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RESOLUTION NO. l4l
A RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE
ADOPTION OR REJECTION OF THE PROPOSED HOME RULE CHARTER AS APPROVED BY THE CHARTER
CO~~ISSION OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA.
WHEREAS on October 7, 1958, aG majority of the qualified electors of the City
or Seward, Alaska, voted yes to 2 proposition of whether or not the City of Seward
would adopt a City Charter providing for a Home Rule type local government pursuant
to the power to do so granted by Section 9, Article 10, or the Constitution or the
State of Alaska, said charter to be drafted by a five member Charter Commission
appointed by the City Council of tbe City of Seward, whose duty it shall be to
draft a City Charter for review by the City Council to be submitted lor ratification
by the voters of the City of Seward at a future general or special election, and
WHEREAS on December IS, 1958, the City Council did name a five member Charter
Commission, and
WHBREAS on November 30, 1959, said Charter Commission presented the proposed
Home Rule Charter for review by the City Council and the City Council voted unani-
mously for City Council acceptance of the proposed Charter, and
WHEREAS on December 2, 1959, said Charter Commission filed with the Seward City
Clerk two copies of the proposed City Charter signed by the five members of the
Charter Commission, and
w~EREAS the approved proposed Home Rule Charter was posted December 2, 1959,
in three public places by the City Clerk, and
WHEREAS on December 2, 1959, notice of Public Hearing relative to the provisions
of the Charter to be conducted December ll, 1959, by the Charter Commission was
posted in three public places by the City Clerk,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, and it is hereby resolved that the City Clerk of
the City of Seward is directed to publiah notice of election to be held on January
5, 1960, for the purpose of adopting or rejecting the said approved proposed Home
Rule Charter for the City of Alaska, and the City Clerk is further directed to have
ballots prepared for such election to be held on January 5, 1960.
AN EMERGENCY IS HEREBY DECLARED TO EXIST in that the election date has been set
for January 5, 1960, in compliance with the State law deadline, and the rules govern-
ing the passage of ordinances and resolutions are hereby suspended and this resolution
is given immediate effect upon its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this 7th day of December
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Alex Petrovich, Mayor
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Beatrice E. Watts, City Clerk
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OFFICE OF:
CITY OF SEWARD
GATEWAY TO INTERIOR ALASKA
SEWARD. ALASKA
City Clerk
~TICE or ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of January.
1960. there will be held in the Council Chamber in the City
of Seward an election for the purpose of voting to accept
or reject the proposed Home Rule Charter for the City of
Seward.
The polla for aaid election will be opened at eight
o'clock a.m. on that day and will close at aeven o'clock
p.m. on the .ame day. and all qualified electors of the City
of Seward who have registered, as in this ordinance provided,
will be entitled to vote at said election.
Dated this'.!'~h day of December. 1959.
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CITY OF SEWARD
GATEWAY TO INTERIOR ALASKA
SEWARD. ALASKA
OFFICE OF: City Clerk
NOTICE OF IlIGISTRATION
Notice is hereby li~ taat tbe registration cards of the City
of Seward are now open at the office of the municipal clerk for
the purpose of reiisterina all qualified electors. twenty-one
years or over. who are clti.e.. of the United States of America
and who are boaa fide r..14eets of the territory of Alaska, and
who have been such residaat. CODtinuously during the entire
year immediatel, precedi.. tae election and who have been
such residents continuousl, for thirty days next preceding
the election within tae oerporate limit. of the City of
Seward. who are ahle to read tbe Constitution of the United
States of America in tbe ".lisb language and to write the
English language. All electors must, before voting, register
their names and qualification. with the reghtration officer.
The regi.tratiOR card. are now open everyday except Sat-
urdays (except see provi.ion for Saturday. January 2, 1960)
and Sunday. ancl boUllsy. duriq the following hours:
Til the Friday next preceedina tbe first tueeday in
January, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.a.
That .aid reghtraUon cards will be open Saturday
January 2, 1960 fro. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.... bel will " closed at 10:00 p.m. Saturday,
January 2. 1960.
That said el.etieo will ~e held on the first Tuesday
in January for t~ ,.tpose .f ~lng to accept or reject
the proposed aa.. ...Ie ....t.s.- for the City of Seward.
Dated at S.....4, Alaska, this 11th day of December, 1959.
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I, BEATRICE E. WATTS, being first duly sworn, on oath deposed
and says: 1 am the duly appointed and acting City Clerk
of the City of Seward, Alaska; and that on the 15th day of
December, 1959, I posted notice of Special Election to be
held January 5, 1960, for the purpose of voting to accept
or reject the proposed Home Rule Charter Lor the City of
Seward and also posted notice of Registration for above
Special Election in three public places; one copy of
each notice being posted on the City Hall Bulletin Board,
one on the U. S. Post Office Bulletin Board, and one on
the Bulletin Board in the Federal Building.
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BEATRICE E. WATTS
CITY CLERK
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of
December, 1959.
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State of Alaska.
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