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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1916-10-C RESOLUTION #10-C Original Resolution Missing Excerpt from minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting of April 13, 1916 • On motion duly seconded the following Resolution was approved and adopted: "Whereas a general municipal election was held in the City of Chula Vista, California on Monday, the 10th day of April, 1916, for the purpose of electing a clerk and ex-officio assessor; a treasurer, and two members of the Board of Trustees ; and Whereas, it appears that said election was held and conducted in accordance with the general elections laws of the state, so far as the same were applicable, and that the Board of Trustees gave due notice thereof; and that said election was held and conducted and the votes cast thereat were received and canvassed, and returns theron made in time, for and manner as required by law. And Whereas, the Board of Trustees did meet on this 13th day of April, 1916, for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast thereat, whereupon it was found that the vote cast at said election was as follows: For Trustees : L.B. Barnes, 353 votes. WM R. Edwards, 67 votes. Adam Morgan, 72 votes. Elmer G. Noyes, 361 votes . R.J. Wharton, 138 votes. For City Clerk: J.F. Morrill, 225 votes . B. A. Shadinger, 291 votes. For City Treasurer. T.B. Frost, 198 votes. Maud E. Post, 326 votes. And whereas it appears from a canvass of the votes cast at said general municipal election, that the persons next herein named received a majority of all the votes cast thereat for the respective offices mentioned; now, therefore, It is hereby Resolved, determined and declared by the Board of Trustees of the City of Chula Vista, California, that at the general municipal election held in said city on Monday, the 10th day of April, 1916, the persons elected to the respective offices for the terms stated and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, are as follows: L.B. Barnes, as trustee for the term of four years . Elmer G. Noyes, as trustee for the term of four years. B.A. Shadinger, clerk and ex-officio assessor for the term of two years. Maude E. Post, Treasurer, for the term of two years. The clerk and the treasurer, respectively, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall execute a bond to the City of Chula Vista in such sum as required by ordinance, which bond shall be approved by the Board of Trustees and filed with the clerk, the bond of the clerk shall be filed with the President of the Board. All newly elected officers before entering on the duties of their office to which they have been elected, shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office, and file the same with the clerk. " The motion was carried and the resolution approved and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Barnes, Eitzen, Monroe, Wharton, Geyer. Noes: None. Absent: None