The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-22
Resolutions.


WHEREAS The village OF Paw Paw,
in the county of Van Buren, and state OF
Michigan, now own and are operating an
electric light plant for the purpose OF
supplying such village and the inhabitants
thereof with electric lights; and
WHEREAS. The power now available
and in use for that purpose is insufficient,
on account of the increase of the popu-
laton and the increased demand for
electric lights within said village, and on
the part of the inhabitants thereof 10
supply and meet such increased demand;
ard
WHEREAS. the dynamoS and machn-
cry now in use by said village are so worn
and incapacitated by use, that it is neceS-
sary TO replace them by others of greater
capacity. efficiency and of more modern
and improved make, in order 20 meet the
demands for such lights on the part of the
said village and the inhabitants thereof;
and
WHEREAS the said village Of Paw Paw
now own and are operating a system OF
water works for the extinguishment of
! fires; the ordinary and extraordinary uses
of the inhabitants thereof, and for such
other purposes as may be within the pur-
view of the council of said village which
said system of water works are now and
have been operated by steam power at a
very great expense for fuel; and
WHEREAS, it is feasible to construct
a dam across the Paw Paw river below
said village at a point shown by survey
on file with the clerk of said village, which
when built will collect sufficient head of
water to furnish power not only to supply
the said village and the inhabitants there
of with electric lights, but to run and OPP
crate the system of water works for many
years to come; and
WHEREAS. By operating the said sys-
TEN of water works and the said system
of electric lighting through and by the
same power as contemplated, there will be
saved to the tax payers Of said village a
large amount of taxes each year There
fore, be it
RESOLVED, BY the council of said
village of Paw Paw, at a regular meeting
thereof held at the council rooms in
said village on the nth day of June A.
d. 1906 that it will be expedient
for the said village to construct the said
dam and acquire the right OF tloWage re-
sulting therefrom from the several owners
of land flowed on account OF the construc-
ton Of said dam, to purchase new dyna-
mos ard machinery for lighting the said
village and for supplying the inhabitants
thereof with electric lights. to so increase
the power OF said recon Structed electric
light plant or system as will operate the
said water works system by electricity in
addition to the supplying Of said village
and the inhabitants thereof with electric
lights.
1T IS THEREFORE ORDAINED AND OR
DERED, by the council of said village of
Paw Paw. that special election be held
at the council rooms in the village OF Paw
Paw, in said county of Van Buren,, and
state of Michigan on the
25th Day of June, ID. 1906,
for the purpose determining, in pursuance
to law, whether the qualified elector Of
said village shall authorize the council Of
said village to raise the sum OF fifty
Thousand Dollars by the issue and sale Of
its bonds, for the purpose of constructing
said dam, acquiring the right of tlowage
the purchase OF new dynamoS and equip
ment for lighting the said village and
for supplying the inhabitants thereof with
electric lights. to 50 increase the power Of
said reconstructed electric light system as
will operate the said water works Sys-
TEN BY electricity in addition to supplying
said village and the inhabitants thereof
with electric lights.
1T IS FURTHER ORDAINED, That said
election shall be by printed ballots the
form of one shall contain the words shall
the council OF the village of Paw Paw be
authorized to bond said village in the sum
of Fifty Thousand Dollars? Eyes" The
other form shall contain the words, "Shall
the council of the village of Paw Paw be
authorized to bond said village in the sum
of Fifty Thousand Dollars? mo" That
every ballot on which the word YES" is
found shall be counted in favor of such bond
ing, and every ballot on which the word
No is contained shall be counted against
such bondlng-that the laws defining the
qualifications of electors, the canvass and
disposition of the ballots. the declaring
the result of such election, the time
when the polls shall open and close,
and everything governing the legal hold
ing of such election shall be such as are
now provided by general statute of this
state, so far as they are applicable.
The following named trustees are here
by appointed as election inspectors to
hold, conduct and make return of the re
suit of said election to the council of said
village at its next regular meeting after
said election shall be held viz: President, M
L. Decker; Clerk, w. n. Mason; Trus.
tees A. w. Slovenian. r. A. Shoesmth
The purpose of raising the aforesaid
sum of money being TO provide power fol
the electric lighting Of said village and fol
the supply of electric lights to the inhab
itants thereof as well as to operate The
said water works system by electrical pow
er. It is ordered and ordained that in the
event said bonds are authorized to be is
sued by the electors at said election, that
thirty thousand dollars be issued as cleo