The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-08-27


in us by an act of the Legislature of the
State of Tennessee, passed March 10,
1908, aud approved March %, 1908, and
by an order of the Board of Mayor aud
Aldermen of the Town of Johnson City,
Tennessee, passed at meeting of said
Board on July 90, 1903, We, the UNI
dersigned Election Commissioners for
Washington County, Tennessee, here
by give notice, that we will open and
hold, in each of the -Four Wards of the
Town of Johnson City, Tennessee,
On Thursday, Sept. II, 1903,
an election according to the laws regu-
lating such elections existing in the
State Of Tennessee; said election to be
held for the purpose of determining,
by majority of the legal votes cast,
whether or not the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, of the Town of Johnson
City, shall issue $2S, 100000 Public I'M
provement Bonds, to run for twenty
COO years, and to bear interest at the
rate Of five per cent. per annum, paya-
BILE semi-annually in lawful currency
of the United States.
At said election tickets shall be used q,
upon which shall be printed First,
"Bonds, and Second, Immediately be-
low, "No Bonds" and persons voting
for the issuance of bonds shall mark
their tickets with a cross opposite the
word "Bonds," and those voting
against the issuance of bonds shall in
like manner mark their tickets oppo-
site the words "No Bonds
The said bonds, or the proceeds
thereof, to be used exclusively for the
purpose of making public municipal
improvements within the corporate
limits of the Town of Johnson City, as
per an itemiZed estimate showing III
detail the proposed expenditures of the
proceeds of said bonds, which estimate
is embodied in the following resolution
passed by the Board of Mayor and Al.
dermen of the town of Johnson City, al
meeting of said Board, held on July
/, 20, 1908, and which resolution is
spread on the records of that body, anC
! in words and figures following, to-wit
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the General Assembly o
', Tennessee, at its last session, Acts 1908
Chapter 11G, passed an act authorizing
the Town of Johnson City to issue I'm
provement Bonds as therein;
i And, Whereas, it is the purpose o
Y this Board to propose to the voters o
4 said town an issue of $29,000.0O GIVEN
q ty-eight thousand dollars of bonds un
: der said Act, the proceeds to be uset
exclusively for the purpose of maxim!
: the following public improvement
n within the corporate limits; and Sec
: ton 5 of said Act providing that al
itemized estimate showing in detail tn
proposed expenditures of the proceed
of said bonds, showing the purpose an,
= place of expenditure within the town
ETC.;
Now, Therefore, That it be by tn
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of tn
- Town of Johnson City, in accordauc
s with said provision,
n Resolved, That the following est
= mate OF budget Of such expenditures c
# proceeds of said proposed bond issu
be adopted and spread of record b
: this Board, the proceeds to be used ez
clusively for the purposes as below il
dicated, to-wit:
STREET EXPENDITURES.
- DRIvEwAYs LEADING TOWARD MoUNTAI
BRANCH OF NATIONAL HOME
FOR d. S.
1. For the grading, macadamizins
~ ETC., of driveway from Public SquaI
by way of Buffalo and Walnut street
to corporation line, as follows;
Grading Estimated $150.00) and ma,
adamizing ESTIMATED $60O.00) Buffal
street full width forty (4O) feet (tot
estimate $750.00 and grading Walnl
street from Buffalo street to corporal
line forty (40) feet wide estimate
l. $500.00) and macadamizing same 81.
Is teen (1G) feet wide ($4, $4,000, and ne
q essary culverts and thing ($500.00),
r grand total proposed expenditure IL
r. said driveway, .........,.. sc, 0O0.0
ii But no part Of this sum shall be use
te for paying for rights Of way.
10 2. For the construction of a driv
ut way from Public Square by way
va West Main, Summer and Lamol
m streets to corporate line.
n. For matchmaking unmacadamizt
/. portion of West Main street total wild
n sixteen G6) feet mot including Ira
vt tion Company's portion) from Publ
co Square to Summer street estimate
~ 81, 100. 00), and grading Summer sire
a. 40 feet wide from West Main to Lamo
no ESTIMATED $3.50 00) and Lamont to co
"a porate line 40 feet wide OBSTINATE
Il iryit =,
w to Lamont 16 feet wide OBSTINATE
$650.00) and Lamont to corporate lii
16 feet wide ESTIMATED $3.50. 00), al
for necessary drain materials for sa
NJ. driveway ESTIMATED $4,000, a tot
. expenditure Of $50, 600. @
= 3. For the purchase of right of W.
= estimated $4,000 and grading (est
- mate $50 COZ Of an extension of Boo
n street fifty (50) feet wide from We
Market to West Main street near Pre-
byterian church, estimated total
.....,...,.,.,.. ............... $500. Q
a. For the grading full width e
timated 100000 and macadamizing
ON feet wide ESTIMATED $G0000) of W
VII tauga avenue from Boone street
West Main street, and constructil
wooden bridge over Brush Greek &c
Ie timated $500, COD, total expenditure
of 80. .....,...... ..,.,-,,......$1, 1000. {
5, For grading Unaka avenue fl
width from Roam to New streets, es
mated. ............... ......Sl 900. {
~. 6. For repairing and redressing th
jul portion of following streets former
macadamized: Boone from Watau
to West Market estimated $500. OF
West Market from Ford alley to Pu
lie Square $3.50 ,00); East Market sire
from Public Square to Roam $3.50. OF
ee. Roam from Holston to Maple 1850. o.