The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-27
aetlee Of ssse,s, Elsct,,s.
To the Qualified Electors and Voter
OF the CITY of Leon, Iowa:

notlce Of Special EleCtlea.
To the Qualified Electors and Voters
OF the City of Leon, Iowa:
Notice of the calling of a Special
Election for the submission to the
qualified electors and voters the ques-
tion of the Proc uring, Purchasing,
Erecting, Building and Furnishing Of
a Waterworks System in and for the
City of Leon, Iowa, and for the issu-
ing of the Bonds of said City of Leon
In payment therefor.
You are hereby notified that on the
9Th day of May A. D. 1909, it being at
regular meeting of the City Council
Of the City of Leon, Iowa, in due and
legal course of business there came
up for hearing and consideration by
said Council, Petition which had
been duly and legally filed with the
City Clerk, and City Council, of the
said City of Leon, on the 5th day of
May A. D. 1909: that said Petition
upon examination was found to con-
tain the names and signatures of the
majority of the qualified electors of
the said City of Leon: that said Pc
tition asks that the said City Council
call Special Election for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified electors
question of the issuance of the Bonds
Of the City of Leon in the sum of not
to exceed S35, 100000, to be used for the
purpose of building, erecting, estab-
fishing and procuring a System of
Waterworks for the City of Leon,
with all necessary appliances and ap-
paratus thereto pertaining and for
obtaining and constructing the neces-
sary water supply for the same, and
that said Waterworks System with
water supply could not be procured,
erected, built and established within
the limit of one and one-quarter per
centum of the actual value of the
taxable property of the said City of
Leon.
That in pursuance of the filing of
said petition aforesaid, and the law in
such cases made and provided, the
said City Council of the City of Leon
(having said petition under due and
legal consideration), and at a regular
meeting thereof. to-Wit: on the 9th
day of May, A. D. 1909, passed in due
and legal form the following Resolu-
tion:
BE it Resolved by the City Council of the
City OF Leon. Iowa. that Special Election
| in the City of Leon. Iowa, in the respective
wards thereof. wit: Wards Numbers One.
Two and Three. on the 10th day Of June. A. D.
| ton of the issuing of the Bonds of the City OF
Leon. Iowa. in the sum Of $4,000; said Bonds
Of said Bonds 10
| be used for the purpose of building. purchas-
ing. procuring. constructing and furnishing
System of Waterworks for said City OF Leon.
| and for procuring. purchasing. building and
constructing the necessary water supply fol-
the same.
Docc ND oil rta1 hSe IL, -
| A. d. 1909.
Signed: S. A. GATES.
...oa. n,u Mayor of said City.
Clerk Of said City of Leon
That in compliance with the pro-
visions of said Resolution and the
Acts of said City Council, and the
law in such cases made and provided,
the qualified electors and voters of
said City of Leon, Iowa, are
Therefore, Notified that said Spe-
cial Election of the City of Leon,
Iowa, for said purpose aforesaid, will
be held in said City of Leon, Iowa,
in Wards Numbers One, Two and
Three thereof, on the 10th day of
June, A. D. 1909, between the hours
of a. m. and p. m. of said day, the
same to be held at the usual voting
places in said Wards, to-wit: In
Ward No. l. at basement of Presby-
terrain church. In Ward No. 2, at
w. H. Filical's shop. In Ward No. 3,
at Ballew Lumber Co. office.
Said proposition of the issuance of
said Bonds for the building, purchas-
ing, erecting, procuring and furnish
ing of said Waterworks System, with
water supply, will be submitted to
said electors and voters of the said
City of Leon, Iowa, at said Special
Election in substantially the follow
ing form, towit:
For the issuance of Al per cent
20 year Bonds of the City of
| Leon, Iowa. in the sum of
i S35,000 for Waterworks Sys- -
tenn, and water supply for
Sdu1c. )
Against the issuance of A. per
| cent 20 year Bonds of the City
of Leon, Iowa, in the sum of
$4,000, for Waterworks Sys- -
| tenn, and water supply for
Sdul6. observation-disclosures. -
To all of which take due notice.
By Order and Resolution of the
City Council of the City of Leon, De-
catur County, Iowa, and provisions
of the laws of the State of Iowa, in
Dated at the City of Leon, Iowa,
this 9Th day of May A. d. 1908.
S. A. GATES,
i Mayor of the City of Leon, Iowa.
Attest:
S.. G. MITCHELL,
City Clerk of the City of Leon, Iowa.
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