Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

city that the question of issuing bonds Of said city shall first be submitted to Ghe legal voters of said city to be voted upon, and,
 Whereas, The congress of the United States by act approved March A. 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 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 II,he 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 ,OOO) dollars be issued for the purHose of establishing, building and euuipping a water works and sewerage system within said city to be owned and Op- erated by said city for the use of it's inhabitants; said bonds to be issued in denominations of One Thousand i (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 | ($1000O) Dollars per annum in their numerical order at par and accrued in l 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 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 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 i 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. $265, ,O00" AGAINST ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR WATER WORKS AND SEWERAGE, $255, ,O00.'' together with such appropriate heading, and in- ssructiOns 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 the purposes thereof, be published in The Arizona Republican, the Arizona Gazette, the Phoenix Daily Herald and the Daily Enterprise, newspapers printed and published in the city of Phoenix, for period of thirty days prior to the 24th day of January, 1899;
 That the said election be conducted, |
 
 manner prescribed by law for general i city elections, except as herein and by | law otherwise provided.
 NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby | given that on Tuesday, January 24, | 1899, an election will be held in the | said city of Phoenix for the purpose of | determining whether or not the said | city of Phoenix shall issue it's bonds in the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty five Thousand (S265, ,000) Dollars, ac- cOrding to the terms of said resOlu ton, for tho purpose of establishing. building and equipping a water works and sewerage system within said city, to be owned and operated by said city for the use of it's inhabitants, in ac- cOrdance with the terms and provisions of said resolution.
 The following places are hereby des ignated as polling places in the sev- eral wards of said city of Phoenix at said election, viz:
 First ward, Gardiners building, cor ner of Third street and Washington street. Second ward, O'NeiIl building, corner of First avenue and Adams street. Third ward, Pemberton build ing, corner of First avenue and Jeffer- son street. Fourth ward, city hall.
 The polls will be opened at 8 o'clock l. m. and will close at 5 o'clock p. m. or said day
 The said election will be conducted IS other city elections, except as stated in said resolution or by law otherwise provided.
 Dated this 22d day of December, 1898. J. c. ADAMS.
 Mayor of the City of Phoenix. T. A. JOBS.
 Recorder of the City of Phoenix.
 First published in The Arizona Re