HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 191ORDINANCE NO. N~EW. SERIES.
'AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON THE 30th DAY 'OF OCTOBER,
1923, IN CERTAIN TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY
OF K~RN AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIE~D, PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED TO
SAID CITY OF BAKERSFIELD; PROVIDING FOR
THE .HOLDING OF SUCH ELECTION AND SUBMIT-
TING TO THE ELECTORS RESIDING IN SUCH.'~
TERRITORY THE QUESTION WHETHER SUCH TER~
RITORY SHALL BE ANNEXED TO, .INCORPORATED
IN AND MADE A PART OF SAID CITY OF BAKE.R~,..
FI~j~.D, DESIGNATING SUCH TERRITORY'BY THe' "
NAME OF "SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT",
ESTABLISHING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLL-
ING PLACES IN SAID TERRITORY, APPOINTING
THE OFFICERS OF SUCH E~ECTION AND PROVIDING·
FOR T~ P-BB~*'iCATION OF NOTICE OF SUCH
SPECIAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Bakersfield did
on the 1Vth day of September, 1923, receive a written petition
asking that certain new territory described in said petition
be annexed to said City Of Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to
said City Of Bakersfield is situated in the County of Kern, State
of California and is contiguous tO the City of Bakersfield and
said petition contains a description of said territory in words
and figures as is hereinafter in this ordinance described; and
WHEREAS, said petition is signed-' by
an'd~'~.mo~) in number.of the qualified electors residing within
the aforesaid district as is shown by the'registration of
voters of the County of Kern, in which county said territory
is si'~t~d; and. " "
~EREAS,. said new territory proposed to be a~n~Xed to
and inco'rporated in and made a part of such municipal corpora-
tion does not form any part of any municipal corporation and it
appears that said territory is inhabited and that. th~ occupants
thereof are bonafide residents of said new ter~.~y; .and
~EREAS,' said petition does not. contain a request that
such new territor~ and the property therein be after such
annexation subject to taxation equally with the property wit~'
the City of Bakersfield, to pay any specified portion of any bond-
ed indebtedness of the City of Bakersfield outstanding. at the date
of'the filin~ of such .petition thereto fore authoriZe"~;
SECTION 1.·
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THeY
OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows:
That a special election b~ and the same is he~y called
tO be held on Tuesday the ~0~ day of .Oc·tobor.~.o 1~2~ in said new
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territory hereinbefore mentioned and in the aforesaid petition
described and proposed to be annexed to the City of Bakersfield,
for the purpose of submitting to the electors residing in said
new territory the question w~ether said new territory. as herein~
after described' shall be annexed to, and incorporate~B. and made
a pa~ of the City of Bakers field. ..
That the new territory which is proposed to be annexed to,
incorporated in and to be made a part of the City of Bakersfield
and designated the "SOUTH B~CRSFIELD'DISTRICT" and the territory
in ~hich such special election is hereby called and 's~&ll be held
is situated in the County of A~ern, State of California and is more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
· ·.cobending at the i tersect'ion of
Palm Street and the west l~ne of H Street· and rur~ni'n'g"'~ence'
west along· the south line of- Palm Street ~ .t~he .west line
of A Street; thence south'~-~nig..'the west line of A Street
to the south lihe of B~ndage Lane· .(B'~lle~e..Road) thence
east along the south line of Brundage Lane to the east
line of Kern Island Road,· or. the northwest corner of Block
A Virginia Tract; thence south ~ong the east line of Kern
Island Road to the north line of TerraCe Way; thence east
along the ·north 1. e of Terrac~ Way to the southeast corn.e:~'~.~
Lane; thence east along the south line of B~dage Lane
the East line of Union Avenue; thence north ~ong said
east ·line of Union Avenue to the ,south line-of 4th Street,
i~ produced easterly ·across Union Avenue; thence west
along the south line of 4th 8tree~ to the west line of
S~reet, if .'~produced southerly; thence north along said
west line of-H Street to the point o.~.C~mencement.
SEC XO
That said new .territOry herein before and in sai~it-.
ion described is hereby designated as "South Bakersfield District"
and said territory shall be indicated, designated'an,~d.~_referred
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~.o by the name of ·"South Bakersfield District" upon the ballots
to be used· at said special election at which such annexation
of such territory to the City of Bakersfield is submitted to
the electors of said territory and the name of "South Bakers-
field District" whenever used in the notice· of said special
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election hereby called-in said territory and in any and all
Proceedings· for the annexation of such territory t~""the City
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of Bakersfield shall mean and be construed to mean. '~he territory
here in before and in said petition described and so ~'~6'posed
by said petition to be' annexed to said City of Baker~field.
That upon the ballot to be used at said special
election and in addition to the other notices required by law
there shall be printed the following proposi$ion:
"Shall South Bakersfield District be annexed to the
City of Bakersfield"
..... - - -YES
"Shall South Bakersfield District be annexed to
City ~of Bakersfi eld"
...... NO.
SECTION 3.
That. f~r thd purpose of holding and conducting said
special election hereby called, two voting precincts .denominated
"South. BakerSfield District Annexation Election' Precin;!~'/!~No'.~' 1"
and "South Bakersfield District Annexation Election Precinct No..
2" and the places at which the polls will be Opened .in the
said new territory herein before described and proposed
annexed to the City of Bakersfield is hereby established and
designated and the following names of election office.~s there-
for are hereby appointed to-wit:
SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT ANNEXATION
ELECTION PRECINCT NO. l,
comprising of the property more particularly described as
follows:
D Street.
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly
line of Palm Street with the westerly line of H Street
and running thence westerly along the southerly line
of Palm Street to the easterly line ofAA Str~e.t;
thence southerly along the easterly line of ~reet
to the northerly line of Brundage Lane; thenCe'east-
erly along the northerly line of Brundage Lane to
the westerly line of H Street; thence northerly along
the westerly line of H Street to the point of beginning.
Polling Place: E.L. Hayes Garage, Verde Street near
JUDGE: Mrs. Alice Budge
JUDGE: Mrs. Blanche MacQuiddy
INSPECTOR: Edw. T. WillJams.
S~UTH BAKERSFIE~D DISTRICT ANNEXATION
ELECTION PRECINCT NO. 2,
comprising of the property more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection' of the easterly
line of H Street ~ith the southerly line of 4th Street
and running thence southerly along the easterly
,line of H Street· to the northerly line of Bruntage
Lane; theme easterly along the nOrtherly.line of
~_/ .... ;. -'.. .Brunda~e Lane to a point' in .the easterly line of the_
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.the Kern Island Blvd..to the northerly line of Terrace
Way; thence easterly along the northerly line of
Terrace Way to the southeast coTher of Block'.Fof
the Virginia Tract; thence northerly along?the easterly..
line of.said Block F to the northerly line 'of Brundage .....
Lane; thence easterly along the northerly line of ....
Brundage Lane to the westerly line of Union Avenue;./-E
.thence northerly along the westerly line .of Union=.'.~;;-'
"Avenue to the.southerly line of 4th .Street if produced
easterly to the westerly line of Union Avenue; thence
'westerly along the southerly line of 4th Street to the
point of beginning.
· Polling Place: Hick's Cabin, 111 Chester Avenue.
JUDGE: Mrs. Rose Anson,
INSPECTOR: H~ A. Hicks.
SECTION 4.
· That the ballots to'be used at said special election,
the opening and'closing of the polls and the holding and con-
ducting of such election shall be in conformity, a~ near as
may be with the laws of the State of California concerning
general elections, except as etherwise prescribed by an act
of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled,
"An Act to provide for the alteration o.f the boundaries. of and
for 'the anne~ation of territory to municipal corporations, for
· the incoi~poration of such. annexed territory in and as a .part
thereo. f, and for the districting government and municipal
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control of such annexed territo y, approved June 11, 1913,
and' all acts 'amendstory 'thereof .and supplementary thereto.
The qualifie'd 'electors residing in said new territory so
proposed to be_ annexed. to said City of Bakersfield are hereby
directed'to vote upon. the question of the annexation of said
territory to' said City of Bakersfield by stamping 'a 'cross .(X)
in the voting Square after the printed word "'YES" on'the ·
ballots to be used' :at said special election, ~br by Stamping
SECTION
That the proceedings for the annexation' of .~aid"'.n-~w,.
territory hereinbefore described to The City Of Bakersfield
have been commenced~ and shall be~ad·.~a~dtaken under and in
· accordance'with the.provisions of an act of the LegiSlature
of the State of C'alifornia, entitled, "An Act to provide for
the alteration'of the boundaries of and for the annexatio.~.~.~".''~
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of territory to municipal corporations, for the incorporation
of such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and for the
districting, government and municipal control of such annexed
territory," approved June 11, 1913, and all acts amendatory
thereof and supplementary thereto, and no other, which said
act is designated and referred to as the "Annexation Act of
1913".
I .hereby certify that the foregoing 0r~inance was
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the ~ouncii of
the City of Bakersfield, ·on· the ~~day .of ~,
1923, by the following vote:
Ayes-Austin, Baer, Carlisle. Carlock. Griffith~ Haberfelde..Stoner
APPHOVED' this '~~day
of· . 1~23.'
Ot~'~io' Clerk
of the 0ouncil of the City of
Bakersfield, California.
SECTION 5.
in the voting square after the printed .word "YES" ' ' .....'~"':
· ~ .... -., the vote
of such elector shall be counted' '~n favor. .o'f' the a'rmexation
of the said new territory to the City of Bakersfield;' and if
an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after
counted against such annexation. "'~!? ....
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That the City clerk'i ereby directed to give not'ice
of said special ·eleCtion by publl~a~tlo~nL of-a notice thereof in
T ay Driller, a newspaper 'of general circulation,.
and published in the County of Kern, snd such no~ic~.~all be
published once a week for four (-4) successive weeks preceeding
such election~.~ Such motice shall distinctly state the date
of Such special election and the proposition to be submitted"
at such special election, to-wit: That ~t is proposed '~"~'
to ~nex to, incorporate in and make a part of the..City of
Bakersfield the' aforesaid territory sought to be annexed,
and shall specifically describe. the boundaries thereof, in
additioh to said description of said. new territory so proposed'
to. be ~nexed to said City of B~ersfield said no%~ice shall
designate said new territory as "SOUTH BAERSFI~D DI ~TRI~TL'~.~...;.~.'-
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as' herein above provided, and there shaI1 be designated in ~:'
said no~ice the election precincts and the places at ~ich the
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polls ~ill be opened for such e'iection fn said new
as established .by Lthis"'ordinance. In such notice ~ '.
qualified elector~ residing..-"..in said. new territory so p~o-.'
posed to be annexed sh~l be directed to vote upon the
question of such annexation as herein above Rrovided~
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