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COM1HSSION r-lliSOLtJ'i'ION NO.
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A HESOLl.JTIO:'~ OF TEl~ COl:I:.;ISSION 011' Tj:E CITY OF BOZELA1~, EWVIDING ::C'Qrt'-THI: HOLDING OF
A SPECIAL EIZCTlmT OF THE RESIDEH.' FHEIGlIOLDERS OF TIm CITY OF BOZEI.'iAlJ WHOSE NAlf.ES
I _AITEAR 0=: 'L'I-IE C01J:[,r'y TAX ROLL ?RECEDDTG suerr ELECTro"
SUDi.aTTING '1'0 THi; SAID
RESIDE::":? FREEiiOLDERS TliJ!; AI<:LIC.i\.TION O:F 'rIm LI01';TL.NA POWER CmIT.,UN, 1~ C:CHr'Ol1l~'l'IOIJ,
FOR A ~'RAlTCHISE GRAj?~ING 1'0 IT TiLE FRIVILEGE "Aim FIxr;:G '}lILC TERLlS UNDER ':'HUCE SAID
COI.;P..~TY l.il:.Y COE::;;T~ucrl', 1.''''' r ~".'~~ ~I,')
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OVER, Aim _'~C;:OSS TEE S'l'REETS, AVENUES,
ALLEYS, HI GIlVi'AY:-, , BJRIDGES, ALD EASNviENTS OF
'l'FE CITY Or' 13 OZEl.u\I. , AIiD l"lAY DI::';'l'RIEUl'E AND SELL llATUH.AL tAS TO SA.LD
CITY AND THE
nr::c....tiBI'l'lC.:TD T~'mREOF", FIXING THE DATE OF SAID
ELECTION, .AIm PROVIDING FOR THE
REGISTR..';'TrOl~ OF TIS RESID:;J;lYl' FREEHOLDERS:
WIIT= R::AS :
(1 )
On the ord da;",' of Uctober, 1930, the Montana Power Company,
a
Corporat ion, organized and exist ir:.g under and by virtue
of the laws of' the State
of New Jersey, with its executive offices in the City of
Butte, State of Mon~ana,
Dade a:o})lication to tl1e Commission of tile City of Bozeman for a franchise granting
to it the right to furnisll,
convey, distribute and sell natural gas in the City of
Bozecan, whic11 Application is on file with the Clerk of this Commission.
( 2 )
Thct there is attached to and made a part of said aprlication a
draft embodying the general terms and conditions of a proposed Ordinance,
granting
the Franchise, which proposed Ordinance is on file with the
Clerl-: of this
COl111T1is s ion.
(3 )
i:..nd~he Commission of the City of Bozeman having duly considered
I said application, and deeminr; it to the int erests of the
citizens of the City of
Bozeman that said application be subrritted to the resident freeholders for their
al)proval, and having deter.mined that a special election shall be had for the
pUlllose of submi tt ing said Quest ion to the res ident freeholders;
(4 )
That the said Cit:V of Bozeman will receive no valuable consideration
for said franchise, except ing the benefit that will innure
to the City and its
inhabitants if it and they are enabled to secure natural gas for fuel,
illwninat ion,
heat ing, cooking and power purposes.
NOW TlffiREFORE, BE IT HESOLVED
Ai'\JD IT IS HEHEBY OHDEHED BY THE COMlnSSION
OF TilE CITY OF BOZEL:AlT:
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That the a!::plication of' The :Montana riower Company, a CorpOI'o.t ion,
for
such franchise be submit t ed to the res ident
freeholders of the City of Bozeman, V!Lose
names e.:pear on the C01J.nty tax roll for the year 1930,
at a Special Election to be
held ill the City of Bozerr..an, on the 11th day of
November, 1930, between the hou~s
of' 8:00 0 'cloele A. 1:1. and 6:00 0 'cloele P. M:.; that the Clerk of the Corrmlission give
I notice of' the time and place of holding said election and the character of said
franchise so applied for, and the vccluable consideration,
if any, that will be
deri ved by the 8i ty of Bozelaan, by publicat ion of such notice in the BozerLan
Daily
Chronicle, a daily newsp~per published in the Oity of Bozeman,
at least once a
week for three successive "\ieeks next befo re the da:v of election,
as folloVIS:
In the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, on October 11th,
18th,
25th, and November 1st a~ld 8th, 1930 ;
and t: at a cop:;, of said Hotice be posted in OHe public place in each of the eight
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voting precincts in said City, for at least th~ee successive weeks,
OI' twenty-one
days" prior to the day of said election;
( 6 ) That the City of Bozeman is not divided into Wards,
Viard boundaries
having heretofore been abolished; that for the purposes of general elections the
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City of Bozeman, by the BORrd of County Commissioners,
pursuilllt to law, has been, and
noVl is, divided into eight voting precincts; that for tIw purposes of this Special
Election the COlIJLlis;:;ion deems and considers that the qualifiel. freeholders can be
better served and the election more expeditiously held b:\i dividing the City of
Bozeman into tYIO precincts with polling places therein, and that said precincts and
pollinG places be, and the same are hereby, established as
follows:
Prec inct No.1,
Comprising thC,t part of the
City of Bozeman lTorth of Main
St reet,
formerly con~,;t i tut ing the :B'irst and Second Wards
and now comprising Precincts
1, 2, and 3, as established
by the Board of County Commissioners
of the County of
Gallatin.
The polling place being at
the Court Hous e .
Precinct No.2,
Comprising that part of the
City of Bozerr:an South of hiain
Street, forrnerly consti tut
ing the Third and li'ourth \'lards
and nay: aomprisinr; Precincts
4,5,6, r;, and 8, as established
by t he Board 0 l' County Cormnissioners
0 the CO'LUlt:Y" of'
Gallatin.
The polling place being the
Murlic ipal Court Room.
( ?) 'l'llat the Notice of Ele ct ion shall be su1) stant ially as follo'ws:
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"NO':i'ICE OY SPECIII.L ELECI'ION
NOTICE IS HJ~REBY GIVEN THAT
A Special "Inection of the resident
freeHolders of the City of
Bozeman, will be held in the Cit~
of Bozeman,
State of Montana, on Tuesday~ the 11th day of
NovemlJer, 1
930.
The polls will be open from
8:00 otclock A. 2., to 6:00 Otclock
P. I',l.
of said day.
That for the purposes of this Special Election the City of Bozeman has been
divided into two precincts and the polling places therein will be as follows:
Precinct Ho. 1,
Comprising that part of' the
City of Bozeman North of Main
Street,
formerly canst i tut ing the First and Second V/ards
and now comprising Precincts
1, 2, and 3, as established
by the BOf'Td of County Connnissioners
of the Cou nty of
Gallatin.
The pollinc place being at
the Court House.
Precinct No. 2,
Compris ine; that part 01"
the City of Bozeman South of' Main
Street,
formerly canst i tut ing the rl'hird and Fourth Wards
and now comprising Precincts
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8,
as
established by the Board of
County Cownissioners of the
County of Gallatin.
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The polling place being the
Municipal Court Room.
Said Special Election will be held for the PUl'f'OSe of submitting to the
resident freeholders of the City of Bozeman whose names appear upon the county tax
roll for the year 1930 the application of the Llontana Power Company, a corporat ion,
for a franchise grant ing to it
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'the p ri vilege and fixing
the t erillS under which se.id company
may construct, equip, lay, maintain, and operate pipe
lines
in, under, Upon, over, and across the streets,
avenue s,
alleys, highways, bridges, and easements of the City of
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Bo z enlan, and may distribute and sell natural gas to said city
and tIle inhc'.bit o.nt s thereof. ,
The City of Bozeman shall receive no ve.luable consideration
for said
franchise except the benefit that shall innure to the said City and to
its inhab-
itants if it anu they are enabled to secure natural gas for fuel,
illumination,
heat inG, coo1:inc; and 1)O\'.'e1' pUrlJOses.
_c'he franchise is to bc granted
for the term of rl'hirtyyears.
At such
election the ballot shall contain the words:
"FOn GRANTING li'HANCHISEII
I1AGAINS'I1 GRAL'TING Fl-1i'>.NCEISE"
and in voting the elector must make a cross,
thus, 'x' opposite the answer he
intends to vote for.
The proposed Ordinance grant
ing such franchise is nmy on file at the office
of the Clerk of the Comraission and open to inspect ion by the Pl: blic.
Dated this
11th day of Octo~e1',. 1930.
By Order of the COmYllission
of the City of boz eman.
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ELIZ,:>.BETII JOlLSON
Cl erk of the Comxllission.
(8) That for said Spec
ial Elect ion the following named Electol>s be,
and they are hereby, appointed .JudGes and Clerk", of' Election
for the several
precincts, as follows:
FIEST
PRECINCT
As hereinbefore described.
W. E. RIDER
J. C. Me
CAHrl'HY
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J. VI. LABERTEW
Judges.
LILY LYON
IDA B. SHELTON
Clerks.
SECOND
PRECINCT
As hereinbefore
described.
A. A. CAMERON
R. E.
BRmiN
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vr. O. BOI:::ART
Judges.
LILIAN L. FDILEY
1illHY ELIZABETH COWAN
C 1 erl'Cs .
'l'hat
sol. d Judge:,; and Clerks of ~~lection shall J:.ave and receive the sum
of rive Dollars (~~ 5.00 )
per day;
( 9 )
That said.Election shall be conducted and canvassed and return made
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in the same manner as other city elections and the prorvisions of Ordinance No. 140
of the City of Bozeman, and the Election Laws 01' the State of I.iontana,
in so far as
the same relates to Special Elections, shall Govern;
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a. That for said Special Election, pursuant to the provisions of
Ordinance No.140, of the City of Boze:Clan,
there shall be a reGistration of the
resident freeholders of the City of Bozeman, whose nc~mes appear on the county tax
roll for the year 1930, and who vdll be entitled to vote at
such Special Election;
b. That the ReGistration Office shall be open on the 27th, 2 8t Ii ,
29th, 30th, and 31st days of October,
1930, and thereafter on the lOth day of
November, 1930, for correct ion,
and for the registration of such resident freeholders
who were unavoidably absent from the City during the preceding time of rogistrat ion;
c. That the Registry Agent shall cause to be published in the
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a daily newspaper published in the City of Bozeman,
at
least twenty (20) days before tte expirat ion of tIle t :iJne for registr'at ion,
Gl Not ice
signed by said Registry Agent, whi ch Not ice shall conforlll \vi th Sect ion 1 g,
Ordinance
No. 140, of the City of Doz6nan, and shall be substantially
as follows:
"N 0
TIC E
REGISTR/..TION 011' RESIDENT li'HEElIOLDERS
SPECIAL
ELECTION
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:rOTICE IS HEHEBY GIY:i_m that, for the Special Election to
be held on Tuesday,
the 11th day of iTovemlJer, 1930, for the purpose
of suorni tt ine to the resident
freeholders of the City of Boz8Dllin,
whose
names a;):pee.r on the county tax roll for the year 1930, the
applica tion of the Montana
Power COlnpany, a corporation, for a gas
franchise, a
Registration of the resident freeholders, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 19,
Ordinance No. 140, of the City of
Bozema:_~, must be had;
That only resident freeholders whose names appear on the
county tax roll for the year
1930, and who are reGistered, v.,rill be
entitled to vote c.t
said Election; that the registration of the
resident freeholders will be
held and made E-,_t the offioe of the
Registry Agent,
Police Court Room, Ci tv: llall Building, on October
27th,
28th, 29th, 30t;~ and 31st, 1930, between
the hours of 9:00
o 'olock A. LI.
and 9:00 o'clock P. k. of said day, except between
12:00 o'clock M. and 1:00 o'clock
P. ~. and 6 :00 0 'clock P. 1... and
7:00 o'clock':: }). L. of'
each day, and the tine forrecistration will
expire at 9:00 o'clock Pl L.
Oll the 31st day of Uctober, 1930;
That tho office of the Registry Agent will also be open
on November lOth,
1930, for correction, and for the recistI'i.:;.tion of
persons entitled to register
for said Special Election who were
unavo idc:.bly absent from
the C it Y fl'OEl Octol! el~ 27th to October 31st,
1930.
Dated this 11th day of October, 1930.
COW\.. O. DODSON
neg is try Agent II
d. That S2. id Not ice shall be pU:Jlished in dle Bo zcnan Da,.ly Chronicle,
a daily newspaper l)ublished in the City of Bozenan, on Ooto be~' _:1 th,
18th, 25th, and
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Nov6Llber 1st and 8th, 1930 ;
e. TIm t Cora. O. Dodson is hereby appointed He Cis try Acent :!for said
Speoi~l ~lection to be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of NoveJ.'ilber,
1930, and that the
Police Court Room, City Hall Building, I::ozeman,
L~ol1tana, is hereby designated as the
place of registration, (-:end tb_at said
Registry Agont shall receive the SW~l of EiCc~ht
DolL,rs (.:,;8.00) pe:c day in payment for said services;
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or> That a list containing tho names of the registered resident
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freeholders in the two precincts hereby created,
sLall be posted in a conspicuous
I l)lace in each of the right voting preci:::wts in the City of Bozoman by the Hef;istry
.A.gent at least five (5) days prior to the day of
election;
{;. Th1~ the Registry Agent shall, within two days after the
preparation and publication of said list of registered votere,
personally deliver
to the Clerk of the Commission, to be by her posted in a
conspicuous place in her
office until election day and thereafter to be filed away as other recoT-ds of the
oity, a true, correot and complete
list of all the electors reGistered in said
ci-~y fl"om the C01TI2:nenCement to the close of the registration;
h. That said Registry Agent shall, likevlise,
lJrepare a reasonable
nUEber of' copies of said list of registered vat ers J:or distribut iDn among the
electors i~ the several precincts;
(11 )
That the assessment list, as prepared and cOl-:1pleted by the assessor
and no Vi{ in the hands of the County Clerk and Recorder of the County of Gallatin,
for the year 1930, for the purlJoSes of said SIJecial EJ.e ction,
shall be, and is
hereby, deterr;lined to be the county tax roll precediw. such election,
as provided
by Section 50'75, Political Code,
ROM, 1921, and t-he resident freeholders in the City
I of Bozelnan whose Ilam.es appear thereon, and are registered as herein provided,
shall
be entitled to vote at said Special Election;
(12) That the proposed
Ordinance granting such franchise is now on file
at the office 0:[' the Clerk of the COlml1ission and is open to inspection by the
];JUblic and those el1titlec~ voters at said Special Election;
(13 )
That the proceedings hereunder are had pursuant to the provisions
of Section 5039, paragraphs 63 and '73 thereof,
as amended, Sections 50'74, to
50 '7 '7 , inclusive, and 5496,
to 5501, inclusive, Political Code, ROM,
1921, and
Ordinance llo. 140, of the City of Bozeman.
',ASSED AND ADOPTED BY the
Conrrnission of" the City of Boze~.~lan, at a rec;ular
session thereof, held on the 10th day of October,
1930.
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Attest:
Nmyo r
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Ie 1 of tIle 6:tTI1'rlission
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I, Elizabeth Johnson, Clerk of
the CorJITlission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, do hereby cel'tfiy that the foregoing Resolutiion lio. 203 was published in
the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a daily newspaper of general circul::c.t
ion printed and I
published in said City of Bozeman, in the issue of October 15th,
1<330, and that
due IE'oof of' said publication vms made and filed in my office.
IN VIITlJESS WI-mREOF I have herfmnto set my hand and the corYJoratc seal of
said City this 16th day of October, 1930.
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