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Ordinance 112//2 AN ORAIDNA1 CE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACJ FLORIDA,PPOVID1 G FOR A GENERAL ELECTION IN SAID CITY TC BE HELD OF THE FOURTH LONDAY IN OCTOBER A.D.19I8 AND BIENNIALLY THEREAF TER:SETTING FORTH THE OFFICERS OF SAID CITY TO BE ELECTED AT SAID ELECT ION S : FIXING =IR QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE, AND PROVIDING THE METHOD POR HOLDING SUCH ELECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLO RIDA, SECTIOU I.That a general a&ec tion for the filling of all city offices hereinafter named shall be held in the City of Miaxbi Bleach,Florida on the fourth Monday in October A.D,1918 ,and on the same date every two years thereafter,at which time all officers of said city made elective under the c*ty charter, except as herein provided, shall be elected as follows, to wit: - One person to fill the office of Mayor. One person to fill the offifes of City Marshal and City Asakie sccFor. One person to fill the offices of City C1erk4City Tax Collec- tor, .- Five persons as members of the City Council, 411 of whom shall hold office for the term of two years,Or until their successors are regularly elected and qualified, except that the two councilmen wil shall receive the highest number of votes at The election herein and hereby provided to be held on the said fourth Monday in October A.D.1918, shall_ hold office ice for the tern, of four years or until theirneuccessors are regularly elected and qualified. SECTION 2. That such biennial election shall be known as the General Election of the City Of Miali Beach,Florida. Section 3. That any person who shall possess the qualifications requisite to an election at General State Flections and shall have resided in the City of Miami Beach six months next preceding s&ic: General election hereir.. named ,and shall have been registered inthe registration books of the City,and shall have pari his poll taxes for the two years next preceding such election,prodided the same were legally assessable against him, shales. be a qualified elector of the City of Miami# Beach:and all general elections held in the said city shall be trelri and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the General Elections laws of the State of Florida as nearly as prat ticable,Provided, that the city council shall perform allacts in relation to such general elections, which by the state law is made the duty of the county commissioners. And provided further that no person under guardianship, idiotic or insane,covicted of a felony,nor any personconvicted of bribery, perjury. or larceny, or of any infmous crime, or being interested in any bet or wager, the result of which sham depend upon any election; or of fighting a duel., or. of sending or knowingly carrying or accept- ing a challenge to fight a duel,or being a second to either party to a duel,and not restored to civil rights, shall. be qualified to vote in any such general election. SECTION 4. That the polling place for all general elections shall be at the city council chambers ,unless otherwise specially provided for, and the city council shall Appoint and designate in accordance with Section 40 of the city charter three inspectors and one clerk of election,and shall certify the names of such inspectors and clerk to the Mayor;and thereupon the Mayor or acting Mayor shall issue his proclamation giving notice of such general election to be held in the City of Miami Beach,which proclamation shall contain a list of the officers to be voted for and the other questions to be voted upon, the place of voting, the time for opening and closing the pol ls,and the names of the three Inspectors and Clerk of election appointed as pro. vided herein, to conduct such electicn;and such r3otice or proclamation shall_ be published once a week for a period of thirty days next; pre- alb ceding such election in# a newspaper published in the City of Miami Plorida.,and shall be posted for the same time in three public places in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and the official ballot to be used in such general election shall be prepared by the city council in the manner provided by the State lawn MOTION 5, That the said Inspectors and Clerk of Election or the In spectors and clerk acting in their behalf, shall immediately upon the closing of the polls,proceed to count the votes cast at said election for each office,and the votes,for and against,eah question voted upon and make out duplicate lists with the number of votes cast for each candidate at such election and the number of vote,for and against, ecah question voted upo,and certify the correctness of such dupiicat lists,and one of said certified lists,under seal, shall be handed by one of said inspectors to the City Clerk 6f said city,and the other certified list,also under seal shall be handed by one of said inspectors to the President of the city council of said cites`. SECTION 6. That the city council ]sh111 meet on the first Monday after any such general elec tion, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the purpose of canvassing the returns of such election and cer- tifying the result thereof and installing new officers whom they shall declare elected,at which time the new officers so installed shall enter upon the discharge of their duties as soon as they qualify, and at the same time or as soon thereafter as practicable the new city council shall proceed to act upon and confirm or re- j ec t,by a majority vote of the whole city council, tie different appointments to office made by the Mayot,as provided by the city charter, and such appointees shall hold office for the terra of the Mayor making such appoiitments,unless suspended or removed in the manner provided by ordinance. SECTION 7. That it shall be the duty of the ity Council of the City of Miami Beach to hold a meeting on the forst Tuesday in October of each General election year to examine and revise the list of reg- istered voters of said city and to erase therefrom the names of :such asj 'i may have died or removed from the city or who are otherwise disqualified to vo$e .Such examination a ,gid revision shall be complete as soon as practicable,and immediately thereafter the city council sh shall cause to be published for or►e insettion in a newspaper in the City of Miami,Floridaa list of all registered voters as thery appear after such revision,together with a list of the names stricken from the registration books,and the list of names so stricken shall be alphabetically arranged.Both of said lists shall also at the same time of publication be posted at t1e door of the city council chambers._ Any person whose name shallhave been improperly stricken from the registratio0 books may have the same restored at any subsequent meeting of the city council upon satisfactory proof that the same was improperly struck. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall_ open the registration book of the City cf Miami Beach on the second Monday in September of each Cener al election year and shall keep the same open for a period of thirty days,for at least four. hours in each day, Sundays excepted,between ten and twelve o'clock A.M. and between two and four o'clock P.M. for the purpose of registering those who are qualified to register, and he is hereby empowered and required to administer to all person who may desire to register an oath that they are qualified to regis- ter and vote under t1e constitution and laws o. the State of Flo- rida and the Charter of the City of Miami Peach, and no person shall be allowed to register without taking such oath. SECTION 9. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provis- ion hereof be and the same are hereby rep.egled. SECTION IO. That this act shall take efkect immediately upon its pas- sage and approval by the Mayor. Attest, jeKP ssed this 3rd.day of September A.D.1918 ity C erk. Pre ifdent City Council. Approved this 3rd.day of Sept m er A.D.I9I8.