Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-19
Hnrhor improvement.

On Tuesday last the bill to authorize the
council Of the Village Of AshtSbula, to levy
a tax for the improvement Of Ashtabula
Harbor became law. 1t now becomes the
the duty of the Council to appoint a day
for voting on the question, and advertise
the proposed election ten days previously
The following is correct copy Of the
bill, which every voter should read
BILL
To authorize the Council Of the village OF
AshtGbula, Ashtabuls county, ONO, 70
levy tax, issue bonds and raise FUNDS
for the improvement OF AshtaOuIA mar
Dor in the said village.
Section l. Be It enacted By the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio. That the
council of the village OF AShL.bula, and
state of Ohio, be and they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to raise money IN
the manner hereinafter provided, not to
exceed in amount, the sum OF fifteen thou
sand dollars. for the purpose of widening,
Strengthening, deepening and improving
AshtGbula HarbOr, in said village.
SEC 2 That for the purpose afOre-
said, said council are hereby authorized to
issue bonds, in anticipation Of the cOllse-
tiOn Of the annual leYies provided for in
this act; said bonds to be signed BY the
mayor Of said village, countersigned by the
clerk thereof, and sealed with the seals of
both said mayor and said clerk, and shall
be dated on the day OF the issue thereof.
The face of said bonds shall be for such
sums, and payable at such times, within
ten years after the issuing thereof, as said
Il. INT of
rate not exceeding seven per cent. per an
nun, with interest payable annually, which
bonds shall be sold, but not for less than
the par value Thereof; and said bonds shall
be so issued, that not more than three thou
sand dollars thereof shall fall due in any
one year.
SEC. 8. That said council he and they
are hereby authorized and empowered to
lew q tax. annually, on all the taxable
propsrty, both real and personal. IN said
village, sufficient to pay said bonds, toseth-
or with the interest accruing thereon, as
the same shall become due, and said coun-
ell shall cause said ISvies to be annually
certified to the auditor of said Ashtabula
county, to be collected in the same manner
as other village taxes, and to be expended
under the direction Of said council, for the
purpose of which it was levied, and for no
other.
SEC. 4. That the bonds mentioned in
this act shall not be issued, nor shall
any tax be levied hereunder, until the
question of the propriety thereof shall have
been submitted to the electors OF said vii
Iage at a general election, at special cleo
tion called for that purpose, and three fifths
of all the electors voting at such election
shall have voted in favor thereof, which
said election shall he held and constructed
as other village elections; Provided, how
ever, the following special directions shall
be observed, viz:
The said council shall give ten days no
tice of the time and place Of holding said
election, by the publication of the same in
all of the newspapers published in said vii
lage, which said notice shall state the OBJ
isct for which said tax is TO be levied, and
said bonds are to be issued, and the amount
thereof. which election shall be by ballot,
and all ballots in favor of leVying said tax
and issuing bonds for the purpose afore-
said, shall have written or printed thereon,
"Levy a tax and issue bonds for harbor i'm
provements-yes, and all those against
the same shall have written or printed
thereon, "Levy tax and issue bonds for
harbor mprovements-no.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.