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AN OR DINA.NC E CAIL ING A SP:Jro !Al EI.ECT IO!~ IN THE CITY
OP PAIO ALTO, COUNTY OF SAUTA CLARA, S'.:kTE OF CAlI:
FORNIAt b'OR TEE ?URPOSE OF SUBMIT':'ING TO TEE QUALI
FIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITION TO INCUR A
BONDED IND::'.:BTEilNESS !l'OR ':'HE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION
AND IM:PROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC PARKS NOW OWNED J!'f :TEE
CITY, ~'RE COST OF '17HICH ff'Ill BE TOO GREAT ~O BE ?AID
OUT OF ':'BE ANNUAL REVEWE AND INCOM'.E OF SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, the leg1slat1ve branch ·O:f the
city of Palo Alto did, on the 26th day of May, 1924.
by a vote of more than two-thirds of all <>f its
members, d.ete:rmine in due and proper form the. t the
public interest and neces:si ty demand certs~in publ"ic
improvecents in and for said city, to-wit: the ac-
. quisi t i<>n, construction and imprcivement ot· the public
land:.s of the city acquired for pa:rk :purposes: and, ,
WEERF..AS, the mayor, bein~ the exeiJutivP. of
said city did, on the 26th day of May, 1924, duly
and regi;,larly approve such action of said 1ep.1s:lative
branch:
NOi·V, THEREFORE, the t;ouncil of the City of
Palo Alto do ordain as follows, to-wit:
Sec. l. It is hereby determined that the
public interest and necessity require the aiJquini
tion, c~nstruction and improvement cf the p1blic
lands of said city for park purpoees, as set forth
in the resolution above referred to, declaring_ the
public necessity thereof; that 1 t is hereby deen1ed
the. t it is necessary to incu.r the indebtedness
herein mentioned in excess of the money in the
treasury a1oplicable for the purpose for which se~·id
iridebtedness is being incurred.
That the .approximate assessed valua'tio.z:1 of
all pr·op·erty within the limits of said city :ts
~6,000,000 and the present outstandinR indebtedness
a~inst ;said city is approximately $647 ,000.
That the annual income and revenue O·f
said 01-.:;r is equal to and .not P,Teater than the
annual e:ri::penditures of said city; that the amouri~t
of indebtedness nov: proposed to be incurred, to
~ether with all other indebtedness of said city.
is less ~han fifteen -per cent, to-wit; is approx
imately 12 per cent ot the assessed va.lu.ation of
all property within the corporate limits of said.
city.
S6c. 2. An election shall be he!d in the
city of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara, State of
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c.alifornia, 011 the 12th day Of June,' Ht2-1, to
s:o.;bmi t tc the qualif~d vot.ers of sa:Ld city of
:?a.lo Alto the following proposition ·to incur a·
b 1:>nded indebtedness of said city, to-·wi t:
The proposition to incur a borided in
d~btedness of eighty thousand dollars in gold
c1)in of the United States o:f America,, for the
a(:quisi t1on, ccnstruction and improvE~memt o:f
the public lands of said city for park purposes:
'l'r~t the said last :nentionect c~ate, to
wj:t:. the 12th day of June, 1924, is hereby
:fi.xed as the date:!or J:i.oldinR said elEiction, and
the said proposition to incur said ml:m:i.cipal
1r.1debtedness is hereby submi ttad to e~a.ld voters
for their determination a. t said elect:icm.
It shall require the vote of two-thirds
of all voters votinP. at sa:id special .t9lec'tion to
a.ut:horize the incurrinp.-of th1' ind ebt:c~dness· and
the issuance of bonds therefor.
Sec. 3. ~rhe objeot and purpoue for .
which said bonded indebtedness oi' eig'hty thousand
dollars is proposed to be incurred is for the
acviisition, construction and improvement of the
pu'blic lands of said city., which land's were so
acquired for the purpose of creatine: public pa:!'ks
and recreation grounds for the use and enj oymeri t
of the public and the inhabitants of the city of
Pa.1o Alto.
That competent engineers have made
es·timates of the necessary cost of said proposi
ti<>n and find said-cost to be the sum ·~f eighty
th<msand a ells.rs, which est ima ta is h·l!reby re
ferred to for particulars.
NOW, THEREFO.:-!E, IT IS DE':'EPJHNED AS
FOlI.OViS:
Secu 4. '.J.'hat the estimated <~ost of said
prc~posi tion is the s11m of ei;:hty thou::i.a.na dollars
~old coin as aforesaid~ which suz:i. has been found
and is decle:red to be a.n amount too g~~·eat to be
paid out of the ordinary income and rw~renue of
said city.
Sec. 5. AND I'.:' IS ~URTF.EP. OHDEP.ED. that
if the above mentioned proposition to inc::ir .said
indebtedness shall be adopted by the qualified
Yoters of said city, as in this ordinF-Lnce and by
law provided, the:n and i::1 that cP..se,. bonds o'f said
city in the amount o'f eir.?hty thousand co:lars ~old
coi:n as aforesaid, for the payme.?:t o'f the cost of
said proposition ehall issue as follows, to-v15.t:
Said bonds shall be nep:otiab1.e in :form.
and shall be of the character know.n as: "serials",
and shall bear interest from their isz~ance until
paid, at a. :na:dmum rate not exceeding-fi '7e per
cen.t per annum, payable semi-annually on such in
debtedness, v;l:ich rate so recited r:?.ay· be less but
~ha.J.l r.ot be exceeded in the i s:;:ua:nce of bonds 'for
such indebtedness.
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1'he municipal bonds authorized to be
issued at said election sr..all be made pay!~ble
by the legislative branch of the city substan
tially as provided by Section 5 of an act
entitled "~n Act ~uti.:.orizing the IncurrinE~ of
Indebtedness by Cities, Towns anc'! !~unici~~l
Corporations for.Municipal Improvem~nts, Hnd
Regu.lat 1ng the Acquisition, Construction C>r
Completion Thereof", passed February 25, 1901,
as &:lend ed to da. te: r:i.nd the intereet on SE~id
bonds shall be payable semi-ann,1ally, as l'ro
vided by said act.
Sec. 6. That ti:e proposition he~.·ein
cbntained and provided to be submitted ~t said
election, nor any proposition or ziropos:r-::lons
f'or inct:rrin~ a municipal indebtcdnes::1 Jimilar
to or S"t:bstantially or in any man.'1er ti:e sS:r.le a~
the proz.1osi ti on herein contained, has not been
submitte~d to the qualified electors of said.
city, nor voted upon, nor failed to receive tte
requisite two-thirds vote of the quali~ied
electors voting at any election held w~.thi:r. six
months prior to the date of the passage of this
ordinance.
IT IS. FURTBER ORDJ!'?.ED, that the tota.l
indebted.ness au .. thor!.zed tn be created at said
election shall be rep~~sented by bonas payable
in the m:9.n."1er aforesaid, and tr.at such bor1ds
sha.11 be :i2sued !n such denomination or denomina
~ions as the leRislative branch of said city
~~hall authorize.
Sec. 7. AN:U !T IS FU!Z'.:'EE?. ORD.BRED,
that the manner of J:olding said election s.n'd
of v::ot ing thereat for anc a;i:ains t incurrir...o.-said i:r..de~bted2iess shall be as 1n·6vid ed in. this ordi
nance, and tha.t in all particulars not recited
herein. aaid election shall be held and con
ducted a~; provided by l8w for hold l:ri{': municipal
election~.: in said city; provided~ .-l:ov1ever, that
iristructlons and sample ballots need not be
mailed to the voters.
Said electiO'l'l shall be conducted by a
board of election in each of the three voting
precincts of said city, which shall consist of
one ins pee tor, one ,judge. one clerk,. and one
ballot clerk, whose duties and powers shall be
the-same as those of a board of election, and
of such election officers raspectiv(~ly under
the ord ine.nce anc. lav1 .~overninp: mun;Lcipal elec-tionse .
.l:"or the purpose of said sp~~cia..1 election,
said city is constituted and established hereby
as three elec·t ion precincts to be known as "ll'..inic
ip~l Election Precincts Nos. l, 2 and 3" a.11
inclusive ..
'.~'hat said votinr:: precincts and the places
of :pclli:r..$~ ti:erein, at 7.~hich the polls in such
precinct will be l:.eld on said day of s&.id election
in said city shall be and are hereby established,
created and desifma.ted as follows, to-wit:
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Uunicipa.1 Election Precj'nct No. l:
A:~l that portion of the city of Pa.lo Alto lcicated
wlthin Precincts l. 2, 4. 5 and 6, as const.i.tutec
a.l'td desit.na ted by the County of S.g,nta. Clara for
gEineral. etate and county elections is consc1lidat
ec1. into ana shall constitute P..?~d be desii;":'.nated
ae1 1!unicipaj Election Precinct No; 1, for said
election, anc the place of votinr in said Precinct
nc •• 1 she.11 be the ..f:!'ire Department room of tl:e
city hall on Ra."llonA. Street between University
Avem1e and Iytton Avenue in said city.
And the officers to conduct sa.id "lec
tion anci who sh1ll constitute! the eleotion board
o:f srdd Municipal Election Pi·eci:nct No. 1 are
herebzr appointed as :!"ollows, to-wit:
llJ.spector: !,ra.ry ~7. c le mo
Cl1·3rk: Jessie E. Bishop
.PB.:llot Clerk: Ada. line Vs.ndervoort
~!unici -cal Election Precinct No. 2: 1tll
that portion: of the city of Palo Alto located
wi~hin Precincts 3, 7, 8, 13 and 15, as con-
st:L tu ted and desi,cma ted by ~the Cot~nty of sa.nta
C~.ra f~r gen0ral, state and county elections is
consoliClated into and shall constitute and be •
deBignated a.::; Municipal Election Precinct No. 2
for said election, and the place of votinR in
sa.l d Pree inc t I:!o. 2 sha.11 'te a i:i 459 c hanni ng
AvE~nue.
The officers to coneuct said election
a.nc'. who shell co!'lstit11te the electior.. board in
sa td. !.!uni c:i J."·9.l Elect ion .Pree ir.ct No. 2 are
heI'eby appointed as follows, to-wit:
Ini::pect 1r: R. r. Hull
Jud p.-e: .tt'rRnces A. Kasson
Clerk: Cleo frl.P.ussE:ll
Eallot Clerk: Roberta Dt1ryea
lilunicipal Election Precinct No.3: All
that portion of the City of Palo Alto located
in ?recincts 9, 10, ll, 12, and 14, as constitut
ed .ind desirmr.1 tee by the f.;ounty of san ta C la.re.
for ~ener.al, state anc cot~nty elections is
consolidated into.and sh~ll constitute and be
des5.p:nated as !.!unicinal Precinct No. 3 for said
election, and the place of voti:n~ in said pre
cinct shall be at 719 :Ucdlefield Road.
'..:'he officers to conc:i~wt said election,
and vil:o shA.11 constitute the eli::ction board in
said I:lunicipa:!. Election Precinc·t No~ 3 are J:ere
by appointed as follows., to-wit::
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Inspector: El le n C • ~he rman
Jud~e: Aupusta ~ockabout
.Clerk: Dorothy Ke J ly
Ballot Clerk: r,.1adys H. t}la.eser
~he polls shall be opened at said pollinP
places at six o'clock in the morning of sai:e day
of election and.shall be kept open until seven
o'clock in the evenin~ of said day. when the polls
shall be closed.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that official
printed ballots shall be usec for voting at
said election, and that the proposition to be
voted upon shall be c-ta.ted on sai a printed
ballots as follows. to-wit:
"Shall the City of ?alo Llto incur a
bended inoebtedness of ei~hty thousand doll.E.rs
for the acquisition, con~traction and improve
ment of the public lands of said city for park
purposes?"
After said proposition to be voted upon
there shall be printed on the official b~llots
the words: ".For the Proposition" and "..;.r,ainst
the P.l·oposition", v:i th a blank voti.np; square
after each.
Voters voti:?i.P. at said electioii :shall
use only the official ballots and Ehall indicat~
their choice by stampin~ a cross (X) in the
square after the words "For tl:e Proposi t.:.o.n",
if they desire to vote for and in favor of the
proposition: or by stampinp a cross (X) in the
.square a~ter the words "Apa.inst the Proposition",
if they desire to vote B.1'1:l.List the proposi t ~on
to incur SA.id incebtedriess ..
Sec. 8. 7he money receiver fro~ the
sale of said bonds shall be deposited in the
city treasury in en ap1)ropriR te funa and shall
be applieC: ex~lusively to t.he ob.ject end purpose
mentioned i!"l .this ordinance.
Sec. 9. 'l'he City Clerk of the Clty 'Y!'
Palo Alto is hereby directed to have official
ballots printed in conformity with the directions
of' tbis ordinance. E'le is further directed and
required to cau.se this ordin)lllce to be published
in the I8ily Palo .Alto Times. O!'l :,!a.y 31 and June 2.
3. 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1924, beinR seven publications.
a newspaper of ~enera} circulation, printed and
p1iblished daily in said city of Pa.lo Alto. ex
cepting holidays, which publicat~on shall be ~ade
in said ne~spaper once a day for the days as
stated, separate insertions as often as said
r1ewspa.pe:r is published, and bein~ not less than
once a day for Bt least seven days.
Sec. 10.. This ordinance shP.11 take
~fteci and be in force from and after its
passa~e and approval.
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The f":>re~o inr, ora inance was duly
passed by the '~ouncil o"! the city of Pa.lo
Alto on the 28th day of !,fay, 1924 hy the
fo J.lowinp. vote:
AYE'S: Ber~sche, ~athcart, Cottrell,R9.sterday,
Jordan, l:austen, :1Iend enhall, T.hoi ts,
',7illiaras, ~ling.
NOES: None.
ABSE:JT: Blair, Cooley, JJuveneck, Eoba.rt·,
'.L'erwill iP."er.
Approved: --___,,,.,,.._ __ _
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State of C~lifornia )
County of Santa C::..ara ) SS
City Of Palo Alto )
r. FP.ANK usso:1, city cle:::·k
of the city o~ Palo Alto and ex-officio clerk
of sa5.d · coancil do certif:y· tr.at ti:e abo'7'e end
fore~oinp. ordinance was duly pa.sBed by a two
third s vote of all of the members of said ·
council on the day.and date nnd at the time
a.hove set fortl: •
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