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HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 05/19/1913 - AUTHORIZING A CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ELECT TWENTY-ONE DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTE A CHARTER CONV Ordinance No. -M, Series of 1913. r ` 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 -2- 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 ..3- 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.