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Ordinance 520 ORDINANCE NO. 520 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 FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE, A. D. 1939 AND BIENNIALLY THEREAFTER, SETTING FORTH THE OFFICERS OF SAID CITY TO BE ELECTED AT SAID ELECTION, PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION THEREFOR, PROVIDING THAT ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS BE DECLARED NULL AND VOID, AND PROVIDING THE TIME, MANNER AND PLACE OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: That a general election for the filling of al]. City offices hereinafter named shall be held in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. , 1939, and at the same time every two years thereafter, at which time all officers of said City made elective under the City Charter shall be elected as follows: Five persons as members of the City Council. All such persons shall hold office for the term of two years and/or until their successors are regularly elected and qualified except that the two councilmen who shall receive the highest number of votes at any election herein provided for shall hold office for the term of four years and/or until their successors are regularly elected and qualified. SECTION 2: That such biennial election shall be known as the General Election of the City of Miami Beach, Florida. SECTION 3: That any person who shall possess the qualifications re- quisite to a qualified voter at general State elections and shall have resided in the City of Miami Beach six months next preceding the General Election herein provided for and shall have registered in the registration books of said City as hereinafter provided shall be a qualified elector of said City; provided, however, that in order to be a qualified elector at the general election to be held the first Tuesday in June, A. D. , 1939, such elector must have registered therefor in the registration books of said City between the date this Ordinance becomes effective and on or before the secOnd Saturday of the month preceding the date of said election; all previous registrations being hereby declared null and void. All elections held in said City shall be held and con- ducted substantially in accord with the provisions of the General Election Laws of the State of Florida except as herein otherwise specifically provided; provided, however, that the City Council of said City shall perform all acts in relation to such general elections which, by the State Law are made the duty of the Board of County Commissioners, and providing further that no persons under guardian, idiotic or insane, convicted of a felony, or of bribery, perjury or larceny, or of any infamous crime, or being interested in any bet or wager, the result of which shall depend on any election, or of fighting a duel or of sending or knowing the carrying or accepting of 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 at any such General Election. SECTION 4: That for the purpose of holding and conducting such General Elections, the City of Miami Beach, Florida, is hereby divided into voting precincts or election districts with polling places therein as follows : PRECINCT NO. 6: That part of the City of Miami Beach located north of Fifty-First Street, the polling place of which shall be the 69th Street Fire Station, 4A22 Indian Creek Drive. PRECINCT NO. 30: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying south of Fifty-First Street, and north of Lincoln Road and Venetian Causeway, the polling place of which shall be at the Liberty Avenue Fire Station, located at 2327 Liberty Avenue. PRECINCT NO. 31: That part of the City of Miami Beach bounded on the south by Fifth Street and the County Causeway, on the east by Meridian Avenue, on the north by Lincoln Road and the Venetian Causeway, and on the west by the City limits of said City, the polling place of which shall be the. Band Stand in Flamingo Park. PRECINCT NO. 32: That part of the City of Miami Beach bounded on the south by Fifth Street, on the west by Meridian Avenue, on the north by Lincoln Road and on the east .by the Atlantic Ocean, the polling place of which shall be the City Hall of said City. PRECINCT NO, 33: That part of the City of Miami Beach south of Fifth Street and the County Causeway, the polling place of which shall be in the old Municipal Court Room, located at No. 111 Meridian Avenue. And the City Council shall appoint and designate, in accord with provisions of the City Charter, such Inspectors and Clerks of Election for each such election district or precinct as by resolution of the City Council are determined necessary, 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 polls and the names of the Inspectors and Clerks of election appointed as herein provided, and 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 of Miami Beach, Florida, and shall be posted for a period of thirty days in three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and the official ballot to be used at such general elections shall be prepared by the City Council in the manner provided by the State law. SECTION 5: That the said. Inspectors and Clerks, or the Inspectors and Clerks acting in their behalf, shall immediately upon closing the polls proceed to count the votes cast at said election in their res- pective precincts for each officer and the votes for and against each question therein submitted, and make out duplicate lists of the number of votes cast for each candidate at such election and the number of votes cast for and against each question voted upon, and certify the correctness of such duplicate lists, one of which shall be handed by one of said Inspectors to the City Clerk of said City, and the other shall be placed in the ballot box, which shall be securely locked. SECTION 6: That the City Council shall meet on the first Wednesday after such general election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the purpose of canvassing the returns of such election and ascertain- ing 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 reject, by a majority vote of the members of the City Council present and actually voting, the different appointments to office made by the City Manager, as provided by the Charter. SECTION 7: That it shall be the duty of the City Council of said City to hold a meeting on the first Wednesday after the registration books are closed of each general election year to examine and revise the list of registered voters of said City and to erase therefrom the names of such as may have died or removed from the City, or who are otherwise disqualified to vote. Such examination and revision shall be completed within three days thereafter and immediately thereafter the City Council shall cause to be posted one time at the City Hall, a list of all regis- tered voters as they appear after such revisions, together with a list of the names stricken from the registration books, all alphabetically arranged. Any person whose name shall have been improperly stricken from the registration books and who shall within a time not less than ten days before the day of any general election to be held in said City, make such fact appear to the satisfaction of the said City Council, may have the same restored at any subsequent meeting of the City Council. SECTION 8: The City Clerk shall open and keep open the Registration Books of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, at all times between ten o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M., Sundays, holidays and half holidays excepted, except that said Registration Books shall be closed immediately after the second Saturday of the month preceding the day in each year in which said election shall be held, and remain closed until the day after said election, forthe purpose of registering those who are qualified to register, but nothing herein provided shall pro- hibit him registering such persons at any other hour during the days when said books may be kept open in accord herewith, and he is hereby empowered and required to administer to all persons who may desire to register an oath that they are qualified to register and vote under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Florida and the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and no persons shall be allowed to register without such oath. SECTION 9: That Ordinance No. 484 of the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and all other Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of August, A. D., 1938. ay.r ATTEST: City Clerk 1st Reading «. July 20th, 1938. and Reading - July 20th, 1938. 3rd Reading -• August , 1938 Posted .• August 9th, 1938. 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. 520 , 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 FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE , A. D. 1939 , AND BIENNIALLY THEREAFTER, SETTING FORTH THE OFFICERS OF SAID CITY TO BE ELECTED AT SAID ELECTION , PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION THEREFOR, PROVIDING THAT ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRA.. TIuNS BE DECLARED NULL AND VOID , AND PROVIDING THE TIME , MANNER, AND PLACE OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTIONS" , 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 9th day of August , A.D. , 1938 , and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance with the require- ments 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 10th day of September, A.D. 1938. Aripialpr City Clerk " 1 t 1-3 0 C1 ct W ct ♦d 0 0 01 F-h Cc; F-" 0 b �� FesQ � � ti Z C F-b CD 0 0 CD ct cs :r' CT;gFHr mCDP, •