1564 Special Election Franchise1
(Published in the Salina, Evening Journal July , 1910.)
ORDINANCE NO.
An ordinance providing for the calling of a special election in the city
of Salina, Kansas,for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of said city a proposition to approve or reject a certain
proposed franchise granted by the mayor and.council of said city
to Vhomas H. Smith, -his successors and assigns, on the 30th day of
June, 1910.
Whereasy'the mayor and council did, on the 30th day of June, 1910,
pass and approve a certain ordinance,, numbered 1560, therein granting to
Thomas H. Smith, his successors and assigns, for a period of twnety
years, the right to manufacture,, distribute and sell electricity and gas
for light, heat, power and other purposes in the city of Salina, and to
use the public streets and alleys of said city for the erection of poles,
wires and conduits therefor, and contracting with said Thomas H. Snaith,
his successors and assigns, for the lighting of the streets and public
grounds of said city; and repealing Ordinance No. 1218; and,,
Whereas, within the time prescribed by section 749 of the general
Statutes of Kansas, 1909, there has been filed with the mayor and council
a petition, containing the names of thirty per cent of the qulif ied
electors of said city,requesting the mayor and council to submit to the
electors of said city, for their approval or rejection, said franchise
ordinance No. 1560; therefore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Salina:
.Section.l. That a special el_edtion be and the same is hereby called,
to be held in the city of Salina, Kansas, on Tuesday, the Ind day of
Augusta 19101, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of said city
the proposition whether or not a cerkain proposed franchise granted by the
mayor and council to Thomas H. Smith, his successord and assigns, by
Ordinance No. 1560,, passed and approved June 30, 1910., shall be approved
by said electors, said franchise ordinance No. 1560 being an ordinance
entitledXX "an ordinance granting to Thomas H. Smith, his successors and
assigns, the right to manufacture, distribute and sell electricity and
gas for light, heat,, power and other purposes in'the city of Salina; to
use and occupy the streets, alleys and public grounds of said city for
the erection and maintenance of poles, wires -and conduits and for the
laying of the mains and pipes therefor, and contracting with said Thomas
Hs Smith, his successors and assigns, for'the lighting.of the streets,
public buildings and grounds of said city, and repealing Ordinance No.
1218, passed and approved March 8, 1904."
Sec. 2. Such special election shall be held at the voting places
in the several wards of the city, between the hours of eight o'clock a.
m. and sig o'clock p. m. on the said Aii7day of August, 1910, and such
election shall be conducted in all respects as now provided by law for,
bond elections in cities of the second class of the State of Kansas;
Provided, that in case a majority of the electors of such city voting
atvsuch election shall vote in favor of the approval of such franchise
ordinance, such franchise shall be it of full force and effect and there«
after be binding upon said city; but if a majority of the electors voting
at such election shall vote against the approval of such franchise or-
dinance then the same shall become null and void.
Sec. 3. The manner of voting at such special election shall be by
ballot, and the ballots used shall be in substantially the following
f orm:
To vote in favor of any question submitted upon this ballot, make a cross
X) mark in the square after the word Yes; to vote against it, make
.a similar mark in the square after the word No.
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED?
Proposition to approve the proposed electric light and gas
franchise granted to Thomas H. Smith,. his successors and nNO
assigns, b Ordinance No. 1560, passed and approved by the
Mayor and by
of the city of Salina, June 30, 1910.
On the back of each such ballot shall be primed, in addition to
the endorsements prescribed for general city ballots, the words "Quer-
tion submitted.."
Sec. 4. The mayor is hereby authorized and directed togive notice
of such special election by proclamation, stating therein the proposi-
tion to be submitted to the electors voting at such special election and
the time and place of holding such election, which proclamation shall be
signed by the mayor and city clerk and shall be publihgd in the off ical
city paper for � consecutive days, the first publication of which
proclamation shall be made at least fifteen.days before the date of such
special election as herein provided.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be ,in force from and
after its publication once in the Salina �veaing Journal.
Passed and approved July / 1910.
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Mayor.
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