The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16

otherwise improving each OF the public
streets of the city of Raleigh as the
Board of Aldermen of said city may de.
termine TO improve, and for making
such other public improvements as the
said Board of Aldermen may determine.
sud bonds to be of such denomination
as the Board of Aldermen shall deem
advisable bearing interest from date or
Issuance at rate not exceeding Ave per
cent per annum, payable half yearly.
maturing at time not exceeding thirty
years from the date Of said issuance, as
authorized by an act of the General AS
sembly Of North Carolina, ratified the
eth day OF March, 1901, entitled An
Act to Authorize the City Of Raleigh to
Issue Bonds for Public improvements
ana to Levy Special Tax and FOR the
annre~sd Of said a,:siiiia,s.. ..;,tars OF the
lcvylng by the Board OF Aldermen an
nually, at the time Of levying other city
taxes. particular tax on all persons
and subjects of taxation which are now
or may hereafter be taxed for any pur-
pose whatsoever, of not less than SIX
nor more than eight cents on the one
hundred dollars assessed valuation on
property, and not less than eighteen nor
more than twenty-four cents on each
taxable poll Said taxes to be collected
at the same time and in the manner as
other city taxes are collected and to
be kept separate from other city taxes
and applied exclusively to the discharge
of the principal and interest OF said
bonds, as provided in said act of the
General Assembly of North Carolina.
Sec. 2. That the election herein called
shall be conducted under the supervis-
ion of the city clerk, who shall appoint
the registrars and judges of election for
each election district hereinafter named,
on or before the 18th day of June, 1901,
and cause notice of said appointment to
be served on each registrar and judge
of election, and publish list of such
in front of the city hall;
and he shall provide the registrars
with proper registration books, and
shall provide sufficient ballot boxes for
each election district hereinafter named
The board of city canvassers after can
tassing the vote shall under their hands
certify the result of said vote to the
city clerk, who shall post the same in
front of the city hall. and also publish
he same in two newspapers published
n the city of Raleigh
Sec 3. The registrars herein provid-
ID for, after being furnished with the
books, and having been
sworn by some person authorized to adj
minister oaths to faithfully discharged
he duties of registrar as prescribed by
aw, shall between the hours of 8 a. m.
md sunset of each day, Sunday expected /
or twenty days preceding the day for
dosing the registra ton books as here
natter provided, attend their respective
districts for which they are appointed |
and register such electors as
shall present themselves for registra- |
ion and who are duly qualified accord !
ng to law. That said books shall be
open until 8 o'clock p. m. of each Sat |
friday during such registration period; !
hat said book shall be closed for reg |
;itration on the second Saturday before |
each election; the registration books to |
De open on July 10, 1901, and close Au-
gust 10, 1901.
Sec. A. That the city clerk shall pro-
vide ballot box for each of said cleo
ton districts, in which the ballots of the |
qualified electors shall be deposited as
provided in section of the aforesaid act |
the issuance of said bonds, !
ratified the 7th day of March, 1901.
Those qualified voters approving the |
issue of the bonds provided for in Sec
ton 1, and the levy and collection of the |
particular taxes porvided for in Section |
) of the act of the General Assembly of |
North Carolina, ratified March T. 1901, en-
titled IAN Act to Authorize the City of |
Raleigh to Issue Bonds for Public I'm |
and to Levy a Special Tax,
and provided for in Section / of this ordi- !
nance shall deposit in the ballot-bax a |
slip containing the printed or written
word approved" and those disappearing |
the same shall deposit like slip with the |
printed or written word "disapproved. " |
Sec. 5. That said ballots shall be print |
ed or written on white book paper in |
weight forty pounds to the ream, sam |
pie of which shall be deposited in the !
office of the mayor, and in size 1-3
inches wide and three inches long, with !
out Device ornamentation or symbol all |
printing thereon shall be in plain long |
primer type"
Section 6 prescribes the same polling |
places as in the original ordinance and /
Section provides for the publication of
the notice of the election in two news |
papers by the mayor and city clerk