Arizona republican., 1899-01-09
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 a unanimous
 vote of all the membeIc u 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 1, 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 r111r fo INo ao11 in. -of1 air the 24th day January, 1899, viz:
 Shall the bonds Of the city of PhOe- nix to the amount of Two Hundred and SiUty-five Thousand ($265 000) 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 the use Of it's said bonds to be issued in of One Thousand ($1,000) 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 ($10,000) 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 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 which said coupons shall have the fac simile 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 Januafy, 1899, between the hours of o'clock a. m. and o'clock D. m. ofsaid 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 t4e ballots used at such election shall have written or printed thereon the following words: FOR ISSUING CITY BONDS FOR l WORKS AND SEWERAGE. 1 ;265, ,000." AGAINST ISSUING CITY | BONDS FOR WATER WORKS AND l $265, ,OO0," together with such appropriate heading, and in- 5tructions to voters as to the manner )f indicating their choice, as the com | mon council of said city shall deter nine;
 That notice, signed by the mayor and recorder. specifying the time and | places in the several wards in said | :ity 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 | newspapers printed and | published in the city cf Phnenix, for a 5ertcd Of thirty days prior to the 24th lay Of JanuarR, 1899;
 That the sais election be conducted,