El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-10
NOTICE:

{ an election to determine whether or ne
the city of Ell Paso, Texas, shall issue Gel
tain bonds:
MAYORS PROCLAMATION
whereas On the 2Sth day of October, A.
1927 the city council of the city of Ell Pass
Texas, enacted three certain ordinances au
thorizing the issuance of the cour on bond
of the said city for the purpose of borrowin
money. upon The credit Of said city for tn
folio wing Purposes:
FIRST.
To erect a school house in thu second ware
and to improve the Mesa school house in tn
third ward of said city.
| SECOND.
To erect a city hall in said city.
THIRD.
floating Indebtedness of said city which ha
not been he etofore funded or bonded,
are resp ctive " enIitIed IAN ordnance
providing for the erection of a school house
the Mesa sch; oil house IN the third ward Of
the oity Of FL paso. Texas, and foc issuance
of bends fer PR sh 1t An
ing, To at is to say. cit hall. in the city OF
r. tha and for the of onds
ness Of the city Of 81 'saso ard r the issu-
TIE substance Of which ordin ncrs is
shown in 'he hereinafter set out copy'f an
ordnance, providing for the calling and
| or no said city shall issue said bonds
| A. d 1897, the said city council enacted an
ordi aance as follows to-wit:
and holding Of an r election in the city OF Fl
Paso, Texas to determine whether or not
said city sha issue its bonds for the follow
ing purposes:
FIRST.
For the erect ion of school house in the
second ward and to improve the Mesa school
house in the third ward,
SECOND.
To erect city hall
To fund certain of it's indebtedness.
Be it ordained by tn city council of the
city of FL Paso:
Sec ion 1. That, whereas it was determin-
Texas, on The 25th day of October, 1897. to be
exnedtent and necessary, fer the welfare of
said city and its Inhabitants, to issue the
coupon bonds of said city for the following
purposes:
FIRST.
To erect a school house in tn se-ond ward
Of said city, and to make necessary perma-
fTs on the
SECOND.
To erect a city hall in said city.
THIRD.
To fund the following indebtedn ess of said
city: That is to say, the present outstanding
floating indebted ness of said city, which has
And, whereas. on the date last mentioned
the said city council, by it's ordinanc es then
passed, and which have been approved. did
order to be issued the coupon bonds of the
city, maturing in thirty years and bearing
six per cent per anpum interest. as follows:
second ward and Improving the Mesa school
building s2Q,oQo la,Oe0 OF which is for erecting
hala- oe is for tmprov,n g the Mesa school !
b. For erecting a city hall, s3O, OOo
r. And for funding the aforesaid fndebt
edness 10000 90, in which ordinances provis- |
lon was made In accordance. with the charter
Of said city, and the constitution and laws OF |
Texas, TO provide linking fund for the re- |
turity, and foF the payment of their interest |
as the same may become due:
SAID ordinances and the charter of said city.
the said bonds cannot be issued until the ac-
dinances, and ordering the issuance of said |
bonds respectively, has been ratified by a |
shown by the last assessment roll, voting at
90 election held Tor the purpose Of determin-
lection shall be caiied and held in the sal i
city on the s7veath day of December, 1897.
for the purpose of submitting to the voters
1T said city, qua fled aforesaid, the prop
bonds any or all of them, shall be ISSUE d,
and of thereby ratifying or repudia ing the /
aforesaid action of said city council.
Sec ion . That the poi!s shall be opened |
and the election held in the several wards of !
the, city, and it, shall be holden conduc ed.
turns shall be made and canvassed and the
r re declared; in like manner as is provid-
holding of other city elections in said city.
Sec ion d. That all qualified voters of said
city. who pay TIA eS on property in id CITY
as shown by the last assessment roll, are err
tilted to vote at said g ection and none 9th
section !, That the ballots to be used at
said election shall contain substantially the |
eX preston of will on the questions voted on:
"For the issuance + FL Paso city bonds in
school house in he second ward, and to i'm
prove the Me-a school house in the third |
ward q said city, and t, the ratification
the issuance of the same"
or; "A gainst the issuance as an Of Ell Paso City
Of a school house in the second ward aud to |
improve the Mesa school house in the third
Of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the same,
For the Issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in
the sum of 1000 90 TO erect a city hall in |
said ci y, and for The ratit alton OF the ordi-
Issuance OF the same -"
Or Against the issuance of FL Paso city
bonds in the sum of $4,000 90 TO erect city /
hall in said city, and ag ainSt the ratification
Of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
For the issuance of FL Paso city bonds in
the sum of $50, 10000 10 fund its indeb edness.
October 18th, 1897, authorizing the issuance
or Against the issuance of FL Paso CITY
bonds in the sum of $4,000 % to fund its in
1ertedness. ana against the ordinance au-
the issuance of the same
Al. OF sat1 ballots shall be written or print
ed on ain white paper and comply in form
su bsta ntially with the laws of Texas re at
ing to ballots.
Upon the ascertainiug of the result of said |
cleo ion the action OF the city council in or
derlng the issuance of said bonds and in |
passing the ordinances aforesaid, shall be |
declared ratified, or not rati ed. to any or /
all of said bonds, acco riding to the result of |
said election ana the bonds shall be issued |
OF not ssusd as may be determined by said |
election.
Section 8. That the mayor shall forthwith |
issue :, prOcla nation to the tiers OF said |
city calling said election, in accordance with |
the provisions of this ordinance. in which |
shall be set forth the substance
of this ordinance. Said proclamation shall |
be pu blished in n least one of the daily
published IN sa city for a peif-
Cd of thirty days prior TO the day of holding |
said election. 5 aid proclamation shall state
the places at which said cleo lion shall be
held ia each ward, and the name of the pre- |
siding officer who shalt preside at said
pre- ints of the city. Said election shall be
held at the following p aces, to-wit: Ia the
first ward, at the city hall; in the second
ward, at the hose house o Kansas street; in
the third ward, at Chas. PurUelPs shop ON