The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-26
CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings of Adjourned Meeting. Held
June n, 1901.


Proceedings of Adjourned Meeting. Held
June n, 1901.
In the matter of the issuance of bonds
Tor repairing, eDlarging, remodelliup.
equipping and furnishing the Public
School Building on Block O in the
City of Brookhaven, Miss.
Pursuant to and in accordance with
an ordinance adopted by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
brookhaven, Miss, at a regular meet
ing thereof, held at the Mayors office
In said city on the first Tuesday of
Jnne, A. ID. 1901, at 7:3O o'clock D. m.
ordering an election by the qualified
electors Of said city on the 18th day of
June, A. ID. 1901, as heretofore pub
lished, to determine the question as to
whether the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen OF the City of Brookhaven be
authorized to issue an amount not ex-
ceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars of
the bonds of said city for the repairing,
remodeling, enlarging, equipping and
furnishing the Public School Building
on Block Q in the City of Brookhayen.
an election was duly and legally held
on the said 18th day of June, AID
1901, by the election commissioners
and officials appointed by the Board
for that purpose by an ordinance of
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
heretofore adopted. Said election was
legally and properly held and con-
Quoted and the returns of the election
commissioners were legally and prop
erly made by said election commission
ers to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City of Brookhaven, and
the same having been canvassed in
open Board within the time and in the
mode and manner prescribed by law, is
found to be in all respects legal and
correct, and the election resulted by
the vote of the qualified electors of the
City of Brookhaven as follows:
For the Yeas, "a votes were polled,
and for the Nays So votes were polled;
thus authorizing the Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen of the City of Brookha-
ven to issue the bonds of said city in
accordance with section 3Ol4 of the
Chapter on Municipalities of the An
notated Code of Mississippi of 1892, to
an amount not exceeding $4,000, by a
majority of 81 votes, as will more fully
appear from the said report of the
election commissioners and Clerks of
election made and filed with this Board,
which is in words and figures follow
ing, to-wit:
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
LINCOLN COUNTY.
We, the undersigned Managers and
Clerks of special Municipal election
of the City of Brookhaven, Lincoln
Nannfr, Micciccirars fhn
of School House Bonds not exceeding
them, on the 18th day of June, A. d.
1901, hereby certify that
Yea received 81 votes,
Nay received 53 votes.
F.F. SCHNORRENBERG,
THOS. H. LEWIS,
j. NJ. SMITH, Managers.
MARCO LUCICH,
SAM ABRAMS, Clerks.
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Brookhaven, Miss:
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
election commissioners of the City of
Brookhaven, Miss, do hereby certify
the following returns of special mu-
nicipal election held by the qualified
electors of said city on the 18th day of
June, A. d. 1901, on the question of
the issuance of the bonds of said city
in an amount not exceeding Fifteen
Thousand Dollars for the enlargement,
repairing, remodeling, equipping and
furnishing the public school house as
situated on Lots /, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Z, s & eR
of Lots & Is in Block @ in the City OF
Brookhaven, Miss, that the "Yeas" re-
ceived of the qualified electors voting
in said election, S4 votes, and the
"Nays," 53 votes; there being total of
1877 votes cast, thus giving the Yeas
majority in said election of 81 votes.
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THoS. HI. LEWIS,
j. NJ. SMITH,
Commissioners.
Therefore, Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Brookhaven, that the result of
said election is affirmatively and con-
clusively in favor of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven, Miss, issuing bonds of
said city in an amount not exceeding I
per centum of the assessed value of the
taxable property of the municipality
for the purpose of raising money for
the enlargement, remodeling, repair
ing, equipping and furnishing the pub
lie school building on Lots l, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, I, 8, and e1s of Lots 8 and 16 in Block
Q in the City of Brookhaven, Miss, as
owned by said city. 1t further appear
ing to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the city of Brookhaven, Miss,
that the assessed value of the taxable
property of the Municipality of Brook
haven is 81, 1928 as shown by the as
sessment rolls of said city for the year
A. ID. 1900 as approved by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven, Miss, on the eth day of
November, A. ID. 1900, on minute book
of the city on page % thereof, and that
there is now an outstanding bonded
Indebtedness against said city of $685.
500 which is the aggregate and full
amount of all the bonded Indebtedness
of said city; Sl0,5OO of which was issued
in the year 1890 for the purchase of the
land and the erection thereon of the
said school building now to be enlarged,
repaired, remodeled, equipped and fur
nished. 1t further appearing to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
city of Brookhaven, Miss, that the
sum of Thirteen Thousand Five Hun
dred Dollars (s13, 10000 added to the
amount of S65, 800 will be less than 7
per centum~ of the assessed value of
the taxable property of the said munic-
ipality and that said amount of $4,000
will be sufficient to enlarge, repair, re-