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R E S O L U T I O N .
A RESOLUTION ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN TES TOWN OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, IN THE
YEAR 1937, FOR THE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF HOUSE
BILL NO. 1429, PASSED AT TEE 1E37 SESSION OF TI'E L a;GIS-
LATU:tE OF TAE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPROVED JUNE 2nd,
1937, RELATIVE TO DEFINING CERTAIN PUBLIC NUISANCES
IN ThE MN OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, AND TEE ABATED ENT
TT-EREOF; PRESCRIBING TEE TI LIE AND PLACE FOR HOLDING
SUCH ELECTION, THE RULES BY WHICH SUCH ELECT ICN SHALL
BE GOVERNED, THE TM1 THE POLLS SHALL BE OPENED AND
CLOSED, AND PROVIDING NOTICES OF SUCH ELECTION.
WHEREAS The Town Council of the Town of Edge-
water, Florida, is authorized and empowered under and
by virtue of that certain Special Act of the Legislature
of the State of Florida, of the Session of 1937, approved
June 2nd, 1937, known as House Bill No. 1429, to call
a special election in said Town for the approval or
disapproval of said Act by the qualified electors of
said Town, NOW THEREFO RE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY TEE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF EDGEWATER, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That a Special Election be and
the same is hereby ordered to be held in the Town of
Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida, at the Town Hall
(otherwise known as the Community or V. I. A. Hall) on
Tuesday, the second (2nd) day of November, r . D. 1937,
which said election shall be known as "Special Referendum
Election", the purpose of which said election shall be
the approval or disapproval by the qualified electors
of said Town of :l ;ewater, Florida, who shall be qualified
electors in said Town at the date of said election, of
that certain special Act of the Legislature of the state of
Florida, passed at the Session of 1937, known as House
Bill No. 1429, approved June 2nd, 1937, and entitled:
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"An Act Authorizing the Town Council of
the Town of Edgewater, Florida, to Define Cer-
tain things as Public Nuisances within the Limits
of said Town, Authorizing; said Town to Abate and
Prevent the same , to Collect the Cost of Such A-
batement from the Real Estate upon which such
Nuisance May Exist or be threatened to Exist by
making the same a Lien upon such. Real Estate , Pro-
viding for the Collection of such Lien and its
Enforcement, and Providing for a Referendum Elec-
tion for the Approval of said =Act".
Section 2. At said election only those
electors who are qualified electors in said Town of-kdge-
Water, Florida, at the date of said election, as provided
in Section flight (8) of said Act shall be permitted to
vote in said election.
Section 3. That at said Special Election
hereby ordered the same rules that apply to the general
elections under the Laws of the State of Florida and the
Ordinances of the down of Edgewater, Florida, shall be
observed.
Section 4. That the polls at the above
designated polling place shall open at eight (8:00) o '-
clock A. and shall close at sundown, Eastern Standard
Time, on the day of said election.
Section 5. That the Clerk of the Town of
Edgewater, Florida, be and he is hereby directed to give
notice of said Special Referendum Election in some newspaper
published in Volusia County, Florida, for four consecutive
weeks immediately preceding the said second day of November,
137, the New Smyrna Beach Daily News being the newspaper
hereby designated for the publication of said notice,
which said Notice shall contain the Title of the said
Special Act, and by pasting a copy of said Act and a copy
of said Notice in front of the building used and occupied
at said time by said Town Council for holding its legal
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meetings , to-wit :the Community or V. I. A. Hall, in said
Town of Edgewater, Florida, for four consecutive weeks
prior to said 2nd day of November, 1937; and for the
purpose of better informing the Electors of said Town of
Edgewater of the holding of said Special Election and the
purpose thereof, said Tpwn Clerk shall likewise publish
said Notice by posting the same , together with a copy of
said Special Act, at three other public places in said
Town of Edgewater for said period of four consecutive
weeks immediately preceding said 2nd day of November, 1937.
Said Notice of said Election shall be in substantially
the following form:
"NOTICE OF SPECIAL REFERENDUM ELECTION"
Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of
the Town of Edgewater, Florida, under the pro-
visions of House Bill No. 1429, Session of the
Legislature of the State of Florida, of 1937,
approved June 2nd, 1937, entitled: "AN ACT
Authorizing the Town Council of the Town of
Edgewater, Florida, to define certain things as
Public Nuisances within the limits of said Town,
Authorizing said Town to abate and prevent the
same , to collect the cost of such abatement from
the Real Estate upon which such Nuisance may exist
or be threatened to exist by making the same a Lien
upon such Aea1 Estate, kroviding for the collection
of such Lien and its enforcement, and Providing
for a Referendum Election for the approval of said
Act", has ordered a Special referendum Election
to be held on Tuesday, the second (2nd) day of
November, A. D. 1937, at the Town Hall, (other-
wise known as the Community or V. I. A. Hall) , the
purpose of which election shall be the approval or
disapproval by the qualified electors of said Town
of said Special Act.
The Polls will open at eight '8:00) o 'clock, A. M. ,
and will close at sundown, Eastern standard Time,
on the day of said election.
Said election shall be held in substantial conformity
with the rules applicable to general elections held
under the laws of the State of Florida and subject to
the ()rdinance s of the Town of Edgewater, Florida.
TOWN OF EDGEWATER., VOLUTA
ATTEST; COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WALTER C. FULLER, BY: E. D. BARTLETT, Mayor.
Town Clerk.
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Section 6. The Ballot to be used in said elec-
tion shall be in the form prescribed in Section 8 of said
Special Act of the Legislature of the State of Florida,
and sh&71have the date of the said election inserted
therein in the space provided for that purpose , to-wit
November 2nd, 1937; that is to say, said Ballot shall
read as follows:
"SPECIAL REFERENDUM ELECTION
EDGE WATER, FLORIDA,
NOVEMBER 2nd, 1937.
Instructions to voters:
Those in favor of adoition of Abate-
ment of Nuisance Law mark "X" opposite
the words 'For Abatement of Nuisance
Law'. Those against the same Mark
"X" opposite the words 'Against Abate-
ment of Nuisance Law'.
For Abatement of Nuisance Law - - - .
Against Abatement of Nuisance Law - .U
It was properly moved by Councilman T?R LPti P'V ft tSj
seconded. by Councilman 1-4 . L • -1 e U GHT'o N that the
above and foregoing Resolution be adopted by the Town
Council of the Town of '=,dgewater, Florida, and be spread
upon and made a part of the minutes of this meeting, held
this cf +b day of September, 1937. The vote of the
Council upon said Motion was .. s foil ws:,,,,a,/
ATTEST:
Mayor-Councilman Ile41
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.A.:_droved thisa"-1 clay •f September, 1937.
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