The leader., 1897-06-16
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings Regarding
Water Works and Electric
Lights.
Pursuant to adjournment the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city OF
Brookhaven, met at the Mayors office
in the said city of Brookhaven on
Tuesday, the sth day of June, A. d.
1897, at $50 o'clock p. m. There were
present His Honor J. r. Daughtry
Mayor, Aldermen. Seavey. Moreton,
Perkins, Cohn and Schuorreuberg.
In accordance with an ordinance
passed by the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen of the city of Brookhaven,
calling for an election by the qualified
electors of said city to determine the
question as to whether the city shall
own, maintain aud operate water works
and electric lights The following no.
tice for said election was printed and
published in the BRooKHAvES LEADER,
a public newspaper printed, published
and circulating in said city for four
weeks next preceding the 7th day of
June A. d. 1897. Said notice was in
the following words and figures, towit ::
Election Notice
MANoRALTy, CITY OF BRooKHAvEY,
May 9Th, 1867. ,
Pursuant to and In accordance with an ordi.
nance adopted by the MaTor and Board of Al
dermen, Of the city Of i!rookhavrn, Miss. at a
regular meeting thereof held at the MAYORS Of
nee III said city on the iSt Tuesday of April A.
ID; lS97 at 7:30 o'clock p. IN. and In accordance
WIN resolution adopted 10y said Mayor aud
Boaru OF Aldermen at Il regular meeting thereof
held IN said city on the LIST Tuesday Of May. A.
-. 1897 at 30 O'Clock y. m thcrewi he an cleo
non ny the qualified electors Of said city held at
tile Masonic Hall In the city of BroOkhaven or
al such other public place therein as the city
commissioners may designate. on the lSt Mon
gay uaN ~ June, lNE, being the 7th day Of said
month. instead OF May nth, 1897. as heretofore
published. to determine the question OF whether
the city shall erect maintain and operate water
works aud electric lights or not
Done this 9th day o. May. !. u. 1Sa7.
}. Il. DAtGHrEY, Mayor
Said election was duly aud legally
held on the said 7th day of June, A. D.
1897, at the time and place and by the
election commissioners aud officials
elected for that purpose by an ordi-
nance of this Board heretofore adopt
ed.
Said election was legally and proper
ly held and the returns of the election
commissioners wore properly and !"
gally made by said co., -
tbo ,1oro- ..ImisSiOners to
- and Board of Aldermen. and
the same having been canvassed in
open Board within the time prescribed
by law, are found to be in all respects
legal and correct and the election re-
suited by the vote of the qualified elect
ors of the city of Brookhaven as fol.
lows:
"For water works and electric lights
lO4 votes were polled and against wa
ter works and electric lights" 81 votes
were polled, as will more fully appear
from the said report of the election
commissioners and clerks of election
made and filed With this Board which
is i'll words and figures following, towit:
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, !
LINCOLN COUNTY.
We, the undersigned managers and
clerks of an election held in the city
of Brookhaven, Miss, on June 7th,
1887, for water works and electric
lights, hereby certify that for water
works and electric lights received l04
votes, against water works and electric
lights received 81 votes.
HENRY MEYER,
SAM ABRAMS,
GEO. G. MCCLENDON,
Com. and Managers.
j. II. DAUGHTRY,
+. f. SCHNORRENBERG,
Clerks.
Therefore, Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
city of Brookhaven, That the result of
said election is affirmatively and con-
clusively in favor of the city of Brook
haven owning, maintaining and oper-
ating water works and electric lights
in accordance with section 294S of the
Annotated Code of Mississippi of 1892
BE it further ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city of
Brookhaven, That for the purpose of
raising money for the erection, estab-
lishment and ownership by the city of
system of water works and electric
lights, and the machinery, material
and property incidental to and neces-
sary therefor, and for the purpose of
purchasing in the name of said city
suitable grounds within or without the
corporate limits of said city, upon
which to erect water works and cleo
trio lights, and for securing the rights
of way for said purpose, if necessary
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
may issue bonds of said city not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate the sum of
Forty Thousand Dollars $4,000 which
said bonds shall mature not later than
twenty years from the date of their is
suance and shall bear interest at a
rate not exceeding per cent. per an
mum, payable annually, and such
bonds or any part thereof shall be pay,
able after five years from the date OF
their issuance at the option of said
city. All of said bonds shall be litho.
graphed with suitable devices to pre-
vent counterfeiting and shall be in
sums of 800 or $500 each, and they
shall be registered as issued, be mum
bered in regular series from one up
ward. They shall be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the clerk
who shall impress the municipal sea
on each bond as it is issued and every
such bond shall specify on its face the