The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-08-25
Office d ELECTION

BRUNSWICK, Ca, Aug. "a, 1908.
Notice of election to be held in
,he city of Brunswick, Georgia,
n the 26th day of September,
90S, to determine the question of
~ authorizing the mayor and council
of the city of Brunswick, Georgia,
to enter into contract with the
Mutual Light and Water company
for the furnishing of water, gas
and electricity 20 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
ton with it's principal Office and
place of business in said city by the
terms of which said mayor and coun-
Gil shall take from said Light and
Water company, and said company
shall furnish to said city, water gas
and electricity for municipal purposes
for term of ten years from October
list, 1908, in quantities and for prices
as follows, to-wit:
Water for SO hydrants for fire pur-
nococ 500 * each Dpr annum
Water for 10 fountains for drink
ing purposes .$25 each per annum
1913 street gas lamps for light
ing purposes ..$18 each per annum
So arc electric lights of $50 Watts
capacity for lighting streets of
said city .$75 each per annum
All of such amounts and indebted
: hess to be paid DIS follows:
The amount to be paid annually for
water, gas and electricity is to be d.
yided 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 bills accrue, and
which will make such monthly pay
ments as follows:
Water for fire hydrants
and fountains ........ $995.14 7-12
Electricity for street light
ing purposes .......... 343.75
Gas for street lighting pur-
poses ............... 10000
Making the total amount to be paid
monthly $8S5.S9 7-12, 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
cSptract $1063O75, and making the
total amount to be paid by said mayor
and council during said entire term
of ten years, $106,307.50.
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
ulations 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 and 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
Z 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 1,
1902
Zach 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.) EM