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Resolution - 15RESOLUTION :jr, l� CALLING-A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ` IN THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED KNOWN AS "EAS 'ERLY ADDITION NO. 2" . AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING IN THE SAID TERRITORY THE QUES- TION OF ANNEXING THE SAID TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. WHEREAS, on or about the -and-day of Vie, 1937, there was filed in the office of -the City Clerk of the said City of West Covina a written petition signed by one fourth and more of the qualified electors residing within the territory hereinafter de �7 • cribed, as shown by the registration of voters of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, the same being the county in which the said territory is situated, which said petition contained a description of the new territory proposed by the said petition to be annexed to the said City of West Covina, and asked that the said territory be annexed to the said City; and WHEREAS, the said territory does not form any part of any municipal corporation; and WHEREAS, the said territory is inhabited and the persons residing in the said territory are bona fide residents thereof; and WHEREAS, the said petition contains a request that a special election be Galled for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the said territory so proposed to be, annexed' to the City of West Covina the question whether the said . t.erritory shall be annexed to, incorporated in and made a part of the said City of West Covina; NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of West Covina: FIRST: That a special election be and the same is hereby called to be held in the territory hereinafter described on the 30th day of T-u1-y-, 1937, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors residing in the territory hereinafter des- cribed the following question or proposition: Shall that certain territory contiguous to the City of West Covina be annexed to, incorporated in, and made a part of the said City of West Covina, to wit : That certain portion of i`the County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: • Beginning in the So. Ely corner of Lot 84, Tr. 930, MB 17, pgs, 38 and 39, Records of Los Angeles County. Being the So. Ely corner of the City of West Covina; thence.So. Ely a distance of 4400 ft. more or less to the So. Wly corner of Lot 1, Tr. 3546, MB 40, pgs. 82 and 83, Records of Los Angeles County; thence along the Sly line of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said Tr. 3546; thence along the So. /Ely lines of Lots 4, 51 6, and 7 of said Tr.;;thence Nly along the Ely line of Lot 8 of said Tr. to a point in the Sly line of Lot 47, Tr. 10330, MB 161, pgs. 22 to 31, Records of Los Angeles County, thence Ely along the Sly line -,of Lots 47 and 48 of said last mentioned Tr. to the So. Ely corner of said Lot 48; thence N. Wly along the N. Ely line; of said Tr. 10330 to the N. Ely corner of Lot 14 in said Tr.; thence Wly along the Nly line of said Lot 14, 300 ft. more or less, to the So. Ely corner of Lot 2, Tr. 9253, MB 128, pgs. 46 and 47, Records of Los Angeles County; thence Nly along the Ely line of said Lot 2, 300 ft. to a point; thence N. Wly 3570 ft. more or less, to the N. Ely corner of Lot 8, Block 25, Phillips Tract, M.R. Book 9, pgs. 3 and 4, Records of Los Angeles County; thence tIly along the Nly lines of Lots 8, 7, 6, 5 of Block 25 and Lot 8 and 7, Block 26 in said Phillips Tract to the N. Ely corner of Lot 6 in Block 26 of said Phillips Tract. Being the N. Ely corner of .the City of West • Covina; thence Sly along the Ely line of said Lot 6 and the Ely linesof Lots 74 to 84, inclusive, of said Tract 930 to;, he point of beginning. SECOND: That the said new territory hereinbefore described is hereby designated as "EASTERLY .ADDITION NO. 211 and the said territory shall be indicated and referred to by the name of "EASTERLY ADDITION 150. 2" on the ballots to be used in the said special election, at which the question of such annexation is submitted to the qualified electors of the said territory, and the name "EASTERLY ADDITION NO. .21f, whenever used in the notice of election and in any proceeding for the annexation of the said territory to the said city shall mean and shall be deemed and construed to mean the said territory where- inbefore and in the aforesaid petition described, and so proposed by the said petition to be annexed to the said City. THIRD: That upon the ballots to be used in said special elec- tion, in addition,to the matter re quired by law, there shall be printed the words: Shall the territory designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO. 2" be annexed to the City of West Covina? YES Shall the territory designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO. 2" I % be annexed to the City of l"Jest Covina? NO FOURTH: That the ballot's to be used at the said special election, the opening and closing of the polls for the said election and the holding and conducting of the said election shall be in conformity as nearly as may be with the laws of the State of Califor- nia concerning general elections in the State of California, except as otherwise provided in an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of the boundaries of and for the annexation of territorIT L` to municipal corporations, for the incorporation of such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and for the districting, government and municipal control of such annexed territory," approved June 11, 1913, and acts amendatory thereof and supple- mentary thereto., That if an elector shall stamp a cross W in the voting square after the printed word "Yes", the vote of such elector shall be counted in favor'of annexation of the territory referred to in said proposition to the said City of West Covina; . and if an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after the printed word "No", the vote of such elector shall be counted against said annexation. FIFTH: That for the holding of the said election there shall be one.precinct in th-e said territory, which shall comprise all of the territory hereinbefore described and proposed to be annexed -to, incorporated in and made a part of the said City of .Rest Covina; that the 'place at which the polls will be open for the said election in the said territoryp forp the said purpose, shall be at the residence of W. D. Brown a '?01 East Cortez Avenue, Covina; that the officers of the said election shall be, and are hereby appointed as follows: - Judges: Mrs. Evangeline Steckel and Julia Unruh Inspector: Mr. W. D. Brown SIXTH: That this City Council finds and determines that the territory hereinbefore described does not form any part of any municipal corporation; that the said territory is inhabited; that the persons residing in the said territory are bona fide residents thereof; that the aforesaid petition for the annexation of the said territory hereinbefore described to the said City of West Covina is signed by more than one-fourth of the qualified electors • • residing within the said territory as shown by the registration of voters of said County of Los Angeles. SEVENTH: That all proceedings to be had and taken.pursuant to the aforesaid petition and to this resolution shall be had and taken in the manner provided in an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of the 'boundaries of and for the annex- ation of territory to raini ci pal corporations, for the incorpora- tion of such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and for the districting, government and municipal control of such annexed territory," provided June 11, 1913, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. EIGHTH: That the City Clerk of the City of West Covina be and he is hereby directed to post notice in three public places within the territory to be annexed at least fifteen days before the hear- ing of protest to such annexation by the City Council of owners of property in said territory proposed to be annexed. That the i . day. of die, 1937, at the hour of 77;30 P.M. or said date at 1.843.:Stdte. Highway.;„,� in the City of "Jest Covina is hereby set as the date for -hearing such protests. NINTH: That if a majority of the owners of parcels of land in said territory proposed to be annexed do not protest in writing to said annexation that the City Clerk of the City of West Covina be and he is hereby directed to give notice of said election by publishing the same for a four weer period next preceding the date herein set for said election in the TENTH: The City Clerk of the City of West Covina is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this resolution and there- upon the same shall be in full force and effect. Adopted and approved 'thi s day of-1 1937. Mayor