R-362-56 RESOLUTION NO. 3 62
RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE
SPECIAL PENSION FUND ELECTION HELD NOVEM-
BER 27, 1956, AND DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Village Council of Miami Shores Village by its
Resolution No. 361, duly and regularly adopted at its meeting held on October
16, 1956, ordered a special pension fund election to be held in said Village on
November 27, 1956 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of
said Village who were freeholders therein the following question:
Shall Miami Shores Village Ordinance No. 273, which
establishes a pension fund for employees at an annual
cost to the freeholders of Miami Shores Village not to
exceed one mill in taxes, adopted by the Village Council
October 16, 1956, become effective January 1, 1957?
and
WHEREAS, due and proper notice of said special election was
given (a) by publication in the North Dade Journal, a newspaper published in
Dade County and of general circulation in the Village, there being no news-
paper published in the Village, which publication was 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 as directed in said Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, due registration was had until and including November
23, 1956, being not less than five days prior to the date of holding said election,
of all persons qualified to vote at said election who were freeholders residing
in said Miami Shores Village; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the Inspectors and Clerk of Election
were duly furnished a certified copy of the list of qualified electors who were
entitled to participate in said election, in accordance with law, and that such
list has been returned to the Village Clerk by said Inspectors and Clerk of
Election together with the return hereinafter mentioned; and
WHEREAS, it appears from the copy of said list, that the total
number of qualified electors who were freeholders residing within said Village
entitled to participate in said election was 2709; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the total number of votes cast in said
election by the qualified electors was 765; and
WHEREAS, it appears from the official returns, that the total
number of votes cast in said election by the qualified electors, for Ordinance
No. 273 was 633, and that the total number of votes cast in said election by
the qualified electors, against Ordinance No. 273 was 132;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by Miami Shores Village:
1. That a majority of the votes cast by the qualified freeholders
in said election were in favor of approving and did approve Ordinance No. 273
to become effective January 1, 1957.
2. That as a result of said election Miami Shores Village is
authorized and empowered to establish a pension fund for employees at an
annual cost to the freeholders of Miami Shores Village not to exceed one mill
in taxes.
3. That said election was in all respects conducted in accordance
with laws of the State of Florida, including particularly Chapter 27730, Special
Acts, 1951, and said Resolution No. 361.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this - 4th - day of December, 1957.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk