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CITY Ot" 3J.!:IUHD, AL,:;3KA
PC'''OL''':ION NO. 4"
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ANNb:A.ATION BATI!Ev! JGHOOL AREA; CALLING S:?ECIAL
~L~CTION~O 3U~rrT ~UESTION OF ANNEYJ~TICN TO
H;LECTORS
BY IT RiSaL\! ~D, BY THE CIn OF 5E'.'JARD, ALASKA
1. Hl of the owners of substantial property interests in land or
poss~ssory rights in land, or improvements upon land in that certain area contig-
uous and adjacent to the City of Seward, Alaska, and described as follows:
Commencing at a point that 1iee 350 feet east of corner
post No.4 of U. S. Jurvey No. 241, being the same as corner
post No.2 of U. S. Survey No. 242, thence north 330 feet;
thence east 660 feet; thence south JJO feet to a point ~on
the 'southern boundary Gf the U. S. Survey No. 242 (abandoned),
ca~1"t,inuing aO'"th 415 feet more or less to a point; thence
west 276.14 feet to a point at the nQrtheast oorn~r of Seward
city limits, and continuing along the northern boundarJ of
said citJ :imits for 383.26 feet to a point; thence north 415
feet Jaore or le,a to the point of beginning, said tr"lct of
land containing 6.3 acr~s, ~ore or less,
ha'dng petitioned th.t said a.rea be annexed to the City of Seward and said petition
having been presented in Open Court before the U. S. District Court, 'fhird Judicial
Division a.t Anchore"ge, Alaska, and public h~a.ring having been held. on the issues
raised by said petition and the said U. .j. District Court having determined that
it is just and reasonable that the proposed annexation take place and that the
petition was bona fide and in accorda..'1ce \~ith law, and the court having further
ordered that ~ election be held with respect to the matter, toe Council of the
City of Seward hereby determines to submit the question of the annexation of the
above-described area to the electors of the City of Seward, Alaska and to the
electors, if any, ~eeiding in tht Territory proposed by the petition to be annexed
to the said City of Seward.
2. A special election 'vo determine this matter shall be held on Tues-
day, April 21, 1953, at Se'tlardJ Alaska, and in the area so sought to be annexed.
3. The propositiDn to be voted Upilll at s~id special election shall be
as follows:
PROPOSITION NO.1
"-'hall the Bayview School Area or that certain area commencing
at a point that lies 350 feet east of corner post No.4 of U.S.
;:>urvey No. 241, 'Jeing the same as comer post No.2 of U. S.
Survey No. 242, thence north 330 feet; thence east 660 feet;
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thence south 330 f,aet to a point on the Southern boundary of
the U. S. Survey 1[0. 242 (abandoned), continuing south ltl5 feet
rr~re or less to a point; thence west 276.74 feet to a point at
the northeast corner of Seward city limits, and continuing
along the northern boundary of said city lliuits for 383.26
feet to a point; thence north 415 feet more or less to the
point of beginning, said tract of land containing 6.3 acres,
more or less, be annexed to the SHy of Seward, Alaska?"
4. The pollinl.': .placE' wjthin the ~it:r of Seward shall be at the City
Hall, Seward, Alaska; there shall be no polling place within the area sought
to be annexed as no one livp.s therein, but should it develop that someone should
clain' residrmce therein he shall present himself before the election officials
a t the '~ity Hall in Seward so that he may be given a ballot if entitled thereto.
The polls shall be open within the City from 8:00 A.!'. until 7:00 P.Y.
on the day of election"
5. The following Judges and Clerks of election are hereby appointed
and designated:
,JudResl
JohnJ. Rosness
Alice F. Lorang
Mildred Kirkpatrick
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Clerks:
Wilma Lind
Betty Rafferty
6. lJotice of the election herein called shall be published in the
Seward Seaport Record, hereby designated as a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Seward, for a period of four (4) weeks prior to such election and
a copy of said notice shall be posted in three k(3) public places within the City
of Seward and three (3) public places in the above described Territory sought to
be annexed for a like period; the posting of the notices and the first publi-
cation of the notice in the newspaper shall be at least four (4) weeks before
the election.
7. Persons entitled to vote at this special election must be persons
of the age of twenty-one (21) years or more who shall be the owners of substantial
property interests in land, buildings, or improvements on land or tideland within
the City of Seward and within the territory proposed to be annexed.
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8. The proposition described in Paragraph 3 shall be followed by the
words:
For anney.a,tion to the City of Seward . . . 0 . . 0 r----1
Against annexation to the City of Seward . . . . . r----1
The rules governing the introduction, posting, passage.and approval of
ordinances and resolutions are hereby suspended and an emergency is declared, and
this resolution shall be effective immediately upon its introduction and passage
day of
March
, 19530
this 2nd
Publication of this resolution shall be made by posting a copy hereof
on the City Hall bulletin bOard for a period of ten (10) days following the
passage hereof.
Passed and approved this 2nd
day of March
, 1953.
~Lifii';<g )
Russell Pa r
~ayor, City of Seward
ATTEST:
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f<unicipal Clerk
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