Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-21
Election Proclamation.


Seneca, Monongalia county, West Vir-
ginia, mt regular meeting thereof,
held at the Mayors Office i'm said town
on Monday. the Goth day of Novem-
Der, 1900, adopted the following ordi-
nance
In ordinance to proride for the iSsuiHg
aud selling If bonds for pairing ht
streets OF The torn.
Be IL ordained by the comm N coun-
Gil of the town of Seneca, in the county
of Monongalia, in the State of West
Virginia, that the bonds of the said
town are hereby authorized to be is
sued and sold according 10 law to the
amount of Seven Thousand, Four Hun.
dred Dollars. said bonds to be Of the de-
nomination of Two Hundred Dollars.
bearing interest at the rate Of per
centum per annum, the interest pay
able annually and the principal ~ fol-
lows
5000 thereof in ten years after the
date thereof,
$500 thereof in eleven years after the
date thereof,
$500 thereof in twelve years after the
date thereof,
5000 thereof in thirteen years after
the date thereof,
5000 thereof in fourteen years after
the date thereof,
$500 thereof in fifteen years after the
date thereof,
$500 thereof in sixteen years after the
date thereof,
$500 thereof III seventeen years after
the date thereof,
S400 thereof In eighteen years after
the date thereof,
$500 thereof in nineteen years after
the date thereof,
400 thereof in twenty years after the
date thereof,
$500 thereof In twenty years after
the date thereof,
$500 thereof in twenty-five years after
the date thereof,
$500 thereof in twenty-three years az
ter the date thereof,
$500 thereof in twenty-four years af-
ter the date thereof,
$500 thereof in twenty-five years af-
ter the date thereof,
$500 thereof III twenty-six years after
the date thereof.
$500 thereof in twenty-seven years af-
ter the date thereof
S40o thereof IN twenty eight years af-
ter the date thereof,
$500 thereof in twenty-nine years af-
ter the date thereof,
$400 thereof III thirty years after the
date thereof.
The proceeds of said bonds when is-
sued and sold MS aforesaid shall be APP
piled to the payment of the costs to be
hereinafter incurred by the said town In
paving streets and alleys of the town,
or sueh parts thereof as council, by res
olution, undertake to pave. Such paw
ing shall be with yitrified brick and
shall be done at the cost of the town
and shall not be assessed against the
lot owners as 1t might be under the
statutes of West Virginia.
There shall be levied and collected
according to law Il direct annual tax to
pay annually the interest ON said bonds
and the principal thereof within 20
years, which tax shall be upon ali tax
able property of the town as assessed
for the purpose OF taxation. And the
rate Of said tax for sinking fund Tor
said purpose is hereby fixed at rs cents
on the One Hundred Dollars value of
taxable property which amount is here
by ordered to be levied aud collected
according to law.
But all questions connected with the
issuing Of said bonds shall be submitted
to the qualified voters OF the town in
accordance with the Statutes OF West
Virginia in such cases.
And il is ordered, that said election
shall be held at Tough Brothers. Car
riage Factory in said town on
Saturday, December Goth 1900
Next, the same to be held and con-
Quoted according to law. And the
Mayor is authorized TO issue his proc
lamation accordingly.
Now, therefore, |, John Tough, mayor
of said town, do hereby proclaim that
on Saturday. the Goth of December
1900 next, at the Mayors Office in said
town, an election will be held in pursu-
ance OF said ordinance and in accor.
dance with the statute in such cases
made and provided by the qualified
voters of said town, to decide whether
they will ratify or reject said ordinance.
Persons voting at said election for the
ratification of said ordinance shall have
written Or printed upon their ballots the
words "For Ratification aud persons
voting against ratification Of said ordi-
nance shall have written or printed up
on their ballots the words 'For Rejec-
tibn.'
There is no outstanding or floating
debt for which any of the said bonds or
proceeds may be used.
Seneca. w Va. December II, 1900
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