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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 381, No Resolution NumberR E S 0 L U T I O 111, �Tp i ='u.S on the 22d day of .p-ril 1918, the Board.of Commissioners i of the City of Paducah passed and adopted an ordinance amending the i0 franchise of the Paducah Traction Company, -re.ulating the fares to be charged by said Company; and, it was and is required by Statute that said ordinance lay over ten days before it .became effective; and, I Burin,, said ten day period petitions s i ;ned by sixteen i hundred and eight (1608) persons, protesting• a-ainst said ordinance and petitioning that same be submitted to a referendum, were filed with the Board of Commissioners; and, irLL after the said ten day period had expired, and to -wit: i on the 11th day of T.Tay, 1918, certain withdrawal cards were filed by persons requesting that their names be withdrawn from said petitions; therefore - BE IT=ti.L''SOLVED BY `.its; BOARD OF C01,17ISSIONLRS OF THE CITY OF PA.DUCAH, =,NTUCKY: Section 1. That said Board of Cor_vnissioners finds the folio-.:::.-. -; facts in reference to said petitions and 1°;ithdrazals: (1) That said petitions -filed on the April 30, 1918 and l 1918 embraced the names of 1608 persons. (2) That a:mon,- said signers to said petitions wero the names of eight women, three infants, fourteen persons i,,ho reside outside of ti - city of Paducah, and fifteen persons having no address o-gposite such respective names. (3) That on =ay 11, 1918 the Paducah Traction Co:, thru its man-'Scr, -Filed with SL'id BOard Of COmP-lissioners five hiuidred ,nd :fift;7-One (551) withdrawal cards, containin; the names of 551 voters who had sis•ned the ,, oresa.id petitions, and who esked in said cards that their names be Ordinance No.____ Withdrawn from said petitions. We find that the combined vote for !..ayor. in 1516 was 4868, one-fourth of same being 1217 votes, and thL.t the combire& 'vote for Liayor ir 1916 was 4672, One-fOlzrth of same being 1168 votes. (5) "fe find that after docl-L7.ctir.L.- names of all persons who were not eligible to sign said Petitions, and other irregular si-,natures from said petitions, that same before any withdrawals were made thereto had a sufficient number of voters to require action as prayed in the petition, but that after the withdrawals rare taken from said. petitions, we find that said petition does not contain a, number of voters equal to at least 25 per centum of the total number of votes cast for both candidates for. Ldayor at the last preceding regular election --'For mayor, as required by Statute. Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its paPsqge and record. .adopted by the Board of Commissioners I=ay 13, 1916. Recorded by Henry Bailey, Clerk 1S, 1918. Published in official newspaper "S-Lrii nly � 1918.