Resolution 11921-A RESOLUTION NO. 11921
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That the following questions relating to proposed
amendments to Chapter 7672, Laws of Florida, Acts of
1917, as amended, the same being the Charter of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, shall be submitted to the voters of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, for their approval or rejection, at a Spe-
cial Election to be held in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on
the 8th day of November, 1966:
QUESTION ONE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide for a Council-City Man-
ager form of government, whereby the City Manager,
appointed by and serving at the will of the Council,
shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the
City, with powers appropriate to the office and with
power to appoint and remove all officers of the City
in the Unclassified Service, except those appointed
by the Council, and whereby the Council may, by ordi-
nance, abolish all offices except those filled by the
people, and except the offices of City Manager, City
Attorney, Municipal Judge and two Associate Municipal
Judges, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the Council, and create, by ordinance, such
new offices and Departments under the control and
direction of the City Manager as the Council shall
deem necessary or proper for the efficient administra-
tion of the City Government, and to provide for the
appointment of Department Directors by the City Man-
ager, with the approval of the Council and who shall
serve at the will of the City Manager, and to provide
that the Council and its members shall deal with ad-
ministrative affairs of the City only through the
City Manager, without, however, precluding the Coun-
cil from requesting or receiving information from its
administrative agencies, and to provide for such
other matters necessarily or properly related to a
Council-City Manager form of Government?
QUESTION TWO: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that general obligation
or revenue bonds of the City may be sold in denomina-
tions of $500.00, $1, 000.00 or any multiple thereof?
QUESTION THREE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
a taxs to authorize the City to impose,
levy and collect/on the rent of every occupancy of a
room or rooms in any hotel, motel or apartment house
when the renting is for a period of six consecutive
months or less ; and upon the total sales price of all
items of food and alcoholic beverages sold at retail
by any establishment engaged in the sale of alcoholic
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beverages and/or food for consumption on the premises ;
said tax to be paid by the person paying the rent or
paying for the food and/or alcoholic beverage herein
specified and to be collected by the person renting
said rooms or selling said food or alcoholic beverage
for the use and benefit of the City. That the total
receipts from the above tax levy shall be kept and
maintained in a separate fund, and shall in no event
be transferred to the General Fund, and that the said
fund shall be used for the promotion of the tourist
industry, which shall include, but not be restricted
to the following: Publicity . . . Advertising . . . News
Bureau . . . Promotional Events . . . Convention Bureau
Activities . . . Capital Improvements and the Mainten-
ance of all Physical Assets in connection therewith;
and forlthe payment of the reasonable and necessary
expenses of collecting, handling and processing of
said tax. That the Council shall have the authority
and power by ordinance to determine and fix the
amount of said tax levy after public hearing not in
excess of 2%? •
QUESTION FOUR: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that all secretarial
and administrative employees in the City Manager 's
Office and in the Office of the Mayor; the Chief
Assistants to each Department Head; and those posi-
tions which require peculiar and exceptional qualifi-
cations of a scientific, managerial, professional or
educational character which positions do not fall
within any existing qualification and the duties of
which do not fall within the scope of the specifica-
tions set up for any existing classification, where
such positions are created and filled by ordinance or
resolution duly enacted by the City Council, shall be
in the Unclassified Service of the City?
QUESTION FIVE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that on original appoint-
ment, a person whose name appears on an open competi-
tive eligible list and who is certified and passed
over three times, may be removed from the Eligible
List by the Director of Personnel with approval of
the City Manager?
QUESTION SIX: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that the names of those
persons signing a petition for the amendment of the
City 's Charter, as required by Section 503 of the
Dade County Home Rule Charter shall be affixed
thereto in the same manner as is required under the
City Charter for the recall of members of the Council?
QUESTION SEVEN: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that any incumbent
councilman who desires to qualify as a candidate for
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Mayor or Councilman at an election at which his own
term does not expire must qualify as such candidate
not less than ten days before the last day for quali-
fication for candidates and his office shall be
deemed vacant on the day of said election, and any
eligible elector may qualify as a candidate for elec-
tion for the unexpired portion of the term of the
office so vacated?
QUESTION EIGHT: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to delete therefrom the existing
limitations as to millage of tax levies for publicity
and advertising purposes?
QUESTION NINE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to authorize the City Council, at
its discretion, to provide for the office of Public
Defender, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the City Council, and whose duties and salary
shall be prescribed by ordinance?
SECTION 2: That for the purpose of holding and conducting the
election to be so held, the City of Miami Beach is
hereby divided into voting precincts or election districts, with
polling places therein as follows :
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PRECINCT NO . 58: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying West
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Biscayne Elementary School, situated at 800 -
77th Street .
PRECINCT NO . 59 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 77th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 71st Street; bounded on the East by the Easterly boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Indian Creek and the center line of Tatum Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the North Shore Park Teen Center,
situated at the corner of Byron Avenue and 72nd Street.
PRECINCT 110. 60: That part of the City of Miami Beach known as
Normandy Isle, which lies South of the center line
of Normandy Drive; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Isle Municipal Pool, situated at 7030 Trouville Esplanade .
PRECINCT NO, 80: Bounded on the North by the center line of LaGorce
Canal from Biscayne Bay to the West line of
Indian Creek and the center line of 63rd Street from the East Shore
of Allison Island to the Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by
the center line of 51st Street and its Westerly and Easterly exten-
sions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the State of
Florida; bounded on the West by the City Limits of Miami; the
Polling Place of which shall be at the 69th Street Fire Station,
situated at 6860 Indian Creek Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 81 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 44th
Street and its Easterly and Westerly extensions;
bounded on the South by the center line of 34th Street and its
Easterly and Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the North Beach Elementary School, situated at 711 Arthur Godfrey
Road.
PRECINCT NO. 82: Bounded on the North by the center line of West
51st Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
and Westerly extension along section lines; bounded on the South by
the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its intersection with
the center line of the Westerly extension of West 34th Street,
Westerly to the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay; thence due West
to the [lest boundary line of the City of Miami Beach; bounded on
the East by the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its inter-
section with the center line of West 34th Street extended West,
to its intersection with the South Shore line of Surprise Lake;
thence run Easterly and Northeasterly along the South shore line
of Surprise Lake to its intersection with the center line of
Flamingo Waterway; thence run Northeasterly along the center line
of Flamingo Waterway to its intersection with the center line of
Indian Creek; thence run North along the center line of Indian
Creek to its intersection with the center line of West 51st Street
extended East; bounded on the West by the East boundary line of
the City of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Polo Park Rce etion Buildincj, situated at 805 - 42nd Street.
PRiECINCT NO. 108: Bounded on the North by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway and its extension due West;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary of the City of Miami
Beach; bounded on the South by a straight line that runs from a
point on the Western boundary of the City of Miami Beach which
is 1500.00 feet Southerly from its intersection with the center
line of Venetian Causeway to the point of intersection with the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay and the center line of 14th
Street (Miami Beach); bounded on the East by the Eastern shore line
of Biscayne Bay North to its intersection with the center line of
Dade Boulevard; thence Northeasterly along said center line to its
intersection with the center line of Alton Road; thence Northerly
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along the center line of Alton Road to its intersection with the
center line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Masonic Hall, situate at 1910 Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 109 : Bounded on the North by the Center line of 34th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Atlantic
Ocean to the East shoreline of Indian Creek, thence Northwesterly
to a point on the West shoreline of Indian Creek at the Easterly
extension of the center line of West 34th Street, thence run
Westerly along the center line of West 34th Street and its Easterly
and Westerly extension to the center line of Biscayne Waterway,
thence run Southwesterly along the center line of Biscayne Waterway
to its intersection with the center line of Alton Road; bounded
on the South by the center line of 23rd Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extension to the center line of Dade Boulevard, thence
Southwesterly along the center line of Dade Boulevard to the center
line of Alton Road; bounded on the East by the Eastern boundary
of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Alton Road, the Polling Place of which shall be at the Dade Boule-
vard Fire Station, situated at the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Dade Boulevard and Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO . 110: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard from Washington Avenue to 23rd Street
and the center line of 23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to the
Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by the center line of 15th
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Washington Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the Miami Beach Library Garage, situated at 22nd Street and Liberty
Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 111 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 14th Street from Biscayne Bay to Bay Road and the center
line of 15th Street from Bay Road to Lenox Avenue; bounded on the
East by the center line of Lenox Avenue from Dade Boulevard to
15th Street and the center line of Bay Road from 15th Street to
14th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne
Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be located at the Y M & Y W
H A of Greater Miami, situated at 1536 Bay Road.
PRECINCT NO. 112: Bounded on the North by the center line of 14th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Eastern
shore line of Biscayne Bay East to the center line of Bay Road,
thence North along the center line of Bay Road to the center line
of 15th Street, thence East along the center line of 15th Street
to the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the South by
the center line of 11th Street and its extension Westerly; bounded
on the East by the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the
West by the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, the Polling Place
of which shall be at the I'lamin(10 Pa.;k TecnCL.nt:!r situated in
Flamingo Park at 12th $trc-Jt and. I.ichicj n AvenU3.
PRECINCT NO. 113 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 13th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 11th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Meridian
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the City Hall Fire
Station, situated at 410 - 12th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 114 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Euclid
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 115 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 6th Street and its Westerly extension from Biscayne Bay to Alton
Road and the center line of 7th Street from Alton Road to Michigan
Avenue; bcunded on the East by the center line of Michigan Avenue
from 11th Street to 7th Street and the center line of Alton Road
from 7th Street to 6th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly
Shore of Biscayne Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Miami Beach Employees ' Benevolent Association, situated at 920
Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 116: Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Alton
Road; together with that part, bounded on the North by the center
line of 6th Street and its Westerly extension; bounded on the South
by the South line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3,
as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida; bounded on the East by the center line of Alton
Road; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne Bay;
together with Hibiscus, Palm and Star Islands and the surrounding
waters North of the center line of MacArthur Causeway, South of
the Westerly extension of 14th Street and East of the City Limit
of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Beach
Elementary School, situated at 335 Lenox Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 148 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 3rd
Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
production from the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida
Westerly to the center line of Alton Road, thence Northwesterly
along the center line of Alton Road to the intersection with the
South Line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3, as
recorded in Plat Book 2, at page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida, produced Northeasterly, thence Southwesterly
along the South line of said Lot 32 and its production to the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, thence Northwesterly along the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay to the center line of MacArthur
Causeway, thence Westerly along the center line of MacArthur Cause-
way to the Western boundary line of the City of Miami Beach;
bounded on the South by a straight line running Southeasterly from
the intersection of the center line of South East 8th Street (City
of Miami ) and the Western shore line of Biscayne Bay to a point in
Norris Cut halfway between the most Southerly point on Fisher's
Island and the most Northerly point on Virginia Key; bounded on
the East by the Eastern boundary line of the State of Florida;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary line of the City of
Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Shore
Park Recreation Center Building, situated at 930 Biscayne Street .
PRECINCT NO. 265 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by Washington Avenue;
bounded on the West by Meridian Avenue ; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Twenty-First Street Community Center, situated at
2100 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 273 : Bounded on the North and East by the center line
of Indian Creek; bounded on the South by the
center line of Normandy Drive; bounded on the West by the City
Limits of Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Shores Golf Course Clubhouse, situated at the West end of
North Normandy Isle .
PRECINCT NO. 274: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying East
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of 77th Street; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Temple Ner-Tamid, situated at 7902 Carlyle Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 275 : Those parts of the City of Miami Beach known as
LaGorce Island and Allison Island together with
that part of the City of Miami Beach, bounded on the North by the
cneter line of 71st Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 63rd Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by
the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West
by the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the North Shore Park Teen Center, situated at the corner of
Byron Avenue and 72nd Street .
PRECINCT NO. 276: Bounded on the North by the center line of 51st
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on
the South by the center line of 44th Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway, Lake Surprise, and Flamingo Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the Saint John's on the Lake Methodist
Church, situated at 4760 Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 288: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Lenox
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami Beach
Auditorium, situated at 1700 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 289: Bounded on the North by the center line of
15th Street and its Easterly extension; bounded
on the South by the center line of 13th Street; bounded on the
East by the East boundary of the State of Florida: bounded on the
West by the center line of Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of
which shall be at the Ida M. Fisher Junior High School, situated
at 1420 Drexel Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 290: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Euclid Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Michigan
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 291 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami
Beach South Shore Library, situated at 225 Washington Avenue .
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SECTION 3: That said election shall be held at the Polling
Places for the respective voting precincts as above
set forth, and all electors shall vote at the Polling Places in
the precinct in which the Registration Books in said City show
that said electors reside.
SECTION 4: That said election is hereby called and directed to
be held in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, from
7 :00 o'clock A. M. to 7 :00 o 'clock P. M. on November 8th, 1966,
for the purpose of submitting the following questions :
QUESTION ONE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide for a Council-City Man-
ager form of government, whereby the City Manager,
appointed by and serving at the will of the Council,
shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the
City, with powers appropriate to the office and with
power to appoint and remove all officers of the City
in the Unclassified Service, except those appointed
by the Council, and whereby the Council may, by ordi-
nance, abolish all offices except those filled by the
people, and except the offices of City Manager, City
Attorney, Municipal Judge and two Associate Municipal
Judges, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the Council, and create, by ordinance, such
new offices and Departments under the control and
direction of the City Manager as the Council shall
deem necessary or proper for the efficient administra-
tion of the City Government, and to provide for the
appointment of Department Directors by the City Man-
' ager, with the approval of the Council and who shall
serve at the will of the City Manager, and to provide
that the Council and its members shall deal with ad-
ministrative affairs of the City only through the
City Manager, without, however, precluding the Coun-
cil from requesting or receiving information from its
administrative agencies, and to provide for such
other matters necessarily or properly related to a
Council-City Manager form of Government?
QUESTION TWO: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that general obligation
or revenue bonds of the City may be sold in denomina-
tions of $500.00, $1, 000.00 or any multiple thereof?
QUESTION THREE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
a to authorize the City to impose,
levy and collect/on the rent of every occupancy of a
room or rooms in any hotel, motel or apartment house
when the renting is for a period of six consecutive
months or less ; and upon the total sales price of all
items of food or alcoholic beverages sold at retail
by any establishment engaged in the sale of alcoholic
beverages and/or food for consumption on the premises;
said tax to be paid by the person paying the rent or
paying for the food and/or alcoholic beverage herein
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specified and to be collected by the person renting
said rooms or selling said food or alcoholic beverage
for the use and benefit of the City. That the total
receipts from the above tax levy shall be kept and
maintained in a separate fund, and shall in no event
be transferred to the General Fund, and that the said
fund shall be used for the promotion of the tourist
industry, which shall include, but not be restricted
to the following: Publicity . . . Advertising . . . News
Bureau . . . Promotional Events . . . Convention Bureau
Activities . . . Capital Improvements and the Mainten-
ance of all Physical Assets in connection therewith;
and for the payment of the reasonable and necessary
expenses of collecting, handling and processing of
said tax. That the Council shall have the authority
and power by ordinance to determine and fix the
amount of said tax levy after public hearing not in
excess of 2%?
QUESTION FOUR: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that all secretarial
and administrative employees in the City Manager 's
Office and in the Office of the Mayor; the. Chief
Assistants to each Department Head; and those posi-
tions which require peculiar and exceptional qualifi-
cations of a scientific, managerial, professional or
educational character which positions do not fall
within any existing qualification and the duties of
which do not fall within the scope of the specifica-
tions set up for any existing classification, where
such positions are created and filled by ordinance or
resolution duly enacted by the City Council, shall be
in the Unclassified Service of the City?
QUESTION FIVE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that on original appoint-
ment, a person whose name appears on an open competi-
tive eligible list and who is certified and passed
over three times, may be removed from the Eligible
List by the Director of Personnel with approval of
the City Manager?
QUESTION SIX: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that the names of those
persons signing a petition for the amendment of the
City 's Charter, as required by Section 503 of the
Dade County Home Rule Charter shall be affixed
thereto in the same manner as is required under the
City Charter for the recall of members of the Council?
QUESTION SEVEN: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that any incumbent
councilman who desires to qualify as a candidate for
Mayor or Councilman at an election at which his own
term does not expire must qualify as such candidate
not less than ten days before the last day for quali-
fication for candidates and his office shall be
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deem3d vacant on the day of said election, and any
eligible elector may qualify as a candidate for elec-
tion for the unexpired portion of the term of the
office so vacated?
QUESTION EIGHT: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to delete therefrom the existing
limitations as to millage of tax levies for publicity
and advertising purposes?
QUESTION NINE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to authorize the City Council, at
its discretion, to provide for the office of Public
Defender, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the City Council, and whose duties and salary
shall be prescribed by ordinance?
SECTION 5: That copies of the proposed amendments to the City
Charter, in full, shall be made available to the
electors at the Office of the City Clerk not less than thirty
days before the election.
SECTION 6: That the City Clerk, who is also the Supervisor of
Registration, open the books of said City from 9:00
o'clock A. M. until 5: 00 o 'clock P. M. each day, Sundays and
Holidays exceptea, from August 25, 1966 to October 8, 1966, both
inclusive, for the purpose of registering those electors who are
qualified to register for this election, and after October 8,
1966, no elector shall be registered for said election.
SECTION 7: That Notice of said Election shall be given by the
City Clerk of said City by publishing the notice
hereinafter provided for, once each week for a period of five
consecutive weeks next preceding said election in the Miami Beach
Daily Sun, a newspaper of general circulation published in the
City of Miami Beach, Florida.
SECTION 8: That Notice of such Election shall be in substan-
tially the following form:
"NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by resolution duly passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, a special election has been called
and will be held in said City from 7 :00 o ' clock A. M.
until 7:00 o' clock P. M. on November 8, 1966, for the
purpose of submitting the following questions :
QUESTION ONE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide for a Council-City Man-
ager form of government, whereby the City Manager,
appointed by and serving at the will of the Council,
shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the
City, with powers appropriate to the office and with
power to appoint and remove all officers of the City
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in the Unclassified Service, except thcse appointed
by the Council, and whereby the Council may, by ordi-
nance, abolish all offices except those filled by the
people, and except the offices of City . tanager, City
Attorney, Municipal Judge and two Assoc:.ate Municipal
Judges, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the Council, and create, by ordilance, such
new offices and Departments under the co.itrol and
direction of the City Manager as the Cowell shall
deem necessary or proper for the efficient administra-
tion of the City Government, and to provide for the
appointment of Department Directors by th ? City Man-
ager, with the approval of the Council an0 who shall
serve at the will of the City Manager, anc to provide
that the Council and its members shall deal with ad-
ministrative affairs of the City only throigh the
City Manager, without, however, precluding the Coun-
cil from requesting or receiving information from its
administrative agencies , and to provide fol. such
other matters necessarily or properly related to a
Council-City Manager form of Government?
QUESTION TWO: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that general obligation
or revenue bonds of the City may be sold in denomina-
tions of $500.00, $1, 000.00 or any multiple thereof?
QUESTION THREE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to authorize the City to impose,
levy and collection the rent of every occupancy of a
room or rooms in any hotel, motel or apartment house
when the renting is for a period of six consecutive
months or less; and upon the total sales price of all
items of food and alcoholic beverages sold at retail
by any establishment engaged in the sale of alcoholic
beverages and/or food for consumption on the premises ;
said tax to be paid by the person paying the rent or
paying for the food and/or alcoholic beverage herein
specified and to be collected by the person renting
said rooms or selling said food or alcoholic beverage
for the use and benefit of the City. That the total
receipts from the above tax levy shall be kept and
maintained in a separate fund, and shall in no event
be transferred to the General Fund, and that the said
fund shall be used for the promotion of the tourist
industry, which shall include, but not be restricted
to the following: Publicity . . . Advertising . . . News
Bureau . . . Promotional Events . . . Convention Bureau
Activities . . . Capital Improvements and the Mainten-
ance of all Physical Assets in connection therewith;
and for the payment of the reasonable and necessary
expenses of collecting, handling and processing of
said tax. That the Council shall have the authority
and power by ordinance to determine and fix the
amount of said tax levy after public hearing not in
'e*cess of 2%?
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QUESTION FOUR: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that all secretarial
and administrative employees in the City Manager 's
Office and in the Office of the Mayor; the Chief
Assistants to each Department Head; and those posi-
tions which require peculiar and exceptional qualifi-
cations of a scientific, managerial, professional or
educational character which positions do not fall
within any existing qualifications and the duties of
which do not fall within the scope of the specifica-
tions set up for any existing classification, where
such positions are created and filled by ordinance or
resolution duly enacted by the City Council, shall be
in the Unclassified Service of the City?
QUESTION FIVE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that on original appoint-
ment, a person whose name appears on an open competi-
tive eligible list and who is certified and passed
over three times, may be removed from the Eligible
List by the Director of Personnel with approval of
the City Manager?
QUESTION SIX: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that the names of those
persons signing a petition for the amendment of the
City 's Charter, as required by Section 503 of the
Dade County Home Rule Charter shall be affixed
thereto in the same manner as is required under the
City Charter for the recall of members of the Council?
QUESTION SEVEN: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to provide that any incumbent
councilman who desires to qualify as a candidate for
Mayor or Councilman at an election at which his own
term does not expire must qualify as such candidate
not less than ten days before the last day for quali-
fication for candidates and his office shall be
deemed vacant on the day of said election, and any
eligible elector may qualify as a candidate for elec-
tion for the unexpired portion of the term of the
office so vacated?
QUESTION EIGHT: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to delete therefrom the existing
limitations as to millage of tax levies for publicity
and advertising purposes?
QUESTION NINE: Shall the City Charter be amended so
as to authorize the City Council, at
its discretion, to provide for the office of Public
Defender, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the City Council, and whose duties and salary
shall be prescribed by ordinance?
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That copies of the proposed amendme.its the City
Charter, i! . full, shall be made available to the
electors a : the office of the City Clerk .lot less
than thirty days before the election .
For the ptrpose of holding and conducting laid elec-
tion, the City of Miami Beach has been div. ded into
witt Polling
election districts voting pr .cincts or
Places therein as follows:
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PRECINCT NO. 58: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying West
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Biscayne Elementary School, situated at 800 -
77th Street .
PRECINCT NO . 59: Bounded on the North by the center line of 77th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 71st Street; bounded on the East by the Easterly boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Indian Creek and the center line of Tatum Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the North Shore Park Teen Center,
situated at the corner of Byron Avenue and 72nd Street.
PRECINCT NO. 60: That part of the City of Miami Beach known as
Normandy Isle, which lies South of the center line
of Normandy Drive; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Isle Municipal Pool, situated at 7030 Trouville Esplanade .
PRECINCT N0, 80: Bounded on the North by the center line of LaGorce
Canal from Biscayne Bay to the West line of
Indian Creek and the center line of 63rd Street from the East Shore
of Allison Island to the Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by
the center line of 51st Street and its Westerly and Easterly exten-
sions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the State of
Florida; bounded on the West by the City Limits of Miami; the
Polling Place of which shall be at the 69th Street Fire Station,
situated at 6860 Indian Creek Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 81 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 44th
Street and its Easterly and Westerly extensions;
bounded on the South by the center line of 34th Street and its
Easterly and Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the North Beach Elementary School, situated at 711 Arthur Godfrey
Road.
PRECINCT NO. 82: Bounded on the North by the center line of West
51st Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
and Westerly extension along section lines; bounded on the South by
the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its intersection with
the center line of the Westerly extension of West 34th Street,
Westerly to the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay; thence due West
to the West boundary line of the City of Miami Beach; bounded on
the East by the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its inter-
section with the center line of West 34th Street extended West,
to its intersection with the South Shore line of Surprise Lake;
thence run Easterly and Northeasterly along the South shore line
of Surprise Lake to its intersection with the center line of
Flamingo Waterway; thence run Northeasterly along the center line
of Flamingo Waterway to its intersection with the center line of
Indian Creek; thence run North along the center line of Indian
Creek to its intersection with the center line of West 51st Street
extended East; bounded on the West by the East boundary line of
the City of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Polo Park Rocretion Building, situated at 805 -- 42nd Street.
PRECINCT NO. 108: Bounded on the North by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway and its extension due West;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary of the City of Miami
Beach; bounded on the South by a straight line that runs from a
point on the Western boundary of the City of Miami Beach which
is 1500.00 feet Southerly from its intersection with the center
line of Venetian Causeway to the point of intersection with the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay and the center line of 14th
Street (Miami Beach); bounded on the East by the Eastern shore line
of Biscayne Bay North to its intersection with the center line of
Dade Boulevard; thence Northeasterly along said center line to its
intersection with the center line of Alton Road; thence Northerly
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along the center line of Alton Road to its intersection with the
center line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Masonic Hall, sicuat:-;c at 1910 Alton 2oa.d.
PRECINCT NO. 109 : Bounded on the North by the Center line of 34th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Atlantic
Ocean to the East shoreline of Indian Creek, thence Northwesterly
to a point on the West shoreline of Indian Creek at the Easterly
extension of the center line of West 34th Street, thence run
Westerly along the center line of West 34th Street and its Easterly
and Westerly extension to the center line of Biscayne Waterway,
thence run Southwesterly along the center line of Biscayne Waterway
to its intersection with the center line of Alton Road; bounded
on the South by the center line of 23rd Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extension to the center line of Dade Boulevard, thence
Southwesterly along the center line of Dade Boulevard to the center
line of Alton Road; bounded on the East by the Eastern boundary
of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Alton Road, the Polling Place of which shall be at the Dade Boule-
vard Fire Station, situated at the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Dade Boulevard and Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 110: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard from Washington Avenue to 23rd Street
and the center line of 23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to the
Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by the center line of 15th
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Washington Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the Miami Beach Library Garage, situated at 22nd Street and Liberty
Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 111 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 14th Street from Biscayne Bay to Bay Road and the center
line of 15th Street from Bay Road to Lenox Avenue; bounded on the
East by the center line of Lenox Avenue from Dade Boulevard to
15th Street and the center line of Bay Road from 15th Street to
14th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne
Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be located at the Y M & Y W
H A of Greater Miami, situated at 1536 Bay Road.
PRECINCT NO. 112: Bounded on the North by the center line of 14th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Eastern
shore line of Biscayne Bay East to the center line of Bay Road,
thence North along the center line of Bay Road to the center line
of 15th Street, thence East along the center line of 15th Street
to the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the South by
the center line of 11th Street and its extension Westerly; bounded
on the East by the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the
West by the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, the Polling Place
of which shall be at the Flamingo Pa k. Tecn,CL-nter situa.tec, in
Flamingo Park at 12th atrc-3t and. nichigan Avenue.
PRECINCT NO. 113: Bounded on the North by the center line of 13th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of lith Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Meridian
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the City Hall Fire
Station, situated at 410 - 12th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 114 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Euclid
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive.
PRECINCT NO. 115 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 6th Street and its Westerly extension from Biscayne Bay to Alton
Road and the center line of 7th Street from Alton Road to Michigan
Avenue; bcunded on the East by the center line of Michigan Avenue
from 11th Street to 7th Street and the center line of Alton Road
from 7th Street to 6th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly
Shore of Biscayne Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Miami Beach Employees ' Benevolent Association, situated at 920
Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 116 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Alton
Road; together with that part, bounded on the North by the center
line of 6th Street and its Westerly extension; bounded on the South
by the South line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3,
as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida; bounded on the East by the center line of Alton
Road; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne Bay;
together with Hibiscus, Palm and Star Islands and the surrounding
waters North of the center line of MacArthur Causeway, South of
the Westerly extension of 14th Street and East of the City Limit
of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Beach
Elementary School, situated at 335 Lenox Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 148 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 3rd
Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
production from the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida
Westerly to the center line of Alton Road, thence Northwesterly
along the center line of Alton Road to the intersection with the
South Line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3, as
recorded in Plat Book 2, at page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida, produced Northeasterly, thence Southwesterly
along the South line of said Lot 32 and its production to the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, thence Northwesterly along the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay to the center line of MacArthur
Causeway, thence Westerly along the center line of MacArthur Cause-
way to the Western boundary line of the City of Miami Beach;
bounded on the South by a straight line running Southeasterly from
the intersection of the center line of South East 8th Street (City
of Miami ) and the Western shore line of Biscayne Bay to a point in
Norris Cut halfway between the most Southerly point on Fisher' s
Island and the most Northerly point on Virginia Key; bounded on
the East by the Eastern boundary line of the State of Florida;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary line of the City of
Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Shore
Park Recreation Center Building, situated at 930 Biscayne Street .
PRECINCT AO. 265 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by Washington Avenue;
bounded on the West by Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Twenty-First Street Community Center, situated at
2100 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 273: Bounded on the North and East by the center line
of Indian Creek; bounded on the South by the
center line of Normandy Drive; bounded on the West by the City
Limits of Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Shores Golf Course Clubhouse, situated at the West end of
North Normandy Isle .
PRECINCT NO. 274: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying East
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of 77th Street; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Temple Ner-Tamid, situated at 7902 Carlyle Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 275 : Those parts of the City of Miami Beach known as
LaGorce Island and Allison Island together with
that part of the City of Miami Beach, bounded on the North by the
cneter line of 71st Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 63rd Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by
the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West
by the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the North Shore Park Teen Center, situated at the corner of
Byron Avenue and 72nd Street.
PRECINCT NO. 276: Bounded on the North by the center line of 51st
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on
the South by the center line of 44th Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway, Lake Surprise, and Flamingo Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the Saint John's on the Lake Methodist
Church, situated at 4760 Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 288: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Lenox
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami Beach
Auditorium, situated at 1700 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 289: Bounded on the North by the center line of
15th Street and its Easterly extension; bounded
on the South by the center line of 13th Street; bounded on the
East by the East boundary of the State of Florida: bounded on the
West by the center line of Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of
which shall be at the Ida M. Fisher Junior High School, situated
at 1420 Drexel Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 290: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Euclid Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Michigan
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 291 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami
Beach South Shore Library, situated at 225 Washington Avenue .
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All electors shall vote at the Polling 1iaces in the
voting precincts in which the City Registration Books
show that said electors reside.
The Registration Books of said 'ity will be open from
9:00 o'clock A. M. to 5:00 o ' cls ,ck P. M. each day,
Sundays and Holidays excepted, from August 25, 1966
to and including October 8, 196E , for the purpose of
registering electors for said election, and that
after said October 8, 1966, no e '_ector shall be
registered for said election.
Only persons properly registered will be qualified to
vote in said election. "
SECTION 9: That the official ballot to be used in the election
to be so held on November 8, 1966, shall be in
substantially the following form:
"SPECIAL ELECTION
FOR
ADOPTION OR REJECTION
OF THE
FOLLOWING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 8, 1966
QUESTIONS
SHALL THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS BE ADOPTED?
AMENDMENT NO. ONE
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide for a Council-City Manager form of
government, whereby the City Manager, appoint-
ed by and serving at the will of the Council,
shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of
the City, with powers appropriate to the
office and with power to appoint and remove
all officers of the City in the Unclassified
Service, except those appointed by the Coun-
cil, and whereby the Council may, by ordi-
nance, abolish all offices except those
filled by the people, and except the offices
of City Manager, City Attorney, Municipal
Judge and two Associate Municipal Judges, who
shall be appointed by and serve at the will
of the Council, and create, by ordinance,
such new offices and Departments under the
control and direction of the City Manager as
the Council shall deem necessary or proper
for the efficient administration of the City
Government, and to provide for the appoint-
ment of Department Directors by the City
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Manager, with the approval of the Council and
who shall serve at the will of the City Man-
ager, and to provide that the Council and its
members shall deal with administrative affairs
of the City only through the City Manager,
without, however, precluding the Council from
requesting or receiving information from its
administrative agencies, and to provide for
such other matters necessarily or properly
related to a Council-City Manager form of
Government?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. TWO
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that general obligation or revenue
bonds of the City may be sold in denominations
of $500.00, $1, 000.00 or any multiple thereof?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. THREE
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
authorize the City to impose, levy and collect a tax
on the rent of every occupancy of a room or
rooms in any hotel, motel or apartment house
when the renting is for a period of six con-
secutive months or less ; and upon the total
sales price of all items of food and alcoholic
beverages sold at retail by any establishment
engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages
and/or food for consumption on the premises ;
said tax to be paid by the person paying the
rent or paying for the food and/or alcoholic
beverage herein specified and to be collected
by the person renting said rooms or selling
said food or alcoholic beverage for the use
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and ben' fit of the City. That the to :al re-
ceipts from the above tax _ evy shall .be kept
and maiitained in a separats fund, an( shall
in no event be transferred :0 the General
Fund, and that the said fun i shall be used
for the promotion of the tc irist indus :ry,
which ;hall include, but not be restricted to
the fcllowing: Publicity . . Advertis; ng . . .
News Fureau . . . Promotional Events . . .
vention Bureau Activities . . . Capital In-
prove lents and the Maintenarce of all Plysical
Assets in connection therewith; and for the
paymEat of the reasonable ani necessary ex-
penses of collecting, handliig and processing
of said tax. That the Counc .1 shall have the
authority and power by ordinrnce to determine
and fix the amount of said tEK levy after
public hearing not in excess Df 2/?
MAl E A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDME JT
AGAINST THE AME;_1DMENT
AMENDMENT NO. FOUR
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that all secretarial and administra-
tive employees in the City Manager 's Office
and in the Office of the Mayor; the Chief
Assistants to each Department Head; and those
positions which require peculiar and excep-
tional qualifications of a scientific, mana-
gerial, professional or educational character
which positions do not fall within any exist-
ing qualification and the duties of which do
not fall within the scope of the specifica-
tions set up for any existing classification,
where such positions are created and filled
by ordinance or resolution duly enacted by
the City Council, shall be in the Unclassified
Service of the City?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
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AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. FIVE
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that on original appointment, a per-
son whose name appears on an open competitive
eligible list and who is certified and passed
over three times, may be removed from the
Eligible List by the Director of Personnel
with approval of the City Manager?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
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FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. SIX
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that the names of those persons sign-
ing a petition for the amendment of the
City 's Charter, as required by Section 503 of
the Dade County Home Rule Charter shall be
affixed thereto in the same manner as is re-
quired under the City Charter for the recall
of members of the Council?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. SEVEN
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that any incumbent councilman who de-
sires to qualify as a candidate for Mayor or
Councilman at an election at which his own
term does not expire must qualify as such
candidate not less than ten days before the
last day for qualification for candidates and
his office shall be deemed vacant on the day
of said election, and any eligible elector
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may qualify as a candidate for election for
the unexpired portion of the term of the
office so vacated?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AINST THE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. -4IGHT
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
delete therefrom the existing limitations as
to millage of tax levies for publicity and
advertising purposes?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AWMENT
AMENDMENT NO. NINE
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
authorize the City Council, at its discretion,
to provide for the office of Public Defender,
who shall be appointed by and serve at the
will of the City Council, and whose duties
and salary shall be prescribed by ordinance?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT"
PASSED and ADOPTED this 24th day of August, 1966.
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