Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-07-11
AN ORDINANCE

bonds of said City to the following
amounts and for the following pur-
poses. to-wit:
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS for the purpose of paving Oak
street between Avenue "a" and Ten
nessee Avenue, and North Sycamore,
Palmer. John and Line streets be-
tween Oak street and Main street;
and
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS for the purpose of paving Ave
nue. "A" from Sycamore street to
Church street; all bonds payable For
ty years after their date, redeemable
at the option of the City at any time
after ten years from their date; the
same to bear interest from date OF
issue until paid at the rate of Four pei
cent per annum, payable semi-annual
": and to levy n tax sufficient to pay
the interest ON said bonds and to
create a sinking fund sufficient to re
deem them at maturity; designating
election officers and polling places and
prescribing the form of official bal
lots.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAJ
ESTINE, TEXAS:
Section /. That an election shall be
I'D in the City of Palestine, Texas
on the goth day of August, 1907, fol
the purpose of submitting to the prop
erty tax-paying voters of said City the
| following propositions, to-wit:
Shall the City Council of the O,,y
of Palestine. Texas, be authorized tC
issue the bonds of said City in the
amounts and for the purposes herein
after stated, payable forty years from
their date, redeemable at the option o.
the said City at any time after Tel
years after their date, bearing inter
est at the rate of Four per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually; and tC
levy a tax sufficient to pay the inter
est thereon and create a sinking funC
sufficient to redeem them at their ma
turity:
1. Bonds to the amount Of TWEEN
TY-FTVE THOUSAND DOLLARS fol
the purpose of paving Oak street be
tween Avenue "A" and Tennessee Ave
nue., and Sycamore, Palmer. John anC
Line streets between Oak street anC
Main street
2. Bonds to the amount of TWEEN
TY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAnS fol
the purpose of paving Avenue "A be
tween Sycamore street and Church
street.
Section 2. Said election shall bC
held in all the wards of said city oI
Palestine. each of which is hereby
constituted an election precinct fol-
said election, at the places herein
after designated and by the officer!
hereinafter named, who are hereby APP
pointed to hold said election in tneil
respective precincts:
Election precinct No. ] trlrs
Ward: Polling place at the County
Court House; Presiding Judge, j. ID
Moore; Assistant Judge, Jno. ]. Word
Clerks. G. G. Wagner and F. K. rrice
Election precinct No. 2 lSecOnt
iWard): Polling place at the Record
er's Office in the City Hall: Presid
ing Judge, Jno. Baton; Assistant
Judge, w. c. Fleet; Clerks, VI. B. Wei
born and Jno. Townsend.
Election precinct No. 3 (Third
Ward): Polling place at Broyles' Mill
Office; Presiding Judge, Chas. Jacobs;
Assistant Judge. Jim Mears: Clerks
J. F. Watson and Horace Word.
Election precinct No. (Fourtf
Ward: Polling place at Fourth Ward
School House: Presiding Judge, W.
G.. Mcclure; Assistant Judge. y. l.
Lucas; Clerks, Fred Lyme and Ed WI
hanson.
Section 3. The said election shall
be held under the provisions of Chap
ter 149. of the Acts of the 26th Legis'
lature, and only qualified voters who
are property Taxpayers Of said CITY
shall be allowed to vote. All voters
desiring to support the proposition to
issue S25.0OO.00 of bonds for the pur
pose of paving Oak street between
Avenue "a and Tennessee Avenue
and Sycamore. Palmer, John and Line
streets between Oak street and main
street shall have printed upon tnerI
ballots the words: For issuance OF
Bonds for paving Oak. Sycamore, Pal
mer. John and Line streets and those
persons who oppose the issuance OF
said bonds shall have printed on
their ballots the words: Against the
issuance of bonds for paving Oak
Sycamore, Palmer. John and Line
streets: and all voters desiring 10
support the proposition for issuing
S25 100000 of bonds for the purpose OF
paving Avenue "A" between Sycamore
and Church streets shall have printed
issuance of Bonds for paving Avenue
upon their ballots the words: For
A." and those opposed shall have
printed upon their ballots the words:
Against the issuance OF Bonds for
paving Avenue A.
The manner Of holding said election
hall be governed by the laws of the
State regulating General Elections.
A copy of this ordinance, signe~ by
the Mayor of said City. shall serve as
proper notice of said election, and
the Mayor is directed to cause sand
notice to be posted up at each of the
places designated for holding said
election, and to cause the same to be
published in a newspaper published in
the City for fully 30 days prior to the
date OF said election.
Passed day of July, 1907.
Approved day OF July. 1907.
JNO. X. HEARNE.
Attest: Mayor.
S. P. ALLEN. City Secretary.