El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-06

Of an election to determine whet or or not
! the city of Ell PasO Texas, shall issue GER
tain bonds:
MAYORS PROCLAMATION
Whereas IN the 2sth day OF October, A. D.
1897 the city council of the city OF Ell Paso,
Texas enacted three certain ordinances au-
thorizng the issuance of the to1Ion bonds
/ of the said city for the purpose Of FRO ng
money upon he credit of said city for the
folio wing arIoses:
FIRST.
To erect a school house in tn second ward
and to improve the Mesa school house in the
third ward of said city.
SECOND
To erect a city hall in said city.
THIRD.
In order to fun1 the present outstanding
o ling r OF ia cf hoy6 T6ich has
Which ordinances so enacted, as aforesaid,
are resp ctlye,y entitled: An d'na name !,
the Mesa Sch oil house in TIE third ward Of
Of oSy Fl for
providing for he erecti IN of a pub &c boitd.
foE that pu pose" And ,:An ordina1cs re-
ness es Of the cit city Of El saso AID the issu-
a, &c s Of its bonds for that purpose
ordi nance, proviaing for the H caf CALI and
or no. said city shall issue said bonds
And wi whereas, on the 2sth day of Oct9bsr,
IAN ordinance providing. for tn. calling
Paso. exss to dete. mine whether O. not
said city sha issue its bonds for the follow
ing purposes:
For the erec ion OF a school house in the
second ward and - improve the Mesa school
house in the thi d ward,
SECOND.
To erect city hall
THIRD.
To fund certain of its indebtedr ess.
Be it ordained by thu city council of the
CITY of FL Paso:
ed by the city council OF said city OF Ell Paso,
Texas on the 18th day of October, 1897, to be
esy snd its to ssus the
coupon bonds of said city for the following
purposes:
FIRST
To erect a school house in the se"ond ward
of said city, aud to nake necessary perma,
building in the th1 d ward Of said city.
SECOND.
To erect city hal in said city.
THIRD.
To fund the following Indebtedness of said
city: That is to say the present outstanding
floating Indebtedness of said city, which has
not been n heretofore famed or 1 bonded a+,oa
the said city council, by its ordinance s then
passed, and which have been approved. did
order 20 be issued the coupon bonds of the
six X per cent per annun int rest. as follows:
For erecting said school house in the
second ward and improving the Mesa school
building, $50. coo, i5c00 of which is for erecting
tee sc uoOl house IN the second ward and the
bala- ce is for improving the Mesa school
house.
b. For erecting a city hall 100000
G. And for funding the aforesaid indebt
edness SO 900 90, in which ordinances provis-
ioa was made in accordance with the charter
OF said city, and the constitution and laws OF
Texas, TO provide sinking fund for the re-
demption nc f said bonds and payment at ma
Seml-annually as the same may become due;
and. whereas, arcor5fng to the the term of
said ordinances and the charter Of said city,
the said bonds cannot be issued until the ac-
ton of said city council, in passing sa i'd or
bonds respectively, has been ratified by a
ma iority of the qua flied voters of said city,
shown by the last ASSESSMENT roll, Voting at
az elect ion held for the purpose of determfn- |
ing whether or not such bonds shall be issu-
ed be it therefore and it is ordered that an |
election shall BE- c allied and held in the sal | |
city on the yenth day Of December 1h 1891
of said city, qua ified as aforesaid, the prop
nRd Of ha be not
and of there ratifying repudia- ing the
aforesaid action of said city council
and the election held in the several wards OF |
the city. and it shall be holden conduc ed, i
turns shall he made and canvassed and the
result declared, in like rnanre r as is provid- |
holding of otter city elections in said city.
Sec ion 3. That all qualified voters of said |
as shown by the last ASSESSMENT roll are ar
tilted to vote at said lection, and none 9th
Section 4. That the ballots to be used at |
said election shall contain substantially the |
following words according 10 the voters |
FOR the ISSUANCE + FL Faso city BOND bonds in
the sum of $50 10000 for the erection OF a |
school, hous in the second ward, and to i'm
prove the Mesa school house in the third |
the ordinance Of October y, 1897. authorizing |
the issuance of the same
Or, Against the Issuance of FL Paso city |
bonds in the sum OF go QUO. 90 for the erection
OF a school house in the second ward aud to |
improve the mesa school house in the third |
ware ~ OF SAG t,ioy and az inso Gne
For the issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in |
the sum of $4,000 90 to erect city hall in |
said CT v and for The ratit ,ation of the ordi- |
n lance Of October 18th; 1897. authorizing the |
Or Against the issuance iof Ell Paso city
bonds in TIE sum of SoO,Ooo.cO TO erecta city |
of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the same
the sum of $50 Q00.00 10 fund its indeb tedness |
and for the Patitication.of the ordinance of |
October ssth, 1891, authorizing the issuance |
Or Against the issuance of Ell Paso city |
bonds in The sum of S30.000 90 to fund its in
dettedness, ana again Il the ordinance au-
the issuance of The same,
Al. of said ba llots shall be written or print
substa 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 |
dering the issuance of said bonds, and in |
pa ss1ng the ordinances aforesaid, shall be |
declared ratified not ratified. any or
all of said bonds, according to the result of |
said election. ana the bonds shall be issued |
or not Issue cd, as may be determined by said !
election.
section .. Shat the mayor shall forthwith |
issue a proclamation TO the voters OF said |
city calling said election, in accordance with |
the provisions of this Ordin nee. in which |
shall be forth the substance
of this ordinance. Said proclamation shall |
be pu blished in AT least one of the daily
published IN sad city for a peri
cd of thirty days prior TO the day of holding
said election. Said proclamation shall state
the places at which said eiec zion shall be
held ia each ward, and the name of the pre-
siding officer who shalt preside at said
election in the several wards and election
pre-, lots of the city. Said election shall be
held at the following aces, to-wit: In the
first ward, at the city hall; in the second
ward, at the nose house GA Kansas street; in
the third ward at Chas. PurJefs shop on
North stanton street, anu in the fourth ward
at the street con missioner's office on North
Oregon street.
Section &. This ordinance shall take effect