The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-03-29

Official Ballot, Special Election, st.
Lucie County, Florida, --.-..-lDJ7,
Precinct No. ~.
Vote for or against.
For the Issue of Road Bonds.
Against the Issue Of Road Bonds.
For Road Bond Trustees.
>, First School District
Vote for one
John Roe
Richard Roe
Second School District
Vote for one
Thomas Jones
George Smith
Third School District.
Vote for one.
William King.
James White.
Section Z. The voter shall make
known his choice at such election by
max ing cross mark (X) on the Of
ticia ballot in the space before the
words For Issue of Road Bonds, on
Against Issue of Road Bonds as he is
for or against the same; and cross
mark (x) before the candidates Of his
choice for Road Bond Trustees
Section 8. Such election shall be
held at the several precincts, where
the last general election was held IN
said county, and the county commss on
ers shall appoint the inspectors OF cleo
ton for each precinct. Such election
shall be conducted and the canvass of
the returns made in the manner and
within the time prescribed for general
elections, except as in this act other
wise provided, and except that the re.
turns shall be delivered to the chair
man and clerk of the board of county
commissioners instead of the supervisor
of registration and county Judge, and
| that the board of county commissioners
shall canvass these returns, to declare
the result and to cause the same to be
recorded in their minutes.
Section 9. If it shall appear by the
returns of said election that a majority
of the votes cast in said election shall
! be "For Issue Of Road Bonds" the
county commissioners shall be author
ICED and required to issue such bondsi
but if the majority of the votes shall
have been Against Issue OF Bonds,
no bonds shall be issued
Section 10. In case the issuing OF
bonds shall be authorized by the result
of such election. the county commissions
ers shall cause notice to be given by
publication in paper in the county
that they will receive bids for the pur-
chase of said bonds at the Clerk KS Of
fee on or before the expiration or
thirty days from the first publication
of such notice The notice shall specify
the amount of bonds offered for sale,
the rate of interest and the time when
the principal and installments of inter,
est Shall be due and payable; Any ana
all bids may be rejected II the eolnmis-
sioners shall deem it for the interest
of the county so to DO and they may
cause a new notice to be given IN IKE
manner, inviting other bids for saId
bonds, provided that such bonds snail
not be- sold for less than one hundred
cents on the dollar, and IN current
money of the United States
Section II. The county commission,
ers may require of all bidders Tor sald
bonds that they give security by bono
running to the county treasurer WIN
sureties that the bidder viii comply
with the terms of the bid, and any
bidder whose bid shall be accepted,
shall with his sureties be liable TO the
county for all damages ON account OF
the nonperformance OF the terms ol ms
bid. All bids for bonds shall specify
the amount of bonds paid Tor, ana tne
time when the bidder will comply WIN
his bid The county commissioners may
prescribe the form OF the bond' 70 ne
issued, The proceeds of all bonds SOFA
shall be paid over to the Road Bona
Trustees to be used by them Tor the
nnrpose of building hard surface roads
IN the manner in this act provided
provided. that no money shall be eX-
nended by the Road Bond Trustees eX-
Cent upon the public roads OF the
county of St. Lucie, and for the pur-
poses provided in this act ,s
Section ~. 1t shall be the duty o.
the hoard of county commissioners 10
nrovide for the location OF the roauS
and narts of roads to he built, con
structed, or improved, unuer the 'e'''''
of this act. N /, .,o d,tv ot
the county commissioners 10 ievy ar
nually, by tax upon the taXao'e pro-,
merry IN the county, sum suihcieh, ~
ppoaef the amount annually required 10
be raised as sinking fund TO m n;st,
~. nrncipal of the bonds, when SINK
mo fund shall he provided for by reso'
int;on of the board of county commiS'
sioners before the issuing of any OF the
said bonds, TN Ao +he dutv Of
tho said Road Bond Trustees m
the say mon their election and quail
fication, in case the election Is 10, i"a
issue Of bonds to organic BY yyu e|et ihe
chairman and secretary 1i aSya a thsv s shal
meetings shall be PUBIC, a o"ee s /,
keep minutes Of ta ne ra prost to be con
s ,ir~ tbe full length of the county from
north to south and also good h FNr,
surface road running west from I foi,
i Pieree and such other roads as in T tRe'
discretion they deem necessary seS snSSsrv;s;oi