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ORDI1dANCFa NO. 171BOF TliE CITY Or' CLEARWATEft, FLORIDA.
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A ORDIldANCI, ENTITLED "Ali ORDINANCX TO PRESCRIBE THE QUALI*
FICATIO143 Ole' hLEC;TCHS IN ALL E ECTIONS TO BE HELD IN SAID Crime
FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING UPON THE ISSUANCE OV BONDS, THIS LEVY-
: - ING OF SPECIAL TAXES, THE GIFT, DONATION OR SAL} OP THIS CITY ? S
FUND, OR PRIVILEGE'S, (C TIM'R THAN FRANCHISES), AND I'A ALL MATTERS
i TOUCIMIG THE RIGHT AND POICt'ER a, m CITY TO LLVY SPECIAL TAXES".
BE IT 0}tDAI13l'D BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS CITY OP CLEARWATER,
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who are tax a ers on real ro ert aituated within the cor orate
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limits of the City of Clearwater, shall be eligible to vote in
all special or general elections called and heldfor the purpose
of determining the issuance of bonds by said City, the levying
of special taxes, the gift, donation of sale of the City's fund,
or privileges, (other than franchises), and in all matters touch-
iftg the right and power of the City to levy cpacial taxes; provided,
that said tax payers voting in said special election shall have
resided in the City of Clearwater at least three months of the
twelve months preeeeding the date of the election; and provided,
also, that the residence herein referred to shall not apply or
be construed as meaning citizenship, and provided further, that no
person other than tax payers on real property shall be permitted
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to vote in such elections called and held for the purpose here-
in mentioned.
Section 20 That before holding any election for any of
the purposes mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance the City
Council shall pass an ordinance calling such election and fixing
the date of such election not less than four weeks after the
passage of such ordinance. The ordinance in such case shall
briefly state the object of the election to be held and
prescribe the form of ballot to be used in such election, with
shall be substantially folloaad. The ordinance shall also designate
three qualified electors of such election to act as inspectors of
such election and one qualified elector to act as,clerk.
Section 3. In all such elections as provided herein the
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City Council shall provide a special book, suitably ruled and
with the following affidavit printed or written at the top of
each page thereof, to-brit: "I do solemnly swear that I am ovar
the a me of twenty-ono years; that S have resided in the City of
Clearwater, Florida, for throe months during the past twelve
months;-that i am a tax-payer on real property situated within the
ti limits of the City of Clearwater."
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Section 4. The inspectors of all elections provided for in
this ordinance shall be authorized and are directed to administer
the oath proscribed in the proceeding section to all persons who
shall desire to vote at such election, requiring all such persona {
to sign their naines in full beneath the printed or written
copy of the oath in the book as provided herein. That after the
completion of the count of the votes, the inspectors of such
election shall deliver the said book to the City Clerk, which
shall be and remain a part of the public records of said City.
At the and of the page or pages of such book used for the
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affidavits of voters in each election held under the provisions ;
of this ordinance, the inspector and clerk of such election
shall certify the object for which such election was hold, the
date of the election and that they duly administered the oath to
all persons voting in such election, which certificate shall be
signed by the inspectors and clerk of said election.
Section 5. All such election shall in all other respects be
conducted and the votes counted and certified to the City Council
in the same manner as are now provided for the holding and
certifying of the returns of elections in said City.
Section 6. All ordinances and laws or parts of ordinances and
laws of said City in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. J
Passed by the City Council of the City of Clearwater, Florida, '
this the 9th day of August, A. D. 1916.
H. H. Coachman
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Approved this the 10th day of Augusti A. D. 1916, < •??:-fie:? '? w4• ??:?'??' :- ,?. .i ?`', `-,4'. ?'`It,. !
'" :.k;F=cy; ??ss•. J Thomas
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