Ordinance No. 596
ORDINANCE NO. 596
AN ORDIHANCE 01" TJE CI'rY OF VERNON, SrrA TE OF
CALIFORNIA, ORDER lNG, CALIJINCl., PROVIDING ..ti'OR AND
GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN
SAID CITY ON TU~SDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF JULY, 1946,
FOR THE P1JRPOSE OF' S1JBMIT~:nW TO TEE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF' SAID CITY THE l"OLLCNVING P110POS I':!:IO'f'TS 01<'
INCURRING DEBTS, TO WIT: TIill PROPOSITION OF
HTCURRING A DEBT IN TlJE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS F'OR TEE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRHW, CONSTRUCTIHG,
AND COMPLETING A CERTAIN MmnCIPAL Il1PROVEMENT,
NAMELY, A BUILDING 1,lOR M1HTICIPAL PURPOSES, TO WIT:
A PIRE ENGINE STATION HOlmE, INCLUDING THE ACQUISI-
TION OJ:<' FURNISHINGS TI:lEREFOR AND FIRE APPARATUS POR
THE PREVENTION AND EXTINGlIISHMENT OF FIRES; ALSO THE
PROPOSITION OF INCURRING A DEBT IN THE sm/i Oli' TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ACQ,lJIHDTG, conSTRUCTING Al'TD COlv1PLETING A CER TADT
REVENUE-PRODUCING M"(TNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, TO 1lIIT:
WATERVJORKS FOR SUPPLYING SAID CITY AND ITS INHAEnTANTS
WITH WATER, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION A}TD CONSTRUCTION
OF WATER MAINS, CONDUITS, \"ffiLLS, PDlIPING PLANTS, pm~ps,
TANKS, AND AL L OTHER WORKS NECESSARY THEREPOR.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City ot' Vernon, in
the County of Los Angeles, state of California, by Resolution
No. 1298 passed and adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all of
its members, at an adjourned regular meeting of said City
Council held on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, 1946, at the
City Hall in said City, being its re~llar place of meeting
therein, did determine that the public interest and necessity
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of said City demanded the acquisition, construction, and com-
pletion of a certain municipal improvement, namely a building
for municipal purposes, to wit: a fire engine station house,
including the acquisition of furnishings therefor and fire
apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and
that the estimated cost of said improvement, to wit: the sum
of One Hundred Thousand Dollars is and will be too great to
be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said
City of Vernon, and
WHEREAS, Raid resolution was duly signed by the Mayor
of said City, and duly attested by the City Clerk thereof, on
the said 25th day of June, 1946, and entered in the Book of
Resolutions of said City, and a minute of the passage and
adoption thereof made on the minutes of the meeting at which
the same was passed and adopted, and
WHEEEAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon, in
the County of Los Angeles, state of California, by Resolution
No. 1299 passed and adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all of
its members, at an adjourned regular meeting of said City
Council held on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, 1946, at the
City Hall in said City, being its regular place of rreeting
tl:erein, did determine that the public interest and necessity
of said City demanded the acquisition, construction, and com-
pletion of a certain .revenue-producing municipal improvement,
to wit: waterworks for supplying said city and its inhabitants
with water, including the acquisition and construction of water
mains, conduits, wells, pumping plants, pumps, tanks, and all
other works necessary therefor, and that the estimated cost of
said improvement, to wit: the sum of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand
Dollars is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary
annual income and revenue of said City of Vernon, and
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WHEREAS, said resolution was duly signed by the Mayor
of said City, and duly attested by the City Clerk thereof, on
the said 25th day of June, 1946, and entered in the Book of
Resolutions of said City, and a minute of tbe passage and
adoption thereof made on the minutes of the meeting at which
the same was passed and adopted,
NOW, TBEREPORE, the City Council of the City of Vernon,
California, do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That a Special Municipal Election be, and
the same is hereby ordered and called to be held in said ~ity of
Vernon on Tuesday, the 30th day of July, 1946, and that at said
Special Election there shall be submitted to the qualified voters
of said City of Vernon the propositions of incurring debts for the
purposes set forth in said resolutions hereinabove referred to,
and hereinafter stated.
Section 2. The objects and purposes for which said
debts are proposed to be incurred are as follows:
1st. The acquisition, construction, and completion by
said City of Vernon of a certain municipal improvement, namely a
building for municipal purposes, to wit: a fire engine station
house, including the acquisition of furnishings therefor and fire
apparatu~ for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
2nd. The acquisition, constr>uction, and completion by
said City of Vernon of a cer>tain revenue-producing municipal
ir.1provement, to wit: waterworks for supplying said City and its
inhabitants \"ith water, inclu.ding tl;e acquisition and construction
of water mains, conduits, wells, pumping plants, pumps, tanks, and
all other works necessary therefor.
Section 3. That the estimated cost of said proposed
municipal improvement first above described, namely, the acquisi-
tion, construction, and completion of a certain municipal improve-
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ment, namely, a building for municipal purposes, to wit: a fire
engine station house, including the a~quisition of furnishings
therefor and fire apparatus for the prevention and extinguish-
ment of fires, is the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, and
the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred
therefor is the sum. of One Hund red Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00);
and the maximmn rate of interest to be paid on said indebtedness
is five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, which
rate shall not be exceeded in the issuance of bonds for such in-
debtedness; that if the proposition to incur the indebtedness
for said purpose so submitted at such election receives the
requisite number of votes, to wit: two-thirds of the votes of all
the qualified voters of said City voting at such election, bonds
of said City in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) sball be issued and sold for the purpose of acquir-
ing, constructing and completing said municipal improvement; said
bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum
(5)"6) per annum, payable semi-annually, and the principal and in-
terest thereof shall be payable in lawful money of the United
States of America.
Section 4. That the estimated cost of said proposed
revenue-producing municipal improvement second above described,
namelJ, the acquisition, construction, and completion by said City
of Vernon of a certain revenue-producing municipal improvement,
to wit: waterworks for supplying said City and its inhabitants
with water, including the acquisition and construction of water
mains, conduits, wells, pumping plants, pumps, tanks, and all
other works necessary theI'efol", is the sum of Two Hundred Sixty
Thousand Dollars, and the amount of the principal of the indebted-
ness to be incurred therefor is the swn of Two Hundred Sixty Thou-
sand Dollars ($260,000.00); and the maximum rate of interest to
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be paid on said indebtedness is five per centum (5%) per annum,
payable semi-annually, which rate shall not be exceeded in the
issuance of bonds for such indebtedness; that if the proposition
to incur trle indebtedness for said purpose so submitted at such
election receives the requisite number of votes, to wit: two-
thirds of the votes of all the qualified voters of said City
voting at such election, bonds of said City in the amount of
Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollc.rs (~260,OOO.OO) shall be issued
and sold for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, and completing
said revenue-producing municipal improvement; said bonds shall bear
interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum (5%) per annum,
payable semi-annually, and the principal and interest thereof shall
be payable in lawful money of the United States of America.
Section 5. That for the purpose of paying tr~ principal
and interest of said bonds, the City Gcuncil of said City shall at
the time of fixing the generel tax levy, and in the manner for such
general tax levy provided, levy and collect annually each year until
such bonds are paid or until there be a sum in the Treasury of said
City set apart for that purpose, to meet all sums coming due for
principal aDd interest on such bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the
annual interest on such bonds as the same becomes due, and 8.lso
such part of the principal thereof as shall become due before the
proceeds of a tax levied at the time for making the next general
tax levy can be made available for the payment of such principal;
provided, however, that if the maturity of the indebtedness
created by the aforesaid proposed issues of bonds be made to begin
more than one year after the date of the issuance of such bonds,
then the tax for the purpose of paying the principal and interest
of the bonds, the maturity of which is so deferred, shall be levied
and collected at the time and in the manner aforesaid, annually
each year, sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as
it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment
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of the principal thereof on or before maturity; said taxes shall
be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes,
and shall be collected at the time and in the same manner as
other municipal taxes are collected, and be used for no other
purpose than for the payment of said bonds and accruing interest.
Section 6. That t4e Special Election ~ereby called and
ordered to be held shall be held and conducted and the votes there-
at rece:i.ved and canvassed and the returns made and the result
thereof ascertained, determined and declared as herein nrovided
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and in all particulars not recited herein, according to the laws
of the state of California providing for and governing Special
Elections in the City of Vernon.
There shall be printe d on the ballots to be used a t such
Sp:l cial Municipal Election, in addition to the other matters re-
~lired by law, the following propositions to be voted upon, to wit:
"Shall the City of Vernon, California, incur a bonded
indebtedness of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for the
purpose of acquiring, constructing, and completing a certain munici-
/pal improvement, namely, a building for municipal purposes, to wit:
a fire engine station house, including the acquisition of furnisb.-
ings therefor and fire apparatus for the prevention and extinguish-
ment of fires?"
"Shall the City of Vernon, California, incur a bonded
indebtedness of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($260,000.00)
1'01' the purpose of acquiring, constructing, and completing a
certain revenue-producing municipal improvement, to wit: waterworks
for supplying said City and its inhabitants with water, including
the acquisition and construction of water mains, conduits, wells,
pumping plants, pumps, tanks, and all other works necessary therefor?"
And opposite each of said above propositions to be voted
upon, and to the right thereof, shall be printed the words "Yes" and
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"No" on separate lines with a voting square opposite and to the
right of each of said words.
Section 7. At said Special Election the polls shall be
opened at 6:00 o'clock a. m., of the day of such election, and be
kept open until 7:00 o'clock p. m., of the same day, when the
polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 5734 of the
Elections Code of the state of California.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to procure all supplies
that may be necessary to properl:y and lawfully conduct said Special
Election.
Section 8. That for the purpose of holding said Special
Election, hereby called, the regular election precinct, embracing
all of the territory within the City of Vernon, heretofore estab-
lished by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles on
the 9th day of December, 1929, for the holding of state and county
elections, is hereby established as the Special Municipal Election
precinct in said City for the holding of said Special Election;
the following polling place wherein the voting for said Special
Election shall be held is hereby designated, and the following
named persons are hereby appointed and named as officers of elec-
tion for such Special Municipal Election precinct, to wit:
Polling Place
Ci ty Hall of the City of
Vernon, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue.
Judge
Rose Hopcroft
Violet E. Woodworth
Inspector
Clerk
Leila L. Albrecht
C 1 er k
Josephine Lara
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance by a vote of two-thirds of all of
the members of the City Council of said City of Vernon, and, there
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being no newspaper published in the City of Vernon, this Ordinance
shall be posted for two succeeding weeks in three public places in
the City of Vernon, to wit: on the bulletin board in the lobby of
the City Hall of the City of Vernon, located at 4305 Santa }'e Ave-
nue; on a pole located at the northwest corner of 38th street and
Santa Fe Avenue; on a pole located at the northwest corner of 37th
street and Santa Fe Avenue.
section 10. No other notice of such election than the
aforesaid posting shall be deemed necessary, and such posting of
the Ordinance shall be sufficient for all purposes.
Section 11. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
vernon, Cal ifornie, at an adj 0 urned regular meeting of said
City Council held on Tuesday, the 9th day of July, 1946.
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CITY OFVEENON
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COm~TY OF LOS ANGELES
I, T. J. FtffiLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of the said City is five; that the fore-
going Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
596
, was passed and
adopted by the said City Council, approved and si3ned by the
Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk, of said City, all at an
adjourned regula.r meeting of the said City Council held on the
9th day of July, 1946, and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
Al.r.ES:
COUNCILMEN - Poxon, Anderson, Trowbridge,
Mailliard, Leonie
NOES:
COUNCIL~EN None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN None
(Seal)
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