The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-09-17
|lFCE Of ELECTION

BRUNSWICK, Ca, Aug. "a, 1908.
Notice OF election to be held in
he city of Brunswick, Georgia,
On the 26th day of September,
a-1S0s, to determine the question of
s-Sthorizing the mayor and council
or the city of Brunswick, Georgia,
TO enter into a contract with the
eSMutual Light and Water company
for the furnishing of water. gas
and electricity to said city.
To the Qualified Voters of the City of
Brunswick, Georgia:
You are hereby notified that an
election will be held in and for said
city of Brunswick, on the 26th day of
September, 1908, to determine the
question as to whether or not the
mayor and council of said city shall
enter into a contract with the Mutual
Light and Water company, a corpora
tien with its principal office and
place Of business in said city by the
terms of which said mayor and coun-
ell shall take from said Light and
Water company, and said company
shall furnish to said city, water, gas
and electricity for municipal purposes
for a term OF ten years from October
1st, 1908, in quantities and for prices
as follows, to-wit:
Water for SO hydrants for Ere pur-
poses $39.75 each per annurh
Water for 10 fountains for drink
sing purposes $50 each per annum
1873 street gas lamps for light
ing purposes sis each per aInum
55 arc electric lights of 450 Watts
capacity for lighting streets OF
said city ......,$75 each per annum
All of such amounts and indebted
ness to be paid as follows:
The amount to be paid annually for
water, gas and electricity is to be d.
vided into twelve equal amounts, and
such amounts are to be paid by said
mayor and council to said Light and
Water company monthly on the goth
day of the month subsequent to the
month in which the service Is render
ed and in which the hills accrue, and
which will make such monthly pay
ments as follows:
Water for fire hydrantss
and fountains ........ $385.14 712
Electricity for street light
ing purposes .......... 3i3.75
Cae for street lighting MR.
poses ....,.......-... 20IOO
Making the total amount to be paid
monthly $SS589 712, and making the
total amount to be paid by said mayor
and council to said company each
year during the term of said ten-year
contract $10,63075, and making the
total amount to be paid by said mayor
and council during said entire term
of ten years. $l06.3075o.
All OF said Indebtedness to be paid
off and discharged within ten years
from the goth day of November, 1908.
Said election will be held at the city
hall IN said city in the same manner
and under the same rules and reg
ulat,ons as provided by law for the
election Of mayor and aldermen for
said city, and as provided by law for
the election to be so held
The form Of the ballet TO be used in
said election shall be as follows:
Authorized ballot to be held
at election called a 1 ordered by
the mayor and council OF the city
Of Brunswick, Georgia, to be held
September 26th, 1908, to deter
mine whether said municipal cor
poration shall incur an indebted
ness for water, gas and electricity
as set out In proposed contract
with the Mutual Light and Water
company. to be in force for a per-
iod Of ten years from October !,
1908"
e voter desiring to vote for
the mourning of such Indebtedness
must strike the word against
as to each item for which he de-
sires to vote, and the voter desir-
ing to vote against the mourning
OF such Indebtedness must strike
the word "for," as to each Item
against which he desires to vote.
The words following the word
"for." or the word against" may
of course. be stricken by the vo-
ter, according as he may desire to
vote)