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ORDINANCE calling and providing for a
special election in the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Florida, in connection with the
issuance of bonds of said Town for water
system purposes.
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WHEREAS it has heretofore been determined to be necessary
that the Town of Atlantic Beach, a municipal corporation organized
Vii'and operating under the provisions of Chapter 13907, Laws of Florida
1929, as amended and supplemented, and located in Duval County,
Florida, establish and construct a municipal water system and that
for the purpose of paying the cost thereof it will be necessary for
said town to issue bonds to the amount of One Hundred. Fifty Thousan.
Dollars ($150,000) ; and
WHEREAS it is permitted and provided by Section 4 of
House Bill No. 237 of the Acts of the Legislature of Florida, 1949,
that said town may issue and sell its bonds for such municipal
purposes as may be provided by ordinance and for the payment of
which, including interest thereon, the entire taxable property in
said town may be pledged and in addition the revenue of the partic
lar utility or facility to be constructed may be Pledged; provided,
such ordinance is approved by a majority vote in an election in
which a majority of the freeholders who are also qualified electors
as defined in said House Bill No. 237, shall participate; and
WHEREAS it is also required by Section 6 of Article 9 of
the Florida Constitution as amended that the issuance of such bonds,
by said town be approved by a majority vote in an election in which
a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors, as
defined by Section 1 of Article 6, shall have participated; and.
WHEREAS by an ordinance concurrently adopted and entitled1,
An Ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance of $150,000
Water System Bonds of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and for
the payment of same as to both principal and interest from the levy
of taxes, and in addition, the net income and revenue from the
operation of the municipal water system of said town," it is
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provided, that subject to (1) the approval of said ordinance by a
majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors as defined
in said House Bill No. 237, and (2) approval of the proposition of
issuing bonds by a majority vote of the freeholders who are quali-
fied electors in said town as defined by Section 1 of Article 6 of
the Florida Constitution, said bonds shall be issued for the pur-
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pose aforesaid, and it is deemed advisable that a special election
be called and held in and for said town for the purpose of sub-
mitting and voting upon the approval of said ordinance and upon the
proposition of issuing said bonds by the respective qualified
electors as aforesaid;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, as follows :
Section 1. That a special election is hereby called and
ordered to be held in and for the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida,
on November 15_, 1949, from seven o'clock A.M. until seven o ' clock
P.M. , at which the ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance authorizing
and providing for the issuance of 4150,000 Water System Bonds of
the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and for the payment of same
as to both principal and interest from the levy of taxes, and in
addition, the net income and revenue from the operation of the muni-
cipal water system of said town," shall be submitted for approval
by the freeholders who are qualified electors in said town as
defined in House Bill No. 237 of the Acts of the Legislature of
Florida, 1949, and there shall also be submitted to the freeholders
who are qualified electors in said town as defined by Section 1 of
Article 6 of the Florida. Constitution the proposition of said town
issuing bonds to the amount of 4150,000, bearing interest at the
rate of four per cent (4%) per annum for the purpose of establish-
ing and constructing a municipal water system. For municipal elec-
tions generally in said town all of said town constitutes a single
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election precinct, and the polling place for such elections is
usually at Town Hgli in said town,
and accordingly for the special election aforesaid all of said town
shall constitute a single election precinct, and the polling place
for same shall be at said Town Hall
in said town.
Section 2. Only those freeholders who are qualified
electors as aforesaid and who have duly registered according to law
shall be qualified to vote at said special election on the respec-
tive propositions. The Town Clerk as Supervisor of Registration
shall close the registration books of said town for voting at said
special election at five o 'clock P.M. on November 15, , 1949,
which date is not less than five days before the date of said elec-
tion, and said Town Clerk as Supervisor of Registration for said
town is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be prepared a
list of the names of all freeholders who are qualified electors as
defined in said House Bill No. 237 and who are thereby qualified to
vote on the approval of said ordinance, and a list of the names of
all qualified electors who are determined to be freeholders in said
town as defined by Section 1 of Article 6 of the Florida Constitu-
tion and who are thus qualified to vote at said election on the
proposition of issuing bonds, as aforesaid; and to furnish a certi-
fied copy of each such list to the inspectors and clerk of the
election. There being no official basis for compiling the list of
freeholders who are qualified electors, as defined in said House
Bill No . 237, only those :persons so qualified who appear and regist r
for said election pursuant to the notice hereinafter prescribed
shall be entitled to vote on the proposition of the approval of sai
ordinance. Said Town Clerk as Supervisor of Registration shall
prepare the list of freeholders who are qualified electors as de-
fined by Section 1 of Article 6 of the Florida Constitution by
referring to the records of the Supervisor of Registration for
Duval County.
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Any qualified elector in the State of Florida who has
resided in said Town of Atlantic Beach thirty (30) days during the
calendar year 1949, and who shall register as provided by this
ordinance, and who is a freeholder in said town, shall be a qualified
elector as defined in said House Bill No. 237, and shall be entitled
to vote on the approval of said ordinance. Every person who is a
qualified elector for elections generally in said Town of Atlantic
Beach and who is also a freeholder and has his habitation, domicile,
home and place of permanent abode in said town, shall be qualified
to vote at said election on the proposition of issuing bonds as
aforesaid. It will thus appear that any person qualified to vote
at said election on the proposition of issuing bonds will be quali-
fied also to vote on the approval of said ordinance, and will conse-
quently at the time of voting be supplied with a ballot for each of
the propositions, but where the person does not have the qualifica-
tions for voting on the proposition of issuing bonds as aforesaid,
but only the qualifications for voting on the approval of said
ordinance, a ballot for voting only on the approval of such ordin-
ance shall be supplied at the time of voting.
Section 2. That for said special election the ballots
for voting on the approval of said ordinance shall be prepared in
substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT)
Atlantic Beach, Florida
Special Election November 15t4, 1949
Notice to Voters: For an affirmative vote make a cross
X) mark in the square before the words "For Ordinance" .
For a negative vote make a similar mark in the square
before the words "Against Ordinance. ")
Proposition of approval or rejection of an
ordinance adopted October 10 , 1949, by the
Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Florida, entitled "An Ordinance authoriz-
ing and providing for the issuance of p150,0O0
Water System Bonds of the Town of Atlantic Beach,
Florida, and for the payment of same as to both
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principal and interest from the levy of taxes,
and in addition, the net income and revenue
from the operation of the municipal water system
of said town."
For Ordinance
Against Ordinance
Section 4. That for said special election the ballots
for voting on the proposition of issuing bonds as aforesaid shall
be prepared in substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT)
Atlantic Beach, Florida
Special Election November 15 , 1949
Notice to Voters: For an affirmative vote make a cross
X) mark in the square before the words "For Bonds" .
For a negative vote make a similar mark in the square
before the words "Against Bonds.")
Proposition of the Town of Atlantic Beach,
Florida, issuing bonds to the amount of $150,000,
bearing interest at the rate of four per cent
4%) per annum, for the purpose of establishing
and constructing a municipal water system in and
for said town.
For Bonds
Against Bonds
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Section 5 . That for said election the following named
persons shall act as Inspectors and Clerk:
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Inspectors Clerk
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2. Mrs. Harcourt Bull, Jr.
Robt. E . Carmody
Upon the closing of the polls for said special election said
inspectors and clerk shall file a report of the results thereof
with the Town Clerk in order that such results may be thereafter
canvassed and officially declared by this Mayor and Town Clerk.
Section 6. That the Mayor and Town Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to give notice of said special election and
of the propositions to be submitted thereL.t, and of the registration
of qualified voters by publication thereof at least once each week
for at least four consecutive weeks commencing not less than thirty
days prior to said election, in the Ocean Beach Reporter , a news-
Jacksonville
paper published in the City of Beach, Duval County,
Florida, and having general circulation throughout said Town of
Atlantic Beach.. Said notice of election to be published as aforesaid
shall be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to ordinance
duly adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Florida, a special election has been called and ordered held
in and for said town from seven o' clock A. M. until seven o ' clock
P. M. on the 15th day of November , 1949, at which the following
propositions will be submitted:
Proposition of approval or rejection of an ordinance
adopted October 10th , 1949, by the Mayor and
Town Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida,
entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and. providing
for the issuance of 4150,000 Water System Bonds of
the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and for the
payment of same as to both principal and interest
from the levy of taxes, and in addition, the net
income and revenue from the operation of the munici-
pal water system of said town;
and
Proposition of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida,
issuing bonds to the amount of $150,000, bearing
interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum,
for the purpose of establishing and constructing a
municipal water system in and for said. town.
Said special election will be held at the same polling
place whereat elections are generally held in said town, and the
polling place will be at Town Hall
in said town.
All qualified electors in the State of Florida who have
resided in said Town of Atlantic Beach thirty (30) days during the
calendar year 1949 and who have registered with the Town Clerk as
Supervisor of Registration, and who are freeholders in said town,
shall be qualified to vote on the proposition of approval of the
ordinance, as aforesaid; and all registered qualified electors for
elections generally in said town and who are freeholders in said
town and have their habitation, domicile, home and place of permanent
abode in said town, shall be qualified to vote on the proposition of
issuing bonds as aforesaid. The Town Clerk of said town, as Super-
visor of Registration, will close the registration books on
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November 10th , 1949, for the purpose of making up the lists of
the names of those persons qualified to vote on the respective
propositions. For said election and
have been appointed Inspectors, and
as Clerk.
A full copy of said ordinance adopted October 10th, 1949,
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Here will be set out in full the bond ordinance) .
This notice is given pursuant to ordinance adopted by
said Mayor and Town Council of said town.
Attest: Mayor of the Town of Atlantic Beach
Town Clerk
Said Mayor and Town Clerk are hereby authorized and
directed to cause copies of said Notice of Election to be posted
not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of said election
in at least ten (10) public places in said town, one of which
places shall be at said polling place for said election.
Section 7. That this ordinance be in full force and
effect immediately upon its adoption andapproval.
Adopted by the Town Council (G • 1949.
Attest: Presid , Town Council
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Town Clerk
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The foregoing constitutes a true, correct and complete
copy of the ordinance adopted by the Town Council and submitted to
the Mayor for approval this /3 -d 1949
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Town Clerk r
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Mayor
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