ORDINANCE 432"6 J
ORDINANCE NO. 432
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING
FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
ON THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY TWO PROPOSITIONS TO
INCUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR
CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND CON-
SOLIDATING SAID ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of El Segundo,
California, did on the 24th day of February, 1954, by a vote
of more than two - thirds of the members of said City Council,
adopt Resolution No. 1389 entitled ttResolution of the City
Council of the City of El Segundo, California, determining
that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition
and construction of certain municipal improvements, and making
findings relating theretott, which said resolution was duly
signed and approved by the Mayor of said city and attested and
certified by the City Clerk of said city;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of E1
Segundo 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 E1 Segundo,
California, on the 13th day of April, 1954, for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified voters of said city two propositions
of incurring indebtedness and issuing bonds of said city there-
for, in the amounts hereinafter set forth, and for the objects
and purposes set forth in said resolution and hereinafter stated.
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SECTION 2. That the object and purpose for which each
of said indebtedness is to be incurred and bonds issued therefor
are as follows:
Bond Proposition No. 1:
The acquisition and construction by the City of
El Segundo of a certain municipal improvement, to wit:
a city hall, including the improvement of the city hall
grounds with landscaping and vehicle parking facilities,
and including the acquisition of all furniture, furnish-
ings, equipment and other property necessary for any of
the foregoing.
Bond Proposition No. 2:
The acquisition and construction by the City of
El Segundo of a certain municipal improvement, to wit:
a building to provide quarters for the police department
and city jail, including an indoor pistol range and
quarters for civil defense, and including all furniture,
furnishings, equipment and other property necessary for
any of the foregoing.
SECTION 3. That the estimated cost of the municipal
improvement described in Bond Proposition No. 1 in Section 2
hereof is the sum of two hundred seventy thousand dollars
($270,000) and that the amount of the principal of the indebted-
ness to be incurred therefor is the sum of two hundred seventy
thousand dollars ($270,000).
That the estimated cost of the municipal improvement
described in Bond Proposition No. 2 in Section 2 hereof is the
sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) and that
the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred
therefor is the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars
(4120,000).
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That the maximum rate of interest to be paid on any
indebtedness incurred for any of the purposes stated in this
ordinance shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted by law,
to wit, six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually for the
first year and semiannually thereafter, the actual rate or
rates of interest on said bonds to be determined at the time
of the sale or sales thereof.
That if any proposition for the incurring of bonded
indebtedness so submitted receives the requisite number of
votes, to wit, two - thirds of the votes of the qualified electors
voting on said proposition, bonds of said city, in not exceed-
ing the principal amount stated in such proposition, shall be
issued and sold for the object and purpose set forth in said
proposition.
SECTION 4. That the polls for said election shall
be opened at seven otclock, A.M., of the day of said election
and shall remain open continuously from said time until seven
otclock, P.M., of the same day, when said polls shall be closed,
except as provided in Section 573. of the Elections Code of the
State of California.
That on the ballots to be used at said special elec-
tion, 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't. All marks, except.-the-cross ( +) are
forbidden. All distinguishing marks or erasures
are forbidden and make the ballot void.
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If you wrongly stamp, tear or deface this ballot,
return it to the inspector of election and obtain
another.
On absent voterts ballots mark a cross (+) with
pen or pencil.
:
BOND PROPOSITION NO. 1: Shall
:
the City of El Segundo incur a
YES
:
bonded indebtedness in the princi-
:
:
pal amount of y270,000 for the
:
purpose of the acquisition and ;
:
construction by said city of a
:
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certain municipal improvement,
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to wit: a city hall, including
:
the improvement of the city hall
;
:
grounds with landscaping and ve-
:
hicle parking facilities, and in-
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cluding the acquisition of all :
NO
furniture, furnishings, equipment
and other property necessary for
any of the foregoing?
BOND PROPOSITION NO. 2: Shall
:
the City of El Segundo incur a
:
bonded indebtedness in the princi-
YES ;
:
pal amount of $120,000 for the
:
purpose of the acquisition and con -:
:
struction by said city of a certain:
:
municipal improvement, to wit: a
:
building to provide quarters for
:
the police department and city jail;
:
including an indoor pistol range
:
and quarters for civil defense, and:
NO ;
:
including all furniture, furnishings,
:
equipment and other property neces -:
:
sary for any of the foregoing?
SECTION 5. 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 a proposition. A cross
(+) placed in the voting square after the word "NO" in the man-
ner hereinbefore provided shall be counted against the adoption
of a proposition.
SECTION 6. That the special election hereby called
shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the general
municipal election to be held in said city on Tuesday, April 13,
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1954, and such elections shall be held in all respects as if
there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall
be used thereat. The precincts, polling places and officers of
election for this special election shall be the same as those
provided for said general municipal election, and said pre-
cincts, polling places and officers of election are set forth
in the resolution providing for said general municipal election;
to wit, Resolution No. 13$6, adopted February 10, 1954, by this
City Council.
SECTION 7. That except as otherwise provided in this
ordinance, the election called hereby shall be conducted as
provided by law for other municipal elections in said city.
SECTION 8. That the City Council of said city shall
meet at its usual place of meeting in the City Hall on Tuesday,
the 20th day of April, 1954, at 7:00 otclock, P.M., of said day,
and proceed to canvass the election returns and declare the re-
sult of said election.
SECTION 9. 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 prior to the date of said election
in the EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation
printed, published and circulated in the City of El Segundo
once a week. No other notice of such election need be given.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
passage.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of March, 1954•
Mayor of the C' y E1 gundo,
ATTEST: Califo n' .
City Clerk of the ty of
E1 Segundo, Califo ia.
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. NEVA M. ELSEY, City Clerk of the City of E1 Se-
gundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordi-
nance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City
Council duly held on the 24th day of February, 1951, and there-
after at a regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the
3rd day of March, 1954, was reread 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 than two - thirds of the members of said City Council,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Peterson, Swanson
(SEAL)
and Mavor Selb
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
City Clerk of the City f
E1 Segundo, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of the said City is five; that the forego-
ing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 432, is a full, true and cor-
rect copy of Ordinance No. 432 of the said City of E1 Segundo,
California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING
FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
ON THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY TWO PROPOSITIONS TO
INCUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR
CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND CON-
SOLIDATING SAID ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE.n,
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by
the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said
Council held on the 3rd day of March, 1954, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Peterson, Swanson
and Mayor Selby:
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of
California, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 432 was duly and
regularly published according to law and the order of the City
Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated
within the said City and that the same was so published therein
on the following dates, to wit: March 4th and March 11th, 195G -
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City Clerk of the Cit of
E1 Segundo, Californi .
(SEAL)
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ss
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
..............C1 ay— ton.. M:Chals ............ ,...... being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State Of California ; that he
was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the........
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2497ar of EL SEGUNDO HMALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the
Publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political
Code of the'-State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and Intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of paying subscribers; that said `newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
-r0ftred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction Of a particular
class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such :classes, professions, trades,
callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed )r
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attache d on page.'-,.... numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full, true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
ment; that the ... Qr4Ananc.e..Na... 432 ........................... ...............................
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news-
paper at least ...Two .... weeky .., by ... tN() ............consecutive publication...., commencing on the
..... t h..day of ...Ma nch ................. A. D. ....... and ending on the...... 11th....
• . day of
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larly issued, to- wit: ... Txo.. t Imes..... X.4rp h . 4 s...U., .. A95 . ............................... .
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City clerk of the City of El Segundo, unty
of Los Angeles, State of California.
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Deputy City Clerk of said City.
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