Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-08

Whereas, on the 7th day OF july
1909, the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the town of Leakes-
vile passed an ordinance appear
ing and hereinafter set forth, and
have published same for full three
weeks next preceding this meeting
in the Greene County Herald, a
newspaper published in the town
of Leakesville, and having d gener
al circulation, notice of the pro-
posal to issue bonds of said town
in the following words ond figures,
towit:
BOND ISSUANCE ORDINANCE.
An ordinance proposing TO issue bonds for the
amount of seven thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of purchasing II School House and School
Grounds for the town of Leakesville. Greene
County. Mississippi.
Whereas it is manifest to the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town OF Leakesv!lle,
that there is necessity for the purchase OF a
school house and grounds therefor for the
town OF Leakesville,
Section No.
Therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town of Leakesville.
That ii is the purpose of the said Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of said town. to issue the
bonds of the town of Leakesville to the amount
OF Seven Thousand Dollars [S7000,O0l or so
much thereof AS may be necessary for the pur-
pose of purchasing School House and
grounds for the same for said town of Leakes-
| vii la of Sai1 I'D
Board of Aldermen intention to issue said
bonds to be published in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3415 S4l6 34l9 and 1920
of the annotated code of Mississippi 1906. for
the purpose of notifying the tax payers of the
town of Leakesville of the proposed action of
said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of SAID
town, so if there be any opposition to the is
suGnce Of said bonds it may be presented TO
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on or before
the first Tuesday
The Bird Day of August 1909
| Section No,2.
Ordered that the above be published in tlt
Greene County Herald, a weekly NEWSPAPER
published in the Town OF Leakesville for three
weeks next preceding the First Tuesday the
| Bro day of August 1879,
! Upon the adoption of each and every Sec
| ton OF the above ordinance and its adoption ~
| a whole yea and nay vote was taken,
| Those voting Yea, all present,
THOSE voting My
! Adopted and approved this eth day of July
1909. DAN MCLEOD, Mayor
A, NJ MCLEOD, Town Clerk
Seal of Town LeakeSvilleI
And whereas twenty per centun
of the adult tax payers of the town
of Leakesville, and the municipal
ity, have not petitioned against
the issuance of said bonds and tn E
said bonds to the amount of Sever
| Thousand Dollars, does not exceed
in value seven per centun of the
assessed value of the taxable
property of the said municipality
| there being at present no out
standing bonds or obligations Of
the municipality.
All of which foregoing premises arr
now adjudged and found to be true
Now therefore,
Section No. l.
BE 1T ORDAINED, By the may
or and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Leakesville, that for the
purpose of raising funds for the
purchasing of a School House anC
grounds therefor, mentioned anc
defined in the foregoing notice
the bonds Of the said town OF
Leakesville shall be issued anc
sold to the best advantage. fol
cash to the amount of ($7000.00)
Seven Thousand Dollars, under anC
10y virtue of the powers conferred
by sections 3415, 3416, 3419 and
1920 of the Code of 1906.
Sec. No. 2.
| Said bonds shall bear date OF
September 1st 1909 and shall run
through series Of twenty year S
from the date of their issuance anC
shall bear interest coupons, which
shall be payable on the LIST day OF
September of each and every year,
and said bonds shall be known anC
designated as "The town of Leakes.
vile School Bonds" Said bonds
shall be Autographed or engraved
with suitable devices to prevent
counterfeiting and shall be mum
bered from one to thirty inclusive,
and the bonds numbered from one tC
twenty inclusive shall be of the de-
nomination of one hundred dollars
100000 each and those numbered
twenty-one to thirty inclusive shall
be of the denomination of Five
Hundred, $4,000, each and bond
No. l shall be definitely due and
payable on the 1st day of Septem-
Der 1910, and bond No. 2 shall be
definitely due and payable on the
LIST day of Sept. 1911, and on in
numerical order, one bond of the
denomination of Ore Hundred Dol
lors, 500, shall mature at the end
of each and every year from the
the first to the twentieth year, both
inclusive and all of said bonds
numbered from twenty to thir-
ty inclusive, of the denomination
of Five Hundred Dollars, $500.
each, shall become definitely due
and payable on the LIST day Of
September 1923, all without ep-
ton or right to earlier or previous
payment, the matureties of said
bonds being hereby fixed as abso-
lutely definite and positive,
Sec, No. 3.
That the said bonds shall be ext
ecuted and issued in the following
form, except as to denomination.
maturity etc,
United States of America
BOND NO. |, State OF Mississippi, 500
Town OF Leakesville.
TOWN OF LEAKESvILLE SCHOOL BONDS
Know all men by these presents, that th..
town ofLeakeSville in the County of Greene
and State of Mississippi. acknowledges itself
to owe, and for value received hereby prom
Uses to pay to---------or bearer the sum
OF One Hundred Dollars on the LIST day of SEN
no with int har