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` 4 -0IL AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION
TO ELECT TWENTY-ONE DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTE A CHAR-
TER OONVIM TION TO FRAME A CHARTER FOR THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR
THE MEETINGS OF SAID CHARTER CONVENTION.
WHEREAS, at a special election duly and regu-
larly called and held on the 18th day of March , 1913,
at which there was submitted to the voters of the City
of Fort Collins who were qualified electors under the
law, the question, "Shall Fort Collins hold a Charter
Convention as provided in Article XX. of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Colorado," 1009 voters were cast
by such qualified electors , of which 672 votes were in
the affirmative and 337 in the negative, as determined
by the canvass of the votes cast at said election, and
proposition then submitted was duly declared as carried.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.
Section 1. That a special election shall be
called as provided by law, and held in the several pre-
cinots and wards of the City of Fort Collins on Tuesday,
the 17th day of June , A D. 19139 at which special elec-
tion there shall be elected by the qualified electors of
the said city of Fort Collins twenty-one (21) taxpayers
of said City, who shall then have been qualified electors
within the limits of said city for at least five (5)years,
to constitute a charter convention to frame a charter for
said city in accordance with the provisions of Article XX
of the Constitution of the State of Colorado
Section 2. The said election shall be held at
the following places in said precincts and wards in said
city, to-wit
Precinct 1 Ward 1, City Hall
Precinct 1 Ward 29 144 West Mountain Ave
Precinct 2 Ward 2, St Paul' s Chapel, Shields St.
Precinct 1 Ward 3, 9ourt House
Precinct 2 Ward 30 Chapel corner Canon Ave and
Mulberry Stl
Precinct 3 Ward 39 Christian Chapel corner Oak and
Mack Sts
Precinct 1 Ward 49 Christian Church corner College
Ave. and Magnolia St
Precinct 2 Ward 4, Advent Church, Whedbee and
Magnolia Ste.
Precinct 1 Ward 5 Baptist Church Peterson St
Section 3. The polls shall be opened at the
hour of seven o' clock A M and shall remain open c ontinu-
ously and be closed at seven o 'clock P. M. of said day.
Section 4. The said election shall be held and
conducted as nearly as may be in the manner prescribed by
law in the case of elections for municipal officers . Each
elector offering to vote at said election must be registered
under the provisions of Chapter 127 of the Session Laws
of Colorado of 1911
Section 5. Immediately after the canvass of
the returns from said special election, the City Clerk shall
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issue certificates of election respectively to the twenty-
one (21) delegates found to be elected, and the members
so elected shall constitute a charter convention which
shall hold its first meeting on Tuesday, the 1st day of
July, 1913, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon
at the City Hall in the City of Fort Collins for the pur-
pose of organization, at Which place all sessions of the
charter convention shall be held under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by said charter convention
The officers and members of said charter convention shall
receive no compensation for their services, but said char-
ter convention is hereby vested with authority to employ
such clerks and stenographers, and fix their canpeneation,
as it may deem necessary for the purpose of transacting its
business.
Section 6. The City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby constituted supply clerk for saldd charter
convention, and is hereby authorized and empowered to
purchase and furnish stationery and supplies required for
said charter convention as may be ordered for the purpose
of transacting its business under such resolutions as may
be adopted by said charter convention making requisitions
for said supplies
Section 7. Immediately upon the completion and
adoption of the charter framed by said convention, the
charter so framed, with a prefatory synopsis , shall be
signed by the officers and members of the convention and
dejAvered to the City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins,
who shall cause the said charter to be published in full
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under his official certification in the official newspaper
of said city, three times, and a week apart, the first
publication being with the call for a special election,
at which the qualified electors of said City of Fort
Collins shall by vote express their approval or rejection
of said charter, and the said special election for the
approval or rejection of said charter shall be held not
more than sixty days after its delivery to the City Clerk
All expenses of said charter convention shall be paid out
of the city treasury upon the order of the President and
Secretary thereof, by warrants of said city of Fort Collins,
signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Clerk ,
as provided by law and out of the appropriation made for
said charter convention All expenses of elections for
charter convention and charter votes shall be paid out
of the city treasury upon the order of theCity Council
by warrants drawn upon appropriat ion made for said pur-
pose , as provided by law.
Section 8. Upon the passage and adoption of
this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall publish notice and
call of a special election as heiein authorized, in accord-
ance with the statutes in such case made and provided
�-' Passed, adopted, signed and approved this 1�
day of iday, A D 1913 .
Mayor
ATTES
City Clerk.