The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10

which the said Board of Aldermen now
are or may hereafter be authorized to
lay and levy taxes for any purpose what
soever, said particular tax to be not
less than six or more than eight cents
on the one hundred dollars assessed val
uation on property, and not less than
eighteen nor more than twenty-five
cents on each taxable poll. The taxes
provided for in this section shall be col
lected and shall be accounted for aud
kept separate from other city taxes, and
shall be applied exclusively to the pur-
poses for which they are collected. So
much of said taxes as may be required
to pay the interest on the bonds issued
by authority of this act, as it falls due,
and cannot be applied to the purchase
or discharge of the bonds for which said
taxes are levied and collected, shall be
invested 50 as to secure the payment at
maturity of the principal of the said
bonds; and to insure the due investment
of the amounts collected from year to
year in excess of that required to pay
the said interest the Board of Alder
men shall cause the said excess to be
turned over to the commissioner of tho
sinking fund of the city of Raleigh,
whose duty it shall be, under such gen
eral rules and regulations as said Board
of Aldermen shall from time to time pre-
scribe, to make investments of SO much
of the taxes collected and turned over
TO him as aforesaid, as shall be applica-
BILE as aforesaid to the payment of the
principal of said bonds issued under this
act, and to do or perform all such other
services in connection with said bonds
as said Board of Aldermen may pre-
scribe, and such commissioner shall give
bond and receive such compensation for
his said services as said Board of Alder
men may determine"
Those qualified voters approving tho
issue of the bonds and the levy and col
lection of the particular taxes as above
provided for shall deposit in the ballot
box a ballot, ~ inches wide by 3
inches long, of white book" paper, in
weight 40 pounds to the ream, without
device, mutilation or ornamentation,
upon which shall be printed in plain
long primer type the word "approved;'
and those disappearing the same shall
deposit like ballot with the printed
word "Disapproved."
That said election shall be held under
the provisions of an act of the said
General Assembly of 1899, ratified
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provide the manner of election and the
registration of voters in cities and
towns, and for elections upon local ques-
tons in counties and townships in the
four wards or voting precincts provided
in said act authorizing said election and
issuance of bonds as aforesaid, towit..
First Ward or voting precinct: Bound
ed on the south by Hillsboro street, on
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north and west by the city limits.
Second Ward or voting precinct:
Bounded on the south by Newbern ave-
nue., on the west by Halifax street, and
on the north and east by the city
limits.
Third Ward or voting precinct:
Bounded on the north by Newbern ave-
nue., on the west by Fayetteville street,
and on the south and east by the city
limits.
Bounded on the north by IIillsboro
street, on the east by Fayetteville
street and on the south and west by
the city limits.
A new registration shall be had as re-
quired by said act authorizing said cleo
ton and issuance of bonds and ordered
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books will he open for reg
istration of voters from sunrise to sunset
for ten days, Sundays excepted, begin
ming May 30th and closing at sunset on
June 9th at the following places (Which
are also the polling places by the
following named registrars:
First Ward-Cone's Store, corner
Salisbury and Jones streets; Melvin An
drews, Registrar.
Second Ward-E. Hugh Lees Store,
corner Lane and Bloodworth streets;
e. Hugh Lee, registrar.
Third Ward-Jones' Warehouse, cor
ner BlOunt and Dayie streets; r. II.
Huhnicutt, registrar.
Fourth Ward-City Lot corner Davie
and Salisbury streets; w. III. Strother,
registrar.
A. NJ. POWELL,
Mayor.
HAM II. SMITH,