Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-08
PROCLAMATION

the 4th day of January. 1905 duIv
passed an order and resolution pro-
Niding for the issuance and sale M
coupon bonds of said board OF edu-
cation OF the district OF Beaver Pono
III the county OF Mercer I'm the sum
OF One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollals t$l5O,OOO), ana which order
ana resolution is in the words and
figures following. to-wit:
An order and resolution providing
Tor the issuance and sale of coupon
lords 10 the amount OF $500 OF
tue board of education OF the district
or Beaver Pond in the county of Mer-
Ger, for the purpose OF building. com.
pleting. charging, repairing and fur.
hlsning schoolhOuses in the city OF
biuefeld, a municipal corporation
situate within the said district @.
Beaver Pond in the county OF Mercer
Whereas, The City of Bluefield Is .
municipal corporation, situate in the
district OF Beaver Pond. in the coun,
ty Of Mercer, West Virginia, having
an enumeration of youth OF schoo
age of over 800; and.
whereas, IL is necessary in orde
To properly provide, eQuip. furnish
and repair the buildings necessary TO-
the use OF the free schools OF sal,
city or Bluefield TO issue and sell eou
pom bonds OF the said board OF educa
tiontion OF Beaver Pond. in the coun-
ty C! Mercer, TO the amount OF $3.50.
600: and.
Whereas. Two and a half percent
um of the taxable property within the
said district of Beaver Pond, ascer
tanned by the last assessment therec
for state and county taxes. is in ex
cess OF the said sum of $150.00O; and
Whereas, There is no existing in
debtedness of the said board OF edu.
natl To- - Nssa
In the county OF Mercer;
Now, therefore, be it ordered and re
solved by the board OF education
the district of Beaver Pond, in tn,
county Of Mercer, as follows:
Section /. That coupon bonds o.
the board Of education of the distric.
OF Beaver Pond, in the county OF
Mercer, amounting in the aggregate
to the sum OF $3.50. 900, be issued fol
the purpose OF building. completing
enlarging, repairing and furnishing
schoolhouses within the city OF Blue
field. I'm the district of Beaver Pond
in the county OF Mercer; OF which
sum of $4,000 there is hereby APP
propriated for the purpose OF build.
ing. completing and furnishing. with.
in the said city OF Bluefield. in saic
district Of Beaver Pond, in the county
of Mercer, high school building, tho
sum of $125,000; and of which sum
OF $15O,0O0 there is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose OF building,
completing and furnishing a school
building for the use of the white pu-
pills within the said city of Bluefield,
in the east end of said city, the sum
of 5000; and of which sum of $780,
600 there is hereby appropriated for
the purpose OF building, completing
and furnishing a building for the use
OF white pupils, on the north side of
the Norfolk & Western Railway Com
pany's tracks, in the west end of
the said city of Bluefield, in the said
district OF Beaver Pond, the sum of
$4,000; and of which sum of $150,000
there Is hereby appropriated for the
purpose OF building, completing and
furnishing a building for the use of
colored pupils, said building to be
located on the north side of the Nor
folk &c Western Railway Company's
tracks, in the west end OF the said
city of Bluefeld in said district Of
Beaver Pond, the sum of 1000; and
OF which sum of $150000 there is
hereby appropriated for the purpose
OF building. completing and furnish
ing a building for the white pupils,
said building to be situated on the
south side of the Norfolk & Western
Railway Companys tracks, in the
west end OF the said city of Bluefield.
in said district of Beaver Pond, the
sum OF $4,000; and OF which sum Of
$150,0O0 there is hereby appropriated
for the purpose of building, complet-
ing and furnishing building for
white pupils, said building to be sit
uated in what is known as Alifftown,
in the said city OF Bluefield in the
said district OF Beaver Pond, the sum
of 81 900; and of which sum of $780,
600 there is hereby appropriated for
the purpose Of repairing, altering, re-
modelling and refurnishing the school
buildings already constructed in the
said city OF Bluefeld in said district
OF Beaver Pond. the sum of $4,000.
Section 2. The said bonds shall be
coupon, interesting bearing bonds at
the rate of percentum per annum,
payable twenty years after date In
legal tender gold coin of the United
States of America, and the interest
thereon shall be payable annually in
legal tender gold coin OF the United
States of America on the 1st day of
March OF each year,
Section 3. The said bonds shall be
publicly sold TO the highest bidder In
writing. TO be approved by the said
board of education of the district OF
Beaver Pond, in the county of Mer-
Ger, who shall conduct the sale there
of for cash and shall not be sold for
less than their par value.
Section 4. Before the sale OF the
said bonds. the time, place and terms
OF sale thereof shall be advertised in
some newspaper published In the city
OF Bluefield, for at least four weeks
previous to the date Of sale.
Section 8 The said bonds shall be
OF the denomination OF 800 each, or
OF any multiple thereof, as the said
board OF education may deem best
and most conducive 70 tho best pos
sible sale thereof.
Section G. The said board of edu-
cation OF the said district OF Beaver
Pond, I'm the county OF Mercer, shall
annually make a levy for a sufficient
amount TO pay the interest on said
bonds, as the same shall fall due, and
shall also create a sinking fund,
which will be sufficient for the pur-
pose OF liQuidating and paying the
whole amount Of the principal Of said
bonds, when they shall become due
and arrive at maturity, as aforesaid
and for the raising Of said funds for
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