The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-30
Proclamation

Tae proclamation Of D. P. Morgan,
president Of the Board Of Edneation Of
lClaiIssbure School District. in Harrison
County, West Virginia, for an election
TO be Held on Tuesday, Inc ID day OF
May, 1905, for authority to issue bonds
for the purpose Of erecting one or more
public school buildings in Clarlsburg
School District.
Whereas, the increased population of
the City OF olar4ssbnrg in elarlSsburg
School District, has crowded the present
school building Of said district; 80 that
one or more additional scnool buildings
are now absolutely necessary, and,
Whereas, this board cannot create any
Indebtedness beyond tins leyies of n
single year under the laws OF West vir-
ginia; and the leyies OF single year are
MT sufficient TO meet the running ex-
psnses Of the school of said district and
: buy one or more sites and erect thereon
school buildings, anu,
Whereas, the Legislature of West yir-
ginia did on the - day of February,
1905, pass an act empowering tais board
under certain conditions to ISSUE bonds
for the purpose of creating one or more
public scaool buildings in this district.
Therefore be it resolved by the Board
of EdIcation of lclarksburg Scaool Dis.
trict;
lst. That said school district do is
sue its bonds of the denomination of
one thousand dollars and multiples there
Of, for a sum in tie aggregate OF sixty
thousand dollars, bearing date on the
LIST day OF July, 1905. and payable TO
bearer twenty years after date thereof
at tine rats or per centum per annum
payable annually from said date, which
said bonds shall contain provisions ex-
pressed therein that said ClarlSsburg
School District snail nave the right at
any time after five years from tine date
OF said bonds TO relsase and discharge It.
self from any furtner liabilities arising
from said bonds or any part of them by
the payment of the principal of any one
OF all Of said bonds and interest due
thereon. VI
I'd. That eac1 bond snail be mum.
bered and signed by the president and
secretary Of said Board of Education ami
snail be sold to the highest bidder in
such manner as the said Board OF Edu-
cation may hereafter elect, but notes
of such sale shall first b, pablisned for
three weeks in some newspaper publish
ed in said district. and none OF said
bonds snail be sold for less than par.
Sd. That there shall be provided and
collected direct annual tax sufficient
to pay annually the interest on said
bonds and the principal thereof within
and not exceeding twenty years, by al
special tax upon the taxable property of
said school district and not exempt,
which tax shall be known as New
Building Tax"
Atm. That this resolution be sub
mitted TO the qualified voters of Cldrks-
burg School District, ON Tuesday, tae
ID day of May, 1905, 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 one
or more public school buildings in said
school district" and against issuing
bonds for the purpose OF erecting one or
more public sGnool buildings in said
school district"
9TH. That in the event three-fffths of
all the votes cast at said election shall
be in favor of ratifying and the issuing
of said bonds for the purpose aforesaid.
the Board OF Education OF said Clarks-
burg School District shall make such
further resolutions or orders as may be
necessary TO carry out the object and
purpose of this resolution,
Now. therefore, ], d. P. Morgan,
president OF the Board OF Education of
Clark.burg Scnool District, in Harrison
County, West Virginia, do as directed
by the order or resolution OF said Board
OF Education issue this my proclamation
that an election will be held in said
school district at the places hereinafter
named, on Tuesday. the I'd day of May,
1905, of the qualified voters of said dis
trfct for the ratification or rejection Of
said resolution for issuing bonls to the
amount OF sixty thousand dollars for
the purpose of erecting one or more
school buildings in said district.
The said school district mas no bond
ed Indebtedness and the issue OF sixty
thousand dollars OF bonds for taa pur-
pose aforesaid will be less tnan two and
one-nalf per centum of the taxable prop.
erty in said school district as aseertained
by the last assessment made for state
and county taxes. The qualified voters OF
said school ditrict residing in the first
and second wards of the CITY of Clarks.