Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-26

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Notice and Proclamation Of Special
Election to Vote on a Proposition &c
Purchase Real Estate for County
Fair.
To the legal voters of Marshall county
Iowa.
| Whereas, by an act of the Thirty
second general assembly now effective
boards of supervisors are empowered
when first authorized by a majority OF
all persons voting for and against such
tproposition at any general or special
election. to purchase real estate fol-
county fair purposes; and,
| Whereas, there has come to the at
/ tention of this board a general request
that there be submitted to the quail
fed legal voters of this county the
question as to the purchase of such
real estate, and 60
| Whereas, it is now found that there
is at the present time in the county
| funds, after providing for all other eX-
penses and expenditures, money suf-
ficient and available to eXpend for such
real estate, an amount in excess OF
eleven thousand ($11,OoO) dollars.
Now therefore, be it resolved by the
board of supervisors of Marshall coun-
ty, state of Iowa, that there be held
and is hereby called and ordered, a
special election in the said county, in
the state aforesaid, to be held on Tues
day, May %, 1907, at which election
and within the hours prescribed by
| statute for the holding of general cleo
tions, there shall be and is hereby or
dered submitted to the qualified electors
of Marshall county, aforesaid, the fol-
| lowing question:
| PROPOSITION.
"Shall the board of supervisors OF
Marshall county, Iowa, be authorized
to purchase real estate, and shall said
board purchase such real estate within
| the corporate limits of the city of Mar
| shalltown. Iowa, described as follows,
| to-wit: Lot No One % Of the north
east quarter (NEA) of the northwest
quarter (NWA) of section thirty-si
$3.50, in township eighty flour (S4),
| north, range eighteen (1S) west of the
5th P. NJ, MARSHALL county, state of
Iowa; also, the north one hundred fiji
ty-six (156) feet of outlet A, in Binford
& Websters Addition to the original
Town of Marshall, Marshall county,
state of Iowa; otherwise known as
Finkle's Park the title of said real es-
| tate when purchased to be taken in
the name of said MARSHALL county, and
said real estate to be placed under the
control and management Of an incor-
/ porated County Fair Association as
! long as an annual fair is maintained
by such association on said real es-
tate, said real estate to be used by such
association for the. purpose of holding
| thereon an annual fair, and expend
| funds of said county not to exceed the
sum of eleven thousand ($11,000) dol
| lars?
| The ballots used at the above cleo
| ton will have printed upon them the
above proposition, and at said election
the said proposition will be submitted
upon the terms and conditions above
stated, and the form of vote shall be
For" and against" and the elector
/ will designate his vote by a cross
mark (x) placed in the proper square
on his ballot to indicate whether he
voted for or against the said propo-
sition.
/ TIME AND PLACE OF HOLDING
| ELECTION.
The polls will be open for said cleo
nt Y1anoc i'm the
several election precincts of Marshall
county except in the several precincts
in the City of Marshalltown, which will
be open at the following named
| places::
First ward. No. 2O4 East Main street
Second ward, No II North First
street
Third ward, No. ia West Main
street
Fourth ward, Alert Hose house.
Fifth ward, Bohemian Hail.
! The hours for holding said election
shall be within the hours prescribed
by statute for the holding the general
elections =
REGISTRATION.
The time and place of registration fol
said election in the respective wards OF
MarshaIltown, Iowa, will be as follows:
May 1917. 1907, May 25. 1907, May %
1907, at the above named voting places
in the respective wards and the regis
tration boards will meet at said voting
places on said named dates and be anC
remain in session from 8 o'clock in the
forenoon until 9 o'clock at night. except
on the day of election when the said
registration boards will be in session
during the hours of election. All elect
ors must register before they will be al
lowed to vote.
On election day the registration
board will meet at the nearest conven-
lent place not within one hundred G00)
feet of the voting place. for the regis
tration of those permitted to register
on election day, as provided by law.
Therefore in accordance with the au-
thority given us by law we do hereby
proclaim and give notice of the above
named special election to be held al
the time and place and manner stated
aforesaid.
Given this 26th day of April, A d.
1907
Board of Supervisors, Marshal
County, Iowa.
w. H. jones, Chairman.
| ERASrUs CORNELL. Auditor.