North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-08-26
ELECTION NOTICE.
To the Electors Of Clayton County,
State nf I0ma

WHEREAS, At the June Session. 1858, of the Board
Of Supervisors of said county. the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted by said Board, to-wit:
WHEREAS, The County of Clayton has been for a
number of years without a suitable Jail, and, in 4 fact,
never had a suitable building for that purpose and,
Whereas, The building now occupied for that purpose
has been repeatedly indicted by the Grand Jury of
said county as a nuisance; and, Whereas, The same is
a disgrace and IA reprnach to the people of said county,
and believeing that the people Of said county are now
ready to make a suitable appropriation for the pur-
pose of erecting a suitable building, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Board OF Supervisors OF Clayton
County, Iowa. that a proposition shall be unlimited
TO the legal voters OF said county, to be voted upon ut
the next General Election to be held on the Tuesday
next alter the first Monday in November, in tile year
1868, whether or not the sum of Fifteen Thousand
Dollars shall be raised by a tax upon the taxable
property Of said county, In the years 1869 and 1870,
of not to exceed one and one half mills on the valua-
ton in each of those years for the purpose of erecting
a suitable Jail building, the same to be completed
within two years from the first day of January, 1869.
And be it Resolved, That said proposition and pro-
vision shall be vcted for in the following form Those
electors who are ia favor OF such proposition and pro-
vision shall vote the following ballot:
"For the erection of a Jail aud for the levy and col
lection at a tax in the years OF 1869 and 1870, not to
exceed one and one half mills on the dollar in each
year to pay for the erection OF such building"
And the electors who are opposed to such PROPOSE
ton and provision shall vote the following ballot:
Against the erection of a Jail and against the levy
and collection of a tax in the years OF 1869 and 1870,
of not to exceed ono and one-half mills on the dollar
in each year to pay for the erection of such building"
And be it further Resohred, That the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of said county be and he is
hereby authorized and directed tn publish in each of
the newspapers of said county, a sufficient legal notice
of the submission of such proposition and the whole
question aud everything necessary connected there
with at least 30 days previous to the time of holding
said election.
NOTICE is therefore hereby given to the qualified
electors of said county, that q vote will be taken up-
ON the proposition and provision hereinbefore set
forth in the preamble and resolutions of said Board
as above stated, at the General Election to he held in
said county on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day of November, A. d. 1868, to-wit:
That the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars shall be
levied and collected upon the taxable property Of said
Clayton County for the purpose of erecting a Jail at
Elkader, in said county; said building TO be complet-
ed In two years from the first day Of January, 1868.
and the said sum to 10 lowed and collected as other
county taxes, and the rate per cent. to be not over
one and one-half mills for each year of 1869 and 1870
upon the taxable property of said county, and that
the said question shall be voted for In the following
forra Those electors In favor of the above PROPOSE
ton shall vote the following ballot:
"For the erection of Il Jail and for the levy and col
lection OF a tax in the years 1859 and 1870 OF y sum
not to exceed one and one half mills on the dollar in
each year for that purpose"
Those electors who are opposed to such proposition
shall vote the following ballet:
"Against the erection of a Jail and against the levy
and collection of n tax in the years 1860 and 1870 of u
sum not to exceed one and one half mills on the dollar
in each year for that purpose.
BY id,I OF the Board,
iw5Io ~. $ GRANGER, Clerk.