Arizona republican., 1898-12-25
ELECTION NOTICE.

WHEREAS, At a meeting of the
 common council of the city of Phoenix,
 Maricopa county, Arizona, held in their
 council chamber in the said city of
 Phoenix on the Fist day of December,
 1898, at which meeting a majority of
 the members Of said common council
 were present and voted, the following resolution was adopted by a unanimous
 VCte of all the members of said com
 mon council present at said meeting,
 viz:
 RESOLUTION, Concerning the is
 suing of bonds for the purpose Of es-
 tablishing a water works and sewerage
 system for the city of Phoenix.
 Whereas, The common council of the
 city of Phoenix deem it advisable to
 issue bonds of the said city, for the purpose of establishing a water works and sewerage for said city, and,
 Whereas, It is provided by section 3
 Of article XIX Of the charter of said city that the question of issuing bonds of said city shall first be submitted to the legal voters of said city to be voted upon, and,
 Whereas, The congress of the United States by act approved March 4, 1898, has provided that the legal voters at such election shall be the owners of real or personal property, subject to taxation, within the municipality, who arc otherwise qualified electors therein, therefore.
 Resolved, By the common council of the city of Phoenix that the following proposition be, and the same hereby is, submitted to the qualified electors and owners Of real and personal property in said city to be voted upon by them at an election to Oe called for that purpose, and to be held in said city on the 24th day January, 1899, viz:
 Shall the bonds of the city of Phoe- nix to the amount of Two Hundred and SiUty-fve Thousand (S265, ,OO0) dollars be issued for the pur~ose of establishing. building and equipping a water works and sewerage system within said city to be owned and op- inhabitants; said bonds to be issued in denominations of One Thousand (s1 ,00O) Dollars each; the principal to be due and payable thirty years after the date thereof, provided, however, that the city of Phoenix reserves the right to pay the principal of said bonds to the amount of Ien Thousand ($10, ,G00) Dollars per annum in their order at par and accrued in terest thereon at any time after the expiration of ten years from the date thereof; all of said bonds to bear in- terest at the rate Of five per cent per annum, payable semi-annually; both principal and interest payable in gold coin of the United States; said bonds to be signed by the mayor and recorder of said city in their official capacity, and to have the seal of the city of Phoenix affixed to each bond, and each | bond to have interest coupons attached | thereto for the interest to accrue l thereon, which said coupons shall | have the fac simile of the signatures | 1f the mayor and recorder of said city | or printed thereon. Such | ponds shall be sold by the common | council of said city in such manner as hey may deem for the best interest of | said city, provided the same shall not De sold below par"
 Be it further resolved that said election shall be held on the 24th day If January, 1899, between the hours of
 o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m. of said lay, at polling places in the several Yoting precincts of said city to be lereafter selected by the common ouncil, and shall be conducted by such lection officers as are provided by law or the conducting of general city lections and that the ballots used at uch election shall have written or lrinted thereon the following words: FOR ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR |. WATER WORKS AND SEWERAGE. 265. .OO0." AGAINST. ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR WATER WORKS AND $255, ,OOO," together with uch appropriate heading, and in- tructions to voters as to the manner f indicating their choice, as the com non council of said city shall deter nine;
 That a notice, signed by the mayor nd recorder, specifying the time and laces in the several wards in said ity of Phoenix in which said election hall take place and the purposes hereof, be published in The Arizona the Arizona Gazette, the 'hoenix Daily Herald and the Daily newspapers printed and ublished in the city of Phoenix, for a 1 eriod Of thirty days prior to the 24th ay Of January, 1S99 {
 That the said election be conducted, nd the returns thereof made, in the ( manner prescribed by law for general ity elections, except as herein and by ( aw otherwise provided.
 NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby iven that on Tuesday, January 24, II