St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-03-27
NOTICE OF
CITY ELECTION

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will be held on Monday, the 9th day OF
April, 1905, In the City Of St. Johns,
Oregon, for the following purposes, to-
wit: for the election OF the following
named officers for the said City for the
ensuing year, viz: one Mayor; one City
Recorder: one City Attorney; one City
Treasurer; three councilmen at large,
two councimen from the First Ward.
two councilmen from the Second Ward,
In the manner provided by law and the
Charter OF said City.
And at said election there will be sub
mittcd To the qualified electors Of said
City for their approval or rejection the
following proposition. "Shall the City
OF st. Johns incur n municipal bonded
indebtedness In the sum Of sixty thous-
and dollars (f6o 600. .oo), twenty-threc
thousand FIVE hundred dollars (f35,soo..
oo) OF which shall be for the purpose OF
purchasing river front lots three (5),
four (I). five Isl and six (6) James Johns
Addition, sometimes known as James
Johns First Addition 10 the City OF ST..
Johns, Multnomah county, State Of
Oregon, for public dock purposes; aud
thirty.six thousand FIVE hundred dollars
$50, ,Soo.oo) of which shall be for the
purpose Of erecting. building and con.
structing public dock on said lots for
City purposes. Said bonds TO run for a
term OF twenty taol years from their
date, aud bearing interest at the rate OF
six per cent per annum, interest payable
semi-annually, and interest coupons TO
bear interest at the rate Of six per cent
per annum after maturity"
And at said election there will also be
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said City for their approval or rejection
the following proposition, via: "Shall
the City OF 81. Johns incur a municipal
bonded Indebtedness in the sum OF
eighteen thousand dollars tIS,ooo. .ool
description OF which real property for
said park purposes Is as follows, towit:
beginning at the intersection OF the
westerly line of Cook street with the
northerly line uf that certain right OF
way of the Oregon Railroad x Naviga.
ton company, described by deed dated
July -, 1901, aud recorded ON December
I9, 1901, at page 37I of book asa, Rec
ords of Deeds OF the county of Multno-
NAH, state of Oregon; thence northerly
along the westerly line OF said Cook
street TO the southerly line OF Crawford
street, in A. l.. Miners addition, in said
county aud state; thence westerly along
the southeTly line OF said Crawford
street To a point which would be In the
center OF Polk street, II extended; thence
southerly along the center line of said
Polk street, extended, to a point in the
center of Bradford street, extended;
thence westerly along the center line of
said Bradford street, extended, TO the
easterly line OF Tyler street; thence
southerly along the easterly line of said
Tyler street to the northerly line of said
Oregon Railroad q Navigation COM
pany's right OF way aforesaid; thence
easterly along the north line of said
right of way to the place OF beginning; |
excepting from said described parcel of
land a strip thereof decided to the Port |
of Portland upon which is situated their |
power house. Also the following de- |
scribed property in A. l.. Miners addi- |
ton aforesaid: Lots numbered one (I) to
four Al, inclusive, and nine (9l to six
teen Iol, inclusive, in block numbered
(lo); lots numbered twelve (Ia)
to sixteen Iol, inclusive, in block num-
bered torty-seyen l47l; lot numbered
tour Ia ], and that portion OF lot num-
bered hve Isl, in block numbered fifty
two (S2) lying easterly of the parcel of
land described by that certain deed dat
ed January 20, 1905, and recorded ON
January 25, 1905, in the records OF the
county of Multnomah, and state of Ore
,on, in Book S54 of Deeds, at page as
hereof, The above described real prop
srty to include that portion Of abutting
streets which have been vacated.
Said bonds to run for term of TWEEN
y-hve (aSl years from their date,
md bearing interest at the rate of
'ix per cent per snnum, interest payable
and interest coupons to
bear interest at the rate of six per cent
,er annum after maturity"
The following have been designated
IS polling places for the said election:
First Ward-No. so9 West Burlington
treet, Second Ward-The City Hall.
The polls will be opened at nine l9l
''clock in the forenoon and will remain
pen until seven O'Clock in the after
'oon of said day.
BY order of the Council.
A. NJ. ESSON,
Recorder Of the City OF St. Johns.
'ublished in the st. Johns Review Mar.
IA 10 lJ and April 4 IooS