Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
BID FOR BONDS,

BY virtue of an order made by
the Board of county commission
ers of the county of Idaho, State OF
Idaho, on the Goth day of July,
A. D., 1896, the same being a
regular session of said Board,
notice of which session was duly
given in accordance with law,
wherein it was ordered by the said
Board that special session of said
Board be had on Monday the l4th
day of September, A. u. 1896, for
the purpose of considering the mat
ter of bonding said county and for
opening and considering bids for
said bonds and for taking such
action as may be necessary or
proper, at which said special ses-
sion after due advertisement as
'equired by law, bidders should be
invited to submit their bids in ac-
;ordance with law and said ad-
vertisement:
And whereas, a special election
vas held on August 20, 1895, after
due notice and in compliance with
the law in such cases made and
provided, for the purpose of sub
hitting the question of bonding
said county to take up tile total
warrant indebtedness of said
county up to the second Monday of
April, 1895; and said special cleo
ton having been held in accor-
lance with the law and the afore-
Said order of said Board on the
said goth day of August, 1895, and
said Board having met according
20 law and legal notice of said
meeting on the Goth day of August
1895, as Board of canvassers. and
having canvassed the votes cast at
said election, and it appearing
from the official returns of the
said election that more than two
thirds of all the voters of the said
county voting at said special cleo
ion were in favor of bonding said
county, and whereas, by virtue of
an order made in compliance W tn
law on the Goth day of July, A. D.,
1896, directing the clerk of said
Board to advertise for bids for said
bonds; all which matters are of
record in the records and files of
the said Board of county commits
sioners of the said county of Idaho,
state of Idaho; and also by virtue
of the provisions of Chapter vi, of
Title XIII, of the Revised Statutes
of Idaho as amended at the third
session of the legislature, of
the State of Idaho approved
March 8, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by the
clerk of the Board of county com
missioners of the county of Idaho,
State ofIdaho, at his office at Mt.
Idaho, in said county and state,
until Monday, at 10 o'clock a. m. !,
September IA, A. D., 1896, for
Seventy-four Thousand Five Hun
dred (s745OO) dollars of Idaho
county, Idaho, bonds; said bonds
being to take up the total present
indebtedness of said county up to
the second Monday of April, 1896;
said bonds to be issued in denomi-
nations of Five Hundred dollars.
or in any amounts not less than
One Hundred dollars nor more
than One Thousand dollars, and to
bear date of October l, 1896; said
bonds to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six (6) per cent per
annum, the interest to be paid on
the first day of January and the
first day of July in each year at
the office of the county treasurer
of said county and state, or at such
bank in the city of New York as
may be designated by the said
Board Of county commissioners.
Said bonds to be redeemed in
the following manner:
Ten (10) per cent. of the total
amount issued to be paid in ten
years from the date of issue and
ten (lO) per cent. annually there
after until all of said bonds are
paid; but said bonds or any part
thereof may at the option of the
county issuing the same be re-
deemed at any time after ten
years from the date of issue; pro-
vided time and option be stated
upon the face of each bond which
shall be numbered cOnsecutively,
and each bond must be redeemed
in the order it is numbered.
Each bid must be accompanied
by certified check or draft for
One Thousand dollars upon some
reliable bank or depository in the
vicinity of the said county of
Idaho, State of Idaho; which check
or draft shall be made payable to
w. S. Clark, chairman of the
Board of county commissioners of
the county of Idaho, State of
Idaho, and shall be guaran tee
that the successful bidder or bid
ders will execute contract at