The daily sentinel., 1907-09-26


of the city and its inhabitants. and
Whereas the City Council deems
II imperatively necessary that new
system of water works for fire anC
domestic purposes adequate to the
needs of the city and its inhabitants
should be constructed at once and
to that end proposes to erect such q
system of water works as will have
its source in a mountain stream and
as will bring to the city and distrib-
ute therein an adequate supply oi
fure mountain water suitable to the
city's needs. and
Whereas the erection of such 9
new system of water works will cost
about Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars and If erected will necessitate
the issuance of bonds of the city to
that amount to provHe funds there
for.
Now therefore in order to ascer
tain whether or not the voters of the
said city who are Taxpayers under
the law will approve the erection by
the City Council of such a system o.
water works.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Cit!
Council of the City of Grand June
tion:
Section 1. That pursuant to Chap
ter 1853 of the Session Laws of 1S9!
there be and hereby is submitted tt
the vote of the voters of the City o
Grand Junction who are tax-payeFi
under the law for their determine
tion at the election hereinafter called
the following question:
"Will the voters of the City
of Grand Junction who are tax
payers under the law approve
the erection by the City Council
of said city of a new system of
water works for supplying the
said city with water for fire and
domestic purposes to be forever
owned maintained ard operat-
ed by the said city and to cost
in the neighborhood of Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars
and the funds for which
on be in the affirmative
suance of the water bonds of
the city?"
The proposed system of watei
works is as aforesaid to construc
the necessary works to bring to tn,
city and distribute therein an ade
quate supply of pure mountain watel
for fire and domestic purposes il
said city.
Section 2. That for the purpose o.
taking the said vote upon said ques
tion a special election be and tn,
same is hereby ordered and called
to be held in said city on Saturday
the second day OF November, 1907
beginning at the hour of sever
o'clock A. NJ. and closing at the houl
of seven O'Clock p. NJ.
Section 3. That the following bt
and they hereby are appointed as the
polling places for said election:
In the First ward at the Western
Hotel at Second street and Colorado
avenue.
In the Second ward at the Turner
Hall, number One Hundred Thirty
East Main street.
In the East Third ward at S. NJ
Dowden's marble shop, at the north
east corner of Main street and Sew
enth street.
In the West Third ward at number
Five Hundred Thirty-Eight East
Main street.
In the Fourth ward at the City
Hall, at Sixth street and Colorado
avenue.
And that the following be and they
hereby are appointed to act as tudg'
es of the said election, to-wit:
In the First ward, ]. s. Whitsell.
II. B. Tyler, w. Il. Pittman.
In the Second ward. Peter Chel-
ius, S. b. Eskridge, NJ. C. Kinsley
In the East Third ward, Fred Hal
bour, S. NJ. Dowden, G. w. Caldwell
In the West Third ward, A. A.
Miller, Thomas Ryan, T. S. Ramey
In the Fourth ward. James
Woods, f. NJ. Welch, C. l.. Dyke.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall
give notice in writing of the special
election hereby called in which shall
be stated the tine when and the
places where said election is to be
held and the question to be voted
upon by causing the said notice to be
published in a newspaper published
in said city and having general circu-
lation therein at least fifteen days
before the said election and by caus-
ing like notices to be posted at each
polling place hereinbefore provided
also fifteen days before the said cleo
ton.
Section 5. The said election shall
be conducted as nearly as may be in
the manner provided by law for the
conducting of general city elections
and at the close OF the polls the judg-
es shall count and tally the votes
cast and make due return thereof
to the City Clerk and the City Clerk
shall on the third day after said
election in the presence of the mayor
of said city open and canvass said
returns and make an abstract there
of showing the result of said election
and certify to the correctness OF said
abstract and deliver the same to the
City Council at its next meeting
thereafter and the City Council shall
declare and enter of record the re-
suit of the said election.
Section G. That the persons who
at the time OF said election are voters
OF the City of Grand Junction and
are taxpayers under the law and no
others are qualified to vote at the
said election and all such voters who
approve the erection of said water
works shall vote by ballot, For the
Erection of the Water Works and
those opposed thereto shall vote by
ballot, Against the Erection OF the
Water Works"
Section Z. II the vote on said
question be in the Affirmative, that is
to say. In favor of the erection OF
said water works, the City Council