The record-union., 1896-07-23
OFFICIAL
Election Proclamation
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
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| City of Sacramento, July 6, 1896.
! The Board of Trustees of the city OF
Sacramento hereby give notice that a 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 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 description of the plan
| of sewerage or drainage to be voted on by
said electors, to wit:
main interSecting 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 drain to be /, 100
llneal 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 500 lineal feet and
| five feet in diameter; on said S street,
| from Ninth to Thirteenth streets, to be
| l;OSD llneal Ieer ana 1Our ana One-hal1 feet
! in diameter; on said street, from Thir-
teenth to Seventeenth streets, to be 1600
| lineal feet and four feet in diameter; and
| at the corner of S and Front streets, at
| the terminus of said drain or sewer, a
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
| 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 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:
For raising money to carry out the plan
| bonds: ."
For raising money to carry out the plan
|
Those electors voting that the money re-
| CURED 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 tc
| 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 TO pay fol
| 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 oi
| 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 IOr the purpose OIL carrying Oul
the said plan or system and will enter into
| contracts in relation to the same; and
| the said plan or system of drainage OF
sewerage will be paid for by the levy of a
| special tax, in one levy, such tax to be
| levied and collected during the fiscal year
| first succeeding the said special election
Ii the said plan or system of drainage OF
| sewerage shall be ratified by the electors
of said city, and the electors of said city
| shall determine that bonds be issued fol
the payment of said plan and determine
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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
mum, payable semi-annually.
The polls will be open at sunrise on the
morning of said August IL, 1896, and re-
main open until 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
Judges-H. 3. Nielsen. w. A. Anderson
| ClerES-I. j. simmons, Max G1nSDerg. Bal
| lot Clerks-James I. McNiff, Jacob Ze-
''''''' SECOND WARD.
| Polling place, No. 1881 Second street
| Inspectors-W. f. Kent, E. Coney. Judges
ii. G. Black, James Friel. Clerks-John
Schacht, William Bening. Ballot Clerks
| A. Brewer, T. c. May.
THIRD WARD.
! Polling place, Armory Hail. Sixth and [
streets InspectorS-John King, Michael
| Morley JudgeS-CharleS A SteinmetZ w
r. Campbell. Clerks-J w. Stafford, NJ J
| 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, d. Gillis. Clerks
George Z. Boyd, G. Meister. Ballot
FIFTH WARD.
| Polling place, northwest corner Thir-
teenth and ] streets. Inspectors. J.
| Bauer, r. II. Hawley. Judge+G. H.
Richie, ]. NJ. Woods. Clerks-S. l. Hop
kins, A. l.. Tryon. Ballot Clerks-J. T.
Stafford, N. j. Slgor.
| SIXTH WARD.
! Polling place, southwest corner Ninth
and n streets. InSpectorS-H. c. Chipman.
Henry Meyer. Judges-W H. Devine,
| Thomas Byrne CIerks-George Johnson.
nj. Hanrahan. Ballot Clerks-A Dillon, T.
Patterson.
/ SEVENTH WARD.
/ Polling place, w. H. Hanlon's barn.
Twelfth and streets. Inspectors-John