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ORD-NAT?CE N0. 1!}!~.
AI~T ORDJ:D?ANCE CATvVASSING THE RETURAS OF THE JUDGES OF THE
GET;ERAL CITY ELECTION HELD ON APRIL 6, 1954, I+'OR CITY OFFICES
AND DECLARING THE RESiiLTS T~ILREOb' l-.TdD PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUAl`?CE
OF CERTI`r'ICP.T:~S OF ELECTION.
BE IT GRDP_INt~D BY ~l'HE BOARD Or' ALDERI~:F:i• OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Board of Aldermen does hereby canvass
the returns of the judges of the I;eneralcity election held
on April 6, 1954, for city offices and finds and declares that
on the f ace of the returns of the slid judges the results of
the said general election to b e as follows:
OFFICE FIRST WF.RD SECOND '~~ARD TH _RD 'riARD IOTA
VOTES VGiES VOTL+'S
T~:AYOR:
F. F. Fill-;er, Sr. 106 32 65 203
P. V. Owens 5 23 47 75
POLICE JUDGE•
Joe Dokes 1 1
D. B. Swetnam 92 51 103 246
R. 0. Herman 1 1 2
F. F. Filger 1 1
T~iARSHALL
C. E. Atwell 97 36 58 191
A. R. Ba.tliner 7 19 52 78
COLLECTOR:
N1rs. :3elen A, Brophy 93 52 101 246
G. NI. Prince 1 1
ALDERi~~AN FIRST WARD:
E. H. Young 101 101
ALDERT~~~T SECOND 41ARD:
Nirs. Frances Clark 55 55
J. V. Cushing 1 1
ALDERi~:EN TIZ.=RD WARD:
Norville Nelson 58 58
G. P•~. Prince 58 58
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Sect'~on 2. That upon the face of the returns of the judges,
T'. F. Filer, Sr. was elected to the office of Mayor, L. Ii.
Young. i~ras elected to the office of Alderma: for the g'irst 1•Jard,
Mrs. Frances Clark i~ras elected to the office of Alderman for
the Second ward; T:rs. ilelen A. Brophy was elected to the office
of City Collector; D. B. Swetna~niras elected to the office of
Police Judge, and C. E. P,twell bras elected to the office of
i'iarshall and < ach of the ~; to s -rve for a t err~l of two years or
:zntil their successors are elected and cualified and they,
accordin`- to said returns are entitled to certificates of election
to be issued by the City Clerk.
Section 3. That upon the face of said returns of the
judges, Porville D;elson and G. i~:. Prince, Candidates for
aldernar~ for the Third ',-lard, each received an equal number of
votes and that, therefore, a tie exists as result of such
election between said candidates for such office.
Section I}.. The City Clerk is h re'oy directed to issue
certificates of election to each of the above named successful
candid~.tes certifying; their election to their respective offices and
for the-terms above set forth.
Passed this 7th day of April, 1~5LE..
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Attest:
Actg. C'~ty C~ rk
Approved t-~i s (th ciay of April, 197{-.
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