Resolution 8861 RESOLUTION NO. 8861
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, that it is deemed to be to the best interest
of said City to secure the passage, at the 1955 Session of the
State Legislature, of a Bill entitled:
"AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 40 OF CHAPTER 7672,
LAWS OF FLORIDA, ACTS OF 1917, BEING THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE PRESENT
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWN OF MIAMI
BEACH, IN THE COUNTY OF DADE AND STATE OF
FLORIDA, AND TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND
INCORPORATE A CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, TO DEFINE ITS TERRITORIAL
BOUNDARIES, TO PRESCRIBE ITS JURISDICTION,
POWERS AND PRIVILEGES, AND FOR THE EXERCISE
OF SAME AND TO AUTHORIZE THE IMPOSITION OF
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS ORDINANCES' ,
AS AMENDED."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution
and of said Bill be furnished to the Honorable R. B. Gautier,
the Honorable George S. Okell, the Honorable W. C. Herrell
and the Honorable John B. Orr, Jr., Members of the Florida
Legislature from Dade County, and that they each be respectfully
requested to see that said Bill be introduced and passed at
said Session.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 9th day of March ,1955.
Tayor
ATTEST:
C . W. Tomlinson, City Clerk
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT ANNUM SECTION 40 OF CHUM 7672,
LAWS OF Minis ACTS OF 1917, Bunts
CHARTER OF "M CITY OF MIAMI BEACHH WIDA,
ENTITLED "A1 ACT TO ABOLISH THE P
MUNICIPAL Oar OF THE TOWN OF MANI
BRACH, ISM COUNTY OF DADE AND STAIN OF
FLORIDA, AND TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND
INCORPONANN A CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF
MIAMI BMW}1, TO DEFINE ITS TERRITORIAL BOUND
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AWNS, TO PRESCRIBE ITS JURISDICTION, POWERS
AND PRIVILEGES, AND FOR THE EXERCISE OF SAME
AND TO AUTHORIZE THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS ORDINANCES", AS AMENDED.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Section 40 of Chapter 7672, Laws
of Florida, Acts of 1917, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follow**
"SECTION 40. There shall be held in the City of
Miami Beach, on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. 1949,
and biennially thereafter, an election, at which said
election all elective officers of the City of Miami
Beach shall be elected; the City Council shall cause
to be printed on the ballot to be used the name of any
qualified elector of the City who, not more than Forty-
five (45) days nor less than Thirty (30) days prior to
the election, shall have paid to the City Clerk for the
City of Miami Beach the sum of One Hundred 0100.00)
Dollars as a qualifying fee and shall have been photographed
and fingerprinted by the Identification Bureau of the
Police Department of the City, and shall have taken, signed
and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in writing in which
he shall state (i) the title of the office for which he
is a candidate; (2) that he is a qualified elector of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida; (3) his legal residence,
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by street and number; (4) whether or not he has ever
been convicted of a felony; (5) that he is qualified
under the ordinance and Charter of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, to hold the office for which he is a
candidate; (6) that he has paid the qualification fee
required by this Section hereof; (7) that he has not
violated any of the ordinances or laws of the City of
Miami Beach or of the State of Florida, relating to the
election or registration of electors; (8) that he is
not a member of, nor does he subscribe to the principles
of any group that seeks to overthrow the Government or
the Constitution of the United States of America.
Such oath or affirmation shall be substantially
in the following form:
'STATE OF FLORIDA
SS
COUN'T'Y OF DADE
Before nye, an officer authorized to administer
oaths, personally appeared
to me well known, who, being sworn, says that he is
a candidate for the office of City Councilman for
the City of Miami Beach, Florida; that he is a
qualified elector of said City; that his legal
residence is
Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida; that he has, has not
(strike out the inapplicable word or words)
been convicted of a felony; that he is qualified under
the ordinances and charter of said City to hold such
office; that he has paid the required qualification
fee; that lie has not violated any of the ordinances
or laws of the City of Miami Beach or of the State of
Florida relating to the elections or registration of
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electors, and that he is not a member of, nor does
he subscribe to the principles of any group that
seeks to overthrow the government or- the Constitu-
tion of the United Sates of America.
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Sworn to and subscribed
before me, this
day of ..� : . .
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The City Council shall, by ordinance, prescribe
the manner of holding both general and special elections
not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and shall, by
ordinance or resolution, prescribe polling places in the
various voting precincts the City.'
SECTION 2. That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That in the event any portion of this
Act shall be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid or unconstitutjo]. the inln portions thereof
shall continue in full force and effect as though such
invalid portions thereof had never been included herein.
TION 4. This Act shall become effective
jusistiately upon its becoming a law.
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