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06-13-1945 Special Meeting 24(9 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, HELD JUNE 13, 1945 A special meeting of the Village Council of Miami Shores Village, Florida, duly and regularly called by the Mayor of said Village, was held on June 13, 1945, at 7:30 o 'clock, P.M. , at the regular meeting place ofthe Council at the Municipal Office in said Village, and after all members had been duly notified thereof, for the purpose of canvassingthe returns of the special bond election held on June 12, 1945. The following Councilmen were present : Oscar E. Dooly, Jr. , Mayor M. B. Arnold Walter G. Earnest M. E. Reynolds Absent: John G. Thompson Following receipt by the Council of proof of due publica- tion and posting of the notice of election, the due registration of electors qualified to vote at said election, and the due and proper conduct of said election in full compliance with the laws of the State of Florida, including particularly Chapter 103 of the Florida Statutes, 1941, and the receipt by the Council of the certificate of the Inspectors and Clerk of Election, the following resolution was submitted: MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE RESOLUTION NO. 268. RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL BOND ELECTION HELD JUNE 122 1945, AND DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF. ` 50 2 - WHEREAS, the Village Council of Miami Shores Village by its Resolution No. 267, duly and regularly adopted at its meeting held on May 8, 1945, ordered a special bond election to be held in said Village on June 12, 1945 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said Village who were freeholders therein the following question: Shall Miami Shoes Village, a municipal corporation in Dade County, Florida, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000, bearing interest at a rate or rates not exceeding four per centum_ (4f) per annum, payable semi-annually, and maturing annually, May 1, as follows: Year' of IJiaturity Amount Yearof Maturity Amount 1946 410t000 1956 620,000 1947 101,000 1957 20,000 1948 102000 1958 20,000 1949 10,000 1959 25,000 1950 10,000 1960 25,000 1951 102000 1961 25,000 1962 10,000 1962 252000 1953 103,000 1963 252,000 1954 159000 1964 25,000 1955 209000 1965 25,000 For the purpose of providing funds for refinancing the Miami Shores Golf Course and improving the same? and WHEREAS, due and proper notice of said bond election was given (a) by publication in the IJliami Herald, a newspaper published in Dade County, Florida, and of general circulation in Miami Shores Village, there being no newspaper published in said Village, which publication ras made at least once in each week for four consecutive weeks before said election, the date of first publication in said newspaper being at least thirty days before said election, and (b) by posting copies of said 2`$1. - 3 - notice in at least ten different public places within the territorial limits of the Village, all pursuant to said Resolu- tion No. 267 and in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, due registration was had until and including June 6, 1945, being not lessthan five days prior to the date of holding said bond election, of all persons qualified to vote at said election who submitted proof by affidavit that they were freeholders who were qualified electors residing in said Miami Shores Village, all pursuant to said Resolution No. 267 and in acawrdance with law; and WHEREAS, it appears that the Inspectors and Clerk of Election appointed to conduct said election were duly furnished a certified copy of the list of qualified electors who were free- holders residing in said Village who were entitled to participate in said election, in accordance with law, and that such certified list has been returned to the Village Council by said Inspectors and Clerk of Election together with the return hereinafter mentioned; and WHEREAS, it appears from the copy of said certified list filedand preserved among the recordsof the Village Council that said list as certified by the Village Manager of said Miami ShoresVillage constitutes a true, accurate, correct and complete list of the electors residing in said Village who were freeholders and entitled to vote in said election, that all persons whose names appeared on said list were qualified to vote in said election, and that the total number of qualified electors who were freeholders residing within said Village entitledto participate in said 0 6 239 4 - election was 1327; and WHEREAS, it appears that said election was duly and properly held in accordance with law and that the votes cast thereat have been returned, delivered and canvassed and that the returns of said election have been delivered to the Council at a special meeting held as soon after the said election as practicable for the purpose of canvassing said election returns and determining and certifying the result thereof; and WHEREAS, it appears that the total number of votes cast in said election by the qualified electors who at the time of said election were freeholders residing in said Village was 794 less three void out of the total number of 1327 qualified electors, as aforesaid, residing in said Village and legally qualified to participate in said election; and WHEREAS, it appears that a majority of the qualified electors residing in said Miami ShoresVillage who were freeholders and legally entitled to participate in said election did partici- pate in said band election; and WHEREAS, it appears from the official returns of said election so delivered to the Council and so canvassed by the Council as aforesaid thatthe total number of votes cast in said election by the qualified electors residing in said Village who were freeholders in favor of the issuance of said bonds was 670, and that the total number of votes cast in said election by the qualified electors residing in said Village who were free- holders against the issuance of said bonds was 121; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED,FOUND, DECLARED AND HEREBY CERTIFIED by the Village Council of Miami Shores 237 5 - Village, Dade County, Florida, at a meeting of the Council duly and regularly held, at which the said official returns of said election have been duly and regularly canvassed in accordance with law, as follows: 1. That the total number of qualified electors residing in Miami Sho resVillage, Dade County, Florida, who were free- holders and legally qualified to participate in said election held on the 12th day of June, 1945, was 1327. 2. That the total number of votes cast in said election by said qualified electors residing in said Village who at the time of said election were freeholders was 794, less three void. 3. That the total number of votes cast in said election by said qualified electors residing in said Village who at the time of said election were freeholders in favor of the issuance of said bonds was 670. 4. That the total number of votes cast in said election by said qualified electors residing in said Village who at the time of said election were freeholders against the issuance of said bonds was 121. 5. That a majority of the qualified electors residing in said Village who at the time of said election were freeholders and legally entitled to participate in said election did parti- cipate therein; and that a majority of the votes cast in said election were in favor of approving and did approve the issuance of said bonds. 6. That as a result of said election Miami Shores Village, Dade County, Florida, is authorized and empowered to issue its bonds for the purpose and upon the terms fully set forth and ()I:Z 229 - 6 - described in the said Resolution No. 267 adopted by the Village Council on May 8, 1945, to the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000). 7. That the City Manager and Clerk be and he hereby is directed to file and preserve among the permanent records of the Village Council the certificate of returns of said election heretofore delivered to the Council by the Inspectors and Clerk thereof. i 8. That said election was in all respects conducted in accordance with law and said Resolution No. 267, and that all steps in connection with and leading up to said election have been duly, regularly and lawfully taken and had, and that all provisions of the statutes and the Constitution of the State of Florida and said Resolution have been fully complied with. 9. That this resolution, determination, finding, declara- tion and certificate be recorded in the minutes- of the Village Council. /s/ OSCAR E. DOOLY, JR. ATTEST: Mayor, Miami Shores Village f s/ C. LAWTON IdlcCALL Village Manager and Clerk Councilman Walter G. Earnest moved that the foregoing resolution be adopted. The motion was seconded by Councilman M. B'. Arnold. Upon roll call the motion passed with the follow- ing voting aye: Oscar E. Dooly, Jr. M. B. Arnold Walter G. Earnest M. E. Reynolds and the following voting Nay: None 'Z7 227 7 — The Mayor thereupon declared the resolution adopted. There being no further businessto come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned. c Village Manager a Clerk APPROVED: IJiayo r Z3 P; 231