The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-19
NOTICE.

~ 'i"tI Va llN i1tilu VI SUPER lSOIS
Of Lctlore County, notice is hereby
given the taxpayers of said county
that it is the purpose and intention of
said Board Of Supervisors of said
county at their December meeting, 1904,
to be held at the court house in the city
OF Greenwood, Mississippi, on the 9Th
day of December, 1904, to issue
bonds in the sum Of &100,000.00 for the
purpose OF providing the county
with a court house and site in the city
Of Greenwood, Mississippi, as more
fully appears by the order of said
Board made and entered at the Novem-
Der meeting, 1904, on the 18th day of
November, 1904, to-wit:
An order III relation to the issuance
Of bonds for the purpose of providing
the county with a court house and site.
Whereas, 1t appears to the Board of
Supervisors Of said county hat it isnec-
essary thatthe county should be provid-
ed with Il court house and site in the city
OF Greenwood, and whereas it appears
that is necessary to issue bonds
with which to provide for said
court house and site in the
city Of Greenwood, and whereas it APP
pears that in order to provide said
court house and site in the city of
Greenwood for said county that it is
necessary to issue bonds for the amount
Of S~l00,O00.00 for said purpose, and
whereas it appears that there is no out
standing bonded indebtedness of said
county, and whereas it appears that
said issue Of 100000 90 is less than five
per ccntum Of the assessed value Of the
taxable property of the county appear
ing ON the assessment rolls Of said
county for the year 1908 it is therefore
ordered, adiudgcd and decreed thatno-
tice be published in The Commonwealth
and the Enterprise, two newspapers
published in the city Of Greenwood,
Mississippi, for three consecutive weeks,
that it is the intention and purpose of
the Board of Supervisors at the Decenl-
Der meeting, 1904, to be held at the
court house in the city of Greenwood,
Mississippi on the 9th day of December.
1904, to issue bonds in the sum of $780,
10000 for said purpose, which bonds
shall mature twenty-five wears from
the date OF their issuance, to-wit: The
9Th day of December, 1904, and shall
bear interest at the rate of four per
cent. per annum, interest payable semi
annually, to-wit: On the LIST day of
Juno and the list day of December annu-
ally thereafter, principal and interest
payable at the Hibernia Bank e. Trust
Company of New Orleans, Louisiana,
aud said bonds shall be in tho sun of
$4,000 each and shall be Autographed
with suitable devices TO prevent coun-
terieiting and shall be registered as
they are issued and be numbered in the
Il gular series from one upward, and
shall Be signed by the president OF this
Board and countersigned by the clerk,
who shall impress the seal upon each
bond rs it is issued and such bonds when
SO issued, shall specify on their face
the purpose for which they were is
sued, to-wit For the purpose of pro-
vidtng the county with a court hodse
and site in the city of Greenwood, and
the total amount authorized to he il.
sued under this order, and which said
bonds shall be made payable to the
purchaser thereof, followed by the
words, or bearer and the bonds so
iSnH|h Sidll bS SUN W lIlc county treas
urer, for not less than their face value.
II is further ordered, adiudged and de-
creed that alter said bonds shall have
been issued that there shall be levied
annually a special tax to be used exclu-
sirsly in paying the interest on said
bonds and in providing a sinking fund
of $4,000 per anntuu for their redemp-
ton.
Ordered, adiudged and decrecd this
the 9TH day Of November. 1904.
c. W. CRokETr, Clerk.
This notice is given in accordance
with the requirements OF Sec. 3t2 of the
Annotated Code OF 1892.
Given under my hand and official seal
this the 9th day OF November, 1904.
isfALI c. w. CROCKETT,
nol2'3t Cbancery Clerk.