The record-union., 1896-08-05
OFFICIAL.
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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cial municipal election will be heid in the
city of Sacramento on TUESDAY, the nth
Jay OF August, 1896. Tor the purpose of
submitting for ratification to the electors
OF said city of Sacramento system or
plan OF the cost of sixty-fve thousand dol
lars Tor sewerage and drainage of said
city; and for the purpose also of submit
tinS TO said electors, II such plan DO
ADOPTED or ratified by them, the question
OF whether the money required to carry
out the said plan shah be raised by tho
issuance OF bonds or by direct taxation;
ana, also, II ii shall be determined at said
erection that the money required to carry
our said plan shall be raised by the issu-
ahce or bonds, the question of whether or
nor the Board of Trustees shall be author
1zed 10 issue for that purpose bonds OF the
description hereinafter contained.
ne following is description of the plan
VI Vi sewerage or drainage TO be voted on by
sa!d electors, 10 wit:
a main iutersecting sewer or drain on S
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
10 pe constructed of brick, as follows:
On SAID ) street, from Front to Fifth
stfeets said sewer or drain to be 100
Hheal 1eet and six feet in diameter; on said
. street, from Fifth to Seventh Streets to
be SUO hneal feet and five ana One-half feet
IN diameter; on said street, from Seventh
10 Ninth streets. TO be 500 lineal feet and
i've ISet IN diameter; on said S street,
from Nlnth TO Thirteenth streets. to be
!,o>U meal feet and four and one-half feet
III dlaineter: OF Saau y SLrees, from Thir-
leenth 10 Seventeenth streets, TO be 600
IueaI feet and four feet in diameter: and
az lne corner OF 5 and Front streets, at
the terminus OF said drain or sewer, q
sQnp snail be constructed and n pumping
piaht erected or sufficient capacity to pump
an .! the water and matter conveyed by
sdlu lhterceptlng sewer or drain to the said
SuHlp- Inc estimated cost OF said plant Is
slNtE-hVe thousand dollars and IN the cost
u the construction of said work will bo
eApcAued slXty-fiVe thousand dollars. The
lttoiiGy required to carry out said plan
fShali pc raised either by the issuance of
DondS or by direct taxation, as the electors
oI Sdiu clty shall determine.
Opon the ballots to be voted at said
eIIecti9h on VIII be printed in relation to said
pan the IoHoWing;
For the plan of sewerage or drainage.
For the plan of sewerage or drainage.
Those electors voting for said plan and
lof the ratification OF the same shall mark
an Y opposite the word Yes" and those
voting against said plan and its ratifica-
tloh Shal mark an Y opposite the word
Upon said ballots will also be printed in
relation to the matter of raising the money
to wit:
For raising money to carry out the plan
OF drainage or sewerage by issuance of
For raising money to carry out the plan
81 o. drainage or sewerage by direct taxa
Those electors voting that the money re-
quHeQ TO carry out said plan shall be
Ialsed by the issuance of bonds shall mark
an \ opposite the words, For raising
money TO carry out the plan of drainage
or sewerage by issuance of bonds; and
those voting that the money required to
carry out SAID pi3n 7a2l be raised by dt-
rect taxation shan marx an X opposite
Inc words, For raising money to carry
Gul the plan OF drainage or sewerage by
Upon said ballots shall also be printed
the following words in relation to said
bonds, 10 wit:
For the issuance of bonds to pay for
sewerage and drainage plan. Yes"
For the issuance of bonds To pay for
sewerage and drainage plan, No
Those electors voting that the Board Of
trustees shall be aJ1tn011zed TO issue bonds
OF the description herein contained to pay
Tor said sewer or drain shall mark an y
opposite the words, For the issuance of
bonds TO pay for sewerage and drainage
plan, Yes; and those voting against such
issuance shall mark an Y opposite the
words, For the issuance of bonds to pay
for sewerage and drainage plan. No"
If the said plan or system of drainage
pie, and If the electors shall determine
that the money TO pay for the same shall
be raised by direct taxation, then and in
that case the Board of Trustees of the
city of Sacramento will create debts and
obligations, without interest, against the
said city for the purpose OF carrying out
the said plan or system and will enter into
contracts IN relation TO the same, and
the said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage viii be paid for by the levy of 4
special tax, in one levy, such tax to be
levied and collected during the fiscal year
first succeeding the said special election.
If the said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage shall be ratified by the electors
OF said city, and the electors of said city
shall determine that bonds be issued for
the payment of said plan and determine
also that bonds of the description herein
contained shall be issued, then, ana in
that case, the Board of Trustees of said
city Will proceed to issue bonds of the fol-
| lowing description, to wit: The amount of
said bonds will be sixty-five thousand dol
lars; the term of years the same shall run
viii be twenty years; the object for which
the said bonds shall be issued and in
debtedness thereby incurred will be the
carrying out of the said plan or system of
drainage or sewerage and the construc-
ton OF the same, the rate of interest of
said bonds shall be AZ per cent. per an
mum, payable sem-annualiy
The polls viii be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August H. 1896, and re-
main open until O'Clock p. m. of said day.
The following are the precinct polling
place inspectors, judges and clerks OF
said election as established and fixed by
the Board of Trustees, to wit:
FIRST WARD.
Polling place, No. 316 j street. Inspec-
tors-Thomas Harper, A. j. Rhoads.
Cierks-I. J. Simmons, Max Ginsberg Bal
lot Clerks-James I. McNiff, Jacob Ze-
SECOND WARD.
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street.
Inspectors-W e. Kent, +. Coney Judges
J. G. Black, James Friel Clerks-John
Schacht, William Bening. Ballot Clerks
A. Brewer, T. c. May.
THIRD WARD
Polling place, Armory Hall, Sixth and L
streets 1nspectors-John King, Michael
Morley. Judges-Charles A. Steinmetz, w.
r. Campbell. Clerks-J. w. Stafford. NJ. J.
Keegan Ballot Clerks-M. ]. Bannon,
Joseph Scott.
FOURTH WARD
Polling place, Meister's Carriage Shop,
Ninth street, between | and streets In
~ n r Ia
Dc;eorge r. Boyd, c. Meister Ballot
Clerks9Thomas Carroll. Hiram Cook.
FIFTH WARD.
Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
Bauer. r. Il. Hawley. Judges-G H
Ritchie. J. NJ Woods. Clerks-S. l. Hop
kins. A. l.. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. T.
Stafford, n. j. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and \ streets. Inspectors-H. c. Chipman,
Henry Meyer Judges-W. II. Devine,
Thomas Byrne. Clerks-George Johnson,
NJ. Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A Dillon, i.
'1''9' -''' SEVENTH WARD.
Polling place. ". II. -Hanlon's barn,
twelfth and p streets. Inspectors-John
Welch. Henry Carroll judges. G. Van-
tine. Sr, James j. Devine. Clerks-Simeon
Brown. H. w Rivett. Ballot Clerks
Frank Fleming, Charles Kappman.
EIGHTH WARD.
Polling place, Martins stables. Twen-
tieth and G streets. Inspectors-Henry
Treichler. George w. Nichols Judges
OBrien, Lincoln Dwyer. Ballot Clerks
Thomas Boyle. III. NJ. LaRue, Jr.
NINTH WARD.
Polling place, J. ]. Vineyards Twenty
fifth, and 2 streets; IN itnaspectors-Charles
han. Michael Hughes. Clerks-Thomas M