Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-07-10
AN ORDINANCE

the City of Palestine, Texas, by the
property tax-paying voters of said
CITY. to determine by their votes
whether the City Council of said
CITY shall be authorized to issue the
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 per
cent per annum, payable semt-annual-
lv: and to levy a 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.
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF rAu-
ESTINE. TEXAS:
Section /. That an election shall be
cid in the City of Palestine, Texas,
on the goth day of August, 1907, for
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 10y
of Palestine, Texas, be authorized to
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 of
the said City at any time after Ten
years after their date. bearing inter
est at the rate of Four per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually; and TO
levy a tax sufficient to pay the inter
est thereon and create sinking fund
sufficient to redeem them at their ma
turity:
1. Bonds to the amount of TWEEN
TY-FTVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for
the purpose of paving Oak street be-
tween Avenue "A" and Tennessee Ave
nue.. and Sycamore. Palmer, John and
Line streets between Oak street and
\ Main street
2. Bonds to the amount of TWEEN
TY-FTVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for
the purpose of paving Avenue A be
tween Sycamore street and Church
street
Section 2. Said election shall be
held in all the wards of said city OF
Palestine. each of which is hereby
constituted an election precinct for
said election. at the places herein
after designated and by the officers
hereinafter named, who are hereby ap-
pointed to hold said election in tneir
RESPECTIVE precincts:
Election precinct No. l (rlrst
Ward: Polling place at the County
Court House: Presiding Judge, j. ID.
Moore: Assistant Judge. Jno. ]. Word;
| Clerks. c. G.. Wagner and F. +. rrice.
4 Election precinct No. (Second
kWardfs Polling place at the Record
49, - - iiIiiiiIii
i1nE' Judge. Jno. Baton: Assistant
Judge, W. c. Fleet; Clerks, NJ. B. Wei
born and Jno. Townsend.
Election precinct No. Third
Ward: Polling place at Broyles' Mill
Office; Presiding Judge, Chas. Jacobs;
Assistant Judge, Jim Mears; Clerks,
]. F. Watson and Horace Word.
Election precinct No. 4 tFOurth
Ward): Polling place at Fourth Ward
School House; Presiuing 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 Goth 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 S25.00O0O of bonds for the pur-
nose 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 their
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
heir ballots the words: Against the
issuance of bonds for paving Oak,
Sycamore. Palmer. John and Line
streets: and all voters desiring to
support the proposition for issuing
s25. 10000 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
IA" 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, signeU by
the Mayor of said City. shall serve as
a proper notice OF said election. and
the Mayor is directed to cause saId
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 s day Of July. 1907.
Approved day of July. 1907.
JNO. r. HEARNE,
Attest: Mayor.
S. p. ALLEN, City Secretary.
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