01-04-1926 - Regular Meeting - Minutes78 79
MINUTES OF .THE BOARD OF ' TRUXTEES
OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVI 14A
Vilest Covina, Calif,, January. 4, 1926.
The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina met at the
West Covina Club House on the 4th dayy of January, 1926 at the hour,
of seven o'clock P.M., pursuant to the provisions of an act of the
Legislature of the State of California, entitled " An act to pprovide
for the disincorporation of, municipal corporations of the siX clas
approved March 26 1895 for the purpose of canvassing• the votes
cast at the election .held in the said. City on the 28T dayy of -Decem-
ber,,' 1925, for the purpose of voting on the question whether the sad
Cityy of West Covina should disincorporate; and'also pursuant to a
call issued by the.Pre's'id'ent of the Board of Trustees of said City,
calling a soecial mee t*ing of the said ..Board at the said time and
place, for the pur ose of transacting such business as should pro-
perly come before the board.
There were present Trustees G'loege,-King, Maxson, Watts and
Yarnell absent, none.
Thereupon,'the Board proceeded to canvass the votes cast at
the election held on the 2Bth day of December,.1925, in the said
City of West Covina, which said election was called for the pur-
pose of voting on the question whether the said City of V►'est Covina
should disincorporate. That upon completion of the canvass to the
said election returns upon motion of Trustee Watts, seconded by
Trustee King, the following resolution was adopted by the following
vote: Ayes; Gioege, King, Niaxson, Watts and Yarnell; �1oes; None;
absent• None
���E IT RESOLVED that this Board of Trustees now finds, deter-
mines and dellares that at'the election heldon the 28th day of
December, 1925, in the said City of West Covina for the purpose of
.voting upon the question whether'the said.City should disincorpor-
ate, a on the canvass of the returns. of the said election, it was
found hat the total number of votes cast at the said election was
two hundred sixty-four; that the total number of votes cast for
disincorporation was ezd-aty-nine; that the total number of votes
cast a inst disincorporation was one hundred seventy-five.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said Board now finds, deter-
mines and declares that less than two-thirds of.the votes cast in
the said election were in favor of disincorporation of the said City
i of West: Covina, and that the petition for disincorporation of the
said City of West Covina heretofore filed and ppursuant to which
tr:�e said election was held, be and the same is hereby denied. "
Minutes of 'the :meeting of December 9, 1925 read and approved.
The following bills, having been audited by the auditing com-
mittee, upon motion of Trustee Batts, seconded;'by Trustee Yarnell
and.carried, were allowed and the Clerk instructed to draw warrants
for the same:
Wayne Weaver Street. Supt . 1 17, .50 '
Teams .200.00 317.5o
Ben �1�axson, Tractor Bork 159.00
Carl Gray, Labor 76.00
V. Conrad, 100.00
R. Barker, t� 100.00
C..D. Wolfinger, Election Expenses 8.7o.
Carried ed forward, 761.20
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Carried froward,
'1'61.20
Boulevard Blacksmith Shop, Tools repaired
3.00
Nigggg Brothers, "
.35
Kt. McCandless Election Expense
1.00
Neuner Corporation,
27.15
L. 0. Lopez, Gutter Pipe & Labor
6.75
First Na-tional Bank, Baldwin Park, premium on
Surety Bonds of Treasuer &.Clerk_
15.00
Standard Oil Co., Supplies
11.03
A. E. Hurst, Inspector of Election
8.00
R. T. Lank. Judge "
8.00.
G. W. Dulin, �, ��
8.00
Mrs. Sadie King Clerk
8.00
Mrs. Martha Reed, it 1
8.00
F.C.McCandless 11
8.00
La Puente Valley Journal, Printing election notice
5 issues
o.6o
Total,
9o4.o8
Thereupon on motion duly made, seconded and carried,.the
ing adjourned to
meet-
meet on call at 7 otclock P.li.
The foregoing minutes of the meeting of the Board of
Trustees
of the City of Test Covina of January 4, 1926 are duly recorded
on
pages 78 and 79 of the book of records of said board.
Approved. this.l day of _. 1926.
President of the Board of Trustees
Attest: _ ity of West Covina.
Clerk.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING UPON THE
QUESTION OF ANN.EXIN+G TO THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA CERTAIN TERRITORY DESIG-
NATED AS "NORTHVFEST ANNEXATION DISTRICT."
iNOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a special election
has been called and will be held in the territory herein-
after described on the 13th day of February, 1926, for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified electors residing in
the territory hereinafter described the following question
or proposition:
Shall the territory designated as the "NORT I.'IEST
ANNEXATION DISTRICT" be annexed to the City of
West Covina?
That the territory hereinbefore designated as
"Northwest Annexation District," so proposed to be annexed to,
incorporated in and made a part of the said City of West
Covina, is contiguous to the said City, and is more parti-
cularly described as follows:
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That certain gortion of the Qounty of Los kngelee, Mate
of California, described as follows:
3egianing at the northwesterly corner of lot eleven
(11) of Eugene Riggin'S 2ubdivision Of the Hathaway Tract, as
per map recorded in Book At page 37, Miscellaneous Records of
411 tho'County of Los Angeles, the same being an anqle'point in
the boundary line of the City of West Covina; thence easterly
along the northerly line of the said lot eleven (11)s (the said
line being also the northerly line of the said City of "hest
Covina) to the northeasterly corner of the said lot; thence
northerly along the easterly line of lots twelve (12)s thirteen
(13). fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) of the said Eugene Riggin's
Subdivision of the Hathaway Tract and the northerly prolongation
of the said line to a point in the northerly line of Covina
Boulevard (or San Bernardino Nad), the said last mentioned line
being Ube aoutherly line of lot four (4) of the west part Of
the fractional north half of sectioU Sixteen (16)t tOanshiP
one (1) south* rauee ten (10) weets S. , B. & so as per reap
recordedireBook 1415 of Deeds, page 44, Avoords of said County
000f Los Augelos; theuk easterly along the southerly line of the
said lot four (4) to the eoutheasterly corner of said lot;
thence northerly along the easterly line of said lot four (4)
to the n6rtheaaterly corner of said lot; thence westerly along
the northerly line of the said lot four (4) to the northwecterly
corner of said lot; thenoe A a direct line to the northeasterly
corner of lot sixteen (16) of the said Eugene Biggin's Subdivision
of the Hatbaway Tracts the said point being in the southerly
Line of the right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Railroad (Covina
Branch); thence westerly along the southerly line of the said
right-of-way to the northwesterly corner of a tract of 9.95
acres, more or less, belonging to CharlespKendall, in lot two
(2) of section seventeen (17) township one (1) south* range ten
(10) west, S. B. B. & Id.; thence southerly along the westerly
line of the said 9.96 acre tract to the northerly line of the
said Covina Boulevard; thence northeasterly and easterly along
the northerly line of the said Covina Boulevard to a point which
is ten (10) feet westerly, measured along the said lines from
the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of lot fifteen
(15) of the said Eugene Riggin's Subdivision of the Hathaway
Tract; thence southerly to a point in the northerly line of the
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said lot fifteen (15),ten (10) feet westerly from the north-
easterly'corner of said lot; thence westerly along the northerly
line of the said lot fifteen (16) to the northwesterly corner
of the said lot; thence southerly along the westerly line of
lots fifteen (16)t fourteen (14),.thirteen (13) and twelve (12)
of the said Eugene Riggin's Subdivision of the Hathaway Tract
to the place of beginning.
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That for the holding of the said election one
precinct has been established and designated, which said pre-
cinct comprises all of the territory hereinbefore described
and proposed to be annexed to the said City of �-qest Covina.
That the place at which the polls will be open for the
said election in the said territory shall be at
That the � officers. of the said election who have been
appointed and designated to act are as follows:
Judges :
Inspect /-
That the polls for the said election will be open
on the day hereinbefore designated for the holding of the said
election between the hours of six o'clock in the morning and
seven o'clock in the afternoon of said date.
That on the ballots to be used at the said election
the said territory will be designated as "Northwest Annexation
District," and the name "Northwest annexation District" on the
said ballots shall mean and shall be deemed and construed to
mean the said territory hereinbefore particularly described and
proposed to be annexed to the said City of !'lest Covina.
That on the ballots to be used at the said election
there shall be printed the following:
Shall the.territory designated as the "Northwest
Annexation District" be annexed to the City of
West Covina? YES
Shall the territory designated as the "Northwest
Annexation District" be annexed to the City of
West Covina? NO
That if an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the
voting square after the printed word "yes," the vote of such
elector shall be counted in favor of annexation of the terri-
tory referred to in said propc.siton to the City of West Co-
vina; 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 azainst said annexation.
That the ballots 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 California concerning general elections in the State
of California, except as otherwise provided in an Act entitled
"An Ac;t to provide for the alteration of the boundaries of and
for the annexation of territory 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 llth., 1913,
and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF Iv EST
COVINA.
Dated at the City of west Covina, Californ anuary 14th, 1926.
City Clerk of th4l City of
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TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE CITY OF 'WEST COVINA:
The undersigned, qualified electors residing
within the territory hereinafter described, respectfully
ask that the said territory hereinafter described be annex-
ed to,^incorporated and included in, and Made a part of the
City of West Covina.
The new territory proposed by this petition to
be annexed to the said City of Vest Covina, and hereby asked
to be so annexed thereto, is contiguous to the said City of
West Covina, and is situate in the County.of Los Angeles,
State of California, and is more particularly described as
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That certain portion of the County of Los Angeles, State
of California, described as follows:
Beginning at the north westerly corner of lot eleven
(11) of Eugene Riggin's Subdivision of the Hathaway Tract, as
per map recorded in Book 53, page 37, Miscellaneous records of
the County of Los Angeles, the same being an angle point in
the boundary line of the City of blest Covina; thence easterly
along the northerly line of the said lot eleven (11), (the said
line being also the northerly line of the said City of Iaest
Covina) to the northeasterly corner of the said lot; thence
northerly along the easterly line of lots twelve (`12), thirteen
(13), fourteen (14) and fifteen (lb) of the said Eugene Riggin's
Subdivision of the Hathaway Tract and the northerly prolongation
of the said line to a point in the northerly line of Covina
Boulevard (or San -Bernardino road), the said last mentioned line
being the southerly line of lot four (4) of the west part of
the fractional north half of section sixteen (16), township
one (1) south,. range ten (10) west, S. B. B. & 1VI. , as per map
recorded in Book 1415 of Deeds, page 44, Records of said County
of Los -Angeles; thence easterly along the southerly line of the
said lot four (4) to the south ea-sterly corner of said lot;
thence northerly along the easterly line of said lot four (4)
to the north easterly corner of -said lot; thence westerly along
the northerly line of the said lot four (4) to the north westerly
corner of said lot; thence in a direct line to the north easterly
corner of lot sixteen (16) of the said'Eugene Higgin's Subdivision
of the Hathaway 'Tract, the said point being in the southerly
line of the right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Railroad (Covina
Branch); thence westerly along the southerly line of.the said
right-of-way to the north westerly co-rnerpof a tract of 9.95
acres, more or less, belonging to CharleZnKendall, in lot two
(2) of section seventeen (17) township one (1) south, range ten
(10) -west, S. B. B. & IVI.; thence southerly along the westerly
line of the said 9.95 acre tract to the northerly line of the
said Covina Boulevard; thence north easterly and easterly along
the northerly line of the said Covina Boulevard to a point which
is ten (10) feet westerly,'measured along the said line, from
the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of lot fifteen
(15) of the said Eugene Riggin's Subdivision of the Hathaway
Tract; thence southerly to a point in the northerly line of the
said lot fifteen'(15) ten (10) feet westerly from the north
easterly corner of said lot; thence westerly along the northerly
line of the said lot fifteen (15) to the north westerly corner
of the said lot; thence southerly along the westerly line of
lots fifteen (15),.fourteen (14), thirteen (13) and twelve (12)
of the said Eugene Riggin's Subdivision of the Hathaway Tract
to the place of beginning.
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