Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-09
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION.

th StdtutPS III MISSOURI, lSfH, ana a%
amended BY the Laws Of Missouri,
! 1907, at pages - aud -, entitled.
/ Bonds, Court House. Jail and Poor
! House, to determine whether or not
! Washington County, Missouri. shall
/ lnclir an indebtedness ri tiirty t.iua>-
and dollars tS3o. .0n1}. for the object
/ in said county
! Whereas, on tie 10Th day of Septem-
j ber. l@o., the same being u day. Of the
! regular August term Of the County
! Court Of Washington County, ii is
souri, a petltinn and application was
I presented to said court. Siguel by
more than one hundred qualified vet
| ery and tax payeTs Of said county. set
! ting forth the facts that it had be-
come necessary for Washington Coun-
] t. to incur al Indebtedness in the
sum If thirty thousand dollars ;S3H,-
! t"l. for the purpose Of building Il
court house ia SAID county, in excess
IF :he total revenue and income Of
! said county. nrov:tea for any one year
as limited by law. and that it was de-
/ sired that bonds be issued for such in-
debtedne>s, said bonds to be issned
/ for term Of twenty years. and be
due and payable IN twenty years srom
/ the date thereof. with the right and
option on the part of said county to
. pay part or all of said bonds at any
time after five years from the date of
said bonds, and before the said matur-
! i'y Of twenty years. at any Interest
date payment. with interest to the
| date Of payment: All bond. to hed~ in
| tere>t at the rate Of live per cent per
annum, interest payabie semi-annual-
| !y; aud to authorize ;.n Increase in he
tax levy Of said county Of ten (lnt
cents on the hundred dollars valua-
, ton, Of the assessed valuation Of said
county. to pay said Indebtedness and
| interest.
Upon which said petition and ap-
| plication. at said date, the 10Th daY
Of September 1907. the same being Il
| day Of the regular August term of
said county court. the said court or
said county Ga Saturday, the 18th day
OF October. 1867. aud made Al entry
Of such order On the records Of the
court. for the purp9se set forth in the
said application aud petition, and that
said election he held aud conducted
III lie sunie manner and the returns
thereof made To the county clerk. and
the vote counted III all respects the
same as elections for state and coun-
ty officers: aud the court further or
dered tuat twenty days notice NJ said
the PotoSi journal, I. weekly newsDa-
per published in Washinsto county,
aud the Weekly Independent, Il week
iy newspaper published in Washington
county, prior 10 the day OF said eiec-
tioD, specifying tie amount of the
debt, the length cf time for which
bonds shall be issued, the rate OF in
terest, the object and purpose there
Of, the rate OF increase OF the tax
levy, and the day on which the elec-
tinn is to be held.
Now, therefore. notice is hereby
given TO the qualified voters Of WASH
;ngton county, Missouri, that special
election will be held in Washington
County, Missouri, at the usual yOt-
ing precincts in said county, on
SATURDAY,. OCTOBER THE l2Tn,
1907,
| which shall be conducted ia ali re.
spects as elections held for county
and state officers. and return thereof
| made, for the purpose Of voting upon
d proposition authorizing the incur
ring OF an Indebtedness in the sum Of
thirty thousand dollars, 1886. .oOol, and
of issuing bonds therefor. said bonds
| to bear date Of November 18th, 1907,
for the object aud purpose of building
a court house, in said County, at
Potosi, the county seat Of said county.
Said bonds to be issued for term
| OF twenty years and be due and pay
able in twenty years from the date
thereof, with the right and option on
the part Of the said couaty to pay a
part or all Of said bonds 81 any time
after five years from the date of said
bonds, and before the said maturity
Of twenty years, at any interest date
Of payment, all bonds TO bear interest
Al the rate Of five (5) per cent per an
| mum, interest payable semi-annudliy:
aud to authorize en- increase 10 tue
tax levy Of said county OF ten tI0j
! cents on the hundred dollars valuation
Of the assessed valuation Of said coun-
| ty TO pay said indie btedness and TO-
! terest.
! Those Of the qualified voters who
| favor the creation CT the Indebted
ness for the purpose above specified
may deposit ticket written or print
ed 10 the following form.
Appropriation Of s30,0o0,0o for the
purpose of building a court house
| Yes.
And those who arc Opposed IL .le
creation OF said Indebtedness may de-
| posit ticket written or pFiuted ia
the foliing form:
Appropriation CT s3o,UU9.00 for the
purpose Of building court house-Ne: