The record-union., 1896-08-03
OFFICIAL.
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

1 VI
The Board of Trustees of the city oe
| Sacramento hereby give notice that spe-
clal municipal election will be held in tho
| city OF Sacramento on TUESDAY, the 11th
| day of August, 1896, for the purpose OF
| submitting for ratification to the electors
| OF said city of Sacramento system or
| plan OF the cost of SiXty-tive thousand dol
| lars Tor sewerage and drainage of said
| city; and for the purpose also of submit
ing to said electors, if such plan ba
| adopted or ratified by them, the question
| OF whether the money required to carry
| out the said plan shall be raised by tho
| issuance of bonds or by direct taxation:
| anu also, If 1t shall be determined at said
| eIectlon that the money required to carry
out SAID plan shall be raised by the issu-
ance OF ponds, the question of whether or
| not the Board of Trustees shall be author
| lzed TO Issue for that purpose bonds Of tho
description hereinafter contained.
Inc following is a description of the plan
| VI sewerage or drainage TO be voted on by
| said electors, TO wit
A main intersecting sewer or drain on 8
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
! 10 pe constructed of brick, as follows:
On said 5 street. from Front TO Fifth
| Streets, said sewer or drain to be LOO
nneal feet and six feet in diameter; on said
| . sIIeet, from Fifth to Seventh streets, ia
pc Soo lineal feet and five ana one-half feet
| III oianaeter; on said street, from Seventh
70 Ninth streets, to be 500 lineal feet and
| I'VE I've 1eet IN olameter; on said 5 street.
| Ir0m Ninth to Thirteenth streets, to be
| i,ooU meal feet and four and one-half feet
| III ulameter; on said street. from Thir-
| teenth to Seventeenth streets to be 800
| hneal feet and four feet in diameter; and
at the corner of and Front streets. ac
| the terminus OF said drain or sewer, u
| sump shall be constructed and a pumping
| plant erected or sufficient capacity to pump
| an OF the water and matter conveyed by
sdlu lntercepting sewer or drain to the said
| sump The estimated cost of said plant is
| SlXty-nVe thousand dollars and in the cost
| OF the construction Of said work viii be
| expended siXty-tive thousand dollars. The
| money required to carry out said plan
| sha1 De raised either by the issuance of
ponds or by direct taxation, as the electors
| OF sald city shall determine.
| Upon the ballots to be voted at said
election will be printed in relation TO said
| plan the following:
- For the plan of sewerage or drainage
| Yes"
For the plan of sewerage or drainage,
Those electors voting for said plan and
| for the ratification of the same shall mark
| an x opposite the word Yes" and those
votlng against said plan and its ratifica-
! No"
Upon said ballots will also be printed in
| relation TO the matter of raising the money
70 carry out said plan the following words.
| to wit:
For raising money to carry out the plan
1ands or dralnage or sewerage by issuance of
For raising money to carry out the plan
OF drainage or sewerage by direct taxa
Those electors voting that the money re-
| Qulred to carry out said plan shall be
raised 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 pi2u SHALL be raised by Gi-
rect taxation shan mark an X opposite
/ the words, For raising money to carry
| out the plan of drainage or sewerage by
| direct taxation"
| Upon said ballots shall also be printed
| the following words in relation to said
| bonds, TO wit:
| For the issuance of bnndS m nav for
| sewerage and drainage plan. Yes"
| FOR the issuance of bonds 10 pay for
| sewerage and drainage plan, No"
| Those electors voting that the Board of
| Trustees shall be authorized to issue bonds
| OF the description herein contained to pay
| for said sewer or drain shall mark an q
| opposite the words, For the issuance of
| bonds to pay for sewerage and drainage
plan, Yes and those voting against such
| words, For the issuance of bonds to pay
| for sewerage and drainage plan, No"
II the said plan or system OF drainage
| or sewerage shall be ratified by the peo-
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 Eaid plan or system of drainage or
sewerage Will be paid for by the levy of a
special tax, in one levy, such tax to ba
levied and collected during the fiscal year
first succeeding the said special election.
II the said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage shall be ratified by the electors
of said city, and the electors of said city
shah l determine that bonds be issued for
also that bonds of the description herein
contained shall be issued. then, and 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 doll
lars; the term of years the same shall run
will 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-
tion of the same; the rate of interest OF
said bonds shall be Az per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annually-
The polls will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August IL, 1896, and re-
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 street. Inspec-
Judges-H. B. Nielsen, w. A. Anderson
Clerks-I ]. Simmons, Max GiIfsberg. Bal
mansky
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street.
j. G. Black, James Friel Clerks-John
Schacht, William Bening. Ballot Clerks
A Brewer. 7. C. May.
THIRD WARD.
Polling place, Armory Hall, Sixth and Il
streets. Inspectors-John King, Michael
Morley Judges-Charles A. Steinmetz, W.
r. Campbell. Clerks-J. W. Stafford, NJ +.
Keegan. Ballot Clerks-M. j. Bannon,
Joseph Scott.
FOURTH WARD.
Polling place, Meister's Carriage Shop,
Ninth street, between L and streets. In
spectors-D. McDougal, f. w. Day.
Judges-Peter Flaherty, D. Gillis. Clerks
George T. Boyd, c. Meister. Ballot
Clerks-Thomas Carroll. Hiram Cook.
FIFTH WARD.
Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
teenth and j streets. Inspectors-J J.
Bauer, r. II. Hawley. Judges-G. H
Ritchie. T. M. Woods. Clerks-S. I. Hop
kins, A. L. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. r.
Stafford N. j. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and N streets Inspectors-H. c. Chipman
Henry Never. JudgeS-W. H Deyine,
Thou1as Byrne Clerks-George Johnson
M Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A. Dillon. T.
SEVENTH WARD
Polling place, W. H. Hanlon's barn,
Twelfth and p streets. Inspectors-John
Welch. Henry Carroll. Judges-J G. VAN
Brown H W. Rivett. Ballot Clerks
Frank Fleming, Charles Kappman.
EIGHTH WARD.
Polling place, Martins stables, Twen-
tieth and G streets Inspectors-Henry
r,~e;o1,Ior Gearge w NichnlS JudgeS-