Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 52-10--Town election — reading text

1. 22 RESOLUTION 52- 10 A RESOLUTION to provide for the holding of an election to elect members of the own Council, and to designate the polling p1~.ces in each precinct and to s. ppointinspectors and clerks of election; and also to provide for the votmg I by the qualified electors of the Town of Fort Walton upon certain changes in the Town Charter with respect to election of T~ n officers; WHEREAS, the election heretofore called and held by the Town of Fort Walton on the 6th day of May, A. D~ 1952, was an invalid election for the reason that it was not held in accordance with the Town Charter and qualified electors of the Town were not .permitted to vote for all of the candid~tes for th.e Town Council, and WHEREAS, it is necess~ that another election be held in order that the members of the Town Council may be elected, by a legally conducted election, to' take office upon the expiration of the terms of ' office of the present .members of the Town Council; and . WHEREAS, certain proposed amendments to the Town Charter have been discussed and it is desired to learn, so far as possible, the wishes of the: majority of the electors o~ the Town with respect to such proposed amendments; row THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Fort Walton as follows, to- wit: Section 1. That an election be held by the Town of Fort Walton on June 24, 1952, for the purpose of electing the members of the Town Council. Section 2. That the following locations are designated as the polling places in each precinct in the Town of Fort Walton, to- wit: Precinct No. I MARSHALL & STACY' S OFFICE ON BROOKS STREET Precinct No. II GARAGE ON LOT.' 4 - ELK I - 2nd ADDITION TO ELLIOT'rS POINT Precinct No. III LIVELY MOTORS ~ Sf)(J(J(J(J(1t* KLOSTERMAN' S OFFICE I Precinct No. IV MAYOR' S OFFICE Section 3. That the follo~ ng inspectors of election and clerks of election be and they are hereby appointed to act in their respective precincts in the ~ onduct of t'1e election: Precinct No. I Alama Sh annon @~  23 J. B. Harrelson w. C. ~ eynolds Mrs. ~ oyd Earley u Inspectors. Precinct No. II Mrs. Elizabeth Kimbrell Clerk Howard McGee Will Bengston Mrs. A. C. - Cranford Inspectors Precinct NO. III LIVELY' S * Thomas J. Barnett ------ KOOSTERMAN' S OFFICE * Mrs. Mary Bloodworth n It n Lee M. Davis ------ Champ C. White n n II . H. D. Adkinson----- James J. Tringas" It 11 H. J. Benkerk------ Kenneth R. Seely Inspectors R Precinct NO. IV Mrs. Otis Orr Clerk V. B. Von Drehle L. W. Reeves Mrs. Blanche Clowdus Inspectors Section 4. That the nomination of condidates in the election shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 ( b) . of the Town Charter.And that the election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Town Charter and in accordance with Ordinance No. 39 adopted in 1948 and also in accordance with the ap 1icable Election Laws of the State of Florida. Section 5. T1j.at the ' Eown Clerk shall prepare the ballots in a9cordance with Section 7 ( 0) of the Town Charter as soon as the time provided by Section 7 ( b) of the Town Charter for nominations has passed. Section 6. That, in addition to the ballots for the candidates to be voted on in the election, the Town Clerk shallprepare a separate and additional ballot to be used by such of the qualified electors of the Town, voting in the said election,  24 as desire to vote upon certain proposed ~ endments to the Town Charter: The ballot shall be in following form, viz: Shall the Town Charter be amended so as to provided: I Vote " Yes" or No on the Seepararte proposals) a. For the election" of four members of the Town Council by the vote of electors in the election precinct in which the candidate resides, leaving three members of the Town Council to run and be voted on at large: . Yes :~~() No b. For the election of the Mayor by vote of the electors of the town Yes66 No c. For the staggering of the terms of office of members of the Town Council so. that the term of office of three members of the Town Council shall expire each two years and their successors e1ected'~ an election to be held each two years for a four- year term. Yes no d. For a City Manager Form of Town Government Yes No Section 7. That notice of the time and place of this election shall be published once a veilk. for two oonsecutive weeks in the Playground News, a newspaper published in the Town of Fort Walton, the first publication to be not less than thirty ( 30) days prior to June 24, 1952, the date fixed for the holding of the eleotio:p.. ADOPTED:_ 19th M~ J 1952 ATTEST: B. F. McCombs Clerk. APPROVED:_~/ o. M. Mayor Earley I 1 JIw_.