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Adjourned .Regular Meeting. City =all, Palo Alto, Cal.
November 1 7, 1913.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date
at 7:30 p.m. at tame. call of Mayor boats, pu scant to the ad-
journment of the regular meeting held on November 10, 1913, with
Mayor Thoits pre.aiding. Roll call as follows:
Present: ..Ackley, .Congdon., Henry, .dettiager, , Jordan, l.aPeire,
Miller, Mosher, Peterson, Swain, Tr_oita, Vail, ,ring.
Absent: Lakin, Vandervoort.
The clerk read a certificate to the effect that he had
mailed notices to all the members of the Council, at the request
of -Mayor Thoite, on November 15, 1913, notifying said members that
the -adjourned meeting provided for at the regular meeting would
be held on November 17, 1915, at. 7:30 p.m., for the purposes of
said adjournment.
Annexation. Petition.
A petition from qua, 4 -P; ed electors of the City of Palo
Alto was read by the Clerk, said petieion praying the Council -
to call, an election to vote on the preposition to annex certain --
territory described in said petition to the City of Palo Alto.-
The certificate of the City Clerk that he had verified t
the signatures to said petition and that the signatures to the .
number of 227 were .those of qualified electors of the City and
that said number is more than 2C: of the -number of votes cast at
the last general election held in the city of Palo Alto, was read:
Annexation Resolution Adoetcd.
• A resolution entitled 1*.a. resolution of the City of Palo
Alto calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to
the -electors -the question Whether certain territory described is -
a peti.t.1:'b v.pn file herein should be annexed to, incorporated it •
axsd:made,a•part of the municipal corporation of the City of Palo'
AIt:ot!' was..introduced and read.
0n motion of Vail and a:ett,inger it was ordered that the
publication of the notice of municipal election required by lass
to be made in come newspaper in the county outside the City of
Palo Alto be made in the Mountain View Register -.Leader. e.Oneeotionoff Wing and Swain it was ordered that the
dates for :het publication of the notice of election in the Palo
Alto -Daily -Mmes: and the Mountain .View Register -Leader be November
21st arad 28th, arad December 5th, 12th, . cnd '. ;th, 1913.
On mots on . of - ;Losher and Peterson, it was ordered that tae
election officers for the three precincts provided in the resclu-
tion be as follows;
Munici al- Precinct No., 14
Inspector.. ..J.. J. Nichols
Judge. w .......Percy S. Townsend
Clerk Florence O. Pratt
Ballot c? er.k Tillie Hettinger
14AAx_cipal Precut_ _No.,
Inspector
Clerk
Ballot Clerk
A. G. Walker
.R. F„R'Lynnlde
. hmily I. Reynolds
Judges D. '' ee by and A. J. Engle
Inspector G. Y. McClatchie
Wing moved that the said resolution be adopted. The -mo-
tion was seconded by Congdon and carried by unanimous vote on rai
call. •
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Committee to Pie re Statement.
On motion of Jordan and Hettinger, the l:ayor was author-
ized to appoint a committee to ,prepare a state.ent setting forth
the facts in connection with the proposed annexation proposition,
aid committee to have power to act. The Mayor named as such come
vi ttee, Jordan,- Wing, Congdon, Swain and Hettinger.
Claims .flowed.
On motion of Hettinger and Peterson, the following claims
were allowed and warrant€ ordered drawn in- payment of the same by
unanimous vote on roll -call:
C. • L. Aobbel, pcstage stamps for sample, ballot s... P . $20.00
ice'.Malcolm, • court -fees Chr°ii tie• Machine Wks. suit..... 4 7, OO
ii " License �� U�t• 4 . P . • a . • • a . ..... 7,00
Committee Reeod.e' :•dopted.
Chairman Hettinger- of Committee ' i made a report recom-
mendin that the Board Of Public Works be authorized to enter in. -
to contract to furnish water in case of emergency to the Seale
'sterwoarks at 12ectee per 1000 gallons, conditioned on an agree-
rent- by the Seale Waterworks to furnish water to the city in ca:e
of emergency -at the? same rate; also recommending that the matter
of paving Forest avenue be laid --on the table.
On motion of Vail and Millero the report was approved.
Relating to Mosquitoes.
W. H. welly, secretary of -the Chamber of Commerce, pre-
moAed a.xequest from residents' of Menlo Park that the Council
join in a -movement to exterminate mosquitoes in thin vicinity.
On motion o, Wing and Masher the matter was referred
to Committee No. 2.
On motion of Vail and Ackley,: the Council adjourned.
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