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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11231953Whereas?as provided by the oharter and 0rdinauce of the ~ity of ~ebastian, general Election will be held in the ~ity on the second Monday in December,namely December ,1953 for the purpose of electing a mayor and two(2) members of the ulty council,to for the two years next thereafter;therefore, DE IT r~ESOLVE~D that the City ulerk of said City is herewith authorized and instructed to cause to be preps red the necessary ballots for the holding of such election and to have p printed thereon the names of all persons who shall be nominated as candidates for said offices by Petition signed by not less than flfteen~15) qualified voters of such City and filed with sa said Clerk not later than Nh~ember 14th,19§3 and said City ulerk is herewith instructed to do any and all acts necessary to the lawful conduct of said election. DE IT ~JRTHER SESOLVED that the building in said Oity now designated and used as the City Hall of said Uity be and it is h~erewith designated as the polling place for the holding of such election and that the polls for such election shall ppen on the day thereof from the hour of 7:00 o'clock ~.~. until 7:00o'clock F.~i. of said uity.. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Nrs &.Foster,~amma Lawsom and P.P.Lawson be and the same ar are appointed as inspectors and o.H.~ennington be and he is appointed as Clerk of said election to conduct the same and the ulty ~lerk is herewith directed to notify said persons of their appointment as such election officials.~otion by ~ouncllman Sembler mh~ch was seconded by Councilman ~llingsen passed said resolution~which carried. the question arose as to whether the ~ity employee n.C.Garner should get a raise in wages,the question was discussed and Councilmen gave their objections on.raise at this time and it was mentioned to extend time another month.No motion was offered. · he ~lerk was instructed to write letter to Warren ~' Eeuch Insurance 0o and the ~uckingham-Wheeler Agency to attend the next ~ouncil meeting and instruct the city Oouncil rates covering both Police and ~lre Oepartment. The Sebastian Volunteer ~lre oepartment asked permission to use the ballot box to receive the ballots cast for the new officers to be elected.Motion ~y uouncllman 'zaylor which was seconded by ~ouncilman mllingsen authorized same.~arried. '£here being no more business to come before the ~ouncil meeting was duly adJouened. uouncil negular ~eeting November E~,195~.. ~Jleeting ualled to order by President Sweatt. '~'hose presen: were ~ayor Shaffer.President ~weatt and ~ouncilman ~llingsen,~aylor and. Na sh. ~inutes of the last meeting w~re approved as read. oill for $43.88 authorizedto be paid on motion 0y ~ouncilman ~ash and seconded hy ~llingsen. ~arr ied. ~'he following =esolution offered by ~ouncilman Eash for acceptance was seconded ~y ~oun- cllman 'z'aylor and carried. BESOLUTION reads, as follows Whereas,as provided by the Charter and Ordinance of the ~ity of Sebastian,~lorida, a general election will be held in said U~ty on the 14th day of ~ecember,1953, for the purpose of electing a ~ayor and Two (2) members of the Glty ~ouncil to serve for the two (2) years next thereafter; and, WHEREAS,petitions for the nomination of candidates havevbeen filed with th&s City Council and have been considered and have been found in proper form and of proper content as provided by law whereby the following persons have been nominated as candidates at said Election as follows: ~'o r ~ay or John R.Mlddleton A. G.Shaf for For members of the ~ity ~ouncil ~et a uhesser Adolf ~.llingsen John ~ .~,~ash Eugene Walte faire therefore, Be it resolved,that the ulty ~lerk of this uity is herewith instructed to cause to be prepared the necessary ballots for the holding of such election and to have printed thereon the names of the above designated persons as candidates for the respective offices for which Shey have been nominated. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, that the City ~all of the ~ity of Sebastimn,~lorida is herewith designated as the polling place for the holding of such election and that the polls will open on such election day from 7:00 O'clock A.~. until &:00 O'clock P.~I.