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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHAPTER #106AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA; REQUIRING THAT ALL PERSONS WHO SHALL HEREAFTER VOTE IN ANY ELECTION HELD BY AND IN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, SHALL BE EEGISTERED AS PROVIDED BY THIS ORDINANCE; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE CITY REGISTRATION BOOKS AND THE TIMES AND MANNER OF REGISTRATION AND THE DUTIES OF THE CITY REGISTRATION OFFICER. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ~IAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA: Section 1. All persons who shall hereafter be entitled to vote in any election held.in and by the City of Sebastian, Florida, shall register in '.the official Registration Book of said City kept by the City Registration Officer during the time such Registration Book shall be open for registration in the year 1947 or subsequent years. No person shall be entitled to vote in any election held in and by the City of Sebastian, Florida, after the effective' date of this Ordinance unless such person shall have so registered as provided by this Ordinance. The Official Registration Book of the City of Sebastian, Florida, shall be open in the year 1947 for the registration of voters entitled 'to vote in said City on the Second day of September, 1947, and shall remain open for such purpose until the time of closing thereof five days immediately prior to the day of the next general City election in said City, and at which time said Regis- tration Books shall be closed as provided by existing Ordinances of the City of Sebastian. In the year 1948 and subsequent years, the City Registration Book of said City shall be open for the registration of voters during the times provided by the Ordinances of the City of Sebastian as they now exist, or as they shall exist at such time, and it being the intention to provide that said Registration Books shall be opened for such an extended period beginning September 2, 1947, only in the year 1947, under the provisions of this Ordinance and in order to provide and permit a complete new registration of all persons in said City who shall be entitled to vote in subsequent City elections. Section 2. The City Registration Officer shall publish a Notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in Indian River County, Florida, (there being no newspaper published in the City of Sebastian) and with the first publication date of said Notice to be not later than fifteen days before the Second day of September, 1947, advising all persons in said City of the opening of said Registration Books in the year 1947 as herein provided, and which Notice shall be substantially as follows: " NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF SEBASTIAN, FLORID~A All residents of Sebastian, Flo~ da, are herewith notified that by virtue of the Ordinances of said City a new registration of voters of said City has been provided, and hereafter no person shall be entitled to vote in any election held in and by said City unless they shall h~ve registered as a voter of such City on or after September 2, 1947. Previous registrations are cancelled. In the year 1947, the Registration Book of said City will be open for the registering of qualified voters of said City in the City Hall during usual business hours, beginning September 2, 1947, and will remain open until the fifth day before the next general City election and at which time said Book will be closed for the year 1947. ~ Every resident of the City of Sebastian qualified to vote in City elections of said City is urged to register during the period herewith stated. This 12th day of August, 1947. City Registration Officer " A copy of such Notice shall be posted in the City Hall of this City, but failure to so post such notice shall not invalidate the registration of voters hereunder. Section 3. The City Registration Officer shall procure and have available for the ~egistration of voters in said City a suitable Registration Book, and which Book shall be designated as "The City Registration Book of the City of Sebastian", and shall be the official Registration Book of said City. All voters registering under the provisions of this Ordinance shall register in such official Registration Book. The form of such book shall be sub- stantially that used for the registration of voters in State and County elections. The City Registration Officer shall perform his duties as such in the manner provided by the Ordinances of this City as they now or shall hereafter exist. The times and manner of registration of voters in said City shall be as provided by the Ordinances of said City which now or shall hereafter exist. Section 4. All Ordinances of this city providing for the holding of elections in said City, and for the registration of voters in said City preliminary to the holding of such elections and the purging of the Registration Book of said City, shall remain in full force and effect and are not hereby repealed. All other Ordinances of said City in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are herewith repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section §. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, the 22nd day of July, 1947. -3- TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA: I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly passed by the City Council the 22nd day of July, 194V. City ClerR. The foregoing Ordinance approved by me this 22nd day of July, 1947. Mayor.