The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-07-15

read and adopted AZ shown below:
Mayors Once, July q, 1904.
Regular Meeting,
Minutes, Report OF Election as 70
Issuance OF s7O,O 90 OF Bonds for
Water Works Plant and Saver
age System, and Ordinance De-
cIarinQ Said Election Carried.
On Wednesday, the 9TH day OF July
1904, the Mayor and Board OF Selectmer
OF the city of Aberdeen, Mississippi
met In regular session, there being pres
ent at the said meeting: j. Nj. Acker
Mayor. and also Selectmen IA. j. h,
Lam, II. II. Scrape. Jas. l.. Shell, Pat
Bradley, Jessie Jordon and w. >. Carl
ton and City Clerk K. p. Houston.
AT said meeting the following report
was submitted by the commissioners and
clerks previously appointed by the
Mayor and Board OF S-lectmen To mold
the election:
To tn. Honorable Mayor aud Boar of Select
men OF the city Of Aberdeen, Mississippi;
We, the undersigned commissioners and
% Isyof a. and a soaGd or seiectmen at its regular
Nay meeting 1904 10 hold an election FOR th.
purpose or submitting to the qualified electors
cr the CITY OF Aberdeen the question or whether
or not they would vote for the Issuance Or siOUu
ia bonds. for the purpose OF constructing or con
tracing for the construction or q water works
plant and q sewerage system in and for said
town, respectfully report a. follows, to- wit:
First That In pursuance TO the previous order
Of this honorable body your commissioners
having notice published 10 the aberdeen TX
sminer" and Aberdeen Weekly" two newspa
pers published In the city OF Aberdeen for thirty
osys from the 1rst publication thereof, on May
TIN, 1904. apprising all qualified electors Of the
purpose OF the Mayor and Board or S-lectmen
% submit the above question TO them, on the
18th day OF June, 1904, which said notice was
pubIisned for thirty days from first publication
hereof on May 9Th, 1904. as viii appear by the
slndavit " the pu oiishers OF the sald Aberdeen
FYRuIner" and Aberdeen Weekly"
Second On examination OF the registered
votes OF the said city OF Aberdeen, We find that
there 260 qualified electors OF said town and
that there 2Os votes cast for and against
the proposed issuance or said bonds. That out
OF the number OF votes cast, there were cast ~
favor OF the proposed bond issue the. humber or
22 votes, and that there vas. cast against the
proposed bond issue the number or seven votes,
And that there were the number o! nfty-One
electors who did not vote ~ all.
Third, That your said commissioners and
clerks further report that out or the number or
qualified electors OF said town, as shown by The
poll registration books, out of the number vot-
iu <, and those not voting more than majority
OF the qualified electors or the city voted in IA
and cIerks reports that the bond issue was car
ried BY zoe votes In favor or the bond issue.
against seven votes cast against same and nrty-
one electors not voting, though qualified
Fourth, Your commissioners and clerks herein
sp ppointed, submit this. their report, together
with all the votes cast for and against. the poll
books tally lists lists OF voters. ballot box and
x. D. DANIEL,
O. W BOWEN.
.. :. ILOPTON.
Commissioner
:. {. McFARLANE.
O. u. RAY.
Thsrsppon, 1T the same regular meet
ing, the following res oIutions aud ordi-
rsuees were read and consider ed and yot-
ed on by sections, and the vote on their
nnal passage was ken by yeas and nays:
AN ORDINANCE Declaring the Election for
the Issuance of $4,000 Of the Bonds of the
City Of Aberdeen for the Purpose of Con
srructing, or Contracting for the Construc-
lion of = Wster-Works Plant and Sewerage
System in and for Said City. Carried in favor
ot the Issuance of Said Bonds Tor that pnr-
Whereas, til. Mayor and Board Of Selectmen
of the City of Aberdeen, Miss. were authorized
. sno empowered. by An act OF the Legislature
Of Mississippi, approved March SRI. lsSt to
construct, or contract for tue construction. of "a
water works plant and sewerage system for
..id city: and, for the purpose Of paying
\. .hersss, the said Mayor and Board of Select
men. desired and deemed u necessary. land it
VAS necessary to issue the bonds of said city
in the sum Of x1U.uO for said purposes, there
fore, the said Mayor and Board of Selectmen at
: regular mestins q d.,; SAID Board begun and %
lth. day Of May 1904. passed the following reso-
iutions ordinances. tn wit:
whereas. BY an act of the LEGISLATURE OF the
me s Mayor and Board of Seiecsmen OF the the City City
or Aberdeen were authorized and empowered 20
or contract for the construction or, a
Water Works Plant and System OF Sewerage and
Electric Light System for said City; and, for the
IN rpooe or paving for same, to issue negotiate
and sell the bonds Of said City to amount not
preceding the sum OF s900o.0O par value, bear