19160417 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
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ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
An adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Oity of Vernon, county of Los Angeles, State of California. was
held on the 17th day of April Ha6, at 2 0' olook
P. M. of said day at the regular meeting plaoe of said Board in
said Oity of Vernon, whioh saidplaoe is the plaoe fixed by ordi-
nanoe for regular meetings of said Board to be held, pursuant to
adjournment from the regular meeting held the 11th day of
April 19l6 ,
There were present at suoh meeting Trustees, Leonis, Kniffin,
Furlong and Stevens.
There were absent from such meeting Trustee, Durbin.
President Trustee
presiding.
Furlong
Th~ minutes of the meeting , held on April 4th,
19l6, were: read and
approved.
Thereupon all the matters, things and acts done at the meeting
held at the hour of 2 o'clock p. M. on Tuesday, April 11th, 1916 were
particularly ratified and approved.
The Clerk reported that all the officers which were elected at
the regular General Municipal Election held on the lOth day of April
19l6 had signed their oaths of office and the same were duly and
regularly on file as required by law, and were present.
Thereupon the old Board of Trustees adjourned and thereupon the
City Clerk called a meeting of the new Board of Trustees to order and
there were present, John B. Leonis, J. J. Furlong, W. M. Stevens and
JohnW. Kniffin, as Trustees who took their seats as such Trustees
in the meeting.
Thereupon the Clerk asked who the Bo~rd of Trustees would have
as the President thereof.
Thereupon J. J. Furlong being duly and regularly nominated as
President of the Board of Trustees and there being no other nomina-
tion, the said J. J. Furlong was duly and regularly elected as the
President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Vernon. Los Angeles
County, California; and,
Thereupon the said :1'. J. Furlong took his seat as such President
of said Board and declared the Board of Trustees duly and regularly
open and ready for such business as might come befoje the same.
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The President of the Board was instructed to name such persons
as officers of the city for confirmation by the Board of Trustees.
Thereupon the following resolution was introduced read and
adopted, the same being in words and figures as follows, to-wit:
"RESOLUTION NO. l501f
DECLARING RESULT OF THE REGULAR lillNICIPAL ELECTION HELD APRIL
10, 1916.
WHEREAS, a general municipal election was held in the City of
Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on Monday the
tenth day of April, 19l6, for the purpose of electing a clerk, a
treasurer and two members of the board of trustees for a period of
four years.
AND WHEREAS, it appears that said election was held and conducted
in accordance with the general election laws of the state, so far as
the same were applicable; and that the board of trustees gave such
notice of election as prescribed by ordinance, and appointed boards
of election, fixed their compensation and established election pre-
cincts and pOlling places; and that said election was held and con-
ducted and the votes cast thereat were received and canvassed, and
returns thereon made in time, form and manner as required by law,
AND WHEREAS, the board of trustees did meet on this, the seven-
teenth day of April, 1916, being the Monday next succeeding the date
of said general municipal election for the purpose of canvassing the
vote cast thereat, whereupon it was found that the vote cast at said
election in the respective precincts established therefor was as
follows: /'
VERNON CITY ELECTION PRECINCT.
For Trustees
J. J. Furlong
142 votes
119 votes
1 vote
w. Iv~. Stevens
W. O. Griffin
For Clerk
T. J. Furlong
142 votes
For Treasurer
Herman Scheider
128 votes
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A1ID WHEREAS, it appears from a canvass of the votes cast at
said general municipal election that the persons next herein named
received a majority of all the votes cast thereat for the respective
offices mentioned, now therefore:
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, determined and declared by the Board of
Trustees of the City of Vernon, that at the general municipal election
held in said City of Vernon on Monday the tenth day of April, 1916,
the persons elected to the respective offices for the terms stated and
until their successors are duly elected and qualified, are as follows:
J. J. Furlong, as trustee for the term of
four years.
W. M. Stevens, as trustee for the term of
four years.
T. J. Furlong,' as clerk for the period of two years,
and
Herman Scheider, as treasurer, for the period of two
years.
The clerk and the treasurer, respectively, before entering upon
the duties of their respective offices, shall execute a bond to the
Oi ty of Yernon in such sum a,s required by ordinance, which bond she.ll
be approved by the board of trustees and filed with the clerk; the
bond of the clerk shall be filed with the president of the board.
All newly elected officers before entering upon the duties of the
office to which they have been elected, shall take and subscril)e to
the constitutional oath of office, and file the same with the clerk.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted at
a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Vernon on Monday,
April 17th, 1916 by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees, Leonis, Stevens, Kniffin and Furlong.
Dated April l7th, 1916.
(SEAL)
(Signed) T. J. Furlong
Clerk of the City of Vernon,
California.
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Thereupon the meeting adjourned.
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