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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, HELD ON THURSDAY THE 5th DAY OF MAY, 19327 t
AT THE HOUR OF THREE O'CLOCK P. M.
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach was held pursuant to notice given as required by law, on the 5th
day of May, 1932, at the hour of three o'clock p. m. at the Council
Chambers of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach.
Upon roll call, the following Councilmen answered present:
Hermann.Hilmer, George Irving Gordon, Loyd Claire, Paul Ellsworth and
A. J. Garfield. Absent, none.
The notice pursuant to which the meeting was held was duly
read by the Clerk and ordered filed by Mayor Hilmer. The Mayor
thereupon asked the City Attorney for an opinion relative to the.
present status of Mr. J. A. Gant, in relation to his failure to
file a bond within the time required by law. The City Attorney
thereupon stated to the City Council that after the giving of said
notice for said special meeting, that a duly executed bond had been
received by the City, covering Mr. J. A. Gant as City Treasurer of
the City of Newport Beach, from the date of his election to that office,
and during his term thereof, and that said bond was in form reouired
by law, and gave the City the protection required under the City
ordinances in relation to the office of City Treasurer . of said City
of Newport•Beach; that he, the said City Attorney, had been informed
that the delay in filing the bond was caused by the fact that said bond
had to be presented to the Eastern office of the Insurance Company for
its approval, and to the underwriters of said insurance company for
their approval, and that the bond was executed as of the 191h day of
April, 1932, and within the time required by law, but through delay in
the mails, the same had not reached the City of Newport Beach within
ten days after the election of the said J. A. Gant, as City Treasurer
of the City of Newport Beach. The City Attorney thereupon gave it as
his opinion that J. A. Gant, as the City Treasurer of the City of
Newport Beach, had duly qualified as such Treasurer upon his bond being
approved by the Mayor of said City. On motion of Councilman Garfield
seconded by Councilman Claire and carried, the report of the City
Attorney was accepted and ordered filed. On motion of Councilman
Claire, seconded by Councilman Garfield and darried, it was ordered
that in view of the report of the City Attorney, that no-action
should be taken relative to the office of City Treasurer, as he
had duly qualified for said office when said bond had been approved
by the Mayor of said-City.
City Attorney, Roland Thompson, then stated to the City
Council that the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Insurance Company'
had filed with him a waiver to the effect that any and all claims
were by them waived by reason of any supposed defect occasioned by
Mr. Gant's alleged failure to file his bond within the time required by
law. Whereupon said waiver was duly read by the City Attorney to the
City.Council of the City of Newport Beach, and upon motion of Councilman
Claire, seconded by Councilman Garfield, and carried, said waiver was
accepted and ordered filed as a permanent record of the action of said
insurance company relative to said bond.
There being no further-business, on motion of Councilman
Claire, seconded by Councilman Garfield, and carried, the meeting was
adjourned, sine die.
Mayor, City of Newport Beach
Approved May 23, 1932.
City Clerk.