HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 223ORDINANCE NO. 22aNEW SERIES.
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 6th
DAY OF MAY, 1924, IN CERTAIN
'TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY OF KERN
A/qD CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD: pROVIDING FOR THE
· }[OLDING OF SUCH ELECTION· AND SUB-
N:iTTiNG TO THE ELECTORS RESIDING
",.IN:.EUCH TERRITORY THE QUESTION
· ~HETtIER SUCH TERRITORY' SHALL BE
ANNEXED TO, INCORPORATED IN AND
NAADE A 'PA~T OF SAID CITY· OF BAKERS-
FIELD, DESIGNATING SUCH TERRITORY'
BY' THE NAI~';E OF "SOUT)~ BAKERSFIELD
DISTRICT NO. 2," ESTABLISHING
ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POL(,ING
PLACES IN SAID TERRITORY,· APPOINT-
ING OFFICERS OF SUCH ELECTION AND
PROVIDING. 'FOR THE PUBLICATION OF.'
N'gi'ICE OF SUC~I SPECIAL ELECTION.
W~ER~AS, the Council of the City of Bakersfield did
on the ~Y!Vth. day Of ~eCember, 1923, receive a'written petition
aski'n~'that'certain new territory described in said petition
be annexed·to. said City of Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS, said Werri~ory so ·proposed to be annexed to
said City of Bakersfield is situated in the County of Kern,
State of California and is conti~ous to the City of'Bakersfield
and said. petition contains a description of said territory in
words and figures as is hereinafter in this ordinance describe~;
and
WHEREAS, said·petition is si~ned by o~elfourth (~)
and. more in number of the qualified electors residi~ with·in the
aforesaid district as is shown by the registration.Of voters
O~ the ~ounty of Kern, in which ~ounty said territory is si'tuated;
and .
WHEREAS, 's:aid new territory proposed to be ·annexed.
tO. and incorporated in and. made a part of such ~=unicipal cor-
poration does 'not fOr~n any part of any municipal corporation'=iand
it appears· that said territory is inhabited and. that· the occupants
SECTION· 1..
SECTION 2
thereof are bona fide residents of said new ·territory; and
WHEREAS, said· petition does not contain a request that
such new territory and the property therein be after such
annexation subject to taxation ~qually with the property within
the City of BakerSfield,..to pay any specified portion.of· any
'bOnded'.indebtedness of the City o.f Bakersfield· outstanding at.
"the.. date of the filin~ o.f such petition theretofore authorized;
NOW' THE~E~DRE BE IT ORDAI'NED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
CI'TT OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows:
That .a special· election be and tbe ssme is b. ereby
called to be held on Tuesday the 6th'day of ~ay, 1924, in said
new territory hereinbefo~e mentioned and'in the ~foresaid pe-
tition described and proposed to be annexed to the City of
Bakersfield, for the purpose of submitting t~ the electors
residing in'said new territory the question whether said new
territory as hereinafter described'shall be annexed to..'and
incorporated. in and made a part of the City of Bakersfield.
That the new territory which_ is proposed ·to'be
annexed .to, incorporated in and to be made a pa~,t of the City
of Bakersfield and desi'gnated the "SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT
NO. 2".and the territory inkwhich such special election is
hereby called s.nd shall' be ~eld. is ··situated in the County of
Kern, State of' C~lifornia and is ~ore particularly bounded and.
described as follows: "
Beginnin~ at the southeast corner of the intersection
of Brunda~e Lane with Un'ion Avenue and running' thence
west along the south line of Bru~dage ~ane to its
.. int~rsection with a line 305.25 feet westerly from
........... ~A-nd parallel~wi'~.%~e=~es~.l-i.~e.~.o~ ,Che.s~-e~--A~v-e~ue~ ...........
thence'-inor.th'on said· line parallel with the west line
of' Chester Avenue to the south'line of 4th. Street;
thence east along the south. line of 4th Street to the
east line of Union AVenue; thence south along.the
east line of ~nion Avenue to the south line of Brund. age
.~ane and th~ point of beginning.
Ths't said new' territory her~ij~.before and in said
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petition. described is hereby designated "'SOUTH BAKERSFIELD·'
DISTRICT ~0, 2" and said territory shall be indicated, destg-
.nated and referred to by the name of "South B~kersfield District
No,' 2" upon the ballots to t~ used at said special election .at
which such annexation of such terribory. to the City of Bakers-
field is submitted to the electors Of said territory and the name
of. "South Bakersfield District No, 2" whenever used in the
notice of .said special election hereby c.~.lled in said· territory
and in any and all proceedings for the annexation of such· terri-
tory' t'o the City of Bakersfield shal]. mean and. be construed· to
mean the territory hereinbefOre and in said. ~etition described
and so proposed by said petition to .be annexed to said City of
Bake rs f i el d,
That upon the ballot to be used at said special elec-
tion and. in addition to. the other notices required by law there
shall be printed ..the following proposition:
"Shall South. Bakersfield District No, 2 be annexed to
~/. the City of Bakersfield" YES
"Shall South. Bakersfield. District ~o, ~ be annexed to
~he City. of Bakersfield" NO,
· That. for .the purpose of holdin~ and conductinE said
special election hereby .called; one vo~ing precinct 'denominated
'-'-South Bakersfield District No, ~ Annexation Ele6tion Precinct
.~No, l" and the place at which the polls will be opened in the
said new territory hereinb~fore described and proposed. to be
annexed to the City of Bakersfield is hereby ·established
and designated.and the followin~r names or election officers
'therefore are hereby app~'nted.. 'toewit:
SOUTH BAKERSFiELD DISTRICT ~0. 2
AN~EXATICN ELECTit:N PRECINCT NO. 1.
Comprising of the property more. ~articularly described as follows:
of Brundage Lane with Union Avenue n u
west along the south line of .Bru~dage Lane to its
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interse n with a line 305.25 fee esterly from
and parallel with the west line of Chester Avenue;
thence north on said line parallel with the west line
of Chester Avenue to the south line of 4th Street;
tPence east along the south line of 4th Street'to the
east line of Union Avenue; thence south along the
east line of Union Ave~-.~o. the sout~ line of
Brund. age ~ane and the point 'of beginni~.'-
POLLI'NG PLACE: - Hick'S Cabin, 111 Chester Avenue.
JUDGE:
JUDGE:
iN SPECTOR:
Madge Smith.
Joseph M. Ross.
Homer A. Hicks.
SECTION 4.
That. the ballots to be used at said. special election,
the openin~ and clo'~ing of t~e polls and the holdin~ and con-
duct..in~ of. such election shall be in.conformity, as near as
may be with the-lew. s of the State of California 'concerning.
general elections except as otherwise prescribed 'by s.n act
of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled~. "An
act to provide for the alteration o~ the ~'oundaries of and for
the annexation 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
annexedytSrritory," approved June ll, '1913, and. all acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplementary thereto. The qualiEied 'electors
residing in said new territory so proposed. to be annexed to said
City of'Bakers~ietd are hereby directed ~o vote upon th.e..question
of the annexation of said territory tol said City of Bs. kersfield
by stampin~ a'cross (x) in the voting scuare after the printed
word "YES" On.tbe ballots to be used at said special election,
or by stamping a cross '(X) in the voting souare after t~e printed
wo.~d "NO" on such hallots. If an elector shall st~mp a~;~=c~'c~'s
(X) in the voting square'after the printed word "YES". t~e vote
.. of such elector shall be counted in favor of the annexation
SECTION 5.
SECTION
of the said new te.rritory t.o the City of. Bakersfield; and if
an elector shall stan~p a cross· (X) in the votin~ square after
the printed word. "NO" the-'.vo.te'of s~'.id elector shall be counted
· a.~ainst such annexation.
The City Clerk is hereby di're·cted to ,~ive notice of
said special election by p~blica~ion of a notice thereof in The
Daily Midw. ay Driller,. a newspaper of ~eneral circulation, printed
and.published outside of ~e City-of BakerSfield, and. printed
and published in the County· of ·Kern·, and such notice shall be
published once a week for four (4) successive weeks p?~ed.edin~
such election. Such notice shall distinctl~ state the date of.
such. special electi m.. and'the pr0~,osition to be submitted at such
specia·l ·election, to-wit:· That it is'proDosed to annex. to. incor-
porate in and M.~ake a part of the City of Bakersfield the. aforesaid
territory sought to be annexed, and shall specifically describe
.... ~. the bo,~ndaries the~eof~ in addition to said description of said
new territory so propos.ed to be s. nnexed to said Cit'.V of .
Bakersfield said notice sbal! desi.~nate said new territory
"S~a'~h BAhEHS'PiELD DiSTkiCT NO. P-" as hereinabove ?provi:ded.; and.
there shall be designated in said. notice the election'precinct
and 'the place at wb. ich the polls will'be op..ened for such election
in said new territory as establish, ed by this ordinance. In such .!
notice the ~.ualified electors residing in said new territory 'so
pro~.?psed to be annexed shall be directed to vote upon the ~uestion
of su. ch annexation as herein. above provided.
That' the proceedings for' the annexation of said new
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territory hereinbefore" des'dri'~d'-~6 t'~ Ci~ of'Ba~:erS~ielS~
ha~e been commenced, and.:~-~Sball be had and ~a~en under and in
accordance with the provisions of' an act of the Legislature of
tb'e State 'of California, entitled,~ "An act to provide for the
'i
alteration
boundaries .of and for
annexation of .-
'territory' tO municipal corporations~ for. ~.he--.incorporatlon
'of such ·annexed territory· in and as a part thereof, and for
~he' districting, ~overnment and municipal control of such annexed
terri'tory," approved June ll, 1913,'and.all acts amendatory:.there~
and supplementary thereto, and no other, which ~aid[ act is .desi~.
hated'and referred to .as the "Annexation Act of 1913."
I HEREBY CER'Y. IFY that the fore.~oin.~ Ordinance was-
passed and adopted at a reEular meeting of the Council of the
C'i~ty of' Bakersfield, on the3/~ay. of~- 1924 by the
Ayes-Austin, Baer, Carlisle. Carlock, O~ifllth, __';a~__a~fd'~, Stoner '.
Noes ...........' ' . .
'. 'GitYj/ler~iCio Clerk
of the Council of the City of
Bakersfield, Cslifornia.
APPROVED this 3//~
day
of ~ , 19~4.-
Mayor of the ~ity of Bskersfield,
California.
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