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Ordinance 1382ORDINANCE NO. 13!32 WHEREAS the Dade County Home Rule Charter now in effect pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, Section 11, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, provides that in addition to the members of the Dade County Board of Commissioners, now constituting said Board, there shall be, from each municipality in said county which shall have a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more, according to the latest federal census, a County Commissioner who shall be a qualified elector residing within the municipality for six months before qualifying, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of such municipality, and that such commissioner shall serve for a term of four years; and WHEREAS, by the latest Federal census, to wit: by the Federal census of 1960, it has been determined that the City of Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, has a population of 61,485 inhabitants; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION 1 There shall be held in the City of Miami Beach a general election for the election of the County Commissioner to which said municipality is entitled, on the fourth Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1960, and on the fourth Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years thereafter. The term of the Commissioner so elected shall be for four years and the term of the Commissioner elected in 1960 shall begin on the third day of January, 1961. SECTION 2 Primary elections for the nominations of the office described in Section 1 hereof, shall be held on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1960, and on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years thereafter. Such primary shall be a non-partisan election and there shall be printed on the ballot to be used at such primary the name of any qualified elector residing within said City for six months before qualifying who, at least thirty days prior to the date of such primary election, shall have qualified with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, in the method provided by law or Dade County Ordinance and shall have paid a filing fee of $300.00 to said Clerk. SECTION 3 In the event that a candidate for nomination shall receive a majority of the votes cast at the primary election provided for in Section 2 hereof, the general election provided for in Section 1 hereof shall not be held, and the candidate for nomination who shall receive a majority of the votes cast at said primary election shall be declared elected, but in the event that no candidate shall receive a majority of the votes cast in said primary election, then the names of the two candidates for nomination who shall have received the greatest number of votes cast in the primary election shall be placed on the ballot in the general election provided for in Section 1 hereof. -1- OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA SECTION 4 The elections provided for in this ordinance shall be conducted and held in the manner in which other municipal elections are conducted and held in the City of Miami Beach. SECTION 5 In the event any portion of this ordinance shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other portions of this ordinance, which shall be in/full force and effect, as fully as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part thereof. SECTION 6 This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and posting as required by law. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July, Attest: City Clerk 1st reading 2nd reading 3rd reading POSTED - - July 6, 1960 - July 6, 1960 - July 20, 1960 July 20, 1960 1960. -2- Mayor OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: I, R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1382 having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of the City Hall in said City on the 20th day of July, 1960, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on this the 7th day of September, 1960. /6(kk K?— City Cl= k ORIGINAL N co ORDINANCE NO.