HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0025 - Election for Disincorporation and Elected ReceiverWHEREAS, There was filed on the 12th day of June, 1924, with
the Town Council of the Town of Tukwila, King County, Washington,
and accepted by said Town Council, on the 10th day of ffuly, 1924,
a petition, the object and prayer of the signers thereof being,
the submitting at the polls, to the voters of the Town of Tukwila,
of the question, whether or not, said Town of Tukwila shall be
disincorporated, and a Receiver elected, E. F. Doty being named
as a candidate for Receiver;
And Whereas, the Tukwila Town. Council has, on the 20th day
of June, 1924, in conjunction with the Town Clerk, and the Deputy
Registration Officer, examined said petition, and compared same
with the registration books of the Town. of Tukwila, for the year 1924;
And Whereas, the Tukwila Town. Council finds, that the said
registration books contain the names of Two Hundred and Eleven (211)
qualified voters, and that said petition contains the names of One
Hundred and Nine (109) qualified voters, as shown by said registration
books, the petition therefor containing a majority;
And Whereas, the Town Clerk and the Deputy Registration
Officer of the Town of Tukwila, have certified, that said petition
contains the names of One Hundred and Nine (109) qualified voters;
and that the Registration Books for the Town Of Tukwila contain
the names of Two Hundred and Eleven (211) qualified voters, and
have further certified, that said petition contains the names of a
majority of the qualified voters of the Town of Tukwila, as required
by law;
And Whereas, in accordance with law provided for disincor-
borating cities of the 4th class, the Tukwila Town Council has caused
a census of the Town of Tukwila to be taken, and the inhabitants
thereof enumerated;
And Whereas, IrIr. J. L. Durbin, the person employed to conduct
said census, has completed said enumeration, and on the 25th day of
July, 1924, declared under oath, that to the best of his knowledge
and belief, the Town of Tukwila, Washington contains less than 4,000
inhabitants, and further affirms, that the total number of the
inhabitants of said Town is Four IIundred and Sixty -One (461);
And Whereas to the best of our knowledge and belief, the
law has been complied with in all particulars, and the said petition
is a lawful and valid instrument for the uses and purposes set forth;
NOW THEI EFO BE I T RESOLVED:
That the Tukwila Town Council shall and does hereby request,
the Election Board of King County, Washington, to call a special
election, at the earliest possible time, in the Town of Tukwila for
the submission to the electors of said Town, for their adoption and
approval or rejection of the following proposition:
RESOLUTION No. 25
ATTEST:
Shall the Town of Tukwila be disincorporated
and a Receiver elected.
For Dissolution
Against Dissolution
Receiver (Vote for one)
E. F. Doty
Town C ri k
And Be It Further Resolved: That the Town Clerk of
Tukwila be, and is hereby instructed to certify a copy of this
Resolution to the Kin County Election Board.
Adopted by the Council of the Town of Tukwila and signed
by me in authentication of its adoption this 14th day of August,
A. D. 1924.
Mayor