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RESOLUTION NO. 2539 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY_ OF SANTA ANA D~LAR!NG THERESULT OF SPECIAL kCJNICIPALELECTION HELD NOVE~ER 16th, 1937. WHEREAS, a special municipal election upon an initiative petition was held @nd conducted in the City of Santa Ana, California, on Tuesday, the 16th day of November, 1937, as required by law, pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislat~are entitled "An Act to provide for direct legislation by Cities and Towns, including Initiative and Referendum" (Stats. Ex. Sess. (gll p 131); and WHEREAS, it appears that notice of said election was duly and legally given, that notice of proposition to be voted on thereat was duly given, and that sample ballots, notices of polling places and copies of the ordinance submitted to the voters thereat were duly and legally mailed to each qualified elector in the City of Santa Ana as required by law; and THAT voting precincts were properly established, that election officers were appointed and election supplies were furnished as required by law, and that in all respects said election.was held and conducted and the votes cast thereat received and canvassed, and the returns thereof, made and declared in time, form and manner as required by law; and WHEREAS, the City Council of said City has met at the Council Chamber of said Council on Monday, the 29nd day of November, 1937, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. to canvass the returns of said election and as a result of which canvass, the said City Council finds that the number of votes cast, the proposition voted upon and other matters required by law to be determined by the said City Council are hereby determined to be as hereinafter stated: NOW, THF~EFOHE, PE IT RESOLVED, by the City CoUncil of the City of Santa Aha as follows: That said special election was held and conducted in the City of Santa Aha on Tuesday, the l~th day of November, 1937, in time, form and manner as required by law. That at the said special election there was submitted to the voters of said City a proposition for the adoption of an ordinance providing for Civil Service for the members of Police Department and Fire Department, as was more particularly set forth in Resolution No. 2534 of this City CoUncil; That for the purpose of said election there were 23 voting precincts established cbnsisting of a consolidation of rogular election precincts last established for holding general State and County elections in the manner and form as prescribed in said Resolution No. 2534 of the 0~ity Council of the City of Santa Ana; That the total number of votes cast in said City, exclusive of the absentee votes was 4V73. That the whole number of absentee votes cast in said election was 5. That the total number of all votes cast at said election was 4778. That the proDosition voted upon, the number of votes given in each precinct for and against said proposition, together with the whole number of votes Riven for or against aaidproposition in the entire City are as follows: "PROPOSITION NO. 1. INITIATIVE ~ASURE. "Shall the ordinance entitled 'AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA AMA, CREATING A CIVIL SNRVICE BOARD, PROVIDING FOR THE PLACING OF ~,~ERS OF THE POLICE D~PARTMENT, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMET~T, UNDER CIVIL SFRVICE~ be adopted?