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ORDINANCE NO. 65
AN ORDINANCE CALLING AND rROVDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION 1N THE VILLAGE OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THE PROPOSITION OF ISSUING $ 1,430,000.00 RECREATIONAL BONDS OF
SAID VILLAGE.
WHEREAS it has been found necessary by the Village Council of the Village of North
Palm Beach to provide for the acquisition through purchase and construction of a building,
facilities, equipment, and grounds for public recreational purposes, including golf and
swimming, for said Village; and
WHEREAS there are not now available any funds to pay for the cost of said acquisi-
tion; and
WHEREAS authority is contained in the laws of Florida and the charter of said Village
for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of such acquisition and to make such bonds
payable from taxes to be levied on all taxable property in the village sufficient for the
purpose, provided that prior to the adoption of the ordinance authorizing such bonds, the
question of the issuance thereof shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast
at an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing
in the village shall participate, which election is to be called and held pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 100, Florida Statutes Annotated; and
WHEREAS the Village Council has determined that the estimated cost of the acquisition
through purchase and construction of said building, facilities, equipment and grounds for
public recreational purposes, including golf and swimming, and including engineering, legal
and other fees and charges and costs incidental thereto, will be the sum of $ 1,00,000,00;
and
WHEREAS it is, therefore, deemed advisable to provide for the holding of a special
election for the authorization of such bonds:
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida,
as follows:
Section 1. That a special election is hereby called and ordered to be held in and
for the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, on July 25, 1961, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00
o'clock P.M., at which there will be submitted to the freeholders who are qualified electors
residing in said Village to be by them voted upon the proposition set out in the form of
ballot appearing in Section 3 hereof. For municipal elections generally in said Village all
of said village constitutes a single election precinct and the polling place for such
election precinct is usually at the Village Hall, in said village and accordingly for the
special election hereby called all of said village shall constitute a single election precinct
and the polling place for same shall be the Village Hall, in said Village.
Section 2. Only those freeholders who are qualified electors in said Village and who
have duly registered according to law, shall be qualified to vote at said special election.
The Village Clerk as Registration Officer shall close the registration books for voting four-
teen days prior to said election, and said Village Clerk as such Registration Officer is hereby
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authorized and directed to cause to be prepared a list of names of all qualified electors
who are determined to be freeholders in said village and who are thus qualified to vote at
said election, and to furnish a certified copy of such list of qualified electors who are
freeholders to the inspectors and clerk of the election. Such list shall be deemed, taken
and held to be prima facie evidence of the total number of qualified electors who are
freeholders residing in said village and who are qualified to participate in said special
election.
Section 3. That for said special election ballots shall be prepared for the afore—
said proposition in substantially the following form:
OFFICTAT, BALLOT
Village of North Palm Beach, Florida
Special Election July 25 , 1961
(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
Proposition of the issuance of the bonds
of the Village of North Palm Beach in the
amount of $1,430,000.00 bearing interest
at not to exceed the rate of four and three
quarters (4 3/4%) percent per annum, and to
mature in not more than thirty (30) years
from the date thereof, for the purpose of
paying the cost of acquiring through purchase
and construction a building, facilities,
equipment, and grounds for public recreational
purposes, including golf and swimming, which
bonds shall constitute full general obligations
of the village and be payable from taxes
levied on all taxable property in the village.
FOR BONDS
AGAINST BONDS
Section 4. That the Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
to give notice of said special election and of the proposition to be submitted thereat,
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 Commercial Record, a newspaper of general circulation in the Village
of North Palm Beach, Florida, there being no newspaper published in said Village; the
Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to give further notice of said special
election and of the proposition to be submitted, and of the notice thereof in at least
ten different places within the territorial limits of the Village. Said notice of
election so to be published and posted shall be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Village of North Palm Beach, Florida
Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to ordinance duly adopted by the
Village Council of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, a special election has been
called and ordered held in and for said village from 7:00 o'clock A.M. until 7:00 o'clock
P.M. on the 25th day of July, 1961, at which the following proposition will be submitted
to the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in said village:
PROPOSITION
Proposition of the issuance of the bonds of the
Village of North Palm Beach in the amount of
$1,430,000.00 bearing interest at not to exceed
four and three-quarter per cent (4 3/L%) per
annum, and to mature in not more than thirty (30)
years from the date thereof, for the purpose of
paying the cost of acquiring through purchase and
construction a building, facilities, equipment and
grounds for public recreational purposes, including -
golf and swimming, which bonds shall constitute
full general obligations of the village and be payable
from taxes levied on all taxable property in the
village..
said special election will be held at the same polling place whereat elections are
generally held in said village and the polling place will be at the Village Hall in
said village.
All qualified electors of said village whose names appear upon the registration
books in the office of the Village Clerk and who are found to be freeholders residing in
said village may vote at said special election. The Village Clerk as Registration Officer
will close the registration bopks fourteen days prior to the election for the purpose of
making lists of those qualified electors of said village whose names appear on said
registration books and who are found to be freeholders residing in said village.
This notice is given pursuant to ordinance adopted by said Village Council.
(VILLAGE SEAL)
APTEST:
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Mayor of the Village of
North Palm Beach
Village Clerk
Section 5. That for said election the following named persons shall act as
Inspectors and Clerk:
Polling Place inspectors Clerk
Village Hall, Ralph J. Cohn Frances E. Tulino
North Palm Beach
Florida Cathryn L. Mitchell
Sylvester Zerniko
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Upon closing of the polls for said special election said inspectors and clerk shall file
a report in duplicate of the results of said election on the proposition submitted with
the Mayor and Village Clerk in order that such results may be thereafter canvassed and
officially declared by the Council.
Section 6. That the Village Council shall meet at 8 o'clock P.M. on
July 26 , 1961, that being the day after said election, at the regular meeting place
of said Council and shall canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.
Section 7. That this ordinance become effective immediately following its
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 24th day of June , 1961.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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Mayor
Pursuant to motion duly made by Councilman Hahn, seconded by Councilman Bowman,
all members voting aye, the meeting was adjourned.
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Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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Village Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM
BEACH
I, Albin R. Olson, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting
Village Clerk of the Village of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.
I further certify that insofar as such minutes pertain to the matters above set
out, the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Village Council of said Village held on June 24, 1961, and of an ordinance unanimously
adopted at said meeting as said minutes and ordinance are officially of record in my
possession.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and impressed
hereon the official seal of said Village this 25th day of June , 1961
(SEAL)
CNk . So,.,
Village Clerk