HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 222ORDINANCE NO. 222 NEW SERIES.
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE ·HELD ON THE 8th
DAY OF ~iAY, 1924, IN CERTAIN
TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY' OF KERN,
AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD; PROVIDING FOR THE
HOLDING OF SUCH ELECTION AND-
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS RESID-
ING IN SUCH TERRITORY THE QUESTION-
WHETHER SUCH TERRITORY' SHALL BE
ANNEXED TO, INCORPORATED IN AND
MADE A PART OF ~AID CITY OF BAKERS-
FIELD, DESIGNATING SUCH TERRITORY
BY THE NANiE OF "SOUTH BAKERSFIE~,D
DISTRICT N0. l," ESTABLISHING
ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING
PLACES IN SAID TERRITORY, APPOINT~
ING'THE OFFICERS OF' SUCT'~. ELECTION
AND PROViDI'NG FOR THE PUBLICATION
OF NOTICE OF SUCP SPECIAL ELECTION.'
~EREAS, the council of the City of·Bakers·field did
on the.17~h day of December,. 1923, '~eceive a written petition
asking that certain new territory de'scribed in ~aid petition
be annexed.to said City of 'Bakersfield; and
WHEHEAS, said territory so pr6posed to be annexed ~o
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 descriptt. on of said territory in
words and figures as is h'ereinafter in this ordinsnce described;
and
- WHEREAS, ~aid petition is sig~ed by one-fourth (,) and.
mo~e 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
situated;'and · ·
WHEREAS, said new territ0~y proposed to be annexed to
and incorporated in and made a .par~.0f such municipal'corpora-
tion does not form any part of any.municipal corporat~.on:.and i~
appears that said ter~.tory is .inh~bited and..that' the occupants
thereof are' bona fide residents of said new territory; an~d'
~ WHEREAS, said petition does not contain a .reqUest that
such 'new territory and the property therein be after' 'such
an~'~xation Sub.iect to taxation equally wit.b the property within.
the City of Bakersfield, to pay any specified portion of any
bonded i~debtedness of the City of Bakersfield outstanding at
the date of the filin_~ of such petition theret0fore au~'~ized;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT .ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAERSFIELD, as follows:
SECTION 1 .... ~..
· --' That a special election be and'the same is bePeby.called
to be held on Tuesday the 6th day of May, 1924~.in said ~ew terri-
..tory'hereinbefore mentioned and in ~he aforesaid petitiOn'described
and proposed to be annexed to the. City of Bakersfield,.-for-the
purpose of submitting, to" the electors residir~g in said ~eW' t.e~itory
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the question whether said new territory as b.ereinafter des'cribed
shall be annexed to, and incorpoLrated in and. made a .pa~rt 'of the
City of. Bakersfield, :~.,
That the new territ6ry which is proposed to be annexed
to, incorporated in and to be made a part. of the City of Bakers-
field and designated the "'SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT NO, l" and
the territo'ry in which such Special election is hereby called
and shall be held is situated in the'~ounty of Kern, State of Cal-
ifo.r~xi'~'~and is more pa~'ticularly-bounded' and deSCribed as fo=].lows:
SECTION 2."
Beginning at the intersection of the south. line of Palm
Street and the west line of H Street and run~,in~ thence
west along the south line of Palm Street to the west
line of A Street; thence'south along the west line of
A Street to the south line 'of B~undage ~ane (Bellevue
Road); thence east along the south line of Brundage
.Lane to. the west line of'Kern-Island Road; thence south
along the west line of Kern Island Road to the south
line of Terrace Way; thence east ~ong the south. line·
of Terrace Way to its intersection with the extension
southerly of the easterly line· of Block F Virginia
Tract; thence 'north along said extension and along the
-east line of Block F to the south line of Brundage
Lane; thence west along the south line of Brundage
Lane to its intersection with a line 308.28 .feet west-
erly from and parallel with. the west line~of Chester
Avenue; thence north on said line parallel *ith the
west line of Chester Avenue, to the soubh'line of 4th
Street; thence west along the south line of 4th Street
to the.west line of H Street; thence north alon~'the
west line of H Street to the south line of Paln"'Street
and the point of beginning.
That said new territory hereinbefore and in sai'd petition
described is hereby designated as "SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT
NO. l" and said territory shs. ll .be indicated, designated and '.
referred to by the name of "SOUTH· BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT NO. l"Q
upon the ballots 8f such territory to the City of Bakers·field
as submitted to the electors of said territory and the name
of "SOUTH BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT ~0. l" whenever used in the
notice of said special election hereby called in said ~errit'ory
and in any and. all proceedings for the annexation of such terri-
tory to the City of Bakersfield. shall mean a~d be construed to
mean the territory hereinbefore and in said petition described
and, so proposed by said petition to be annexed to said City
of Bakersfield.
That upon the ballot to b~ used at said special election
and in addition to the other notices required by .law there shall
be printed the following· .proposition:
"Shall South Bakersfield District-No. i be annexed to
the City of Bakersfield" ................ .-YES
· "SHall'South Bakersfield District No. I be annexed to
the City of Bakersfield" ......
NO ·
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SECTION
That for the purpose of holding and condncting said
special election hereby called, one voting precinct denominated
"South Bakersfield District No. 1 Annexation Election. Precinct
No.'l" and the place at which the polls will be o~ened in the
said new territory hereinbefore described and ~roposed to be
annexed to the City of Bakersfield is hereby established and
designated and. the following names of election officers therefor
are hereby appointed, to-wit:
SOUT~ BAKERSFIELD DISTRICT NO. 1 ANNEXATION
ELECTION PRECINCT NO. l-
Comprising of the property more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the south line of
Palm Street and the west line of H Street and running
thence west ~ong the south line of Palm Street.to the
west line of A Street; thence south along the west line
of A.Street to the south line of Brundage Lane (Bellevue)
Road); thence east along the south. line of Brundage Lane
to the west line of Kern Island.Road; thence south
along ths west line of Kern Island ~oad to the south.
line of Terrace Way; thence east along the Soutb ~ine
of Terrace Way to its intersection with the extension
southerly of the easterly line of Block F Virginia
Tract; thence north alon~ said extension and along the
east line of ~lock F to the south. line of Br~nd~·ge Lane;
thence west along the sou~h line of Brunda~e Lane to
its intersection with a line S08.28 feet westerly from
and parallel with the'west line of Chester Avenue;'thence
north on said line 'parallel with the west line
Chester Avenue, to the south line of ~th Street.; thence
.west along the south line of ~th Street to the west. line
of H Street; thence north along the west lihe of H
Street to the south line of Palm Street and the point
of beginni.ng.
"~ ..~-Poll~ng Pl. ace; - E. L. Hayes Garage, Verde Street, near
D. Street.
JUDGE:
Oma S. Clemens
·JUDGE:
INSPECTOR:
Flora Cortl.
Josephine W. Davis,
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"' .~.C~ION 4.. ~
That the ballots to be' used at said special election,
the ..-Open".-i'ng and closing of the po].ls and the holdin.~ and con,
du. cting Of suc~.~TM election shall be .in conformity, -as ·near as
may. be witl~'.the ·laws of the State of California concerning
general electibns, except as otherwise 'prescribed by an act
of :~.he L~gislature of the State of Cal. ifornia.. entitled, "an
Act to' provide for the alt'eration of the boundaries of and for
the annexation of ~erritory to municipal corporations, for the
incOrpQ~ation of such annexed territory in and as a part .thereo.~:~
and for the districting government and municipal cont'rol of such
annexed territory," approVed June Ii, 1913, and all acts amenda-
'~Py thereof and supplementary thereto. The qualified-electors
residing in said new territgry 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 "YE.,S" on the ballots to be used at said special election.
~=or by s~s~nping a' cross (X') in the voting squs. re after theeprinted
word"'NO"'on such ballots. If an elector shall stamp a cross
(X) in the voting square after the printed word "YES", the.vote
of suc~ elector shall be counted in favor of the annexation of t~e
said new territory to the City of Bakersfield; and if an elector
shall~'Stamp a cross'(X) in the votin~ square after the printed
word "NO", tb.e vote of Said elector shall be counted against such
annexation. .-
SECTION 5.
That the Ci~-y Clerk is hereby direct'ed to g.ive notice
of said special election by publication of a notice thereof.in
The Daily Midway' Driller, a.newspaper of ~.eneral circulation,
printed an~ published.in' bh~ ~oun. ty of Kern. and such notice shall
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SECTION 6.
be published once a week for four (4).successive weeks
preceding such election. Such notice shall distinctly state
the da~e of'such special election and the proposition to be
submitted at such special election, to-wit: That it is pro-
posed.to annex to,.'incOrporate in and make a part'of the City
of Bakersfield the aforesaid territory ~ou~ht 'to be annexed,
and shall.specifically describe the boundaries thereof. in
addition to said.description of said new territory so proposed
to 'be annexed to said City of Baksrsfield said notice shall'
designate said new territory as "SOUTH B~K'ERSFIELD DISTRICT NO.
l" as hereinabove prqvided, and there shall be designated in
said notice the election precinct'and the place. at which the
polls wil'l be opened for such election in said new territory
as established by this ordinance. Ifi such notice the qUali-
fied electors residing in said new' territory so proposed to be
annexed shall be directed to vote upon the 'question of such
annexation as hereinabove provided.
That the proceedings for the annexation Of said new
territory he~'.einbefore described ~o ~h.e City of Bakersfield
bav~ be~p commended, and. shall be had and taken under and in
accordance with the provisions of an'act of the Legislature of
the State o£ CaliforF~ia. entitled, "An tct to provide fo'r the
alteration of the boundaries of and for the annexation d~f terri-
tory to municipal corporations, for the .incorporation of such
annexed territory in and as a part. thereof, ~nd for the dis-
~ricting, government and municipal control of such annexed
~erritory," approved June ll. 191~, and all acts amendatory t
thereof and supplementary thereto, and no other, which said
act is designated and referred to as the "Annexation Act of 1913."
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I HEMEBY CERTIFY that the fore~oin~ Ordinance was
'passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the
~,'~ ~ b~"'
C"ty of Ba~e~sfield. on the ay of ., 19~4,
the follo~in~ vote: "
-A~es-Austin, B~r, CarlHe, ~o~, Gri~th, IT2,|~,M~le. S~ner
· Noes ...................................: ..........................~ .....................·'
Abs~nt'.~ ." - ~ . ..
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" Cit cio Clerk
of the CoUnCil of the City of
Bakersfield, California..
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