The daily tribune., 1908-12-15
ELECTION TO REFUND
WATER BONDS C0NTIN.
UED TO JANUARY IS


election for refunding es5. 600, 90 of
outstanding water works bonds has
been continued over to January 18th.
The reason for the postponement IL a.
follows:
4 On November 9th. the city council
met In regular session and ut that
time. having received what seemed .
favorable Communication from the
Harris Trust and Savings bank, Of
Chicago, concerning the refunding Of
said bonds they decided to so wire
said company. and to take = reoess Of
that meeting 30 that they might DO
able to meet said company's represent.
ative personally should the company
desire to send such representative.
On November 18th. representative
of said company arrived in Florence,
and the mayor assemb bled the council
pursuant to said recess taken. The
matter having been discussed 1T that
meeting favorably, An ordinance was
drawn to submit the question to the
vote of the people. and an adjourn
ment was taken to November 18th,
for the purpose Of putt ng said Or
dinance upon it's passage on that day.
The bill for the ordinance was then
introduced and passed on its hst
reading and copies Of all of the pro-
ceedinRs we're sent forward to said
Harris company promptly, and they
had also been wired that the council
| stood in recess session to meet their
representative, and all proceedings
we're continued considering said meet.
ing of November 18th Is . regular
meeting being q part Of the regular
meeting Of November 9th. This as
sumption continued until on the 10th
inst. raid company advised by wire
and by letter that their counsel ques
toned the regularity of said meeting
since the meeting Of November 9Th,
took recess subject to the call Of the
mayor, and their counsel reported
that he had looked into the matter
very thoroughly. but could not ind
any precedent or decision definitely
deciding the question, but that tho
general weight Of authority seemed
to be that . recess should be taken to
fixed time else the subsequent meet.
ing would be a special meeting and
said company did not consider 1t wise
to have any debatable question exist
in the matter and since all ordinances
must Dc passed at regular meetings,
they requested that said ordinance be
again repassed and the election re.
called. It is observed that this will
make the election day come after Jan
uary and. when the bonds will ma.
ture. but said company promises TO
take In all Of said bonds promptly
and to make the date Of all refupding
bonds to be January 2nd.. 1909. taking
over said refunding bonds for the old
outstanding bonds. no that the delay
will be entirely immaterial in this
respect.
Your city council would respectful
ly submit that they realize that the
change of the date Of the election will
necessarily nt first be . disappoint-
ment 90 many considering the matter.
but everything considered we deem II
best not to have any question At all
open to debate. - our entire COM
munity is interested alike in the
matter. and We further trust that the
above explanation IL such that all
persons interested will understand
1t, and all necessary steps will be
taken to submit said question to
vote of the people on January 18th
next
And we would here Add that " any
persons entitled TO vote who arc tax.
payers. have moved from ono ward to
another sinoe tho last general cleo
tiou, they should apply to tho county
clerk to make proper cahnge In their
registration that they may be able to
votc In the ward In which they now
reside. at said election.
Respectfully submitted.
Bv ortIer nj tha Citv CouuciI