The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-16
under and in accordance with the said


law.
| That in and by Section 40 of said
iChapter 6746 of the Laws of Flor
ida it is provided that after the city
has operated for more than six years
under the provisions OF this act it
may abandon such organization here
under and resume its former govern
ment by proceeding as follows: Upon
the petition of a NUMBER of qualified
voters within said city equal to. or ex-
ceeding, twenty per cent of the quail
fled voters at the last general city
election. a special election shall be
called by the board of Commissioners
at which the following proposition
shall be submitted:
"Shall the City of Pensacola aban-
don its organization under the pro-
visions of law providing commission
form of government. and assume its
its former aldermanic form of gov
ernment?"
That in the months OF September,
A. d. 1919 the realtors herein, and
other citizens of the said City of Pen
saco1a being DESTROYS of changing the
form of government of said city as in
said Section 40 of said Chapter 6746
provided. the REALTORS who then We're
and now are qualified voters within
said city and seven hundred and twen-
ty-three other then and now quail
fled voters within said city. which
said number exceeded twenty per cent
of the qualified voters at the last pre-
ceding general election in ssaid city,
to-wit: The election held therein for
the election of Commissioner on the
End day of June, a. d. 1919, at which
election the number of qualified vot-
ers was three thousand five hundred
and twenty-seven, duly signed pc
tition for a special election to be
called by the Board of Commissioners
of said city as provided in said Sec
ton 30 as aforesaid, which said petit
ton contained the name of each of said
petitioners thereon. his residence adj
dress; that on the 31st day of July,
A. d. 1919 the said petition was duly
filed with James Macgibbon, who then
was and now is the duly elected. quail
flied and acting Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Escambia County, Florida,
who thereupon examined into the
qualifications of the signers of said
petition, and ascertained that it con-
tanned the requisite number of quail
fled electors to call said election, and
there upon on the % day of October
A. d. 1919. certified said fact to the
Board of Commissioners of said City
of Pensacola, a copy of which certifi-
cate is hereto attached, marked "A"
and made part hereof
That it thereupon became and was
the duty of these respondents who as
aforesaid constituted said Board of
Commissioners of the City of Pensa-a
cola, to proceed as provided for in
said Section 40 of said Chapter 6746
of the Laws of Florida, but they have
failed and refused and still fail and
refuse so to do for the alleged rea-
son that the provision of said section
40 of said act of the legislature of
this state are not recognized by them
as being in force and effect.
The premises considered your rela-
tors pray that1this Honorable Court
viii grant writ of mandamus di-
rected to said Frank d. Sanders.
Frank r. Pou, and George n. Hin
richs. as said Board of Commissioners
of the City of Pensacola, Florida.
commanding them as such Board to
call special election of the quail
following proposition shall be sub
mitted; Shall the City of Pensacola
abandon its organization under the
provisions of law providing a Com
mission form of government, and as
sumo its former aldermanic form of
government? and to take all neces-
sary steps for the holding of said