Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
ELECTION NOTICE.

 | WHEREAS, At a meeting of the common council of the city of Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, held in their council chamber in She said city of Phoenix on the 21st day Of December, 1898, at which meeting a majority of the members of said common council were present and voted. the following g resolution was adopted by unanimous vCte of all the members of said com mon council present at said meeting, viz:
 RESOLUTION, Concerning ehe is- suing of bonds for tke purpose of es- tablishing 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 Ehe legal voters of said city to be voted upon, and,
 Whereas, The congress of the United States by act approved March 1, 1898, has provided that the legal voters at
 
 real or personal property, subject to taxation, within the municipality. who are 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 De called for that purpose, and to be held in said city on Inc 24th day January, 1899, viz:
 Shall the bonds of the city of Phoe- nix to the amount of Two Hundred and SiNty-five Thousand (S265, ,000) dollars be issued for the pur-cse of establishing. building and equipping a water works and sewerage system within said city to be owned and Op- er2ted by said city for the use of it's inhabitants; said bonds to be issued in denominations Of One Thousand (S1,000) 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 Ten Thousand (S10,000) Dollars per annUm in their numerical order at par and accrued in
 
 expiration of ten years from the date thereof; all of said bonds to bear in tterest 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 10 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 thereon, which said coupons shall have the fac simiIe of the signatures of the mayor and recorder of said city or printed thereon. Such bonds shall be sold by the common council of said city in such manner as they may deem for the best interest of said city, provided the same shall not be sold below par.'
 Be it further resolved that said election shall be held on the 24th day Of January, 1899, between the hours of s o'clock a. m and o'clock p. m. of said day, at polling places in the several voting precincts Of said city to be hereafter selected by the common i and shall be conducted by such | election officers as are provided by law | for the conducting of general city | elections and that the ballots used at such election shall have written or printed thereon the following words: FOR ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR | WATER WORKS AND SEWERAGE. | s265, OO0' AGAINST ISSUING CITY i BONDS FOR WATER WORKS AND | S255, ,000," together with such appropriate heading. and in- s5ructions to voters as to the manner | of indicating their choice, as the com mon council of said city shall deter mine;
 That notice, signed by the mayor and recorder, specifying the time, and places in the several wards in said city of Phoenix in which said election shall take place and he purposes thereof, be published in The Arizona ] Republican,, the Arizona Gazette, the | Phoenix Daily Herald and the Daily [ newspapers printed and published in the city of Phoenix, for period of thirty days prior to the 24th lay of January, 1899;
 That the said election be conducted, and the returns thereof made, in the manner prescribed by law for general eity elections, except as herein and by aw otherwise provided.
 NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, January 24, |