Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-12-16
Notice of Election.

Whereas the City Council of the city
of Palestine, Teaxs, by an ordinance
duly passed and adopted on the 18th
dav of.December, 1905, did order and
direct that an election be held in the
said city of Palestine by the property
tax paying voters of said city to deter
mine by their votes whether the City
Council of said city shall issue the
bonds of ssid city to the amount of
Twenty Thousand Dollars, payable
forty years after date, redeemable at
the option of the city after twenty
years from date. to bear interest from
date until paid at the rate of four and
one half per cent per anrum: Ten
Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars of
the proceeds of same to be used for
the purpose of building school houses,
and Nine Thousand, Five Hundred
Dollars of the proceeds of same to be
nsed for the purpose Of making addi-
tons to existing school houses in said
city.
Now this is, therefore, TO give notice
that an election will be held In said
city at the time specified in said ordi-
nance, to- wit: the 18th day of JAM,
1906, for the purpose Of submitting to
the property tax paying voters of said
city the following proposition, to- wit:
"That the City Council of the city of
Palestine do issue the bonds OF said
city to the amount of Twenty Thous-
and Dollars to bear interest from date
of issue until paid at the rate of four
and one half per cent per annum and
to be payable 'orty years after date Of
issuance, redeemable at the option of
said city after twenty years from date;
Ten Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars
of the money derived from the sale Of
same to be used by said city for the
purpose of building school houses, and
Nine Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars
of which to be used in making sddi-
tions to existing school houses in the
city of Palestine, Texas"
Said election shall be held in all of
the wards IF the city, each of which is
hereby constituted an election pre-
cinct for said election, at the places
hereinafter designated and by the off,
GERS hereinafter named who are here
by appointed to hold said election in
their respective precincts:
Election precinct No. /, (first ward):
polling place at the County Court
House; presiding Judge, S. z. Allen;
assistant Judge, J. w. K. Bryan; clerks,
Il. s. Davenport aud Dan LaRue.
Election precinct No. 2, Second ward):
polling place at the Recorders Office
in the city hall; presiding judge, NJ. B.
Welborn; assistant judge, w. o Fleet;
clerks, Tom Willinghsm and Harry
Hogue. Election precinct No. 3, third
ward): polling place at Broyles Mill;
presiding Judge, Chas. Jacobs; assist
ant Judge, Jim Haley; clerks, ALT
Dexter and II. L. Wright. Election J
precinct No. 4, Fourth ward): polling !
place at the Office known as the Old |
Compress Office; presiding Judge, s. |
A. Taylor; assistant Judge, j. l.. |
Roquemore; clerks, E. l.. Lucas and
James Walker.
That all property tax paying voters
voting at said election, who desire to |
support the proposition to issue bonds |
for building school houses, shall have |
printed upon their ballots the words: |
''For issuance of bonds for the build
ing of school houses" And those ops
posed shall have printed upon their !
ballots the words against the issu-
ance of bonds for the building OF I
school houses" And those desiring !,
to support the proposition to issue !
bonds for making additions to school
houses shall have printed upon their
ballots the words: "For the issuance
of bonds for making additions to
existing school houses And those
opposed shall have printed upon their
ballots the words: against the issu-
snce of bonds for making additions to
existing school houses"
Attest: A. L. BOWERS, Mayor,
Q. A. STERNE, City Sec.