The leader., 1903-08-08
ELECTION ON SEWERAGE.
Election Ordered AUGUST 10Th, to De-
eide $4,000 Bond Issue.

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At the regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
Tuesday night the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopt
ed:
Whereas 1t appears to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the City of Brookhaven, that due
notice of their intention to issue
the bonds of the said city to the
amount of $30,000.00 or so much
thereof as may be necessary, not
exceeding said sum for the pur-
pose of constructing and establish
ing a sewerage system in and for
said city, hath been given by pub
LEGATION in the Lincoln County
Times, weekly newspaper pub
lished in said city; it is therefore,
Resolved: First, That an cleo
ton is hereby ordered to be held
on the 26th day of August, 1908,
at,which election shall be submit
ted to the qualified electors of the
city of Brookhaven, the question
of whether or not they will vote
to authorize the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen to issue bonds of said
city in the sum of $4,000, or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
for the purpose of establishing
and constructing a sewerage sys-
tenn in and for said city of Brook
haven.
Resolved, Second, that due notice
of the election be published in the
Lincoln County Times, for two
weeks from the passage of this res
olution, the said Lincoln County
Times being a weekly paper pub
lished in said city.
Resolved, Third: That Thos.
H. Lewis, Sam Abrams, and
Marco Lucich be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners
to hold said election, and are here
by required to publish notice Of
the holding of same as required
above.
Resolved, Fourth: That the
commissioners here appointed
make due report of the election so
held and the returns thereof to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
and at the next regular meeting
after the holding of said election.
The above resolution was first
reduced to writing, read in open
Board by the clerk, considered
and adopted section by section by
the board, and a final yea and
nay vote taken on the final
passage, which resulted as follows:
Yeas-Cassedy, Jones, Seavey and
McGrath. Nays-none. Alder
man Larsen absent and not voting.
FORM OF BALLOT TO BE
USED.
1t is ordered by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city of
Brookhaven, Miss, that the COM
missioners appointed to hold the
election on on the Goth day of Au-
gust, 1908, for the purpose of
submitting to the votes of the
qualified electors of the city of
Brookhaven. the question of
whether or not they will vote for
the issuance of bonds of the mu-
nicipality for the sum of $50, 900,
or SO much thereof as may be
necessary, for the purpose of es-
tablishing sewerage system in
and for said city, be and they are
hereby empowered to have print
ed a sufficient number of BALLOTS
to be used in holding said election.
Second: 1t is ordered further
that the ballots be printed as fol-
lows: That is to say, that there
shall be printed on each ballot the
following: For the issuance of
bonds for the establishing and
constructing sewerage system, =
and underneath this on the same
ticket shall be printed Against
the issuance of bonds for estab-
fishing and constructing sewer
age SYSTEM and these shall be
the ballots used in the election.