The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-23

No. 13, North Billings 1873 IL
No. IA, South Billings. So 81
Total. ,447 l. 100
Majority. -. 49,. ..151 r
The board ordered the following en-
try to be made upon the minutes:
From the evidence of the several
election judges and the condition of
the poll books, we hereby certify that
no election was held in either Thomas,
Upper Musselshell or Fairview pre-
cincts On June 6, 1903, to vote on
court house and jail bonds.
Ito be signed by)
"W. o. Parker, County Commissioner.
&c. M. Jacobs, County Commissioners.
&c. F. Burla, County Treasurer.
Board of Canvassers."
It appearing to the board of commits
sioners that 447 votes were in favor
of the loan and 100 votes were against
the loan, the question was declared
as carried by a majority of 257 votes,
whereupon it was moved by Commits
sioner Jacobs, seconded by Commits
sioner Deverill and unanimously car
| ried, that the following resolution be
| spread upon the minutes:
Whereas, at the special election
held ON June 6, 1908, the following
question was submitted to the quail
fed electors of Yellowstone county,
Montana: Shall the Commissioners
of Yellowstone County, Montana, be
authorized to make a loan Of $4,000
for the purpose of building a County
Court House and Jail at Billings, Vel
lowstone County, Montana and
"Whereas, there were cast at said
election a total of $40 votes, of which
number 447 votes we're cast For the
Loan and 1870 votes we're cast Against
the Loan and it appearing from the
records of the election canvassing
board at a meeting held this day, said
board being composed Of two county
l commissioners dnu IL SouACJ wv
urer, that said question was declared
as having been duly carried; now
therefore, be it u
Resolved, that under the authority
conferred by Senate Bill No. 100 o.
the Seventh Legislative Assembly O.
the State of Montana, and of sub
division 8 of Section 1920, Article z
Chapter 2, Part 4, Title 2, and OF Ar
ticle 4, Title 2, Part 4, Chapter 2
? of the Political Code of Montana, ant
for the purpose of carrying out the viii
: of the people as expressed at tn
polls. the board of county commits
sioners make a loan of $4,000 by is
suing on the credit of YelloWston
county coupon bonds to that amour
and advertising the same for sale /
the manner prescribed by law; sal
= bonds to be of the denomination {
Il 1000 each, and to be dated July
1903, payable 10 bearer twenty year
after date, redeemable ten years afte
date, and to bear interest at the raj
of four (4) per centum per n
interest to be paid semi-annually G
the first days of January and Jul
. in each year after date, as evidence
It, by the 40 interest coupons to be a
D.. tached to each bond, and said bon
Id and interest coupons shall be MAJ
PAYABLE at the Office of the coun
lg treasurer of Yellowstone county, Mo
tana, at Billings, Montana, or at Il
at American Exchange National Bank
D., New York City, at The option OF Il
holder; and be it further
ed Resolved. that the county clerk
on said Yellowstone county is hereby
m structed to contract for the lithograI
CHI ing of said bonds, with interest &C
IT'S pons attached, in accordance w
CHI Section 4245 of the Political GO
as of the state OF Montana, and to adv
as tise that sealed proposals will be
I'll, ceived for the purchase Of said bon
by the commissioners of Yellowsto
ent county at the Office of the cou1
lty clerk of said county at Billings, MI
,m- tana, until u o'clock noon of Mond'
ich July 20, 1903, for at least thirty da
ar prior thereto, in the Billings Gazet
'm- a newspaper published in the c
,m- of Billings, county of Yellowstone a
.ty state of Montana, and in The BIZ
I'D, Buyer, a newspaper published n
city of New York, in accordance W
the the provisions of Section ,4242 or
re- Political Code of Montana, and to st
Its in such advertisement that all b