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Ordinance 257ORDINANCE NO. 257 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PROV'ItIN© . A 'GENERAL ELECTION IN SAID CITY', TO BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN DECEM- BER, A, Dor 192s, AND BIENNIALLY THERE- AFTER, SETTING FORTH THE O77ICn.B Or 9AIE CITY TC sE ELECTED AT SAID ELECTION AND PROVIDING THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTIONS, AND ?Ftp: v 1DING FOR A NEW REGISTRATION IN 1928. JE IT OR:DAINEt BY THE CITY COMM OF TBE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLOR- IDA: Section 1.e That a general election for the filling of all City .A f f uses hereinafter named shall be held in the City •f Miami Beach, Florida, on the third Tuesday in December, An no, 192tS, and at the aa. to tine every twe years thereafter, at whish time all of- ficers of said City ode elective under the City Charter shall be eleeted as foll.•wei One person is fill the *Mee of .Ys.y* r. Five pe ream as members of the City C4une* t1. All mush persons shall hold •ffise for the tern of tw• yearn ;..1./or until their aueoeesora are regularly elected and qualified, exept that the two o.0 aoilaer who shall receive the highest number *f ltea at any election herein, provided for shall 11.11 *ffiee for the ter. *f four years and/ox until their sucoessort axe regularly elected and qualified. Section 2: That such btehrr ia1 election shall be known as the general election of the City of Miami. Beach, Florida Sestisn 3: That any person who shall poeseee the quslifioa- tions requisite to an election at general stat elections and shall have re aided in the City of Miami Beach six atf,nthe next preceding the general elections herein provided for, and shall have register- ed in the red;;istratt on basks sf said City, as required by law, and shall have paid his •r her poll taxes► for the two yeare next preeed- in6 such election, a.a is provided by the laws of the State of Flori- da, prsvidfng the same were legally assessable against him or her, shall be a qualified elector •f said City; provided, however, that in order to io.e a qualified electar at the general election to be held on the third Tuesday in December, 192tS such elector must regis- ter therefor in the re i.stra.tisn books of said city between the i to this •rdiva.nce bec•acee effective, and sir. ..aye before the date of said election, all previous re01tratisns being hereby declared null and void; and all elections heldin said City shall be held and con dusted substantially in aseard with the previsions of the general el. action laws of the Stxtt ot Florida, provided, h,weFex, that the CI ty Council of said City eival perform all acts in relation to such gen- eral elections whish by the State law is made the duty of the Board sf County Commisaiinere, and provided further that no person Lander guardian, idiotic or insane, convicted of a felony, or of bribery, perjury or larceny, •r of any infamous crime, or being interested whit as in any bet •r wager, the result of whioh shall depend on. any ele•- tionn •r •f fighting a duel or of sending •r knowing the marrying or accepting of a challenge to fight a duel, or bting a second to either party tai a duel and not restored to civil rights, shall be qualified to Ri ,.t q at any such general election. Semti•n k ° That the polling place for such general ele•-- t1s ,s shall bre at the City Rail in said. City, unless otherwise especially provided for, and the City Clooxn: i1 ebaa,ll appoint and designate, in accord with Bastion 40 of the City Charter, three inspectors and one clerk •f election for each such election, and thereupon the Mayor •r acting Mayor shall issue his pr•claa.ti•n giving n. tine •f such general election t• be held in the City •f Miami Beach, whish pr.cla,raa,ti•n shall contain a list of the of- ficers to be voted for anc the other questions to be voted upon; the place of voting the time for spenng and olseing the polls sand Alt 'UM sf the Wm l ►epi lm % (4 Asim It 11111ttie wpm pointed as herein providedand such notice or proclamation shall be published once a week for a period of four consecutive weeks next preceding such election in a newspaper published in the City •f Mani Beach, 714►17idao if there be one s• published, and if not in some newspaper putlished in. the City of Miami, Florida, and shall be posted for the name tine in three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach;; Florida, and the :iffiaial ballot to be used at such general election shall be prepared by the City Coun— cil in the manner provided by the State law. Section 5: That the said inepecters and clerk •r the in- spectors and clerk acting in their behalf shall immediately upon the closing of the polls pr•oeed is e.taapt the votes cast at said election for each officer and the votes for and against each ques- tion therein submitted, and awake out duplicate lista •f the number •f votes cast for each candidate at such election and the number of votes cast far and. against each question voted upon, and certi- fy the oerrectness of such duplicate Lists, one of which shall be handed by one pf said ;inspectors to the City Clerk •f said City, and the other shall, be placed in the ballot box, which shall be se- curely locked, Section That the City Council shall meet •n .e first Wed- 'hesday after such general election, •r as soon thereafter as prac- ticable, for the purpose of canvassing the returns rf suis: h election and asoertainin the result thereof, and installing new officers whom they shall declare elected, at which time the new officers ss installed shall enter upon the discharge •f their duties R.8 :mama as they qualify; and at the same time, or as ss•en thereafter as prac- ticable the new City Council shall proceed to act upon and confirm •r reject, by a majority vete of the members of the City Connell present and actually v•tingz, the different appointments to office wade by the Mayor, as provided by the charter, and such appointments, unless suspended or removed in the manner provided by charter. Section 7c That is shall be the duty of the City Council of said City to held a meeting •n the third Wednesday in Neveaber of each general election year to examine and revise the list of regis- tered voters of said City and, to erase therefrom the nsa..aes of such as may have died •r removed from the City •r who are •there ee dis- qualified to vote.° Such examination and revision shall be completed as soon as practicable and immediately' thereafter the City Council shall mune to be posted one Use a.t the City Mall, a list of ell registered voters as they appeaaftetr suoh revision, together with a list el the names stricken from the r,tgistratisn Weeks, all alphabetically arranged. Any pe;sen whose a ams shall have been is properly stricken from the rA ittrat isn Meeks say have the same re- stored at any subsequent meetingof the Qj.ty Q•unoil on eatiefae- torq proof that of same was ,eup r•peI +' atrur k, Seettsn 8: The City Clerk shalt *pea and keep Open the regis- tration belies • f the City of itiami 8eaoh at a.11 times between ten o'clock A Mo, and four o'clock P. M., Sundays, holidays and half holidays exoepted , except for sir days immediately preceding say ai or ap eotal election, for the purpose •f registering those who arm qu4lified to register, but northing herein provided shall prohibit him registering suoh persons at any other hour during the days wheal said books may be kept open in aooerd herewith, and he ill hereby empowered and required t• administer to all persons who say desire to register •n oath that they are qualified to register and vete under the Constitution and Laws of the State •f Plorifla and the charter of the City •f Miami Beaoh, Florida, and n• persen shall be allowed to register without taking suoh oath„ Section 9: That Ordinance N•0 228, passed and adopted October 21, 1925, and approved en the same day and all ether ordinances and parts thereof in conflict with the provisions hereof be and the same are hereby repealed. Seati•n 10a That this Ordinance shall take effeet immediate- ly upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. PASSED AND Apono this 18.01 day 01 July, A. IDS, , 1928, Arritav ty er /P t"( res en •± cit,,y CeuneTr APPROVED BY ME this 19th day o f :Ju1yl A. Do, 1928:: let Reading, July 11th, b928.� ? nd Reading, July llth, 1928. 3rd Reading, July 18th, 19280 Posted July 19th, 1328, STATE OF FLORIDA) COUNTY OF DADE ) I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 257, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION. IN 'SAID CITY, TO BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, A. D. 1926, AND BIENNIALLY THEREAFTER, SETTING FORTH THE OFFICERS OF SAID CITY TO BE ELECTED AT SAID ELECTION AND PROVIDING THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR A NEW REGISTRATION IN 1926," having been duly 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 19th day of July, A. D,1 1926, 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 on this the 21st day of August, A. D., 1926. City Clerk • OYWINANOE NO . -__AtjeZ' •