The record-union., 1896-07-30
OFFICIAL
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
City of Sacramento. July g. 1896.
The Board of Trustees of the city of
Sacramento hereby give notice that spe-
cial municipal election will be held in the
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 a system or
plan OF the cost of siXty-five thousand dol
lars for sewerage and drainage of said
city, and for the purpose also of submit
ting to said electors, If such plan be
adopted or ratified by them, the question
OF whether the money required to carry
out the said plan shall be raised by the
issuance of bonds or by direct taxation
and, also, If it shall be determined at said
election that the money required to carry
out said plan shall be raised by the issu
ance or bonds, the question of whether or
not the Board of Trustees shall be author
lied to issue for that purpose bonds OF the
description hereinafter contained.
Ihe following is a description or the plan
OF sewerage or drainage to be voted on by
SAID electors, to wit:
"A main intersecting sewer or drain on
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
to be constructed of brick, as follows:
streets, said sewer or drain to be 1,T00
1neal feet and six feet IN diameter; on said
; street, from Fifth to Seventh streets, TO
pc 500 lineal feet and five ana one-haf feet
IN diameter; on said street, from Seventh
TO Ninth streets, TO be 500 Hneal feet and
lVe 1eet in diameter; on said street,
1,6s0 lineal feet and four and one-half feet
IN diameter; on said 5 street, from Thir-
teenth to seventeenth streets, to be 1,oUV
hneal feet and four feet in diameter; and
at the corner of and Front streets, at
the terminus OF said drain or sewer, q
Sufnp shall be constructed and pumping
plant erected or sufficient capacity TO pump
ali OF the water and matter conveyed py
SAID intercepting sewer or drain TO the said
sump. The estimated cost of said plant Is
slxty-hve thousand dollars, and in the cost
OF the construction of said work Will be
expended sixty-five thousand dollars. The
money required to carry out said plan
shall be raised either by the issuance of
bonds or by direct taxation as the electors
OF said city shall determine.
Upon the ballots TO be voted at said
eiectlon VIII be printed in relation to said
plan the following:
For the plan Of sewerage or Drainage.
Yes"
For the plan of sewerage or drainage,
No"
Those electors voting for said plan and
for the ratification of the same shall mark
an X opposite the word Yes" and those
voting against said plan and its ratitica-
!lSn 7So.': shaA mark an X opposite the word
Upon said ballots will also be printed in
relation to the matter of raising the money
10 carry out said plan the following words,
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
OF drainage or sewerage by direct taxa
t1On.
CURED to carry out said plan shall be
raised by the issuance of bonds shall mark
an y 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 piau SSiah be raised by di-
tect 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 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 authorized to issue bonds
| OF the description herein contained to pay
for said sewer or drain shall mark an X
| 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 X opposite the
| words, For the issuance Of bonds to pay
for sewerage and drainage plan, No"
| IT 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 shalt
| be raised by direct taxation, then and in
| that case the Board of Trustees of tho
| city of Sacramento will create debts and
| obligations. without interest, against tho
said city for the purpose or carrying out
| the said plan or system and will enter into
contracts in relation to the same; ana
| the said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage will be paid for by the levy of g.
/ 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
I sewerage snail be ratl1ed 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
| 1Ie.<1 Se1 1T
! 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 dol
| lars; the term of years the same shah 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 eonstruc.
ton OF the same; the rate OF interest OF
mum, payable semi-annually-
The polls will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August IL, 1895. and re-
main open until o'clock p. n. 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 street. Inspec-
Judges-H B. Nielsen, W. A. Anderson,
Clerks-I. J. Simmons, Max Ginsberg. Bal
lot Clerks-James t. McNiff, Jacob Ze-
--'''''S SECOND WARD.
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street.
| Inspectors-W. E. Kent, E. 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 /.
! streets. Inspectors-John King, Michael
| Morley. Judges-Charles A. Steirmetz, w.
| r. Campbell. Clerks-J. W. Stafford NJ. j..
| Keegan Ballot Clerks-M. j. Bannon,
| Joseph Scott.
FOURTH WARD.
Polling place, Meister's Carriage Shop.
| Ninth street, between I and ] streets. In
5pGe1os Ippdees4Peter Fiaherty, D. Gillis. Clerks
George T. Boyd, G. Meister. Ballot
Clerks-Thomas Carroll. Hiram Cook.
FIFTH WARD.
Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
Bauer. r. H. Hawley. Judges-G.- H.
| Ritchie. ]. M Woods. Clerks-S: l. Hop
| kins A. l.. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J It.
| STAFFORD, N. j. Sligor
SIXTH WARD.
| Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and N streets. InspectorsmH. c; Chipman,
| Thomas Byrne. Clerks-George Johnson,
| NJ Hanrahan Ballot Clerks-A. Dillon, T..
az '''-' SEVENTH WARD.
| Polling place, w. H. Hanlon's barn,
WEIGH, Henry Carroll. Judges-J. G: Van
| tine Sr.- James ]. Devine. Clerks-Simeon
| Rrown ii. w Rivett. Ballot Clerks
Frank Fleming, Charles Kappman.
| EIGHTH WARD.
Polling place Martins stables Twen-