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Show ORDINANCE NO. 151 "An Ordinance providing for the holding of a special election elec-tion in the City of St. George City, Utah, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors elec-tors thereof the question of adopting an Initiative Ordinance with respect to granting to the Southern Utah Power Company a fifteen (15) year franchise to operate within the city limits and furnish patrons therein with electrical energy." WHEREAS, there has this day been presented to the City Council Coun-cil an Initiative Petition requesting request-ing that the City Council adopt the ordinance therein set out or submit such ordinance to the vote of the qualified electors of the City of St. George City for adop tion, said ordinance being entitled: An initiative ordinance accepted on April 22, 1941, by the City Council subject to the approval by the voters granting to Southern Utah Power Company an Electric Light, Heat and Power Franchise. WHEREAS, it has been ascertained ascer-tained by the City Council that at the last preceding election for governor held in the City of St. George City there were cast for all candidates a total of 1490 votes, and it has been determined by the City Council that the initiative in-itiative petition for the above entitled en-titled ordinance is signed by 287 legal voters qualified to sign said petition and that said petition contains con-tains the number cf qualified signers required by Chapter X of Title 25 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1933; and WHEREAS, said initiative petition peti-tion has been in all respects carefully care-fully examined and has been found by the City Council to be full and complete, and to comply in all respects with the requirements require-ments of said Chapter X; and WHEREAS, . the ordinance set out in said petition has been accepted ac-cepted by the City Council sub ject to approval ot tne quaimea electors of the City of St. George City, and it is desired to call a special election at which the question of the approval of said ordinance may be referred to the electors of the City of St. George City qualified to vote thereon; NOW, THERFORE, Be It and It Is Hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of St. George City, Washington County, Utah, as follows: Section 1. That there shall be held in said City on the 29th day of May, 1941, between the hours of seven o'clock A. M., and seven o'clock P. M., a special election elec-tion at which there shall be submitted sub-mitted to the legal voters of said City the question of the approval of the ordinance described in the preamble hereto. Section 2. That all electors of the City of St. George City qualified quali-fied to vote on said proposition under the provisions of the constitution consti-tution of Utah and Title 25 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1933, as amended, shall be permitted per-mitted to vote at said election. Section 3. That the polls shall be opened in every regularly established es-tablished election district of said City on the day of said election, which districts, voting places and the election officials to serve in each district, are as follows: District Number 10, East Precinct; Pre-cinct; voting place, Annie C. Johnson residence at 83 E. Tabernacle Tab-ernacle St.; Election Officials: Judges of Election, Charles Walter Cottam, Ambrose Cannon and Sabra Foremaster. Constable, Emerald Em-erald Cox. District Number 11: West Precinct: Pre-cinct: Voting place, A. B. Andrus residence at 108 So. 100 West; Election Officials: Judges of Election, Jessie Empey, J. R. Fawcett Faw-cett and W. A. Whitehead. Constable, Con-stable, D. Wilson Woodward. Section 4. That the registration registra-tion agents for the several election elec-tion districts of said City shall, between the hours of eight o'clock A. M., and nine o'clock P. M., on the first and third Tuesdays immediately im-mediately preceding said election, receive and register the names of all persons applying for registration registra-tion who are legally qualified and entitled to vote at such election or who will legally have acquired a residence (being otherwise qualified) qual-ified) and who will have a right to vote at said election according to the provisions of the law under which said election is to be held. Section 5. That the registration registra-tion agent for each election district dis-trict shall post in at least five (5) conspicuous places within his district at least five (5) days prior to the date fixed, for said election the following election notice, which notice shall also be published onee a week for not less than four consecutive weeks in five issues of the- Washington County News, a newspaper published pub-lished and enjoying a general circulation cir-culation in the City of St. George City: |