Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-30
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.


oos. Of placing the following ordi
a.,ce mon It's immediate passage;
ii" And whereas, TIE Mayor and City
Council OF Americas have passed a
-.sorption calling Tor a bond election
En- 10 held on the Sth day of Noyem,
lor 1910 for the purpose of submit
TING 10 the qualified voters of the
rfr1 ~ Americas the question as to
--ss+-ar the bonded indebtedness CT
.,fd City of Americus shall be in
cras.ed In the sum or Sixty-Fi' e
Tbonssnd Dollars, Thirty THOUSAND
noI1ars Of watch shall be for the puT-
,o,e Of extending TIE system of sew
,,eps IN the CITY of Americas, ana
Tuantv THOUSAND Dollars for the
,ur,5ss of extending and adding to
,.s water WORK system in the City CT
Amerlcus, and Fifteen Thousand Dor
1,,a sor the purpose Of erecting, In
sailing and eQuipping an electric light
syant In the City of Americas, eaca =;
said proposed Issues to be voted
,,nn separately, at tle sg4ue time an
nsoe. and tnat said election shall b.
,Id ct the CITY Hall in the Ci,F Ct
Anericus, SAL election to be man
aged BIZ tie same persons for each pro-
nosad bond iss3e, snd providing t2aI
ssid bonds shall bear IL per cent
interest, payable se1li-annually. AMI
shau mature Thirty Years from tae
date Of issue.
And, whereas The polls in said
election shall be opened by the man
ayers At Nine o'clock, a. m, and shall
he kept open until Four O'Clock, p. n,
If said day, at which time they SHAH
he closed and the ballots counted by
f.e managers, who shall on the dA1
following at Ten o'clock a. m, to-wit,
on November 9th, 1910. meet with the
Mayor an deity Council of Americas
in the Council Chamber in the City OF
Americas, for the purpose of declar-
ing the result, as required by law;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides, ttat all male citizens
Of the City of Americas, who are quail
lied electors for members of the leg
isIsture Of the State OF Georgia. and
who have paid all taxes required az
them BY the Mayor and City Council
Of Americas, who SHALL have bs9n
residents OF said State for one year,
and the City OF Americas for six
ryonths prior to the date Of opening
VIE registration list in said City or
Amsrieus, and whose names shall ap
pear on said registered voters list TO
be opened and kept by I. n. Hawkes,
Clerk and Treasurer of the Mayor ami
City Council OF Americas, Ga, under
the rules prescribed by the Charter of
said City Of Americas, shat! be and
ers hereby declared to be legally QUA
lied voters and entitled to vote in >.
bond election.
and, whereas, Said resolution fur-
Their provides that T. N. Hawkes., Cler&
Nd Treasurer of the Mayor and CRY
C5unci. OF Americas, shall, and he 10
hereby directed to open his registrd-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day Il
November, 1910, st 5 o'clock, p. u,
during which time it shall be the right
and privileges Of every citizen OF
Americas, entitled to register and vote
upon the said bond election. under the
law and the rules herein above set
cut, to register lis name oil said yet-
ers' list, to be Kept at the City Hall
in said City Of Americus by I n.
Hawkes., Clerk and Treasurer as aforG-
Eair, or cause the same to ia done by
written request to said T. N.
Hawkes., as provided in the
Charter of the said city of
Americus: and only those citizens
whose names appear on said voters
list kept as aforesaid, shall be quail
hed and entitled to vote in said bond
election;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Sher provides that said election shall
30 held by 1. n Mott, J. P, J. w. High
tower and 7. &. Joiner, freeholders
as managers and E. A. Nisbet and J. L.
CotneE, as clerks.
And, whereas, Said resolution fnI-
Their provides that the Issues Of bonds
shall be submitted to vote of the
people as aforesaid, shall be of the
denomination of One Thousand D)l-
lars each, and shall mature Thirty
Years from the date OF issue
And whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that in the event saja
election shall be in favor of tncrsas-
ing the bonded Indebtedness of the
said City of Americas, by the Issue
Of said named bonds, or by issuing
bonds for either or all of the purposes
herein designated, then and in that
event said Mayor and City Council
Of Americas shall levy a sufficient tax
On the taxable property Of the City o.
Americas to pay off and discharge the
semi-annual interest that may accrue
On. such bonds as may be issued, aad
to retire the same at maturity there
a;}
and, whereas Said resolution fur
Their provides that the Clerk and Treas
urer Of the City of Americas shall give
aotics Of the election herein provided
=, tor, in the Times Recorder, the news
NJ in which the sheriff advertise
mens are published in the City .
Americas, for the space of thirty davs
Immediately preceding such electiol
as provided by law.
therefore, the premises eonsidere1
Dc It ordained by the Mayor and CI:y