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The City Commission met in'regular. session, Mayor Stratton and Commissioners Washburn
and Clark present on..roll call.
Moved by Stratton, seconded by Washburn that the minutes of the regular meeting of Mona
day, July 17th, 1933 be approved as read: carried, Stratton, Washburn.and Clark voting
aye,,.on roll call.
Moved by Washburn, seconded by Stratton that the following payrolls be allowed and the
City Clerk authorized to issue warrants as follows: Street Dept. $996.96; Permanent
Highway $96.00; Cemetery $72.00; Cemetery Care $43.00 and Parks $55 ?.06: 'carried, Strat
ton,,. - Washburn and Clark voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Stratton, seconded by Clark that this being the time for canvassing the returns
of the Special Election held on the 21st day of July, 1933, the following shows the re-
suit thereof:
CANVASS OF THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL - ELECTION HELD
IN THE CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, JULY 21, 1933•
We, the undersigned, members of the City Commission of the City of Yakima, Wash-
ington, having met as a canvassing board on the first Monday following the Special elec-
tion held on the 21st day of July, 19331 to wit, on Monday, the .24th day of July, 1933,
at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of canvassing the returns of said Special
election, do now hereby certify that we have carefully and completely canvassed the re-
turns of all the votes cast at said.Special election for and against the proposition sub-
mitted to the voters for "granting to Pacific Power & Light Company, -its successors and
assigns, a franchise to construct, maintain and operate in the present and future streets
alleys and public ways of the City of Yakima, and its successors, electric light and powe
line and appurtenances thereto, for the purpose of supplying electricity and electric ser
vice to the City of Yakima, the inhabitants thereof, and others, for a period of twenty -
five years; providing for the repeal of Ordinance No. 424 of the City of North Yakima
(now City of Yakima) passed December 19 1904, and approved December 20, 1904, as.pro-
vided by the terms of Ordinance No. B-54,'passed and approved by the City Commission on
the 24th day of June, 1933, and hereby submitted to the qualified.. voters of said city for
their authorization and approval or rejection, which said franchise and proposition is
more fully set forth in said Ordinance No. B-54- of said city, being the one submitted
and voted upon', and we do find from the returns and votes cast at said Special election,
that the number of votes cast in favor of and against the above proposition submitted in
the several voting precincts of said city, is as follows, to-wit:
PRECINCT NUMBER
FOR THE ORDINANCE
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE
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We, therefore, find and determine from the above and foregoing canvass of re -.
turns that the total number of votes cast at said special election was 4,142 and the
total cast in favor of the above proposition was 1,315, and the total number of votes
cast against the above proposition was 2,827, and we further find and determine from the
above and foregoing canvass, that the said proposition did not receive a sufficient num-
ber of votes at said special election to carry the same, and we therefore declare and
certify that said proposition was defeated.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand this 24th day of July, 1933.
W. W. STRATTON,
Mayor.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN, (S E A L) Geo. W. Clark, Ray Washburn,
City Clerk. Commissioner. Commissioner.
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We, therefore, find and determine from the above and foregoing canvass of re -.
turns that the total number of votes cast at said special election was 4,142 and the
total cast in favor of the above proposition was 1,315, and the total number of votes
cast against the above proposition was 2,827, and we further find and determine from the
above and foregoing canvass, that the said proposition did not receive a sufficient num-
ber of votes at said special election to carry the same, and we therefore declare and
certify that said proposition was defeated.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand this 24th day of July, 1933.
W. W. STRATTON,
Mayor.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN, (S E A L) Geo. W. Clark, Ray Washburn,
City Clerk. Commissioner. Commissioner.
July 24, 1933
Moved by Stratton, seconded by Washburn that we do now adjourn: carried, Stratton, Wash-
burn and'Clark voting aye on roll call.
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