The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-06-26

tie board 81 ednrafioh 81 clarksbaFe
school distract Clark sburr, Wet Viz
ginia, for an election % he Aeid on
Monday the 18th day Of june, 1905, Tor
authority 70 issue bonds for the purpose
Of erecting . public school HaiidlAe.
Whereas, The Increasing population q
the city Of Clarasbug has crowded Tho
present school building 50 that an addi-
tional building il now absolutely neces.
sary, and,
Whereas, A suitable building can not
be erected with the ievies Of slne year.
and the board Of education car not create
any indebtedness beyond tie levy Of .
single year under the laws Of West Viz
ginia, and,
Whereas, Tho Legislature OF West vir-
gtnia, did, ON the 2Sth day of February;
1908, pass an act empowering this board
to issue bonds for the purpose of erect.
inG public school building; therefore
belt
Resolved, BY the board of education
OF clarksburg school district,
First. That the said school district
do issue its bonds of the dissemination
OF one hundred dollars and multiplcs
thereof for a sum in the aggregate Of
fifty thousand dollars, bearing date of
the LIST day of. September, 1908, and pay
able to bearer twenty years after date
thereof, with interest ut the. rate of I
per centum per annum. payable annually
from said date, which said bonds shall
contain provision expressed therein
that said Clarksburg school district shall
have the right at any time after fivc
years from the date of said bonds to re-
lease and discharge itself from any fur
Their liability arising from said bonds
or any part of them by the payment OF
the principal of any or all of said bonds
and interest due thereon.
Second. That each bond shall be
numbered mad signed by the president
and secretary of said board of education
and shall be sold to the highest bidder
In such manner as the said board Of edu-
cation may elect, but notice of such sale
shall be first published for two weeks
and none of said bonds shall be sold
for less than par.
Third. That there shall be provided
and collected direct annual tax suf-
ficient to pay annually the interest on
said bonds and the principal thereof
within and not exceeding twenty years
by special tax upon the taxable prop
,erty of said school district and not ex-
empt, which tax shall be known as sNew
Building Tax"
Fourth. THAT this resolution be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of Clarks.
burg school district ON Monday, the Goth
day of June, 1908, for the purpose of
ratification or rejection and the ballots
to be voted at said election shall have
written or printed thereon "For Issuing
Bonds for the purpose of erecting Pub
lie School Building" and against Is
uing Bonds for the purpose of erecting
q Public School Building"
Fifth. That in the event three-ffths
of all the votes cast at said election shall
be in favor of ratifying this resolution
and the issuing of said bonds the board
of education of said school district shall
make such further resolutions or orders
as may be necessary to carry out the
Now, therefore, ], E. n. Flowers, pres
ident of the board of education of
Clarksburg school district, of Harrison
county, West Virginia, do. as directed by
the order of said board of education, Is
sue this, my proclamation, that an cleo
ton win be held in the several wards Of
the city OF Ciarksbufg at the places
hereafter named on Monday, the Goth
day of June, 1908, of the qualified voters
of said school district for the ratifca-
ton or rejection Of the said resolution
for issuing bonds to the amount Of fifty
thousands dollars, as aforesaid.
The said school district has no bonded
indebtedness and the issue Of fifty thou
sand dollars Of bonds win be less than
FIVE per centum of the taxable value
Of the property Of said district.
The qualified voters of the said school
district are requested to meet in the
respective wards in the city Of Clari<s-
burg ON the 18th day Of june, 1908, to
vote for the ratification or rejection OF
object and purpose OF this resolution
the foregoing resolution and the said
board has appointed the persons named
below to be commissioners to hold said
election ut the places named and certify
the result thereof to said board:
First Ward, Nutters-
R R. Barnett
W. A. Blair.
F. B. Haymaker.
Second Ward. Freeiand,s Store. Corner
Monticello Avenue
NJ. n Carr.
E. c. Tetricix.
win Smith.
Third Ward, Walker House
A. H. stotler.
C. W. Law.
w. G. Osborn.