The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-06-13

X. NJ \alty. 20 iron service boxes --..z-.-.-- $40
Cumb. Tel. Tel CO rent for phone at
Public school Observation-Disclosures 10
Elect. Appliance Co. electric supplies 1901
. / Fisher Gov. 60. - 81
Gen. Flee. 60. 25l1
Standard oil Co. oil for T.. H.. A.
G. i. Grafton. articles for +. II. x 7. =. $3.50
thr>man Brennan, atty fees for md
quarter .---.---# 200
}. b. Daughtry. Mayors salary May. 1850 300
A. Hurst. Maishal's salary 1000
A. ! urSt. street Conr salary lO0l
W. II. Seavey, city Clerks salary 1000
A. Hurst. removing garbage 80
I. e. Ratcff. sal. as Special police - 1919
Mrs. Storm rent of Office 100
|. For>ythe. night police salary 2ji0
Eliza Evans. janitrt>> at Public School 100
+. ). b. Society, rent of hall ---.----. 1900
). p.tull, Supt Watrr < Light, salary 100 O. 90
Lee Crreger Asst. Engineer salary May 90 300
Ed. Cunningham. Asst. Eng. 900
Alex. Washington. Fireman 81 90
Geo. Middleton. Asst. Fireman 800
ADDITIONAL BOND ISSUE FOR WATER
WORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The matter of raising money for the
purpose of repairing, enlarging and
extending the system of Water Works
and Electric Lights, in addition to the
sum of Forty, Five Thousand Dollars in
bonds heretofore issued by the city of
Brookhaven, wit. July eth, 1897, and
the eth day of February, y. d. 1898,
for the erection, esta blishment and
ownership by the city of Brookhaven
of a system of Waterworks and Electric
Lights, and the machinery. material
and properly incident to and necessary
therefor and for the purpose of pur-
chasing in the name of said city of
Brookhaven suitable grounds within
or without the corporate limits of said
city upon which to erect Waterworks
and establishing an Electric Light
Plant, and for securing the right of
way for said purposes i'll accordance
with law and the ordinances of said
: city, recorded in the ordinance Book
of the city of Brookhaven on pages
, 13S and l39, and Minute Book, Pages
1874, 193 and 1876, respectively, and for
extinguishing the Indebtedness due by
: the city as contracted for said pur-
poses, coming on to be heard, and it
; appearing to the satisfaction of the
; Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
city of Brookhaven, that before pro
) viding for the issuance of the bonds, as
provided for in Minute Book >, pages
: 43O, 43l and 432. on the 18th day OF
. April, a. d. 1900, of Ten Thousand
: Dollars for the enlargement and eX
. tension of the system of Waterwork>
and Electric Light Plant as aforesaid
, this Board has published notice of the
, proposal to issue said bonds of Tel
Thousand Dollars (Sl0,OOOl in "THt
LEADER, a newspaper printed, pub
lished and having "a general circulation
in the municipality, for three weeks
: next preceding the adoption and pas
b sage of this ordinances: and it appear
ing further to this Board that within
that time twenty per centum of thu
adult taxpayers of the municipalit,
have not petitioned against the isuanc,
of the bonds aforesaid for the sum o
0 Ten Thousand Dollars, nor has Their,
; been any petition filed against it what
y ever: Therefore, Be it ordained b,
. the Mayor and Board of Aldermen o
the city of Brookhaven, Mississippi
4 for the purposes of raising money fol
the extension and enlargement of the
4 system of Waterworks and Electric
Light Plant, owned by the city, anC
3 for the purpose of purchasing machin
) cry, material and property therefor
in accordance with the ordinance here
4 tofore adopted by this Board for the
issuance of Ten Thousand Dollars, thai
the said sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
in bonds of the city of Brookhaven bt
issued, which bonds shall mature not
later than twenty years from the date
of their issuance, to wit: June 4th, A
d. 1900, and shall bear interest at a rate
not exceeding per cent per annum
from said date, payable at the Fourth
National Bank of the city of New York
, in the State of New York, and such
bonds or any part thereof shall be pay
able after five years from the date of
D their issuance at the option of this
Board.
. Be it further ordained by the Mayor
D and Board of Aldermen of the city of
Brookhaven, Mississippi, that all of
said bonds shall be Autographed with
suitable devices to prevent counter
feiting and shall be in sums of Five
, Hundred Dollars tS5OO) each and they