Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-15
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

oil Of Americas have by unanimous
suspended the rule, for the pu :
nose of placing the following ord
,rca upon it's immediate passage;
AMI whereas, Tie Mayor and CITY
all of Americas have passed
,rn+ion calling for a bond election
~. held on the Sth day of Noyem-
1qto for the purpose of submit
,.n, TO the qualified voters OF t1e
o',y Of Americas the question as 10
E.,rar the bonded Indebtedness CT
aid CITY of Americas shall be in
s-aased in the sum of Sixty7FfNe
rboosani Dollars, Thirty Thousand
+',,,,., of wnich shall be for the puf
u,sa of extending the system OF sew
900 in the CITY of Americas, ana
,rn,entv THOUSAND Dollars for the
nrroose Of extending and adding to
,bs water woy17 system in the City of
Americas and Fifteen Thousand Dor
,,,s Cor the purpose of erecting, in
stsrIug and equipping an electric light
,J,nt in the City of Americas, each .
soff proposed issues to be voted
mon separately, at the same time an
riace and that said election shall b.
ald at the City Hall in the Gig Of
,mericus, sail election to be man
aged by the same persons for each pro-
nosed bond issde, and providing t2tf
said bonds shall bear IL per cent.
interest, payable semi-annuaLly, ana
shall mature Thirty Years from taa
date of issue.
AMI. whereas, The polls in SAID
election shall be opened by the mar
ayers at Nine o'clock, a. M, and shall
he kept open until Four O'Clock, p. A.,
Of said day, at which time they shall
he closed and the ballots counted by
the managers, who shall on the d1'
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 dec!ar-
ing the result, as required by law;
And. whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides, that all male citizens
of tae City of Americas, who are quail
lied electors for members of the leg
isIature Of the State OF Georgia, and
who have paid all taxes required of
them by the Mayor and City Council
OF Americus, who snail have been
residents Of said State for one year,
and the CITY of Americas for six
months prior to the date of opening
the registration list in said City OF
Americas, and whose names shall ap
pear on said registered voters list, to
be opened and kept by T. n. Hawkes.,
Clerk and Treasurer of the Mayor and
City Council of Americas, Ga, under
the rules prescribed by the Charter of
said City of Americas, shall be and
are hereby declared to he legally quai-
lied voters and entitled to vote in sa
bond election.
And whereas, Said resolution fur
therproyides that T. N. Hawkes., ClerH
and Treasurer of the Mayor and CRY
Council Of Americas, shall, and he is
hereby directed to open his registr&-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day cf
November, 1910, at 5 O'Clock, p. a.,
during which time it shall be the right
and privilege of every citizen OF
Americas, entitled to register and vote
upon the said bond election, under the
law and the rules herein above set
out, to register his name OIL said YoJ-
ers' list to be Kept at the City Hall
in said City Of Americas by I. n.
Hawkes., CLERK and Treasurer as afore-
sair. or cause the same to be done by
written request to said T. N.
Hawkes.. as provided in the
Charter of the said city of
Americas: and only those citizens
whose names appear on said voters
list kept as aforesaid, shall be quail
fled and entitled to vote in said bond
election;
And whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that said election shall
be held by l. ~ Mott, ]. P, ]. w. High
tower and T. E. Joiner, freehOlders
as managers and E. A. Nisbet and J. I
Cotney, as clerks.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that the issues of bonds
shall be submitted to a vote of the
people as aforesaid shall be of the
denomination of One Thousand DIT
lars each, and shall mature Thirty
Years from the date of issue.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that in the event SAIL
election shall be in favor. of increas
ing the bonded Indebtedness of tn
said City of Americas, by the iss",
OF said named bonds, or by issuing
bonds for either or all of the purposes
herein designated, then and in tina
event said Mayor and City Council
of Americas shall levy a sufficient la
On the taxable property of the City o
Americas to pay off and discharge tn
semi-annual interest that may accru
on such bonds as may be issued, an
to retire the same at maturity there
of;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Eher provides that the Clerk and Treas
urer Of the City of Americas shall civ
notice of the election herein provide
Tor, in the Times Recorder, the news
paper in which the sheriff advertise
Ments are published in the City !
Americas, for the space of thirty dav
immediately proceeding such electi3