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Show RESOLUTION NO. 1-68 A RESOLUTION providing for the holding of a special election to be held on May 7, 1968, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Lindon, Utah County, Utah, the question of the issuance of $85,000 General obligation Water Bonds. WHEREAS, the City of Lindon desires to construct improvements im-provements to their water system in said City; and WHEREAS, said City does not have on hand money to pay for such construction; and the City Council has determined to defray the cost thereof through the issuance of $85,000 General Gen-eral Obligation Water Bonds; WHEREAS, it is desired to submit the proposition concerning concern-ing the issuance of such bonds to the vote of the qualified, tax-paying tax-paying electors of the City, pursuant to the provisions of the Utah Municipal Bond Act. NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Lindon, Utah County, State of Utah, as follows: Section 1. On the 7th day of May, 1968 there shall be held in said City a special election between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 8:00 o'clock p.m., at which time there shall be submitted to such qualified electors of said City as shall have paid a property tax therein in the year proceding such election the proposition in the form of ballot set out in Section 4 hereof. Section 2 The voting place for said election and the officials which are hereby appointed to serve at such voting place shall be those specified in the form of notice of election set out in Section 3 hereof. Said officials are qualified electors of said City. Section 3. There being no newspaper published in said City, the City Council hereby provides and directs that the notice of bond election shall be given by posting by the City Recorder the following notice of election at least twenty-one (21) days before the election in five (5) public and conspicuous places in said City. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form: ELECTION NOTICE TO ALL QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LINDON UTAH COUNTY, UTAH Take notice that on the 7th day of May, 1 968, an election will be held in the City of Lindon, Utah County, Utah, at the place set out below for the purpose of submitting to such qualified quali-fied electors of said City as shall have paid a property tax therein during the year preceding said election the following proposition : PROPOSITION Shall negotiable coupon GenerarObligation Bonds of the City of Lindon, Utah, in the amount of not to exceed $85,000 bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed ex-ceed six per cent (6) per annum and due and payable pay-able in not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date of said bonds be issued and sold for the purpose of paying pay-ing all or part of the cost of constructing improvements to the water system in said City. Said election will be held at the following polling place and the persons indicated as follows will act as election officials: Voting District Polling Place Election Officials Voting District No. 6 Lindon City Hall Elodia Goss Betty Millar Carol Keetch Alt. Leonard Walker The polls shall be open between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 8:00 o'clock p.m. There is to be no special registration of voters for such election and the official register last made or revised shall constitute con-stitute the register for such election, except that the County Clerk of Utah County will register at his office during regular office hours, except- Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and except ex-cept during the ten-day period immediately preceding the bond election, any person who on the date of the election will be a qualified elector and will register such persons as provided by law. The County Clerk will make available or will cause the registration agents to make available at the above described polling place a registration list or copy thereof listing all registered regis-tered electors entitled to use such voting place. Notice is further given that on Wednesday, the 8th day of May, 1 968, that being within ten days after said election, the City Council will meet at its regular meeting place in the City of Lindon, Utah, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. and canvass the returns and declare the results of said election. Given by order of the City Council of the City of Lindon Utah, this 10th day of April, 1968. 1 HAROLD A. ERICKSON, City Recorder Section 4. That the ballot to be used at the bond election shall comply in all respects with the Utah Municipal Bond Act and shall be in substantially the following form-PROPOSITION form-PROPOSITION Shall negotiable coupon General Obligation Bonds of the City of Lindon, Utah, in the amount of not to exceed $85,000 bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed six per cent (6 ) per annum and due and payable pay-able in not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date of said bonds be issued and sold for the purpose of paying pay-ing all or part of the cost of constructing improvements to the water system in said City. For the Issuance of Bonds fj Against the Issuance of Bonds To vote in favor of the bonds mentioned in the foregoing proposition, prop-osition, place a cross (X) in the square after the words "For the Issuance of Bonds' opposite such proposition. To vote against the bonds, place a cross (X) in the square after the Son 90 6 lssuance of Bor,ds," opposite such propo- (On the reverse side of the ballot) OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR CITY OF LINDON UTAH COUNTY, UTAH May 7, 1968 Harold A. Erickson (Facsimile Signature) Town Clerk QSeC jj-5' Thf City border be and" he" is hereby author-jfS, author-jfS, directed to communicate such instructions to said SeLf SUCh, Specia' election as ay be necessary to enable them to properly conduct such election, canvass the votes and cerhfy thereof to said City Council of said City of Lindon, Utah ?nt7ed Qnu at saW CifV border all cause baU a t fXTof 'nJhei frm S6t f0rth Qnd furnish M ballots IVJJ ,t9 ? S0'f lleCh0n t0 finished to the qualified 2 unre rVhQt ?id CitV Recorder shall also provide a ballot box, poll books, ond all stationery necessary for thTuse of said Judges at said election r'n 6-?nly qua,ified electors of the City of Lindon as shall have paid a property tax therein in the twelve months preceding such election shall be permitted to cast a vote t such ZnJ PSn T'yina f0r a M the fSfng Place designated for the conduct of such election who is not challem ed and any such person whose qualifications to vote are challenged chal-lenged by any one or more of the election officials or by any other person at the time the ballot is applied for shall recXe a ballot and be entitled to vote if ( 1 ) such person is shown o the registration l,sts as a registered voter in the Cof3nd and 2) such person (a) signs an oath sworn to before one of the election officials that he is a qualified elector of the City of Lindon and has paid a property tax therein in the twelve months preceding such election, or (b) produces a tax receipt showing that he owned of record property in the City of Lindon on which he paid a property tax within the twelve months' preceding pre-ceding the election. Each of the election officials is expressly authorized to administer ad-minister such oath in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Chapter 1 4 of iTtle 1 1 , Utah Code Annotated, 1 953. ' In the case of any such challenge or challenges, the election officials shall keep a list of the names of each person challenged, challeng-ed, the grounds for such challenge, and whether such person was permitted to vote. Such list shall be made in duplicate by the election officials at the polling place and after closing of the polls a duplicate list shall be returned to the governing body by the election officials so that such duplicate list will be available to the governing body when it canvasses the election results. Section 7. The County Assessor and County Treasurer, or such persons cs they may designate, are hereby directed to check the registration lists against the tax rolls of the City of Lindon and indicate on the registration lists by appropriate mark (a) the names of the electors shown thereon who paid a personal property tax in the City in the twelve months preceding the election, and, by another appropriate mark, (b) the names of the electors shown thereon who paid a real property tax in the county in the twelve months preceding the election. Section 8. That the oath referred to in Section 6 hereof shall be in substantially the following form: ELECTOR'S OATH STATE OF UTAH ) COUNTY OF UTAH ) ss. The undersigned, having been first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says under the pains and penalties of perjury, as follows: That I am a citizen of the United States and have been so for not less than ninety (90) days; that I am of lawfur voting age; that I am now and have been a resident of the State of Utah for not less than one ( 1 ) year of Utah County for not less than four (4) months, and of the voting district or precinct of the City of Lindon in which I am offering to vote for not less than sixty (60) days; that I am a duly registered voter of Utah County and I am a qualified voter of and reside within the confines con-fines of the City of Lindon; that I own property in the City of Lindon title to which is held in my name, and that I paid a property tax thereon during the twelve months preceding this election; and that I have not previously voted at the bond election elec-tion being held on this 7th day of May, 1968 in the City of Lindon, Utah County, Utah. Signature of Elector Address of Elector I, the undersigned, Judge of Election, hereby certify that the person whose signature appears above, signed the foregoing statement on this 7th day of May, 1968; immediately after I administered to him an oath in the following words: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you have read the oath to which you are about to subscribe your signature and that the facts recited therein are true and correct, so help you God (or under the pbins and penalties pen-alties of perjury) ." Judge of Election Section 9. The City Council hereby provides and directs that this resolution be published one time in the Pleasant Grove Review, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Lindon, Utah. For a period of thirty days after such publication any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of this resolution or any action taken pursuant thereto, but after such time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality thereof for any cause whatsoever. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Lindon, State of Utah, ond approved by the Mayor this 1 0th day of April, 1 968. JOSEPH A. CHRISTIANSEN ATTEST: Mayor HAROLD A. ERICKSON, City Recorder 1 ' (SEAL) |