Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-10-02
Order for Special! Election To
Vote on County Bonds.

Order for Spccia! Election to
Vote on County Bonds.
WHEREAS, the County has fer the
purpose of constructing roads and
bridges. in the County. under aud
by virtue of HE statute, in such
case made and provided, become IN
debted to about the sum OF $50, oco
90, which is evidenced by ccr,ain
interest bearing Orders, Certificates
and Bonds, at six per cent. now
held by various creditors of the coun.
ty, on Sixty two hundred dollars OF
which there las been obtained 4
Judgment in the circuit court of the
u. >. III favor of George Willard.
Elk. &c, and the Court being desir-
Gus OF either paying of tie said
debt Or of getting it into bonds at =
lower rate of interest, and the an.
nuai levy necessary at this time, to
meet direct annual expenditures be.
ing, in the opinion of the Court, as
large as il is exped,cnt TO make the
same, and it being deemed expedi-
ent to reduce the interest that the
county rs now paying, and the hold.
er of the Wayne County bonds. for
S3I, $4,000. The Society For Saw.
ings, of Cleveland, Ohio, being will
ing to accept and take the new
bonds of the County, having a Ion
ger time to run at five per ccntum,
per annum, in place ofthe old bonds,
and also to take, at par, the remain
der of the said new issue, at FIVE
per cent, and the County now hav.
ing the right to call in the old
bonds, and the Court being Of the
opinion that it is to the best interest
ofthe county that a sufficient sum
of money be borrowed, a. five per
cent, to pay off the outstanding six
per cent Indebtedness, and the law
requiring that before any such
bonds are issued, that all questions
connected herewith be submitted
to the citizens of the county:
Now THEREFORE, for that pur
pose it is ordered, that vote be ia.
ken at the several places Of voting in
the county, on the question: Shall
the County of Wayne issue Fifty
Thousand Dollars 10000 oo) in
bonds Of the County, payable, at
the option of the County, in one
year from date of issue, and matur.
ing at thirty -four years with interest
ut five per cent.per annum, PAYABLE
semi-annually at the bank of Hun
tington, in Huntington, West Vir.
GINA. Said bonds to lie of the de-
nomination of One Thousand Dol.
lars each, with interest coupons.
And it is further ordered that for
the first fifteen years after the issu.
ing of the said bonds, if the same
are not paid sooner, that there shall
be levied direct annual tax, upon
the county and respective Road
Districts, in proportion to the
amount the County and each Dis
trict owes of the whole sum, sufii
cient to ray the interest on the said
bonds, scmi-annually, and ut the
least one of the said bonds, aud aft
CT the said fifteen years Il like tax TO
pay the interest and at lcas; two Of
the bonds.
And for the purpose OF taking
said vote, special election is here
by ordered to be held at each vot.
ing precinct in the county, on the
18th day of October, 1880, and the
clerk of this court is directed to
cause to be written, or printed, as
many copies of this order as NAV
be required ard to post a copy Of
same III his office and to deliver TO
the sheriff for posting, the copy for
every voting precinct in the county.
and the said sheriff shall post one
copy at every such voting place in a
conspicuous place at least 20 DAYS
prior to the sail 18th day of Oc,o
Der, 1850. And copy Of this order
shall be published at least four sue
ccssivc weeks in the Wayne Ne,rs
and the Ccredo ADVANCE, newspa-
pers published in the county, but
publication in either Of the said pa.
pcrs shall be sufficient.
Such special election shall be held
by the commissioners this day spec
tally appointed by the court, in the
same manner md subject to the
same regulations, and the result OF
the poll ascertained, certified and
declared, in the same manner and
as provided and under the regula.
tons prescribed by statute for the
election of school officers. The
ballots used in taking said poll shall
have written or printed on them
the words, upon the question Of
issuing fifty thousand dollars in
county bonds" "For the Issue" or
Against the Issue" but no ballot
shall be rejected if it sufficiently
appears from the same how the vo-
ter intended to vote on the question.
The Clerk of this Court is directed
to make out and prepare the nee.
essary poll books, tally sheets, &c,
and deliver the same to the Com.
missioners at the polling places.
a Copy, Teste,
CHAPMAN Fry. Cerk