The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-01-02

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proposed and provided for.
For the purpose of redeeming, pay.
ing or refunding OF the bonded in.
tebtedness of the City of Palatka,
low outstanding, the amount of Fiji.
y Thousand Dollars $3.50, 000) is pro.
posed and provided for.
Any part of the proceeds of the
last named class of bonds, which may
be over and above the amount neces-
sary for the payment or refunding OF
the present bonded indebtedness,
shall be added to the paving fund
and used accordingly.
| ALI of such bonds shall be equally
binding upon said City and all of its
property, but each class shall state
for what fund they are issued and
sold.
| Every Freeholder OF said city who
shall otherwise be a qualified elector
thereof, shall have the privilege of
voting for or against the issuance of
the bonds proposed and shall cast
paper ballot. *
Freeholders Of said city who shall
be likewise qualified to vote for or
against the approving of said Bonds,
aggregating One Hundred and Sew
enty-tive Thousand Dollars ($l75,-
C.OO), may vote paper ballot con-
tanning the words, For the issue of
Bonds" or against the issue of
Bonds" and each such ballot shall
be counted as ballot approving or
disappearing, as the case may be, the
issuance of Bonds.
II majority Of the Freeholders
of said city, who shall likewise be
qualified electors thereof, shall cast
a ballot as aforesaid, upon which
shall be written or printed the words
For the issue of Bonds" then and
in that event, Bonds in the amount
OF One Hundred and Seventy-fiye
Thousand Dollars ($175, 000.O0), for
the purposes herein before provided,
shall be issued; but If majority OF
the Freeholders of said city, who
shall likewise be qualified electors of
said city, shall cast a ballot upon
which shall be written or printed the
words against the issue of Bonds"
then the Bonds herein proposed shall |
not be issued.
Section 6. Said Bonds shall be sold
by the Board of Bond Trustees, and |
if the use Of the full amount of the
Bonds authorized to be used for any
of the designated purposes shall be |
deemed by the Board of Bond Trus-
tees to be inadvisable, then the sur
plus OF said Bonds in the hands of |
the Board OF Bond Trustees shall not
be sold but shall be cancelled and de-
liVered to the City Council and de-
stroyed, and no other and further
issue of Bonds for that purpose shall
hereafter be made by virtue OF this
ordinance or the vote of the electors
at said election.
Section 7. The Bonds provided for
in this ordinance shall be and are
hereby exempt from city taxation.
Section s. The Mayor shall cause
a publication of his proclamation
calling said election, and also this
ordinance, weekly at least thirty (30)
days next prior to the date OF said
election, In newspaper published
in the City of Palatka. The Mayor
shall appoint three 90 inspectors
and clerk of election to hold said
election in each Ward of the city,
who shall be named in his said proc
lamation. II any inspector or clerk
of election named by the Mayor fails
to attend at the proper polling place
at the time for opening and balloting
on date of election, those inspectors
present shall fill the vacancies, and
if all the inspectors be absent, then
those persons present qualified to
vote at said election shall fill vacan-
cies. The polls shall be opened at |
q. m. and closed at shutdown, with an
intermission of one half hour be-
tween II and O'Clock, and shall be
located at or as nearly as practicable
to the polling places used in the last |
city election. The inspectors and
clerk of election in each Ward shall |
make out and sign duplicate returns
of said election, and deliver one copy |
thereof to the Clerk OF said city and |
one copy thereof to the Supervisor of
Registration of said city, returns
showing number Of persons voting at
said election and the number of |
votes cast respectively for and |
against the issue OF Bonds. The
City Council of said city shall pre-
pare and furnish to the inspectors
and clerks all the blanks necessary
to be used in said election, and shall |
canvass and declare the said returns
of the inspectors and clerks of cleo
tion and certify to the results of said |
election, and their said certificates
shall be recorded in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council.
Said election shall in all other res
poets be conducted as nearly as may
be in compliance with the laws for
holding, returning, certifying and
canvassing of city elections.
Passed in open Council this 10Th |
day of November, A. D. 1901.
A. M. STEEN,
President City Council.