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~SOLUT!ON NO. 56-319 ORDERING %~iAT PROPOSITION BE su~?~±'?±'sD TO THE ELECTO.dS 0F T~ CITY AT T~ ~,IUNICIPAL E~CTIO.~ TO B'~ HELD 0N APRIL 9~ 19~7 T0 Ai~{Ei~D SECTIONS 101~1, 101~2 and 401.1 O? ~E CHARTER 0F T~ CITY 0F SANTA ANA TO ~NOVE THE CO~LICT ZN ~E L~N~UAGE DEC~RI~G ~E DATE V~EN GE)~ERAL ~NICIPA~ ELECTIONS SHALL BE HE~. W~F~AS, on November 4, 19~2 the electors adopted a Charter for the gove~ent of the City of S~taAna and on November 2, 19 4 said electors adopted a~n~ents to s~d Charter, which amend~ients were submitted on ~ initative petition, and V~EZ~AS, Section 1201 of said Charter fixed the first Tuesday in April of each odd n~bered year as the time when the Gener~ Eunicipal Election should be held, but said amendments, in three separate Sections, referred to the second ~esday in April as the date of said election, thereby creating a conflict s~d contradiction i~ the te~s of said Charter due to inadvertance ~d error, ~d ~m~EREAS, internal contradiction in the languajo of any Charter should not exist. ]~OW THE°~FORE, BE iT ~SOLVED: ~hat the City Council~ on i~s own motion, hereby authorizes and directs that a proposition bo s~bmitted to the electors of the City to chang~ all reference to the date of theOener~ ~.~unicipal Election to the first Tuesday in April of each odd n~bered year by submitt~nd~ for adoption at the General ~funicipal Election to be held April 9, 19~7 the follow- i~ proposition, to-wit: Sha~l the Cha~or of the ~ity of Santa ~a ) .... be muended by anouding Sections lOl.1, 101.2 aud ) 401.1 thereof to remove the conflict in language ) of said Charter regarding the date when General ) ?lunicipal Elections shall be held in the Oity ) by fixinfl said date as the first ~esday in ) April of each odd n~bered year and making minor ) changes in the lan~aEe of said Sections. )