1969-377 Publish Notice of General ElectionRESOLUTION N0, 377-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORT}{ PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, DIRF,CTING THE VILLAGE CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE GENERAL
ELECTION TO BF, HELD ON MARCH 18, 1969; NAMING THE TIME AND PLAC}:
WIIF:KF. SUC{[ ELECTION SHALL BE HELD; APPOINTING THE ELECTION OFFICIALS
}?OR THE GENERAL ELECTION AND RUN-OFF ELECTION; DECLARING THE OFFICES
1'0 BE FILLF,D AT SUCH ELECTION.
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W}[ERF,AS, the Charter of the Village provides for a
general election to be held on the third Tuesday in March of each
year; and
WHEREAS, there are three offices to be filled at the genera].
election to be held in the village on the third Tuesday in March,
1969; now, therefore
I3E IT RESOLVEll BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORT}[ PALM BEAC}I,
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' Section 1. That a general election shall be held, anc]
3.s hereby declared to be held in the Village of North Palm Beach,
Palm Reach County, Florida, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00
p.m. on the 18th day of March, 1969, for the purpose of electing
members to the Village Council to fill such offices in Groups 2 and 4
for a period of two years each, Group 3 for the period of one year.
Section 2. The Village Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
{o cause a notice of said election to be published in the Palm Beach
Post-Times once at least fifteen days prior to said election. Said
notice shall be substantially in the following form:
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION MARC}[ 18 1969
1'0 Ahh QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING IN THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM RF.ACIf,
PALM BIiAC{[ COUNTY, FLORIDA:
By order of the Village Council of the Village of Nort}t
Palm Reach, Pa]_m Reach County, Florida, notice is hereby given that
a general election will be held in said Village on the 18th day of
h9arch, ].969, for the purpose of electing Councilmen for the following
offices, to-wit:
Village Councilman, Group 2 (2-year term)
Village Councilman, Group 4 (2-year term)
Village Councilman, Group 3 (1-year term)
Said election will be held in the Village of North Palm
Reach, and the polling places are designated as Faith Lutheran Church,
Precinct No. 48, and North Palm Beach Elementary School, Precinct No.
49, both in the Village of North Palm Beach. The polls will be open
in the voting places from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The following
inspectors and clerks have been designated and appointed by the Village
Council for the purpose of conducting said election:
faith Lutheran Church, Precinct No. 48:
Inspectors: Mrs. Grete McBride
Mrs. Melba Phillips
Mrs. Lois Booth
' Mrs. Faye Lucas
Clerk: Mrs. Elizabeth Redding
North Palm Beach Elementary School, Precinct No. 49;
Inspectors: Mrs. Louise Nash
Mr. Ralph Cohn
Mrs. Mabel Cohn
Mrs. Lillian Drudi
Clerk; Mrs. Mary Jane Jenkins
The above officials have also been designated and appointed
by the Village Council for the purpose of conducting the special
run-off election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in March, 1969,
if such becomes necessary.
1'he registration books will be open in the Village Clerk's
oi'fice between the hours of 9;00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon and 2;00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays only up to and including the 7th day of
March, 1969, and from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon on Saturday, March 8, 1969,
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and from 7:00 p.m. to 9;00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 25th day of February,
]_969 and frown 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 1969.
Village Clerk
Yl1BLISH: Palm Beach Post-Times
Section 3. 1'he Village Clerk, as registration officer of
the Village, is hereby directed to prepare a list of the names of all
cnzal.ified electors appearing on the registration books of the Village,
and she shall keep the registration books open at her office between
t}~c hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
on weekdays only up to and including the 7th day of March, 1969,
and from 9:00 a.m. to 12;00 Noon on Saturday, March 8, 1969, and from
7;00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 1969, and from 7:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 1969. A certified list of such
c}ualified electors shall be furnished by the Village Clerk to the
inspectors and clerks in charge of the polling places on the day of
the election.
Section 4. The inspectors and clerks of said general election
to be held on March 18, 1969, are hereby appointed as follows:
Faith Lutheran Church, Precinct No. 48:
Inspectors: Mrs. Grete McBride
Mrs. Melba Phillips
Mrs. Lois Booth
Mrs. Faye Lucas
Clerk: Mrs. Elizabeth Redding
North Palm Beach Elementary School, Precinct No. 49:
Inspectors; Mrs. Louise Nash
Mr. Ralph Cohn
' Mrs. Mabel Cohn
Mrs. Lillian Drudi
Clerk: Mrs. Mary Jane Jenkins
Said officers are hereby directed to hold said election in
accordance with the law and in such manner as to prevent all fraud,
deceit and abuse therein or thereto and to make the returns of said
election in the manner prescribed by law.
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Section 5. The offices for which said candidates shall be
elected at the general election are:
Village Councilman, Group 2 (2-year term)
Village Cowtcilman, Group 4 (2-year term)
Village Councilman, Group 3 (1-year term)
Section 6. The inspectors and clerks of the general election
to be held in the Village on the third Tuesday in March, 1969 are
hereby designated to be the same officials to serve at the special
run-off election, if such election is held.
Section 7. The Village Clerk and election officials are
hereby directed to arrange for the use of voting machines at said
general election, and the form of the ballot shall be such as is
consistent with the use of voting machines. Absentee ballots
shall be prepared by the Village Clerk in form consistent with exist-
ing Village ordinances.
Section 8. Immediately after the closing of the polls orr
the said el.ectiwt day, the inspectors and clerks shall certify the
returns thereof to the Village Council and the Village Council shall
hold a meeting on the 19th day of March, 1969, for the purpose of
canvassing the returns and declaring the results of said election.
PASSED AND AllOPTED T}[IS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1969.
/s/ Thomas F. Lewis
MAYOR
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/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
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