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ORDINANCE NO. 1099
. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING
FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
ARCADIA ON THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
1960, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY A
PROPOSITION TO EMPLOY CONSULTANTS TO
PREPARE A MASTER PLAN, AND CONSOLIDATING
SAID ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID
DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, 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 Arcadia, California, on
the 8th day of November, 1960, for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of said city a proposition to employ consultants
to prepare a master plan as hereinafter more particularly set forth.
SECTION 2. That the polls for said election shall be
opened at seven o'clock, A. M., of the day of said election and
shall remain open continuously from said time until seven o'clock,
P. M., of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, except as
provided in Section 5734 of the Elections Code of the State of Cali-
fornia.
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:
MARK CROSSES (..) ON BALLOT ONLY WITH RUBBER STAMP;
NEVER WITH PEN OR PENCIL.
(ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE MARKED WITH PEN AND INK
OR PENCIL.)
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
To vote on any measure, stamp a cross (+) in the
voting square after the word "YES" or after the
word "NO." All marks, except the cross (+) are
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forbldden. 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 absent voter's ballots mark a cross (+) with
pen or pencil.
,
PROPOSITION: Shall the City of
Arcadia employ consultants, at a cost
estimated to be between Fifty thous-
and Dollars ($50,QQO.00) and Seventy-
five thousand Dollars ($75,000.00),
for the purpose of preparing a Master
Plan for the City?
YES
NO
SECTION 3. 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 hereinbefore
provided shall be counted against the adoption of the proposition.
SECTION 4. That the special municipal election hereby
called to be held in the City of Arcadia on the 8th day of November,
1960, shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the statewide
general election to be held on said date, and within the City of
Arcadia the prec.1ncts, polling places, voting booths and officers
of election for the special municipal election hereby called shall
be the same as those provided for said statewide general election.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles hereby is
requested to order the consolidation of the special municipal elec-
tion hereby called with said statewide general election, and said
Board of Supervisors is authorized hereby to canvass the returns of
the special municipal election hereby called, and said elections
shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election,
and only one form of ballot shall be used. Said Board of Supervisors
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shall certify the result of the canvass of the returns of such
special municipal election to the City Council of the City of
Arcadia who shall thereupon declare the result thereof.
SECTION 5. 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 weeks
in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News, a weekly newspaper of gen-
eral circulation in said city.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
ADOPT3D, SIGNED AND APPROVED this tlr/ day Of~ 1960.
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6I.QTEMI'ORE
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
f!~~ An ~
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF ARCADIA
ss.
I, CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was intro-
duced and adopted at an adjounned regular meeting of the City CoUncil
duly held on the 24th day of
August
, 1960, by a vote of more
than two-thirds of the members of said City Council, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Balser, Phillips, Reibold
and Camphouse
Councilman Butterworth
NOES:
ABSENT:
None
(SEAL)
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