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ORDINANCE 4443068 ORDINANCE NO. 444 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, CALIFORNIA, ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1954, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITION FOR THE APPROVAL AND CONSENT OF SUCH ELECTORS TO THE LEVYING OF AN AN- NUAL TAX OF NOT TO EXCEED TEN CENTS ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF TAXABLE PROP- ERTY WITHIN SAID CITY FOR THE ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND WHICH TAX SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL PROP- ERTY TAX AUTHORIZED TO BE LEVIED THEREIN. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 5304 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California, the City of E1 Segundo may in addition to the annual tax levy for other mu- nicipal purposes and at the same time and in the same manner cause to be assessed and levied upon the taxable property within said City an annual tax in an amount necessary and proper for the acquisition, maintenance and improvement of its public parks; and WHEREAS, the City Council of said City, before exercis- ing its authority to levy such additional tax, desires to ascer- tain the attitude and desires of the electors of said City with reference to such additional levy and to receive the consent and approval of at least a majority of such electors before making the levy of any such additional annual tax; - 1 - NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, 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 E1 Segundo, Cali- fornia, on the 2nd day of November, 1954, for the purpose of sub- mitting to the qualified electors of said City the following proposition, to wit: a SECTION 2. That if the proposition for the levying of such additional annual tax so submitted receives the votes of at least a majority of the qualified electors voting on said propo- sition, the City Council of said City shall thereby be authorized and empowered to thereafter levy such additional annual tax of not to exceed ten cents (10¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within said City for the acquisition, main- tenance and improvement of its public parks and recreational fa- cilities, and the revenue so obtained from such additional annual tax shall not be applied to any other use or purpose. SECTION 3. That the polls for said election shall be opened at seven o'clock A. M., on the day of said election and shall remain open continuously from said time until seven o'clock P. M.J. of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 5734 of the Elections Code of the State of California. - 2 - CITY OF EL SEGUNDO PARKS AND RECREA- :TION TAX PROPOSITION: Do the electors :of the City of E1 Segundo, California, ; YES :approve and consent to the levying of an; :annual tax hereafter of not to exceed :10f on each $100 of taxable property :within said City for the acquisition, :maintenance and improvement of its pub- ; :lic parks and recreational facilities : :and which tax shall be in addition to ; NO the annual property tax authorized to : :be levied therein? • a SECTION 2. That if the proposition for the levying of such additional annual tax so submitted receives the votes of at least a majority of the qualified electors voting on said propo- sition, the City Council of said City shall thereby be authorized and empowered to thereafter levy such additional annual tax of not to exceed ten cents (10¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within said City for the acquisition, main- tenance and improvement of its public parks and recreational fa- cilities, and the revenue so obtained from such additional annual tax shall not be applied to any other use or purpose. SECTION 3. That the polls for said election shall be opened at seven o'clock A. M., on the day of said election and shall remain open continuously from said time until seven o'clock P. M.J. of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 5734 of the Elections Code of the State of California. - 2 - 30, # 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 (f) ON BALLOT ONLY WITH RUBBER STAMP; NEVER WITH PEN OR PENCIL. (ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE MARKED WITH PEN AND INK OR C L. 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 forbidden. All dis- tinguishing 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. SECTION 4. A cross (f) 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 5. That said special municipal election hereby called to be held in the City of E1 Segundo on November 2, 1954, shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on such date, and within the City of E1 Segundo the precincts, polling places, voting booths and - 3 - CITY OF EL SEGUNDO PARKS AND RECREA- :TION TAX PROPOSITION: Do the electors ; :of the City of E1 Segundo, California, : :approve and consent to the levying of an: YES :annual tax hereafter of not to exceed : • :10¢ on each $100 of taxable property :within said City for the acquisition, ; ;maintenance and improvement of its pub- ; :lic parks and recreational facilities :and which tax shall be in addition to ; NO : :the annual property tax authorized to :be levied therein? : SECTION 4. A cross (f) 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 5. That said special municipal election hereby called to be held in the City of E1 Segundo on November 2, 1954, shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on such date, and within the City of E1 Segundo the precincts, polling places, voting booths and - 3 - officers of election for the special municipal election hereby called shall be the same as those provided for said general election. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to order the consolidation of the special municipal election hereby called with said statewide general election, and said Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of said special municipal election, and said elections shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot, namely,the ballots used at said general election, shall be used. Said Board of Supervi- sors shall certify the result of the canvass of the returns of such special municipal election to the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo who shall thereafter declare the result thereof. SECTION 6. 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 EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a weekly news- paper of general circulation printed, published and circulated in the City of El Segundo. No other notice of such election need be given. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 25th day of August, 1954. ATTEST: City perk (SEAL) - 4 - (A) 0.t,V'_II).Y'"- Mayor pro tem of the City of E1 Segundo, California. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ) I, NEVA M. ELSEY, City Clerk of the City of El 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 18th day of August, 1954 and there- after at a regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 25th day of August, 1954, was reread, duly passed and adopted by said City Council and signed and approved by the Mayor pro tem 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, Frederick, Gordon and Mayor pro tem Swanson; NOES: Councilmen None; ABSENT: Mayor Selby. (SEAL) _5_ City Clerk of the City o E1 Segundo, California. 3f13 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ) I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 444, is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 444 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, CALIFORNIA, ON THE 2ND DAY CF NOVEMBER, 1954, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSI- TION FOR THE APPROVAL AND CONSENT OF SUCH ELECTORS TO THE LEVYING OF AN ANNUAL TAX OF NOT TO EXCEED TEN CENTS ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY FOR THE ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND WHICH TAX SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED TO BE LEVIED THEREIN.", which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, ap- proved and signed by the Mayor pro tem of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 25th day of August, 1954, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon and Mayor pro tem Swanson; NOES: Councilmen None; ABSENT: Mayor Selby. 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. 444 was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the E1 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: _ September 2nd and 9th, 1954 (SEAL) W City Clerk of the ity E1 Segundo, California. Affidavit of Publication S1 'ATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ss CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, ......... !ru iP~ !r.� , •.TBCQU$. * ...................... being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is, and at all of the time; h:_rcaiaf.er mentioned was, a c_t:zen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a res:dent . f ' : C :uaty o: Lis Angels, State of California ; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the p Lliza'.:on cf ih:, i_atrument hereunto attached the......,. ....... ............................... Editor . Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a ne;jsp p_r of 5_nerai Ere :lation, published and circulated weekly in the City of El Segundo, in said C--unty and State; that raid newspaper has been so published and circulated at regular ir_tcrvals o: o: �;ec- for more than one year immediately preceding the publication of the instrumentt hereu to ann•�;:e ; t_.at, sa d newspaper is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of ges:ral circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; ,hat as provided ky said .ctiou, said ncws_,ap ^r is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intell:;;e- cc oP a general ch•racter, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subs:ribers; that said n °w; pup-:• is rot and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the e:itertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any n mber 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 3r 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 attached on page...... numbered ...../.:: A ............................... 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 ... �cxd.l$�,¢e....N9.l..444.. of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news- paper at least. .9nd .... weekV, by .... R_: ............. consecutive publication.$ ., commencing on the ZI1C� ... day of . !?.L°. Dt •...... A. D. and ending on the.. 9t4 ....day of B.jJti•• • •D•, • • • •A• D. 19. �.rJ.., and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- larly issued, to- wit:.....Pi,ik�, ,$ ed..t Q..times ,... .,September Q.. ...... L954 .............. ............................... ..... ................. ... Subscribe and sworn before me this.. /. 9.7.—H, _ day of .. .........I A. D. 19,1�.q. ......1...1.4.1 .... ... ..... City clerk of the City of E1 Segu do, County of Los Angeles, State of alifornia. By ... Deputy City Clerk of said City.