published In the city Of Pensacola,
| which publication shall be made at the
expense of the persons, firms or corpo-
| rations applying for said grant. Pend
ing the passage of such resolution, by
law or ordinance or during the time in
tervenfng between its final passage and
| the expiration of the thirty days during
which publication shall be made as above
provided, the legally qualified voters Of said
| city may by written petition. or petitions,
addressed TO said board or commission
| ers object to such grant, and II during
said period such written petition, or pc
titions. signed by at least a number Of
quathed voters equal to one for
every three hundred inhabitants Of said
| city, or fraction thereof, according to the
! then last federal census shall be flied
with the said board Of commissioners.
Said board shall upon payment or de-
| hereinafter provided, forthwith order an
/ election, at which election the legally
qualified voters of said city shall vote for
or against the proposed grant as set
forth in the said bylaw, resolution or
| ordinance, and pending such election the
said grant shall stand suspended. IN
publishing the call for said election the
said resolution. bylaw or ordinance
making said grant shall be published at
length and at the expense Of the city in
some newspaper published in said city,
| by at least one publication. The board of
commissioners shall before making such
1 call. furnish to the person, firm or corpo-
ration applying for such grant or fran
chise, an estimated expense Of the cleo
| ton TO be held to consider the same. and
| II the person. firm or corporation so ap
plying shall pay to, OF deposit with, the
city sum sufficient to cover the cost of
such election, as 80 estimated, the board
| of commissioners shall proceed to call
said election: but II the same be not paid
to, or deposited with, the said city with
in thirty days after said board makes
said estimate of the cost of such election
said election shall not besordered and the
bylaw, resolution or ordinance shall not
be effective. The applicant for any such
grant or FRANCHISE shall pay to the city
the expense 81 such advertisement there
OF whether an election be held thereon
or not. and the expense Of such election,
If held, and such bylaws, resolutions or
ordinances shan not be valid unless the
fact of such payment be noted in the
record thereof upon the minute book or
other permanent record thereof as kept
by said board. Any applicant may with
draw any application before and without
expense of such election or he may ask
and obtain a suspension of the bylaw.
resolution or ordinance until the next
regular municipal election at which time
the question of its adoption may be de-
ternined by special ballot. and without
expense to the applicant, except for print
ing the special ballot and advertising the
election on such application. If at such
shall be in favor of said ordinance and
the making of said proposed grant tlte
same shall thereupon become effective;
but If a majority OF the votes cast shall
be against the passage of said reaolu-
| ton, bylaw OF ordinance, said resolution,
bylaw or ordinance shall not become ef-
fective, nor shah II convey any rights,
powers, or privileges of any kind, and 1t
; shall be the duty Of said board of COM
missioners after such result of said cleo
ton shall be determined. to pass reso-
luton or ordinance to that effect. No
grant of any franchise or lease or right
of user, or any other right In. under,
upon, along, through, or over the streets,
public highways, thoroughfares, city
; whsrVes and wharf property. public
property of the city of Pensacola shall be
made or given. any such rights of
any kind whatever be conferred upon any
person. firm or corporation. except by
resolution or ordinance duly passed by
the board of commissioners AT Some reg
ular or adjourned meeting and published
as above provided by this section: nor
shall any extension or enlargement of
any such rights or powers be made or
given except in the manner and subject
to all the conditions herein provided as
TO the original grant of same, and no
: franchise, grant or lease shall be as
signed or transferred except by consent
) OF the board of commissioners.
Sec Is. That the qualified voters ma
: at any time file with the county judge OF
Escambia county, Florida, a petition or
: petitions calling for the resignation OF
any commissioner Of said city Such Pc
titions shall contain a general statement
OF the grounds upon which the removal
OF said official is requested. and each
] signer shall add after his name and sig
nature and opposite thereto his residence
r address No degree of generality or lack
! Of Particularly in the statement OF
: grounds for removal shall be ground fol
objection to such petition, in case such
petition shall be signed by at least a
/ number of voters duly oualified fo ynfe