The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
Notice of Speelal Election.
To the Qualified Electors and Voter

i SFSSsss
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-
ton of the Procuring, Purchasing,
Erecting, Building and Furnishing Of
q 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.
lou 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 Tor 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
tltlon asks that the said City Council
call Special Election for the purpose
OF submitting to the qualified electors
and voters of said City of Leon the
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
No ;+l
water supply could not be procured,
erected, built and established within
the limit of one and one-uuarter per
centum of the actual value of the
taxable property of the said City of
Leon.
J 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-
ton:
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. to-wit: Wards Numbers One.
, Two and Three. on the 10th day of June. A. D.
, 1909. for the purpose Of voting on the Ques-
ton OF the issuing of the Bonds of the City Of
Leon. Iowa in the sum of 5000: said Bonds
oH the cent Of @ Rnd and
3 be used for the purpose of building. purchas-
ing procuring. constructing and furnishing a
r and for procuring. purchasing, building and
' constructing the necessary water supply fol
the same
!. Passed and adopted this 9Th day OF May,
| A, d. 1909.
Signed: s.A, GATES.
Mayor of said City.
l 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
u law in such cases made and provided,
r the qualified electors and voters of
Isaid City of Leon, Iowa, are
:. Therefore, Notified that said Spe-
I 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 oil
= 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-
r ing, erecting, procuring and furnish
( ing of said Waterworks System, with
S water supply, will be submitted to
l. said electors and voters of the said
n City of Leon, Iowa, at said Special
: Election in substantially the follow.
:. ing form, to-wit:
For the issuance of +. per cent
r 20 year Bonds of the City of
t Leon, Iowa. in the sum of
Q $4,000, for Waterworks Sys- -
II TEN, and water supply for
q same. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
i Against the issuance of Al per
d cent 20 year Bonds of the City
of Leon, Iowa, in the sum of
$4,000, for Waterworks Sys- -
TEN, and water supply for
Sduc.
S To all of which take due notice.
e BY Order and Resolution of thu
n City Council Of the City of Leon, De
e catur County, Iowa, and provisions
of the laws of the State OF Iowa, il
such cases made and provided.
= Dated at the City of Leon, Iowa
" this 9th day of May A. d. 1909.
10 S. A. GATES,
70 - Mayor Of the City of Leon, Iowa.
% Attest:
"a S. G. MITCHELL
: City Clerk of the City of Leon, Iowa