St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-09-22

OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE,
Floyd County, Iowa. n...s....
WhereqS,. The County Building commenced ut
st Charles City, in said county for the
purpose OF n Cont House, is greatly depre-
Ciating ia value by reason Of its exposed
and unfinished condition, TO the injury of
the tax payers oi said county, - .sar.
Therefore, Il is oIderd, That at the October
Election to I've holden on the eleventh. day Of
October, A. ID. 1859, in the several townships
or election precincts of said county. at the
usual time and places of holding elections
therein, there be submitted to vote OF the
legal voters of said county, and decided there
by the following question
Whether the County Judge Of said County
shall cause the said building to he completed
and finished and whether the said county
will assist in the completion and finishing OF
the said building 10y raising fund to dcflay
the expense thereof, by the levy of a tax on
the taxable property in said county nj the rate
of Five Mills ON the dollar, the proper officers
of said Go, at the usual time Of lcvying taxes
next after said election, to levy such tax at
the rate aforesaid ON the taxable property in
said county during the year for which the said
officers levy the usual taxes for the next sue
Cpedng year after the canvass Of said vote, and
if said question be decided in the affirmative
then the County Judge of said county shall pro-
ceed to let andc3ntrct the completion and fin
ishing of said building. and shall have authority
to draw Warrants from time to time after the
provisions of said vote are inorcc as provided hy
law, on the fund 80 raised, and to he known and
designated us the Court House Fund, B." for the
purpose of paying for the completion and fin
ishing of the building aforesaid, provided, that
the amount of Warrants so drawn shall not
exceed the amount Of the sum to he raised by
the special tax as aforesaid
Each ballot cast OF voted at said election in
favor Of said question of assisting in the finish
ing and completion oil said building as aiUrc-
said, shall have printed or written thereon, or
both - Fer the Court House Fund" and
each ballot cast or voted at said election
against the question aforesaid, shall have
printed or written thereon, OF both, -" Against
the Court House Fund, " and every vote cast
on said question shall he considered according
~ for on against The entire question
Aud il is further ordered, that this procla-
nation be published Mt least four weeks in
some newspaper printed in said county. prior
to the time Of said election, and ii there be no
such newspaper now printed in said county,
publication is to lie made 10y posting up a
copy uf this Proclamation in at least one OF the
most public places in each township in said
county: one of them at the door of the bull
ding where the last District Court was held in
said county, during at least thirty days prior
to said election, and that Il copy OF this Proc
lamation shall be posted up at each place of
voting in sail county during the day OF said
election
Witness my hand and official seal at St
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, this 10th
day of September, A. d. 1859.
DAVID RIPLEY County Judge