Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-18

adopted a resolution as provided bv
law, conscnting to the exclusion of
said uninhabited territory from said
municipality, towit, the said City
Of FL Centre Ga certified copy of
which said resoluti Ii has been re
cc;vcd by tie Board Of Trustees of
said City and filed in the office Of
the City Clerk thereof;) and the
Board of Trustees of said City
finds that all of said proceedings
heretofore taken, as above set forth
for the exclusion of said udinhabit-
ed territory from said City are pro-
per and legal and III conformity to
law, to-wit, the said act of the
Legislature of the State of Califor-
mia;
Now therefore, the Board of
Trustees of the City of FL Centre
do ordain as follows:
Section /. That general (and
spcciaD municipal election shall be
held, and is hereby called to be
held, i'll the City of FL Centre,
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia on Monday, the 18th day of
April 1926, for the purpose of vot-
ing for and electing three (3) mem
berS of the Board of Trustees of
said City,-two (2) members of
said Board to be elected for the
full term prescribed by law, to-
wit, four a. years. and one a.
member thereof to be elected for
the short term of two ca years,
to fill an uneXpired term.
Section >. That at said election
there shall also be submitted to the
qualified voters of said City the
proposition of excluding from said
City of FL Centre (under the pro
visions of an act Of the Legislature
of the State of California. entitled
AN act to provide for changing
the boundaries of cities and muni-
cipal corporations, and to exclude
uninhabitcd territory therefrom,
approved June II, 1919 that GER
tain uninhabitcd territory hereinaf-
ter described, by altering that part
of the Mest boundary of said City
extending from the North boundary
line thereof to the North property
line of Adams Avenue. as shown
by the official map of said City,
by establishing, as such West boun-
Diary. II line parallel with and dis
tant fifty 600 feet easterlv from
said part of the existing west boun-
Diary line of said City and extend
ing from the said North boundary
line thereof to said North property
line of Adams Avenue; thereby ex-
cluding from said City the follow
ing-dcscribed uninhabited territory
to-wit:
A strip of land fifty COS
feet i'll width contiguous to the
existing West boundary line
of said City. and extending
from said North boundary line
thereof, to said North property
line of Adams Avenue-said
strip of land being the West
fifty (5O) feet of Tract Fifty
(oO) in Township Fifteen (159
South, Range Fourteen (14)
East, S. b. NJ, and extending
from the North boundary line
OF said Tract to the South
boundary line thereof.
Section ,. That the following
named persons, residents and regis
tered electors of said City of FL
Centre (heretofOre chosen and des-
ignatcd as the election Officers of
said clection) be and they are here
by appointed election officers. to-
wit. inspector, Judge and clerks. TO
conduct said election, namely:
AS Inspector, NJ. w. Washburn;
as judge. +. b. Ferris; as clerks.
Mrs. Anna w. Strickler and !. b.
llockett; and their compensation
shall be $1,000 each for all ser
vices rendelrd us such election Of
ficers.
The said several persons have
been found, and are hereby declar-
ed to be, qualified for such respec-
tive positions as required by law
and shall constitute the election
board for said election, and said
Officers shall conduct, and they are
hereby directed to conduct. said
election rs by law and this ordin-
ance provided and to canvass the
votes given and east at said clec-
tion and to make and deliver re-
turns thereof to the City Clerk of
said City.
Section I. The polls Of said elec-
tlon shall be opened at I o clock
Il. m. of the day of said election and
shall he kept open until 6 clock
=. M. of the same day. when the
polls shall be closed; provided. how
ever, that if at the hour of closing
there are any other voters at the
polling place or in line ut the door
who are qualified to vote and have
not been able to do so since ar-
pearing, the polls shall be kept
open Il sufficient time to allow
them to vote, But no one who shall
arrive at the polls after 6 o'clock
III the afternoon shall be entitled
to vote although the polls may be
open when he arrives.
Section ). That said Board of
Trustees of said City shall meet
at the usual meeting place Of said
Board, to-wit, at the City Hall of
said City, ON the first Monday af-
ter said election ut 7;30 clock
=, m. and proceed to canvass the
election returns and declare the re-
suits.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall
certify 10 the passage, adoption and