Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04
Ordinance No. 118

An Ordinance calling a general NUM-
cipal election to be held in
the City of Ell Centre, COun-
ty of Imperial. State of Cali
fornia, on Monday, the 18th day
of April. 1914. for the purpose of
electing three members of the Board
of Trustees of said City, and sub
mitting to the voters of said City
the passage of an Ordinance amend
ing an Ordinance providing for the
Commission Form of Government,
fixing the length Of time to be de-
voted by the several Commissioners,
to the performance of their duties
as such, and the amount of cOmpen-
satiOn to be received by each for
such services; and submitting also,
the proposition of surrendering to
the State Railroad Commission the
control of certain public utilities.
The Board of Trustees of the City
of Ell Centre do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That a general munich
pal election shall be held, and is
hereby called to be held, in the City
of Ell Centre, County of Imperial,
State of California, on Monday, the
18th day of April, 1914, for the pur
pose of voting for and electing three
members of the Board of Trustees of
said City, and submitting to the vot
ers of said City the passage of an
Ordinance amending an ordinance
providing for the commission form of
government, fixing the length of time
to be devoted by the several commits
sioners, respectively, to the perform
ance of their duties as such, and the
amount of compensation to be re-
ceived by each for such services; and
submitting also, the proposition Of
surrendering to the State Railroad
Commission the control of certain
public utilities.
Section 2. For the purpose of hold
ing said election, that part of the ter
ritory included within the corporate
limits of said City of Ell Centro which
lies north of the center line of Main
street shall constitute one voting pre-
cinct to be known as Ell Centre Inside
North, the boundary lines of which
are particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
Tract so in Township Is South, Range
Ia East, S. B. NJ, and running thence
south along the tract lines three-quar-
terS of a mile, more or less, to the
center line of Main street in said City;
thence east along said center line of
Main street two miles; thence north
three-quarters of mile to the north
east corner of Tract As in Township
Is South, Range IA East, S. B. M;
thence west two miles to the point
of beginning; and the polling place
in said precinct shall be, and hereby
is, located in the City Hall on the
! west side of Sixth street between
Broadway and Main street in said
City.
Section 8. For the purpose of
holding said election, that part of the
territory included within the corpo-
rate limits of said City of Ell Centre
which lies south of the center line
of Main street shall constitute one vot-
ing precinct to be known as Ell Cen
tro Inside South, the boundary lines
of which are particularly described
west corner of Tract 91R. in Town.
ship 16 South, Range IA East, S. B.
NJ, and running thence east along the
tract lines two miles to the southeast
corner of Tract 100, in Township 16
South, Range Ia East, S. b. M;
thence north three-quarters of a mile
to the center line of Main street:
thence west along said center line OF
Main street two miles; thence south
three quarters of a mile to the point
of beginning; that the polling place in
said precinct shall be, and hereby is
located at the Grammar School
Building situated on Fourth and Olive
streets in said City.
Section 4. That the following
named persons, residents and regis
tered electors of said City of Ell Cen
tro, State of California, are hereby
appointed to act as inspectors, Judges
and clerks of said election in the
aforesaid precincts, respectively, to-
wit:
In FL Centre Inside North:
AS Inspectors: j. T. Pitts, w. r
Carey.
AS Judges: Mrs. Mary A. Garren,
ID. X Goode.
AS Clerks: G. Watkins. Daisy
Mixer
In FL Centre Inside South:
! AS inspectors: J. G. Hamilton Sr.,
]. P. Nuffer.
AS Judges: Mrs. Violet Campbell,
Mrs. Anna w. Strickler.
AS Clerks: Albert Duraam, Chester
Bryan.
Section 5. That said several per-
sons mentioned in the preceding sec
tion have been found. and hereby de-
termined and declared to be, qualified
for such respective positions as re
ouired by law, and said board; Of { lee
ton and said officers shall conduct.
and are hereby directed to conduct,
said election as by law and this Or
dinance provided, and to canvass the
votes given and cast at said election
and to make and deliver returns there
of to the City Clerk of said City of
Ell Centric; that the compensation OF
said election. officers shall be Three
Dollars $4,000 for each of said of
fcers. for all services performed in
connection with said election.
Section 6. That the Board of Trus-
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