The record-union., 1896-07-24
OFFICIAL
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
City of Sacramento, July 6. 1896.
The Board of Trustees of the city of
sacramento hereby give notice that a spe-
clal municipal election viii be held in the
city of Sacramento on TUESDAY, the 1lth
DAY OF August, 1885, for the purpose OF
submitting for ratification to the electors
OF said city of Sacramento a system or
plan or 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, II such plan be
adopted or ratified by them, the question
or whether the money required TO carry
out the said plan shall be raised by tho
issuance OF bonds or by direct taxation;
and, also il 1t 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
iZed 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 lntersecting sewer or drain on s
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
TO be constructed of brick, as follows:
on said street, from Front to Fifth
streets, said sewer or drain TO be 1,Too
hneal feet and six feet In diameter; on said
> street, from Fifth to Seventh streets, TO
be SOO lineal feet and i've and one-haf feet
In diameter; on said s street, from Seventh
to Ninth streets, TO be 500 lineal feet and
five feet in diameter; on said street,
from Ninth to Thirteenth streets. to be
l,ooO lineal feet and four and one-haf feet
in diameter; on said 5 street. from Thir-
teenth to Seventeenth streets, TO be 1900
lineal feet and four feet In diameter; and
at the corner OF 5 and Front streets, at
the terminus OF said drain or sewer, q
sump shall be constructed and 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
slxty-fve thousand dollars, and Ia the cost
of the construction OF said work will be
expended sixty-tve 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
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 Y opposite the word Yes" and those
voting against said plan and its ratiflca-
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:
For raising money to carry out the plan
OK drainage or sewerage by issuance OF
For raising money to carry out the plan
OF drainage or sewerage by direct taxa
tion: -"
Those electors voting that the money re-
CURED to carry out said plan shall be
raised by the issuance of bonds shall mark
an x 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 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 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 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 \ 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
city of Sacramento will create debts and
obligations, without interest, against tho
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 5aid plan or system of drainage or
sewerage will be paid for by the levy of a
| special tax, In one levy, such tax 10 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, 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 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 Al per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annually.
| The polls will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August II, 1895, and re-
main open until o'clock D. 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-
Judges-H. B. Nielsen, w. A. Anderson,
Clerks-I ]. Simmons, Max Ginsberg. Bal
| lot Clerks-James T. McNin. Jacob Ze-
--'-' SECOND WARD.
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street.
Inspectors-W. E. Kent q. Coney. Judges
j. G. Black, James Friel. Clerks.-John
Schacht William Bening. Ballot Clerks
- ~ - THIRD WARD.
Polling place, Armory Hall, Sixth and L
streets Inspectors-John King, Michael
Morley Judges-Charles A. Steipmetz, W
T. Campbell. Clerks-J. w Stafford. NJ. J.
Joseph Scott.
FOURTH WARD.
Polling place, Meister's Carriage Shop,
Ninth street, between and ] streets. In
spectors-D. McDougall. T: ". Day
Jqdges-Peter Fla Flssherfy. 2; qi!lis. Glegks
Clerks-Thomas Carroll. Hiram Cook
FIFTH WARD.
Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
Bauer. r A. uEdayd Hawley; Jpdgeg-G HI II.
kins, A. L. Tryon. Ballot Clerks. I.
Stafford, n. j. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and n streets. Inspeotors--H. 9, Chapman,
Thomas Byrne. Clerks-George Johnson.
Nj. Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A. Dillon, T.
SEVENTH WARD.
Polling place, w. H. Hanlon's barn.
Weich, Henry Carroll. Judges. 9, 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