El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-13


no ding of an election 10 deter inc whether
orne said city shall issue said bonds
A d 1897. the said city council enacted ar
Ordi nance as follows, to-wit: 49,
and holding of an election in the city Of ii
| Paso, Texas to determi ne whether or not
said city sha issue its bonds for the follow
| ing purpos eS:
For the erection Of scho4, house use in oh the
| house in the third ward.
| SECOND.
| To erect city hall
To fund certain of its indebtedness.
BE II ortiained by the city council of the
Sec ion /. That. whereas it was determin-
"exas, on the 18th day of October, 1897, to be
5 i'd city and its inhabi,ants, to issue the
coupon bonds of said city for the following
purposes:
To erect school house in the Sc "ond ward
lid cl5y, and to make necessary perma-
ni1 II ~ f on the t schooI
SECOND.
To erect a city hall in said city.
To fund the following indie btedness of said
city: That is to say, the present outstanding
not bean heretofore famed or bonded.
And, whereas. on the date last mentioned
passed, and which have been approved did
order to bs issued the coupon bonds of the
city. maturing In thirty years and bearing
a For erecting said school house in the
uiIding, $4,000, 1900 of which is for erecting
the school hous7 in the second ward and the
oala ce is for improving the Mesa school
b. For erecting a city hall, s3OOea -
c. And for funding the aforesaid fndeht
edness 10000 90, in which ordinances provis-
OF 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 of said bonds and payment at ma
turity, and for the payment of their interest
semi-annualiy as the same may become due;
and, whereas, according to the the term of
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
no iority of the qua flied voters of said ofty,
who pay taxes on property In said city as
an election held for the purpose Of deterrnin-
ing wh.ther or not such bonds shall be issu-
ed; be it there Tore and it is ordered that an
city on the ssventh day of December, 1897,
for the purpose OF submitting to the voters
osiIions and questions, whether or not sue..
oonds any or all of them. shall be issued,
aforesaid action of said City council.
Sec ion2 Tat the polls shall be opened
the city, and 1t. shall be holden conduc ed,
and the votes shall be counted, and the re-
turns shall be made and cAnvassed and the
resu declared, in like nanner as is provfd-
cd by the city charter and the law, for the
holding of other city elections in said city.
Sec ion g. That all qualified voters of said
city. who pay ia es on property in $ id city
as shown by the last ASSESSMENT roll, are en-
titled to vote at said election, and none 9TH
Section 4: That the ballots to be used at
said election shall contain substantially the
following words according TO the voters
xpression OF will on the questions voted on:
q n a
school, house in he second ward, and to i'm
prove w the Me school d house in the third
the issuance of the same
Or, "A gainSt the issuance of Ell Paso city
bonds IN the sum o. $50 000. 90 for the erection
u IA school house in the second ward aud to
ward of said city, aod against the ratification
of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
The same"
For the Issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in
the sum of SO 90 90 20 erect city hall in
said ci y, and for The ratfti alton of the ordi-
Il ance of October 18th: 1884, authorizing the
issuance of the same ~
bonds in the sum Of 10000 90 to erect !. CITY
hal! in said city, and az .inSt the ratification
of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
For The Issuance of FL Paso city bonds in
the sum of $4,000 % TO fund its indeb ed ness
and for he ratitication.of the ordinance OF
October 2sth, 1897, authorizing the issuance
OF the same
bonds in the sum of $50 600 % to fund its in
debtedness and aGa1n-t the ordinance au-
thoriZing the issuance of the same
ALI OF said ballots shall be written or print
ed on ain white paper aud comply in form
substantially with the laws of Texas re at
Upon the ascertainiug of the result of said
cleo ion the action OF the city council in
dering the Issuance of said bonds, and in
passing the ordinances aforesaid, shall be
declared ra ified or not rati ed as to any or
ali of said bonds, according to the result of
said election. ana the bonds shall be issued,
or not issu ed, as may be determined by said
Section s. That the mayor shall forthwith
issue n proclamation to the voters of said
city calling said election, in accordance with
the provisions of this ordnance, in which
Troclamation shall be set forth the substance
of this ordinance. Said proclamation shall
be Dc blished in at least one OF the daily
cd of fp thirty days prior to the day of holding
said election. Said proclamation shall state
the places at which said election shall be
held in each ward, ard the name of the pre-
siding officer who shall preside at said
election IN the several wards and election
held at the following p aces, to-wit: In the
first ward, at the city hall In the second
the third ward at Chas PurtelPs shop on
North stanton street, ana in the fourth ward
at the street con missioners office on North
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect
aud be la force from aud after its passage
Approved November l, 1897.
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN.
Mayor of the ity of Ell Paso, Texas.
Attest: b. s CATLIN, .
City Clerk of the City of Ell Paso. Texas
Now therefore, l, Joseph Magoffin, mayor
of the city of FL pssO. Texas, IN pursuance OF
said ora nance and by virtue of the powers
vested in me by law, do hereby give notice
that an election will be held in each and all
of tin wa Ids of the city of FL Paso, Texas.
bet veen the hours of eight in the morning
an six In the afterno on, on Tuesday, the eth
day of December, =. ID 1897, for the purpose
of dete mining the questions in said ordi-
nance proposed and submitted, which
election qualified voters of the city of Ell
Paso, who pay taxes on property in said city,
as shown by the last assessment roll, and
none other are q ialtfed 10 vote.
In the fl rst ward the election will be held at
the CITY hall and Lamour is hereby APP
pointed presiding officer.
n the second trd the election will be
held at the hose house on Kansas street. and
O. w. Fassett is hereby appointed presiding
officer.
In the third ward the election will be held
at Chas Purtelrs shop on North Stanton
street, ard NJ. a.. Edwards is hereby appoint
ed presiding officer.
IN the fourth ward the election will be held
al the stree commissioners ONCE on North
Oregon street, and Adolph Solomon Is here
by appointed presiding officer.
Signed this fst day OF November, A. D. 1897.