El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-03
NOTICE:

NOTICE:
the city q Ii Paso TeHas shall issue or c aGe
MAYORS PROCLAMATION.
where's on the 2sth day OF October, A. d.
Texas, enacted three certain ordinances au-
thorizing the issuance of the coupon bonds
Ead city leg
folio wing purposes:
FIRST.
| To erect a school house in thu second ward
and to improve the Mesa school house in the
third ward of said city.
SECOND.
To erect city hall in said city.
| THIRD.
a., In order to funn the present outstanding
Hoat1pg Indebtedness of said city which has
not been heretofore fupced or bonded,
which hci, ordinances SO enacted; as aforesaid.
providing for the erectten of schoo1 hanse
in the second ward and for improvements on
Of bonds for that purpose" IAN ordinance
II bsso Texas: Ard for she ISSUANCE Of tonas
Of % G aad fer the lssa
re sassssSss ot q n VICE G%eR0 osdln.nees is
nc the proyns os fSs eans ana
no ding Of an election 10 deter zine whether
| or nor said city shall issue said bonds
| And. whereas, on the 2sth dav of October,
A. D 1897, the said city council enacted an
ordnance ei &C, as follows. to,wit: ,,,.
| "A ordinance providing for the calling
and ho1ding of an election in the city of FL
sad city 10 ITS boeds sse oo
| ing purposes:
| FIRST.
second ward and to improve the Mesa school
house in the third ward.
| SECOND.
To oft hon
THIRD.
To fund certain of it's Indebtedness.
Be 1T 9 O, by the city council of the
Section L. That. whereas it was determin-
ed by the city eoqncii Of said City OF FL Paso.
expedient and necessary. for the welfare Of
So i'd city and its Inhabitants. :. to issue the
coupon bonds of said city for the following
purposes:
To erect a school house in the Second ward
nent improvements on the Mesa School
building in the third ward Of said city.
SECOND.
To erect city hall in said city.
THIRD.
To fund the following Indebtedness of said
not been heretofore funaed or bonded
And. whereas, on the date last mentioned
passed and s which have been approved 'e did
order 70 be issued the coupon bonds of the
six per cent per annum Interest as follows:
a. For erecting said school house in the
second ward and improving the Mesa school
building, $4,000 1900 of which is for erecting
the school house in the second ward and the
oala1ce Is Tor 1mprOv ng the Mesa school
house.
b. For erecting city hall, $4,000
G. And for funding the aforesaid fndebt-
edness $40. eco 90, in which ORDINANCES Provis-
Of said city, and the constitution and laws Of
Texas, TO provide sinking fund for the re-
the.n slV m mt Of hal II int
semi-annually as the same may become due;
said ordinances and the charter Of said city.
the said bonds cannot be issued until the ac-
dinances. aud ordering the ISSUANCE Of 'e said
bonds respectively, has been ratified by a
Who pay taxes on property In said City S1s IS
shown BY the LIST assessment roll; voting at
ing whether or not such bonds shall be issn-
ed; be it therefore and it is ordered that an
city on the seventh day Of December. 1897.
for the purpose Of submitting to the voters
OF said city, qua fled aforesaid, the prop
ositions and questions, whether or not such
bonds any or all Of them. shall be issued.
aforesaid action Of said City council
sec,ion2 Toat the polls shall be opened
the city. and it. shall be holden conduc ed.
and the votes shall be counted, and the re-
result declared in like manner as is provid-
ed by the city charter and the law, for the
holding of other city elections in said CITY.
Sec ion 8. That all qualified voters of said
city who pa on ln in said city
titled to vote at said election, and none 9th
Section i. That the ballots to be used at
said election shall contain substantially the
expression Of will on the Questions voted on:
For the so aoO &c II Ell paso city bonds in
school, sch hous in the second ward and to OF ina
prove the Mesa school house in the third
snf
the issuance OF the same.
bonds in the sum o. so 600 90 for the erection
of a school house in the second ward aud to
ward of said city, I'd ag ainst the ratification
Of the ordinance authorizing the Issuance of
For the issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in
the sum of $4,000 90 TO erect a city hall in
p ance Of october 18th, 1897. authorizing the
issuance of the same ="
bonds in the sum of So0, OO0.oO to erect u city
hall in said city, and against the ratification
Of the ordinance authorizing the Issuance Of
For the issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in
and for the ratiication.of the ordinance OF
october 9th, 1897. authorizing the issuance
Or Against the issuance of Ell Paso city
bonds in the sum of $50. 600 90 to fund its in
thorizing the issuance Of the same
AL, of said ballots shall be written or print
SUBSTANTIALLY with the laws of Texas reIat-
cleo ion the acton OF the City council In Or
| dering the issuance of said bonds, and in
declared ratified, or not ratided. as to any or
all of said bonds, according to the result OF
said election and the bonds shall be issued,
or not issued as may be determined by said
| election.
Section 5. That the mayor shall forthwith
| issue a proclamation to the voters of said
city calling said election, in accordance with
| the provisions of this ordinance, in which
proclamation shall be set forth the substance
| of this ordinance. Said proclamation shall
1 Tllh
newspapers published in SAID 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 election shall be
held in each ward aud the name Of the pre-
siding officer who shall preside at said
election in the several wards and election
precints Of the city. Said election shall be
held at the following places, to-wit: In the
first ward, at the city hall; in the second
ward, at the hose house a Kansas street; in