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CALL ING FOR A SPB! IAI. ELID T ION IN THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO, COUllTY ·O.F .SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALI
FORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBlITTING TO THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY, TWO PROPOSITIONS
TO INCUR A BONDED INDE13TEDNESS, To::.wIT: THE AC
QUISI~ION AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONS AND
BETTERMENTS FOR ~BE DIS~IBI:BUTiiiG SYST»J OF THE
MUNICIPAt POWER PLANT, AND THE ACQUISITION AND
CONSTRUCTION O.F ADDITIONS AND :BETT!'BMENTS FOR
THE WNICIPAL WATER PLANT~
WHEREAS, the legislative branch of the City
of Palo Al to. did, on the 24th i.ay of July, 1924,
by a vote of more than two-thh-d.s of all iteroombers,
determine in due and prope::-form that the public
interest and necessity demand certain public im
provements in and for sa~ld oi ty, to-wit:
Proposi t.ion 1. The aoquiei tion and oonstruc
tion of additions and betterments for the distributing
system of the municipal power plant of eaid city:
Propoe1 tion:: 2. The acquisition and construc
tion of additions and betterments for the wat~r plant
of said 61t;v: and,
WHEREAS'. the Mayor being the executive of' said
city d-id, ... on the 24th day of July, 1924, dnly and
reRUlarly approve sa1d aotioL-of said le~islativie
branch: -..
. l)TOW, THEREFORE, t~e Counoil of the _City of
Palo Al~o do ord.ain.e.s follows~ to-wit: ·
Seotion l. It is hereby determined that
the public interest and necessity re~uire the
aoquiai tion and construction of adcli tio:ns and be·tter
ments for the dietriauting syetem of the munioipa!Ll
power plant of said city, and the acquisition and
conetruo.tion of addi tione and betterments for the
municipal water plant of eaid oity, as set forth
in the resolution above referred to, and to incur
an indebtedness therefor in excess of the money
in the treasury applicable for said purpose.
That the approximate assessed valuation of
all property within the limits of said city is
~7,000,000 and the present outstandin~ indebtedness
against said city is approximately ~647 ,000 •
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That the annual income and revenue of
said city 18 equal to and not greater than
the annual expendituree of eatd oity; that
the amount of indebtedness now proposed to be
incurred, together with all other indebtedness
of said city, is less than 15 per cent~: to-wit:
is approximately 9 per cent o! the assessed
valuation of all property within the-corporate
limits of said city.
Sec. 2. A.n election shall be held in
the city of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara,
State of California, on the 8th day of August~
1924, to submit to the qualified voters tJf
said city of Palo Alto, the :following pr.opos1-
tione to incur a bonded. indebtedness of said
city~ to-wit:
Proposition l.
Proposition. 2.
A proposition to incur a
bonded indebtedness of
i60,000, i~ gold coin of
the United States of
Arnerioa, for the aoqu·isi
tion and oonstruotion of
additions and betterments
for the distributing
system of the municipal
power plant.
A propos1 tion to incur a .
bonded indebtedness of
~~0,000, in gold coin of
trie U.ni ted Sta t·ee of
America, for the aoquiai~
tion and constra.otion of
ad·di tionc and betterme.nts
for the municipal water
plant.
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That the said last mentioned 1jate, to-wit:
the 8th day ot August, 1924, is hereby :f'iXed as
the date for holding said election, and the said
propos1t1oris to incur said municipal indebtedness
are hereby submitted to said voters for their
determination at said election •
It shall require the vote of two-third.a
o.f all voters voting at said special election to
authorize the incurring ot the indebtedness and
the issuance of bonds ther~or ..
Sec. 3. The objeot and purpose for which
said bonded indebtedness ot '60,000 is proposed
to be incurred ie ;for the aoqu1s1 ti on and con
struction of additions and betterments for the
distributing system of the municipal power plant,
the necessity for which arises from the following
facts: That the present diotributinp, system of
the municipal power plant is insu:t::tic~lent to meet
the present increasing demand for proper and
adequate serv.ioe to the pub·ac. and that it is
necessary to extend eleotr~c lines and increase
the oapaoity of the d:tstrib1.1ting eyEitem t·o take
care of the growth in population of the cit)r.
The object and purpose for which said
bonded indebtedness of 320,000 is proposed to
be incurred is for the acquisitioD. and aonstrnc
tion of additions and bettermentG for the water
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plant o:f the oity, the necessity for which arises
from the following :t'aots: That the present
water plant eyatem of said city i-s insufficient
to meet ·the increased deasnd for proper and
adequate service to the J:)tiblio. and tho capacity
of said water ,system mrust be inareas.ed in order
to tak_e care of the inoreased demand upon said
system.
That comp~tent en~ineers have made
estimates of tbe'neoeeea~y oost of each of said
pr~poaitions and find said cost. to. be the sum
~f sixty thousand dollars for Proposition land
twenty thousand dollars ~or Proposition 2, whioh
estimates are hereby referred to for par_tioul.ars.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is determined as
follows:
Seo. 4. ~hat the, estimated cost of said
Proposition l is if>0,000 gold coin as a:forea&id;
and the: estimated 09st of said Proposit:i.on 2 is
the sum of f20.000, gold ooin ae sforeeaid.
which sum in each case has been found and is
declared to be an amou.."'lt too great to be paid
out of the ordinary income 3lld revenue of said
01 t7.
Seo. 5 ~ AND :IT IS FURTHER ORDERE".0, that
if the above me11t1om3d propos1 t1ons to incur
said: indebtedness shall be adopted by the qualified
voters of said.city. as in this 6rdinance and by
law p~ovided. t~en (lnd in that case, bonds of
said oit7 in the amount of eighty thousand dollars
gold coin as aforesaid, for th~ payment of the cost
of said propo18itione shall issue as follows, to-wit:
Se.id bonC:e shall be nep.otiable in form and
shall be of i;he character known as "aerie.ls", and
shall bear interest ,from their issuance u.ntil
paid, at a maximum rate not exoeed.1ng five per
oe.nt per '»Inum, payable semi-aimually on such
1.Ii:debtedness. whl~h rate so recited may be lees
but shall not b~ exceeded in the ieauanoe of bonds
:tor euoh indebtedness.
The muniotpal : bonds au thorize·d to be
iaeued at said e:ection shall be made payable
by the legislati've branch of the oity substantially
as provided by section 5 of an act entitled:
"An Act Autho~izing the Incurring of Indebtedness
by Cities, T~wns, and Municipal CorporatJona for
Municipal Improvements, and Regulating the
Acquieition, Qonatru<rtion or Completion Thereof",
passed' b'e-bruacy 25, 1901, as amended to date;
and the interest on said bonds silall be payable
semi-annually,ae provid,ed, by said set.
Sec. 6. That ,the propositions herein
oontained and provided to be su,bmitted at said
election, (nor any proposition or propositions
to be submitted at said election. for inourrinP. ·
a municipal indebtednes~ similar to or sub
stanti~ly iD any manner the same as the
p_ropositions her.ein contained} have not been
submitted to the qualified electors of said
city, nor voted upon, nor failsd to reo.eive
~he requisite two-thirds ~ote. of the qttalified
, electors voting at &DY' election held within six
:months prior to the date ,:Of the passage of this
· ordinano-e.
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IT IS J'URTBER ORDERED, that the total in.:.
debtednese authorized to be oreated at said
election shall be represented by bonds
payable in the manner af~reeaid, and that such
bonds shall be issued in euoh d-enomination ;,r
denominations as the legislative branch of
said oi ty shall author:' ."''·
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Seo. 7. AND IT IS .PUR~BER ORDERED,
that the manner of holding said eleoticn
and of voting thereat for and against in-
" Curring said indebtedness shall be as provided
in this ordinance, and that in all :particulars
not :recited herein, said eleot:ioJ~ shall be
held and conducted ae provided b~r law 'for
holding m'llnioipal elections in said city;
provided, however, that inatruot:Lons and
sample ballots need not be mailed to the
voters.
Said elections shall be oonducted by
a board of .eleotion in each of the three
voting precincts o·f said city,which shall
oons1at of one inspector, one judge, one clerk,
and one ballot clerk, whose duties and powers
shall be the same as thoRe of a board of elec
tion, and o'f such election officers respective
ly under the ordinance and law govern1n~
municipal elections.
For the purpose of said special election,
said oity is oonstituted and eeta.blished hare'Qy
as three election precincts to 'be known as.
"Munic 1pal El"ction Preoinote B"oe. l, 2 and 3"
all inclusive.· ~
!'hat said v·oting precinots and the
places of poll1ntr the:rein, at which the polls
in ·auoh precincts will be held on sa1dda~ of
said electi.on in said city shall be and are
hereby established, oreated and desi~ated ·
as follows, to-wit:
llanic 1~1 Election Preo121ot No. 1: All
that po,rtion ~ the city of PSlo Alto located
within Preo1ncts l, 2, 4, 5 and 6, as con
stituted and designated by the ~ounty of santa
Clara, for general, state and county elections
is consolidated into find shall c.onstitute and
be debigna~ed as lfunioipal Election Preoinot
fl, for said election, and the i:•laoe of voting
in said Precinct 11 shall be the .Fire DepartmeL.t
Room of the City Hall on Ramona Street between •
University Avenue and Lytton Avenue in said
oity~
And the officers to conduct said el~ction
and who shall constitute the el~·l3tion board of
sai'<l Municipal .Election Preoinot-fl are hereby
appointed as ~ollows, to-wit:
Inspector: Mary W. Clemo
Judge: Vernel!a D. Maloolm
Clerk: Jessie B. Bishop
:&Lllot Clerk: Annie Conover
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.Munioi~l Election Preoinot No. 2. All
that portion o theoiti o! Palo Alto located
within Preoi~ota· 3, 7, a. 13 and 15, is
consti~uted and deaitnated as Munioi~al Elec
tion ·Preoinot Do. 2 for said election .• and <athe
place o.f voting in.881d Precinct No. 2 shall be
at 459 Channing Avenue.
The officers to conduct said election
and whc shall constitute the eleotioIJ. board in
said Election Preoinot .No. 2 are hereby appoi.nt~d
as follows. to-wit: ·
Inspector: .b'rances A.; Kasson
Judge: Warren w. Nicholas
Clerk: Maud L. Davis
Ballot Clerk: Cleo M. • .Russell
. Jlunici~l Election Precinct Bo. 3 •. All
that portion o the.City of Palo Ii~o located
in J:'recin.cts 9, 10, 11, .12. and 14, as con
stituted and designated by the County of Santa
Clara for general, state and county eleotions
is ooneolidated into and shall oonsttt·a.te and be
designated ae Uunioipal PJ:-eoinot No. 3 for said
eleotion: .and the place of voting in said
precinct shall be at 719 Middlefield Road.
The o1'fioere to conduct said election and
who· shall o.onstitute the election board in said
Municipal Election P:recinot No •. 3 are hereby
appointed as follows, to-wit:
Inspector:
Judge:
Clerk:
Ellen c. Sherman
AUFttSta Hooks.bout
Glady& Glaeser
Ball.ot Clerk: Lillian Brown
~'he polls shall be opened at said polling
.. Plaoea at six o' a-look in the morning of said
day of elect.i~n and shall be kept open until
seven o'clock ln the evening of said day, when
the polls shall be closed.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that official printed
ballots shall be used for voting at said ftlection
and tl:at the propositions to be voted upon shall
bo statied on the printed ballots as foll.owe, to-wit:
Proposition l: Shall the City of Palo Alto
incur a bonded indebtedness
of i6o,ooo in srold ooin of
the united Sta tea of America.
for the aoquisition and con-
stru.ction of additions and
betterments ~or the distribut
ing system of the municipal
power plant?
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Proposition 2. Shall th·a 1::ity of Palo
Alto incur a bonded in
debtedness of ,20,000.
in gold coi~ of the
United States of America,
for the aoqu1a1tion a:cd
oonstruotii::>n · o'! addi tiona
and betterments for .. the
municipal water plant?
After each of said propositions to be
voted upon, there shall be prtnted .on the
official ball~t the words: "For ·the Prop<:.ei tion",
and "Age.inst the Proposition", w:tth a blank
votinp. square after each.
Voters voting at said eleotion shall
use only the official ballots and shall indicate
their ohoioe by stamping a cross (X) in the
square after the words "For the Proposition"
if they desire to vote for and in favor of the
propoei tion; or by sta::nping a or::>ss CI) in the
s:quare after the words "Against the Proposition".
if they desire to vote a~inst the proposition
to incur said indebtedness.
Seo. 8. lbe money received from the
sale of said bonds shall be deposited ill the
city treasury in an appropriate :f.'und and
shall be applied exclusively to the object and
purpose mentioned in this ordinance ..
Seo~: 9. The city clerk of the City of
Palo Alto is hereby directed to have offioial
ballots printed in conformity with the directions
of this ordinance. He is furthe~ directed
and required to cause ttis ordinance to be
· published in the .Daily Palo Alto Times, on
July 29th. July 30th~ July 31st. August let.
Au~st 2nd, August 4th, and August 5th, 1924,
bein~ seven publications, a newspaper of general
o1roulation. printed and published dtdly in
said .c1 ty of Palo Alto, excJtpting holidays.
which publication shall be me.de in said news
paper once a day for the da1e as stated, eepBrate
,insertions as often as said newspaper ie pub
lished. and being hot less than onoe a day for
at least seven days.
Seo. 10. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and aft6r its
p&sa&ge and approval.
The foreRoing ordinance was duly passed
by the Counoll of the City of PaJ.o Alto on the
28th day of July, 1924, by the followin~ vote:
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AYES: Bertsche,Blair.cooley.cottrell.ntven9ok,
E'asterday,Hobart.Jordan~Mendenhall.Thoi~s.
NOES: .?lone.
ABSENT: Cathcart,
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State of California )
Count1 of Santa Clara ) es
City of Palo Alto )
I, .FRA.NK KASSO.N, City Clerk
of the City of Palo Alto and ex-officio clerk
of~ssid Council, do certify that the above and
foreg.oing ordinanoe was duly paeeed by a two
thirds vote of all of the members of said
Council on the day and date and at the time
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0 R D I N A N C E N O. 294 ·------------
RELATING TO VICIOUS 1X)GS
The Council of the 1a ty of .2alo Alto do
ordain as follows:
Section l. It is hereby de.~la.red to be
unlawtul for a:z:iy person to pgrmit a' vicious dog
to run at lar~e within the City of Palo Alto.
A dog is declared t.o be a vicious dog a.nd a
nuieanoe when it has bitterl or attempted to bite
any person.
Every person violatjng the provisions of
this ordinat.:.Je shall be deE(ied guilty of. a mis
demeanor. and u:pon conviotion thereof shall be
punished by a fine not ex\leeding five hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not exoee.dinf? one
hur:dred eighty d&ys, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
The City:Clerk is hereby directed to poet
this ordinanoe on the bulletin board at the o1ty
hall.
The sbove and fore~oln~ ordinanCJe was duly
passed by the Oounoil ~of th·~ Ci ty;O:t Palo .Alto at
a meeting held on the 28th 1lay of July 1924, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
Bertsche, :SJ.air. Cool1~y, Cottrell~ .niveneok.
Easterday, Hobart, .. Jo;:-dan,Mendenhall, Thoi ts.
None.
ABSENT: Cathoart,Lausten,Terwillige
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PART OF OR D 293