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of Regular Adjourned Meeting of the
City Council of the
i.
City of
Clermont, held August 15th, 1924, at
two o'clock P. M.
Pursuant
to the call of the President of the
Council, the City
Council
of the City. of Clermont met at an adjourned
regular meeting
F.'
at the office of the City Clerk, that being the
usual meeting place of
the Council, at 2:00 o'clock P. it. on August 15th, 1924.
Present, Councilmen H. L. House, President; D. J. Westbrook, wm.
Bess and H. C. Broom.
Absent, J. D. Jones.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
R E S O L U T I O N.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Clermont deems it for the
best interests of the citizens of Clermont that a change be made in the form
_ of the municipal government, by amending the present charter of said City in
numerous particulars,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That an election be held on Tuesday,
the 14th day of October, 1924, the same being not less than forty (40) days
nor more than ninety (90) days after the date of the adoption of this
resolution, for the purpose of electing a Charter Board by the qualified.
electors of the City of Clermont, to consist of five (5) members.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the Clerk of the City of Clermont be, and
she is hereby directed to publish a notice of such election in the Clermont
press, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
Clermont, once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks next preceding said
election, the first publication thereof to be not less than twenty-five (25)
days prior to such election, and to post three (3) copies of said notice of
election at least twenty-five (25) days before said election in the said City
of Clermont, one in the office of the Clerk of the City of Clermont, that
being the usual meeting place of the Council, and the other copies in two
other conspicuous places in the City of Clermont.
RESOLVED, FURTHER,.That C. L. Kindred, Geo. Winston, and R. C.
Hooks, be,and they are hereby appointed as inspectors, and S.S. Fesler
as clerk of said election.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby author-
ized to provide a sufficient number of b�:llots to be used in said election.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby instructed
_ to keep the registration books of said City open from the 5th day of Sept.,
1924, until and including the 9th day of October, 1924, for the purpose
of registering any person who may be entitled to vote in this election.
'`:Ak passed and adopted this the 2nd day of September, A. D. 1924, .
Press en o C ty Council
Attest:
ClXyCer
Received and approved this 15th day of August, A. D. 1924.
mayor
The vote upon roll call was as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen House, Brown, Bess and Westbrook.
_ Nayes: None.
There being no further business, the meeting, upon motion duly
made and seconded, adjourned.
Approved this day of August, A. D. 1924.
PreSrde'nT of the City— council
Attest: