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May 12, 1937
The Council of the City of Palo.. Alto met on this date
at 7.:30 P.M.,. pursuant to adjournment of May; 10, 1937, with
Mayor Judson presiding Roll call as follows
Present Bonham, Collins, Goddard, Judson, Mitchell,
Saisman, Stephens, Thoits, Thomas, Wood.
Absent: Blois, Costello, Mosher, :Richards.
Canvass of Election Returns
The special order of the day was the canvass of the
returns of the general .municipal election held on day 11, 197,
for .the election of councilmen, and of the special election
held • on the sane date upon the initiative ordinance rests ictins
peddling : and soliciting. Councilmen Collins and Tnomas
were appointed tellers. The Council took a recess wbiie the
tellers were preparing their report.
The Council reconvened at 8:15 P.i&. to receive the
report of the. tellers. The number of votes cast for each
candidate was as follows:
For Councilmen - six -year term:
Edward P. Cashel 1131 tuxes;
Clark gyp her 1316 refer
C. :d. Judson 1037 to tr14
George iiio.aicoat 763 that
Alfred h. rasters 1194
Frances Merner 1387
Raup Miller 558 was ad
J. P. Mitchell 1417 roll c
W. . A. Reed 708
E. C. Thoits 1429
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.The canvass of the returns of the special election
upvxa .the .initiative ordinance restricting peddling and
soliciting showed that 365 votes had been cast for . trie
ordinance and 1994 votes against the ordinance.
The total vote cast was found to be 2422. The
majority' necessary for the election of councilmen was there- ere
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Ordinance No. 710, declaring the result of the
election held ; on May 11, 1937, for the election of counci.,.ien
and providing for, a second election, was read, and on notion
of Thomas and Thoits, was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call.
This ordinance: declares that Clark Cypher, I4rances : erner,
J. P. Mitchell and E. C. Tnoits were duly elected councilmen
for .a _term of six years, commencing July 1, 1937, and
provides for a second municipal election to be held on
May 18, 1937, for the election of a councilman for one six -yea:
term,: the candidates to be Edward P. Cashel and Alfred R.
Masters.
(Councilman Wood left - at this time, 8:25 P.M.,
was absent during the rest of the meeting.)
Resolution No. 1144, declaring the result of the
special election held on May I, 19:7, upon the proposed
initiative ordinance restricting pedoJ.i . and soliciting, was
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a majority of the qUa1i led electors voting on said proposed
ordinance have voted against said proposal.
Report of Hospital :Committee re Aursine, Service
A report was received from the Special Hospital
Committee recommending to the Council that an appropriation
of $1200.00 be included in the 1937-38 budget for the
establishment ,of a visiting nursing service on an experimental
basis for a. period .of six months beginning October 1, 1937;
this service to be under the direction of the Palo Alto
Hospital, the nurse to be their employee; her salary,
insurance, transportation and incidental costs to be charged
to this special appropriation; the visiting nurse to serve
only under the instructions of the patient's physician;
the charge to. be. $1.00 per visit not to exceed one hour
with a special rate'to Palo Alto residents of 50 cents per
visit not to exceed one hour, with additional hours or
fraction thereof at the same rate; the benefits of this
service to Palo Alto residents to be administered by the
Hospitalization Committee.
On motion of Salsman and Thoits, this report was
referred to the Budget Committee.
Ordinance an Redemption of Taxes
Ordinance No. 711, relating to the redemption of
taxes, which was submitted to the Council on May 10th and:
referred at that time to Committee i\4o. 5, was again presented
to the Council, with the recommendation of the City Attorney
that it be adopted as an emergency ordinance.
On motion of Thomas and Goddard ,
this ordinance
was adopted as an emergency ordinance by unanimous vote on
roll call.
Ad;iournment• to May. r1, .1937
- On motion of Thomas and Thoits, the Council
adjourned, to meet at 7:30 P �d., May 21, 1937, in the City
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