Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-07
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

NoIS ou9PSAu0u I41C rue, IOT the pu :
pose of placing the following ordi
nance upon it's immediate passage;
And, whereas. Tie Mayor and City
Council of Americas have passed a
resolution calling for a bond election
to he held on the Sth day of Noyem.
Der, 1910, for the purpose of submit
ting to the qualified voters of tll
City of Americas the question as t.
whether the bonded indebtedness Ci
said City of Americus shall be in.
creased in the sum of Sixty-F'i1 G
Thousand Dollars, Thirty Thousand
Dollars of which shall be for the pur-
pose of extending the system of sew
clage in the City of Americas, ana
Twenty Thou 5anl Dollars for the
| purpose of extending and adding tt
the water woT.la system in the City of
| Americas, and Fifteen Thousand Dol
lals Cor the purpose of erecting, in
stalling and equipping an electric light
plant in the City of Americas, each ..
said proposed issues to be voted
upon separately, at TIE sane time an.
place, and that said election shall b.
acid at the City Hall in the Ci.7 a
Anericus, sail election to be man
aged w tie same persons for each pro-
posed bond issYe, and providing Gar
said bonds shall bear 4 1-2 per cent.
interest, payable semi-annually, ana
shall mature Thirty Years from the
date of issue.
AMI, whereas, The polls in said
election shall be opened by the man-
ayers at Nine O'clock, a. M, and shall
be kept open until -Four o'clock, p. N,
of said day, at which time they shall
be closed and the ballots counted by
THE managers, who shall ON the dl5
following at Ten o'clock a. M, to-Wit,
on November 9th 1910, meet with the
Mayor an deity Council of Americas
III the Council Chamber in the City of
Americas, for the purpose of declar-
ing the result, ais required by law;
Amid, whereas, Said resolution far
Their provides, fiat all male citizens
of the City of Americas, who are qua!-
lied electors for members of the leg
islature of the State OF Georgia, aud
who have paid all taxes required of
them by the Mayor and City Council
of Americus, who stall 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 ami
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-
flied voters and entitled to vote in sa
bond election.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
ther provides that T. N. Hawkes., CLERK
and Treasurer of the Mayor and Ciry
Council of Americas, SHALL and he is
hereby directed to open his registre.-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day cf
November, 1910, at 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 on said yoJ-
ers' list, to be kept at the City Hall
in said City of Americas by 7. n.
Hawkes., Clerk and Treasurer as afore-
sair, or cause the same to be done by
written request to said It. 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 ais aforesaid, shall be quail
fed and entitled to vote in said bond
election;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that said election shall
be held by l. N. Mott, ]. p, j. W. High
tower and T. E. Joiner, freeholders.
as managers and E. A. Nisbet and ]. 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 D3.-
lars each, and shall mature Thirty
Years from the date of issue
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that in the event said
election shall be in favor of increas-
ing the bonded Indebtedness of tae
said City of Americas by the iss&e
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 Of
Americas to pay off and discharge the
semi-annual interest that may accrue
on such bonds as may be issued, and
to retire the same at maturity there
of;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that the Clerk and Treas
urer of the City of Americas shall give
notice of the election herein provided
for, in the Times-Recorder, tie news
paper in which the sheriff advertise
ments are published in the City .
Americas, for the space of thirty DAYS
Immediately proceeding such election
as provided by law.
Therefore, the premises considered
ha If ordained nv the MaVOr and CI,y