The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-25
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

the Board of Aldermen of the city of
Raleigh passed April 7th, 1899 in pur-
suance of the authority given in an act
of the General Assembly of North Caro-
lima of 1899, ratified February 2Sth,
1899. entitled: AN Act to authorize
the city of Raleigh to issue bonds for
public improvements and to levy Il
special tax" notice is hereby given that
special election will be held at the
various polling places hereinafter named
ON the 18th day of June, 1899, for the
purpose of obtaining the consent of
majority of the qualified voters of said
city to the issuance of the bonds provid-
ed for in Sections l and of said Act,
as follows:
Section 1. That for the purpose of
paving, macadamiZing and otherwise
| improving such of the public streets of
| the City of Raleigh as the Board Of
| Aldermen of said city may determine to
| improve, and for making such other pub
lie improvements as the said board of
aldermen may determine to make the
city of Raleigh is hereby authorized and
| empowered to issue its bonds to an
amount not exceeding one hundred thou
sand dollars, of such denominations and
in such proportions as the Board of
/
| interest from the date thereof mt rate
not exceeding five per centum per an
num- with interest coupons attached,
| payable half yearly, at such times and at
such place or places as may be deemed
| advisable by said Board oil Aldermen;
| said bonds to be of such form and tenor
and transferable in such way, and the
principal thereof payable or redeema-
| BILE at such time or times, not exceeding
thirty years from the date thereof, and
| at such place or places as the Board of
Aldermen may determine.
Section g. That for the purpose of
providing for the payment of the inter-
| est accruing on and the principal at ma
| turity of the bonds issued under au-
thority of this act the Board of Alder
men of said city shall annually, and at
the time of leyying other city taxes,
| levy and lay particular tax ON all
persons and subjects of taxation on
which the said Board of Aldermen now
are or may hereafter be authorized to
| lay and levy taxes for any purpose what
soeyer said particular tax to be not
! less than six or more than eight cents
ON the one hundred dollars assessed val
uatiGn on property, and not less than
cents on each taxable poll. The taxes
provided for in this section shall be col
lected. and shall be accounted for and
! 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, rs 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 so 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 the
| sinking fund of the city of Raleigh,
whose duty it shall be, under such gem
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-
! bic as aforesaid to the payment of the
principal of said bonds issued under this
1 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 the
| issue of the bonds and the levy and coll
/ lection of the particular taxes as above
! provided for shall deposit i'll the ballot
! box a ballot, ~ inches wide by B.
! 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
March 9th, 1899, entitled: IAN Act to
provide the manner of election and the
registration of voters in cities and
towns, aud for elections upon local ques-
lions in counties and townships" in the
four wards or voting precincts provided
| in said act authorizing said election and
issuance of bonds as aforesaid, tO-wit.:
First Ward or voting precinct: Bound
ed on the south by Hillsboro street, on
the east by Halifax street, and on the
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 Newben ave
nue., on the west by Fayetteville street,
and on the south and east 10y the city
limits.
Fourth Ward or voting precinct:
Bounded on the north by Hilsboro
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
by said Board of Aldermen. The
registration books will be open for reg
iStP1tiGu of voters from sunrise To sunset