The record-union., 1896-07-26
OFFICIAL
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

sacramento hereby give notice that a spe-
clat municipal election will be held in The
city of Sacramento on TUESDAY, the 1Ith
day of August, 1896, for the purpose of
submitting for ratification to the electors
OF said city of Sacramento q system or
plan OF the cost of siXty-nVe thousand dol
lars for sewerage and drainage OF said
city; and for the purpose also of submit
tlnS to said electors, If such plan he
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
lZed to issue for that purpose bonds of the
description hereinafter contained.
The following is description of the plan
| or sewerage or drainage to be voted on by
said electors, to wit:
main intersecting sewer or drain on )
street from Front TO Seventeenth streets
| to be constructed of brick. as follows:
On said S street from Front to Fifth
streets, said sewer or drain to be 100
| lneal feet and six feet in diameter; on said
5 street, from Fifth to Seventh streets, to
| be 500 lineal feet and five and one-half feet
| in diameter; on said street, from Seventh
| TO Ninth streets, to be 500 lineal feet and
| five feet in diameter; on said S street,
| from Ninth to Thirteenth streets, TO be
| 1,6So lineal feet and four and one-half feet
| in diameter; on said ) street, from Thir-
| teenth to Seventeenth streets, 10 be 1000
! lneal feet and four feet in diameter: and
| DIT the corner OF = ana '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 AMI matter conveyed by
| said intercepting sewer or drain to the said
sump. The estimated cost of said plant is
SiXty-tive thousand dollars, and in the cost
| of the construction of said work will he
| expended sixty-hve 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 it's rattca-
!lSp !!Sos 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
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-
qu1red to carry out said plan shall be
raised by the issuance of bonds shall mark
| dil y Opposite lnG words, + or 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 d-
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
| SeWeraV and drainaVa nlqn 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 Y
| 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 y 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 tho
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 said plan or system of drainage or
sewerage will be paid for by the levy of a
special tax, in one levy, such tax to be
/
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 AZ per cent. per an
mum, payable semi-annually.
| The polls will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August II, 1896, and re-
main open until I 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
| the Board of Trustees to wit;
FIRST WARD
| Polling place. No. 316 J street. Inspec-
tors-Thomas Harper, A j. Rhoads.
Clerks-I. j. Simmons Max Ginsberg. Bal
'"''D'A'' SECOND WARD
Polling place, No. 1881 Second street.
Inspectors[W. f. 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 L
streers. inspectors-John King, Michael
Morley Judges-Charles y. Steinmetz, w.
r. Campbell Clerks. ". Stafford, NJ. ].
Keegan Ballot Clerks-M. j. Bannon.
Joseph Scott
FOURTH WARD
Polling place Meister's Carriage Shop.
Ninth street between | and j streets. In
spectors-D. McDougall. F. w. Day
Judges-Peter Flaherty, u. Giilis. Clerks
VGeorge T. Boyd c. Meister. Ballot
ClerksSThomas Carroll, Hiram Cook.
FIFTH WARD.
Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
teenth and streets. Inspectors. j.
Rauer. r. H. Hawley. Judges-G. Fl.
Ritchie. J. NJ Woods. Clerks-S /. Hop
kins A L. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. I.
Stafford, N j. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and Streets Inspectors-H. c. Chipman,
Henry Never. Judges-W. III. Devine,
Thomas Byrne. Clerks-George Johnson,
NJ. Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A. Dillon, t.
''''ei' SEVENTH WARD.
Polling place, w. Fl. Hanlon's barn,
Tweifth and P streets. Inspectors-John
WeIch. Henry Carroll. judges. G. VAN
tine Sr James j. Devine. Clerks-Simeon
Prown n W. Rivett. Ballot Clerks
Frank Fleming, Charles Kappman.
EIGHTH WARD.
Polling place, Martins stables. Twen-
tieth and G streets; InspectorsItienry
I a. Klein, w D. Lawton. Clerks-Thos
0Brien. Lincoln Dwyer. Ballot Clerks
Tbomas Boyle. H. NJ. LaRue, Jr.
NINTH WARD.