The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
Montgomery Council Pass
 ed the Ordinance.
At Special Meeting Yesterday at Noon Committee Made Its Re- port-Contract for Supply
 ing Coal Was Awarded.

The Montgomery City Council at a spe- cial meeting held at l2 o'clock yesterday adopted an ordinance ordering an cleo ton to be held July 13 fol the purpose of determining whether :50.000 in pc" cent bonds shall be Issued for the purpose of building and improving the school build- ings of the city.
 Alderman Gunter introduced a resolu- tion authorizing the purchase by the city of the Jost property, the triangular block bounded by Goldthwaite. State and Montgomery Streets. and the Council awarded the contract for supplying the city with coal to the Anderson Coal Com pany.
 Those present at the special meeting were Aldermen Fleming, Anderson. Far ley, Gunter. Hartley. Johnson, Kohn, Me Intyre, Roeder, Rushton end Toolc.
 President Fleming said that the meet ing had been called to consider the final passage of an ordinance introduced at tho last regular meeting of the Council pro vidins for an election to decide the issu- ance of bonds for school Improvements.
 At this juncture Alderman Kohn, chair man of the Finance Committee, secured permission to make a report on bids for supplying the city with coal for one year. The report recommended that the con tract be awarded to the Anderson Coal Company. The report of the committee was adopted.
 The Ordinance as Passed. Alderman Rushton, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, then submitted a re- port on the bond issue ordinance. The committee recommend ed that the original ordinance be amended so as to fix the date of the election on July 13 instead of July 20. A second amendment changed the wording of the ballot.
 The amendments weer adopted and the ordinance was adopted unanimously by an aye and nay vote.
 As adopted the ordinance Is as fol- lows:
 Section provides that an election shall be held in Montgomery on the 18th day of July, 1903, for the purpose of the qualified electors of the city voting upon and de ciding the question as to whether or not the bonds of the city of Montgomery shal be issued in the amount of $50,00O Tor tho purpose of constructing public schoo | houses and buildings. Said election to b.
 held under authority of an act of tho | Legislature of Alabama entitled An ac | to authorize cities and towns in the State | of Alabama to cause elections to be hel( l therein to authorize the issue of bond: for the purpose of purchasing or con structing public buildings, sewers, streets
 alleys, bridges and public school houses
 and buildings, to purchase water work
 and electric light plants or construct thu
 same. and for such other purposes as ma.
 be authorized by law; to provide for tn
 maner of giving notice of such elections | the manner of holding the same and tn
 payment of expenses thereby incurred
 and to authorize the issue of bonds whel
 at such elections the voters thereat shal
 decide in favor of such bend issue"
 Section 2 provides that notice or sucl election shall be given for thirty days b
 publication once week for three sue cessive weeks, which notice shall stat the purpose for which the election is t be held, the time and place of holding tn same, the amount of the proposed bon