The record-union., 1896-07-21
NEW TO-DAY.
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
Ctfxy Nf Go nro ,npta TrrlN- r


City of Sacramento, July 6, 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 18th
| 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 of 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.
| The following is a description of the plan
of sewerage or drainage to be voted on by
said electors, to wit:
A main intersecting sewer or drain on S
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
! to be constructed of brick, as follows:
| On said 8 street, from Front to Fifth
streets, said sewer or drain to be 100
/ lineal feet and six feet in diameter; on said
| S street, from Fifth to Seventh streets, to
| be 500 lineal feet and five and one-half feet
| In diameter; on said S street from Seventh
| to Ninth streets, to be 800 lineal feet and
| five feet in diameter; on said S street.
| from Ninth to Thirteenth streets, to be
| 1850 lineal feet and four and one-half feet
| in diameter; on said S street, from Thr-
| teenth to Seventeenth streets to be 1900
| lneal feet and four feet in diameter; and
| at the corner of S and Front streets, at
, the terminus OF said drain or sewer,
sump shall be constructed and a pumping
| plant erected OF sufficient capacity to pump
all of the water and matter conveyed by
said intercepting sewer or drain to the said
sump. The estimated cost of said plant is
siXty-five thousand dollars, and in the cost
| of the construction of said work will be
expended sixty-five thousand dollars. The
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
| 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,
| 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 ratifica-
ton shall mark an x opposite the word
| Upon said ballots will also be printed in
relation to the matter OF raising the money
| to carry out said plan the following words,
to wit:
Of drainage 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-
| quired 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 plan shall be raised by di-
| rect taxation shall mark 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
If 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
|
| the said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage will be paid for by the levy of
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
| 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, 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-flve thousand dol
| 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-
| ton 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-
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
FIRST WARD.
Polling place. No 316 street Inspec-
tors-Thomas Harper, a. j. Rhoads.
Judges-H. b Nielsen, w. A. Anderson,
Clerks-I. J. Simmons, Max GinSberg. Bal
lot Clerks-James I. McNif, Jacob ze-
pansky.
SECOND WARD.
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street
Inspectors-W. E. Kent, Z. Coney. Judges
j. c. Black, James Friel. Clerks-John
Schacht, William Bening. Ballot Clerks
A. Brewer, Z. c. May.
THIRD WARD.
Polling place, Armory Hail. Sixth and L
streets. Inspectors-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 1 and streets. In
spectors-D. McDougall, 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 streets Inspectors-J. j. |
Bauer r. H. Hawley. Judges-G. H |
Ritchie ]. NJ Woods. Clerks-S. 1. Hop |
kins, A. L. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. T. |
Stafford, N j. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth |
and streets. Inspectors-H. G. Chipman |
Henry Meyer. Judges-W H. Devine |
Thomas Byrne. Clerks-George Johnson |
NJ. Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A. Dillon, T. |
Patterson.