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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0575ORDINANCE NO. 575 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLIIv'G, PRO- VIDING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ETECTION TO BE HELD IIQ SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1952, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PRO- POSITION TO INCUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR A CERTAIN NNNICIPAL IMPROVE1VfEPIT, AND CONSOLIDATING SAID ELEC- TIOPd WITH THE GENERAL NNNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE. NIHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lynwood, California, did on the 19th day of February, 1952, by a vote of more than two-thirds of the members of said City Council, adopt Resolution No. 2"~f32 , entitled "Resolution of the City Council of the City of Lynwood, California, determining that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition and construction by said city of a certain municipal improvement, and making findings relating thereto," which said resolution was duly signod and approved by the Mayor of said City and attested and certified by the City Clerk of said City; NOV1, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of i Lyn:vood DOES ORDAIN as follows Section 1. That a special election be held, and the same is hereby called to be held, in the City of Lynwood, California, on the 8th day of April, 1952, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said city a proposi- tion of incurring indebtedness and issuing bonds of said city therefor, in the amount hereinafter set forth, and for the object and purpose set forth in said resolution and hereinafter stated, Section 2, That the object and purpose for which said indebtedness is proposed to be incurred and bonds issued therefor are as follows; The acquisition and construction by said City of a certain municipal improvement, to wit: a swimming pool and building therefor with heating and 4vater purification systems, said building to include grandstands, mezzanine floor lunching area, dressing rooms, toilets and showers, including the acquisition of all apparatus and equipment necessary therefor. Section 3, That the estimated cost of the proposed municipal improvement described in Section 2 hereof is the sum of four hundred thousand dollars 0400,000); that the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor is the sum of Sour hundred thousand dollars 0400,000); and that the maximum rate of interest to be paid on said indebtedness shall not exceed five per cent .( o 5 ) per annum, payable annually for the first year and semiannually thereafter. That if the proposition for the incurring of bonded indebtedness so submitted receives the requisite number of votes, to wit, two-thirds of the votes of tho qualified electors voting on said proposition, bonds of said city in not exceeding the principal amount stated in such proposition, shall be issued and sold for the objects and purposes set forth in said proposi- tion. section 4. That the polls for said election shall be opened at seven oPClock, A. M,, of the day of said election, and shall remain open continuously from said time until seven oPClock, p, ~,, of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, 2. except as provided in Section 573l~ of the H;lections Code of the State of California. That on the ballots to be used at said special election, in addition to any other matters required by law, there shall be printed substantially the following: 114ARK CROSSES (+) ON BALLCT ONLY ~!!IITH RUBBER STAMP; NEVER WITH PEN OR PENCIL. (ABSEPTm~ BALLOTS MAY BE P1fARKE`TJ ~NITH PEN AND INK OR PEPdCIL. INSTRUCTIONS TO yOTER5 To vote on any measure, stamp a cross (+) in the voting square after the word "Y;TS" or after the word ATO." All marks, except_the_cross (+), are forbidden, All distinguishing marks or erasures are forbidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongly stamp, tear, or deface this ballot return it to the inspector of election and obtain another. On absentee voters ballots mark a cross (+) with pen or pencil, _ . BOND PROPOSITION: Shall the City of Lynwood incur a bonded indebtedness in the principal sum of X400,000 f'or the purpose of the : yES acquisition and construction by said city of a certain municipal improvement, to wit: a swimming pool and building therefor with heating and water purification systems, said , building to include grandstands, , mezzanine floor lunching area, _ ° dressing rooms, toilets and showers, : including the acquisition of all NC apparatus and equipment necessary there-: . for? A cross (+) placed in the voting square after the word "YES" in the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted in favor of the adoption of the proposition. A cross (+} placed in the voting square after the word "NO" in the manner herein- before provided shall be counted against the adoption of the proposition. 3• Section 5, That the special election hereby called shall be and is hereby ordered cnnsolidated with the general municipal election to be held in said city on Tuesday, the 8th day of April, 1952, and such elections shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one ticket or ballot shall be used thereat. The precincts, poll- ing places, and officers of election for this special election shall be the same as those provided for said general municipal election, and said precincts, polling places and officers of election are set forth in the resolution providing for said general municipal election, to wit Resolution No. 7_',81 adopted February 19, 1952, and entitled "A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lynwood, California, falling a general municipal election on Tuesday, April 8, 1952, in said dity, establishing precincts, designating polling places, appointing election officers and fixing their compensation." Section 6, That, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, the election called hereby shall be conducted as provided by lavr for other municipal elections in said city. Section 7. That the City Council of said City shall meet at its usual place of meeting in the City Rall on Tuesday, the 15th day of April, 1952, at 7:'30 o'clock g.M., of said day, and proceed to canvass the election re- turns and declare the result of said election. Section 8, That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance by a vote of more than two-thirds of all of the members of the City Council of said City, and shall cause said ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks in the LYNWOOD PRESS, 4> a newspaper of general circulation published less than six days a vaeel: in said city. No other notice of such election need be given. Section 9< This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage, ADOPTED, SIGNED APdD APPROtTED this ._~}th day of STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF LYD7WOOD ) I, FRANK R. LIl':2BER, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore- going ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City duly held on the 19th day of Februar~, 1952, and thereafter at a regular meeting of said City ouncil duly held on the !}th day of March, 1952, was re-read, duly passed and adopted by said City Council and signed and approved by the Mayor of said City, and that said ordinance was passed and adopted by a vote of more thar, two-thirds of the members of said City Council, to wit: AYES: Councilmen NOES: Councilmen ABSENT: Councilmen 'ity (SEAL) Lynw~ Bruner, D4offitt, Sneddon and ;Dillard. IQone. Daetweiler. Clerk the City of god, California, 5•