Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-08-21

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
ton were in favor of bonding said
county, and whereas, by virtue of
an order made in compliance with
law on the 10th day ofJuly, 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 of Idaho, 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 ($745OO) 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 1, 1896; said
bonds to bear interest at rate
not exceeding six CO. 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 (1O) 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 guarantee
that the successful bidder or bid
ders will execute a contract at
once with the said Board ofcounty
commissioners for the faithful per-
formance of his or their contract
in accordance with his or their bid;
and in case the said bidder or bid
ders who may be awarded said
bonds on his or their bid shall fail
to promptly execute a contract,
then the said amount of One
Thousand dollars shall be forfeited
to the said county of Idaho, State
of Idaho. The right is reserved to
reject any or all bids. The Ger.
titled checks or drafts of unsuccess.
full bidders will be returned to
them at such place or places as
they shall designate in their bids
Attest my hand and seal, this
Goth day of July, 1896.
SEAL. A. w. DARLINGTON,
Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Idaho
county, State of Idaho.