BOOK 12_1916-03-06 to 1918-12-16

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450 to said annexation then and there duly and regularly came before said Board for hearing and consideration;and WHEREAS,no person or persons then or at any time appeared before said Board of Supervisors to object to said annexation, and no objections to said annexation were then or ever made, and no written or other remonstrance or protestation to the annexation of the said new uninhabited territory,or any part thereof,was then or ever filed with or made to said Board of Supervisors; and WHEREAS,said Board of Supervisors did then and there resolve,declare,ascertain and determine that no person owning any land so sought to be annexed or any other person or persons had or has objected to,or did or does object to said annexation, and that no re- monstramce or protestation,written or otherwise,had or has been filed with,or made to said Board of Supervisors; and WHEREAS,said Board of Supervisors did then and there duly pass and adopt its certain resolution thereby it did consent to the annexation by the Town of Redwood City of the said new uninhabited territory above referred to,and directed its Clerk to give notice thereof to the said Board of Trustees of the Town of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, thereafter,to-wit;on the Ist.day of July,1918,at the hour of 8 o'clock P.M. of said day(the same being the next ensuing meeting date of said Board of Trustees of said Town of Redwood City)said Board of Trustees met in regular session at its meeting place in the Town Hall of said Town of Redwood City and then and there received from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo,Stdte of California, notification of the adoption by said Board of Supervisors of said resolution of consent to said annexation of said new uninhabited territory to said Town of Redwood City; and WHEREAS,said Board of Trustees of said Town of Redwood City, did, thereafter and on the Ist,day of July 1918,by resolution duly and regularly adopted,order and direct that the proposition whether or not said new uninhabited territory should be annexed to,incorporated in and made a part of said Town of Redwood City be submitted to the electors of said Towm of Redwood City at a special election to be held in said Town on Friday the 19th,day of JulV,1918'. ;and er;f/ lGa1oH WHEREAS,said Board of Trustees in and by said resolution did appoint qualified ,0P -h6' officers of said election,as prescribed by law,and did prder due notice of such special election to be published and given for the time and in the manner provided by law and did establish and in such notice of election designate the voting precincts and the places at Cledflah which the polls would be opened in such mitnicipal corporation,which notice distinctly and in °k due form,stated the proposition to be.submitted, and specifically described the boundaries �ndZxa n of the proposted new territory,thereby describibg the same in such manner as to appraise the voters of the particular land sought to be annexed, and invited the qulaified electors of said Town of Redwood City to vote upon such proposition bjr marking their ballots"FOR ANNEXATION"or AGAINST ANNEXATION";and WHEREAS,notice of such election was duly published and given as required by law and the order of this Board, and said special election was held,in accordance with law on Friday the 19th.day of July,1918, the same being the date for which said election was by this Boar( called;and the Judges,Inspectors and Clerks of said election,immediately upon the closing of the polls,counted the ballots,made up and certified the returs of the ballots cast at the: polling places,in the manner provided by law, and deposited all said returns with the Clerk of said Town of Redwood City; and Whereas, this is the time provided for the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of said Town of Redwood City next after the said returns were filed with the Clerk of said Town,as hereinabove recited,and said Board of Trustees is now in open and regular session; and has proceeded to open,canvass and declare, and has opened and canvassed,said returns of special election, and has examined all the matters and things in regards to the calling, notice,holding and conduct of special election; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF REDWOOD CITY; SECTION I,That this Board of Trustees finds and hereby determines that due and regular notice offl said special election was published and given as required by law and the order of this Board, and that said special election was duly and regularly held and conducted on the 19th,day of July,1918,in accordance with law and the order of this Board calling said special eleetion; and that the Judges,Inspectors and Clerks of such special election did immediately upon the closing of the polls,count the ballots,make up and certify the teturns of the ballots cast at the designated polling place, and deposit all of said returns in the manner provided by law with the Clerk of said Town of Redwood City;that this the 5th.day of August,1918,and being the time next regular meeting of said Board of Trustees after the filing of said returns with said Clerk as aforesaid is the time fixed by law for this Board of Trustees to open,canvass and declare said returns. SECTION 2.That the Board of Trustees of the Town of Redwood City,upon full examination of the teturns of the votes cast in said Town of Redwood City at said special election,does hereby certify and declare that the totes cast in said Town of Redwood City,for and against said proposition voted upon at said special election,was and is a follows,to-wit ; FOR ANNEXATION; FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE (401) VOTES. AGAINST ANNEXATION; SIXTEEN (.16) votes,NO VOTES;ONE (I) vote. and that the whole number of votes cast at said special election in said Town of Redwood City was four hundred and eigteeen (48) votes, and that a majority of all the votes cast for and against said proposition of annexation are and were in favor of such annexation. SECTION 3.That at said special election it was duly and regularly determined to annex to,incorporate in,and make a part of said Town of Redwood City the following territory,to- wit ;