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May 11, 1927
The Council of the City of Palo Alto =et on this date
at 7:30 P . M , _, .pursuant to adjournment of May 9, 1927, , with.
Mayor Hobart presiding. Roll call as follows:
ijresent 3ertsche, Bonn, Cathcart, Cottrell, Easterd:y,
Hobart, Jordan, Kelly, Lausten, Thoits.
bsent Cooley, uven_eck, Thomas, .:3 ng•, Wood.
Canvassof Election Returns
The special order of the day was the canvass of, the
election returns of the General Municipal Elect, on held on ,.'ay S,
1927. The Mayor appointed Bonn_, Easterday and Cathcart as
tellers. The total number of votes cast was found to be 1857.
The number of votes received by each candidate was as fo1lo'xt s:
For Councilman for the Six Year Term
George G. Bertsche 1166
George H. Whisler "fa-
-
Granville Wood 1076
B. P. Lausten 1050
/ C. H.Chris JtiensChin 1044
W. L. Peet
George Lillie
E. R. Ellis
W. Z. Davis
F. E. Streeter
C� G
1 LON.)
710
003
6'6
Por Councilman -for the Two Year Term
Frank Hoge
George W.' Mosher
'11
835
Ordinance No. 384, declaring the result of the
election was read. This ordinance declare- ;;hat Bertsche,
vghtsler, Wood, Lausten and Christensen were duly and regularly
elected councilmen for the term of six years, and further d eclarac
that there was no election de councilman for the term of two
years, as Mr. Hoge didnot receive a a jorit•y of the total nu-,ber
of votes cast at the election.
The City Clerk reported that Mr. Jo ,nSpr;nger would
make a statement e... 1- + Council r h r• matter,
r
like to �La�: anell"L tothe .�."] .. t.�la,�'d to this .axe �..+,
and on motion of Cathcart and Jordan, Mr. Springer sac invited
to make the comma—lication which he expr ssed a wish. to'.make with
reference to the election. A cortu n1 -d,lon vas rea
d Yi.�U. v d then"-" r. �. i'.au from
Mr. springer, acting as attorney for George Mosher, stating to -t
he was of the opinion that a fair and liberal construction of
ordinance impelsto the c, nclupion that Mr. Hoge 0, ,s legally
elected for the two-year term and that no second election Is
necessary, although he stalled Lhat the o,a.es ti.on is a dubious ono.
�` ^ his s - r. •i 4 o r -� u� s x
The City Attorney txli:il ;�,..."JG �. a ��'._ yTl_� v�'I on the �z�e � •, 1 --,
stating that the only vray Lo avoid ,h,he possibility of any
t µs t i of Y, r Hoge � .sue t-
t1ue5 i.�.0n .� l: l^? the legality of �Giav election .1 o+ ... :,v
hold a second election, as provided by the city ordinance.
T:.2.2'at' part of Ordinance No. 384 A>X'CVldi1^.g for a
.y next M + 927 for t„
second election to ''U:. held; a«(.�. t, �-O �duy � May 16, r. . ! , the
of s a-� for ' - n of .�_.--o ;years,
purpose . electing;.0i"ie„ CvuL11C.�.1T:"a...�. v,. �-«t% t.�:iA.. �ti.
direct'_.:
read.
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Ref.0
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adjourned
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ii the Clerk to puU i S a notice of id election,
On and was
of
,..�:.0 pti:u. by u.Zi.d2l�IriVc.I�nvote � {' 'Kelly Bonn, the ordinance �.:i�.�1,�: iC e 4�'u�
^ t ,._ this-
of the councilmen pre2ent Yr. Jordan
being absent at �Is time. 7
Ordinance to be Amended.
t i On r .i
. on of Thoits and Cathcart, the City Attorney was instructed c Led to prepare an Amendment to '•cur e� , t
y � e•
I .
o �•d nanc , changing 4 h.e p� sent ordinance adc _ o.
�e �: c, to read �x;. effect as
follows:
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"Those those candidates for councilmen equal in number to
the number to be elected, who receive the y 61''est number
votes for such office shall - provided,
of
+ J;; be declared L'.wal'e l,'� elected; L�r�w �f{l�<i U.
however, that no person shall be declared t
•, r r� .. �_ �+ r unless
the t;.:.�C� ;:r C: to any office
at s4.l.ch first el�ction.Z.l.nlessI number of votes by
him shall be greater than one-half r'
:.r.� provided, further, -ha�� the number of �'o:;�;s cast;
d, y Lher, that votes cast for candidates for a full
term of office and those cast for candidates for a short term
of office shall be considered separately 1
majority y in de �s+°:�::�nyri� i.�hether
such y is had by the candidates for the full term and
by the candidates for the short ter:".: of office respectively."
Co=unication from Mr. Peet
A communication �` Yr.
- from fY� . 'r"v . %, . Peet �-,, •._ i � an
statement made Mayor
Hobart,
R :; a ilvaa L n upon
by Mayor dobart� whichwas y lJ the
�'al0 Alto Times, '' y .:....., J�..�...i, :.':i��: �.i. v
the proposed widentinz of streets in
Mayfield was read, and on motion of Jordan and 7ertsche,this
,,;o=unjcation was referred to the City Artornuy for ans:. er.
Refund on License
On motion of Thoits and, Jordan, a refund of .„10.o
,as allowed Tom Villis on License No. :53 hie ..as issued, in
error.
Adjournment to Ma y 15, 1927
'On motion of Cottrell and 2asterday, the Council
adjourned to' Monday . May 16, 1927, at 5 P. M. in theCity
Approved: