Arizona republican., 1899-01-03
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 21st 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 unanimous vote 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 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 ltaxatiOn, 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 ito be voted upon by them at an election to De called for that purpose, and to be held in said city on Ithe 24th day January, 1S99 viz:
 Shall the bonds of the city of Phoe- nix to the amount of Two Hundred and SiNty-five Thousand ($265, ,O00) dollars be issued for the purpose of establishing. building and equipping a water works and sewerage system within said city to be owned and op- erated by said city for theluse of it's inhabitants; said bonds to be issued in denominations of One Thousand (S1000) 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 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 thereon, which said coupons shall have the fac simile of the signatures of the mayor and recorder of said city Autographed 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 o'clock a. m. and o'clock D. m. of said day, at polling places in the several voting precincts of said city to be hereafter selected by the common council, 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, ,O00" AGAINST ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR WATER WORKS AND SEWERAGE, $255, ,OOO.' together with such appropriate heading, and in structions 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