The record-union., 1896-07-31
OFFICIAL.
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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STALE OF (AS1FOHN1A
City of Sacramento, July g. 1896
The Board of Trustees of the city OF
Sacramento hereby give notice that spe-
ctal municipal election will be held in the
city of Sacramento on TUESDAY, the nth
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. IL 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 II 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
1zed 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
street from Front to Seventeenth streets
to be constructed of brick, as followsl
On said S street, from Front to Fifth
streets, said sewer or drain to be AGO
lneal feet and six feet in diameter; on said
street, from Fifth to Seventh streets. to
pc 500 ineal feet and FIVE ana one-haf feet
In diameter; on said s street. from Seventh
TO Ninth streets, to be 500 hneal feet and
fve teet in diameter; on said 5 street,
from Ninth to Thirteenth streets, 10 be
l,oS0 lineal feet and four and one-hhl9 feet
in diameter; on said ) street, from ThaT
teenth to Seventeenth streets, 70 be 1.oOQ
HneaI Ieet and four feet in diameteri and
at the corner of S and Front stFeets, at
the terminus OF said drain or sewer. a
sump shall be constructed and pumping
plant erected or sufficient capacity to pump
all or the water and matter conveyed BY
said intercepting sewer or drain to the said
suInp. the estimated cost OF SAID plant Is
slAty-nVe thousand dollars, and IN the post
of the construction of said work will be
expended sixty-1ve thousand dollars. The
money required TO carry out said plan
shali be raised either by the iSsuaSfCe OF
bonds or by direct taxation, as the electors
OF said city shall determine
Upon the ballots to be voted at said
election VIII be printed IN relation to said
plan the following:
For the plan OF sewerage or drainage.
For the plan of sewerage or drainage.
No"
Those electors voting for said plan and
for the ratification of the same shall mark
voting against said plan and its rAtibca-
pon snail mark an y opposite the word
Upon said ballots will ALSO be printed in
relation to the matter Of ratsipg the money
70 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
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 pi3u shall be raised by d.
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 10 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
| 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"
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 aaid plan or system of drainage or
sewerage will be paid for by the levy Of
| 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, ana 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-ffYe thousand dol
/ lars; the term of years the same shall run
will be twenty years; the object for which
debtedness thereby incurred will be the
carrying out of the said plan or system of
drainage or sewerage ana the construe,
said bonds, shall be IA per cent per an
mum, payable semi i-annualfy-
The polls. will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August II, 1896 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 street. Inspec-
tors-Thomas Harper. A. ]. Rhoads.
Judges-1H;r & Nielsen, W. 4. Anderggonp'
| lot Clerks-James T. McNif, jacob Re
| mansky.
| SECOND WAFD.
| Polling place, No. 1884 Second street
Inspectors-W. E. Kent, E. Coney. Judges
j G. Black, James Friel. Clerks-John
Schacht, William Bening. Ballot Clerks
| A Brewer, T. G. May.
THIRD WARD.
Polling place, Arnory Hall, Sixth and l.
streets Inspectors-John King, Michael
Morley. Judges-Charles A. Steinmetz. ".
| n. Campbell. Clerks-J. w. Stafford, M. J.
Keegan. Ballot Clerks-M. ]. Bannon,
| Joseph Scott
| FOURTH WARD.
/ Polling place, Meisters Carriage Shop,
| Ninth street, between and streets In
spectors-D. McDougall, F. w. Day.
% Begd p msster Gr GsEaf Saot
CIerks6Thomas Carroll. Hiram Cook.
FIFTH WARD.
| Polling place. northwest corner Thir-
teenth and J streets. 1nspectors-J. J.
Bauer. r. H. Hawley. Judges-G. H.
| Rifchie ] NJ Woods. Clerks-S, l. Hop
| kins. A. l.. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. T.
| Stafford, n. ]. Sligor.
SIXTH WARD.
Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and streets. InspectorszH G, Chipman,
Henry Meyer. Judges-W. II. Devine,
Thomas Byrne. Clerks-qeorge Johnson.
M Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A Dillon. IT,
: '9''e- 49, SEVENTH WARD.
Tweifth ee and p streets Inspectors ohm
Welch. Henry Carroll. Judges--J. G. Van
| tine. Sr, James ]. Devine. Clerks-Simeon
Brown, H W. Rivett. Ballot Clerks
Frank Fleming, Charles happnan
EIGHTH WARD.
Polling place, Martins stables. Twen-
/ = Il