El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29

, Tor UHaJ pull OSo-' ara "A n ordnance
viding for the funding of certain indebted
ness of the city of FL iaso q the issu
are se Of It's lnb bonds for tina
| shown in he hereinafter set out copy al
dng @ for she
or.ne, said city shall issue said bonds
And: whereas. on the 2Sth day of october
| A ID 1897, the said city council enacted al
ordinance follows, to-wit:
| AN ordinance providing for thu calling
Paso, Texas. to determine whether moi
said city sha issue its bonds for the follow
| ing purposes:
For the erection of 3. school house in the
second ward and TO improve the Mesa school
SECOND.
To erect city hall
THIRD.
To fund certain of its Indebtedness.
Be IT ordained by the city council of the
Section 1. That. whereas it was determin-
ed by the city council OF said city OF FL Paso
| expedi lent and necessary. fer the welfare OF
sid city and its Inhabitants, to issue the
| coupon bonds of said city for the following
purposes:
FIRST.
To erect school house in the serond ward
of said city, aud to rake necessary perma-
nent improvements on the Mesa school
building in the third ward of said city.
SECOND.
To erect city hall in said city.
THIRD.
To fnrd the following Indebtedness Of said
city: That is to say, the present outstanding
floating Indebtedness of said city, which has
not been heretofore famed or bonded.
the said city council. by its ordinances then
passed, and which have been app roved, did
city, maturing in thirty years and bearing
six per cent per annum int rest, as 70 lows:
a. For erecting said school house in the
building, $4,000 15,c00 of which is for erecting
bala- ce is for improving the Mesa school
b. For erecting a city hall, $4,000
g. And for funding the aforesaid fndebt
edness $4,000 90, in which ordinances provis-
ION was made in accordance with the charter
Texas. provide sinking fund for the re-
demption of said bonds ana payment at ma
turity, and for the payment of their interest
semi-annually as the same may become due;
and, whereas according to rhe the term of
the said bonds cannot be issued until the ac-
ton of said city council, in passing aid or
dinances and ordering the issuance Of said
bonds respectively, has been ratified by a
ma jOrity of the qualified voters of said city,
VINO pay taxes so; on property In said city as
ar election held for the PURPOSE of determin-
ing whether or not such bonds shall be issu-
ed; be it therefore and it is ordered that
election shall be called and held IN the sal
city on the seventh day Of December. 1897
of said CITY, qua flied as aforesaid, the prop
osiIjons and questions, whether or not such
and of fhereHy ratifying or repudia ing tbs
aforesaid action of said city council.
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
resu declared, in like manner as is provid-
holding of other city elections IN said city.
Sec ion g. That all qualified voters of sad
city; who pay ta,es ON property in sid city
titled to vote at said election, and none 9th
can vote
Section T. That the ballots to be used at
said cleo tion shall contain substantially the
following words according TO the voters
"For the Issuance i 81 Paso city bonds Ia
the sum of S2O,OO0.0O for the erection OF a
prove the Mesa school house in the third
Ward Of said city and the ESQ., Ct
the the issuance of the same 1884, ao'horizins
Or Against the Issuance of Ell Paso city
bonds in the sum % $40 OOO. 90 for the erection
OF a school house in the second ward aud to
improve the esa school house in the third
ward of said city, and against the ratification
of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the same"
For the Issuance of Ell Paso city bonds in
said CT y, ana for The ratiti alton of the ordi
n ance of October 18th: 1897, authorizing the
Or gainst the issuance of Ell Paso city
bonds in tie sum of sat, 0O0I0 to erect a city
hall in said city, and ag sinSt the ratification
of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the same"
For the issuance OF FL faSO city bonds In
the sum OF $50, ooOo to fund its indebtedness.
and for the ratification.of the ordinance of
october 2sth, 1897, authorizing the issuance
of the same
Or Against the issuance of Ell Paso city
bonds in the sum Of saOOoO % to fund its in
dentedness. and again t the ordnance
thorizing the issuance of the same"
AL of said b3 llotS shall be written or print
ed on p ain white paper and comply in form
substantially with the laws of Texas re at
ing to ballots.
Upon the ascertainfug of the result of said
cleo ion the action of the city council in Or
passing the ordinances aforesaid, shall be
declared ratified, or not rati ed. to any or
all of said bonds according to the result of
said election, and the bonds shall be issued,
election.
Section 5. That the mayor shall forthwith
issue 81 proclamation to the voters of said
city calling said election, in accordance with
reclamation shall be set forth the Su bstauce
of this ordinance. Said proclamat on shall
be Do blished in at least one of the daily
newspapers published in Sa d 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
siding officer who shall preside said
election in the several wards and election
pre- ints of the city. Said election shall be
held at the following places. to-wit: In the
ward, at the hose house on Kansas street; In
the third ward at Chas. Purtell's shop on
North Stanton street, and in the fourth ward
at the street con misSioner's office on North
Section o. This ordinance shall take effect
aud be In force from and after its passage
and approval
Approved November l. 1897.
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN,
Mayor of the ity of Ell Paso, Texas.