Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-02-19
Chapter 5761--(No. 1861

Bonds for the Purpose OF Building
Hard Surface Roads; for the Election
of Bond Trustees; Imposing Penalties
for the Violation OF This Act and for
Other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State OF Florida:
Section /. The Board Of County
Commissioners Of ST. Lucie County,
Florida, is hereby authorized and d.
rected to call special election in said
county as soon as practicable after the
passage and approval Of this act, to
vote for or against the issue OF bonds
by the county OF st. Lucie, for the pur-
pose of building hare surface road in
said county and for the election OF road
bond trustees, as hereinafter provided
AMOUNT OF BONDS AND INTEREST
Sec. 2. The amount OF bonds 10 be
issued under the provisions of this act
shall not exceed one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars (sl5O,OOOl. They shall
be in denominations Of one hundred
dollars $1,000 to one thousond dollars
1000 each, bearing interest at the
rate OF FIVE per cent per annum, and
fifteen per cent shall be redeemed in
ten years, fifteen per cent in fifteen
years, twenty per cent in twenty years,
twenty-five per cent in twenty-five
years and twenty-five per cent in thirty
years.
MANNER OF HOLDING ELECTION.
SEC. 3. Notice Of such election shall
be given by publication for eight sue
cessive weeks in some newspaper pub
lshed in St. Lucie county. Said cleo
tion shall be held as near as may be in
compliance with general laws Of the
State of Florida regulating the holding
Of elections; and those persons and only
those persons who were qualified TO
vote at the general election held next
preceding said election and who own
real estate or personal property in ST.
Lucie County and have paid the taxes
thereon last due shall be qualified to
participate in said election.
LIST OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS
Sec. 4. The Supervisor Of Registra.
tion of said county shall prepare from
the best information obtainable by him
the list of electors by election districts,
who will be authorized to vote at such
election and shall publish such lists at
least four weeks before such election;
and the board OF county commissioners
shall meet two weeks after the publica.
ton of such lists ard give all persons
an opportunity TO be heard as 70 the
correctness Of such lists, and shall add
to and strike from such lists, such
names as the evidence may show to be
necessary TO make such lists contain all
aud only the names of electors entitled
to vote at such election; and after COM
pleting the correction Of such lists, the
board Of county commissioners shall
cause such corrected lists to be pull
lished, and the lists so corrected and
published shall constitute the list Of
electors qualified to vote at said cleo.
ton.
TRUSTEES SHALL GIVE BONDS.
Sec 5. AT such special election there
shall be elected three road bond trus.
tees who shall hold for the term Of four
years and until their successors are
elected and qualified. One trustee
shall be resident OF School District
No. l; one trustee shall be resident Of
School District No. 2, and one trustee
shall be resident Of School District
No. 3. Each elector may vote for three
trustees, but he shall not vote for more
than one from each school district.
The three candidates from the several
school districts, respectively, receiving
the highest mum Der of. votes, shall be
declared elected. Said trustees shall
serve AID perform the duties provided
by this act, only in the event that the
election is in favor Of the issue OF bonds
herein provided for. Said trustees, be.
fore entering upon their duties, shall
give bonds in such sum each as will
equal thirty-hve per cent Of the amount
Of money in hands Of the trustees, the
amount OF bonds tolbe fixed from time
to time by the board of county commits
sioners, and to be secured by some