Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-27
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

>y,areas, rue Mayor and City Cou''
, If Americas have by unanimous
sosnended the rue, for the pu :
og placing the following ord{
s,,ca upon It's immediate passage;
And. tlereas, TIE Mayor and City
all of Americas have passed a
.r,,,fon ealing tor a bond election
NO held on the Sth day of Novem
ror0 for the purpose of submit
49, to the qualified voters of tie
~ S-.1 If Americas the question as to
W .s-.sr the bonded indebtedness ot
- rfrr of Americus shall be in
',-oa in the sum of Sixty-Fi' e
r,.,sari Dollars, Thirty Thousand
r.n,rs of which shall be for the puf-
n extending IKE system of sew
40 in the C.ty of Americas, ana
rrsrtv THOUSAND Dollars for the
INNS. of extending and adding t.
.s,'vater wor.sr system in the City CT
,noricus and Fifteen Thousand Dor
r,,s FOR the purpose Of erecting, in
ealing and eQuipping an electric light
liant in the City of Americas, eaca :;
.,3 proposed issues to be voted
ann seyarata.y, at tLe s2Aue time an ;
r.ce and that said election shall h.
.,Id at the City Hall in the Ci.s q
.n,arjcus. sail election to be man
,,.d h7 tie same persons for each pro-
nosad bond issie, md providing tAat
raid bonds shall bear IL per cent.
interest. payable semi-annuaily. AMI
nall mature Thirty Years from taa
lite Of issue.
And. whereas The polls in said
.ection shall be opened by the maH-
ayers at Nine o'clock. a. NJ, and shall
b. kept open until Four O'Clock, p. n,
If said day, at which time they shall
h. closed and the ballots counted by
tie managers, who shall on the d1l
following at Ten o'clock a. m, to-WiC,
m November 9th, 1910, meet with the
Mayor an deity Council of Americus
in tbe 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, ttat all male citizens
Of tas City Of Americas, who are quail
iesl electors for members of the leg
stature of the State OF Georgia, and
who have paid all taxes required of
them by the Mayor and City Council
Of Americas. 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
tbs registration list in said City OF
Anerlcus, and whose names shall ap
near on said registered voters list. 70
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 be legally quai
flied voters and entitled to vote in s.
bond election
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
aer provides that T. N. Hawkes., ClerN
and Treasurer Of the Mayor and Clfy
C0alc Of Americas, shall, and he is
Hereby directed to open his registr&-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep sane open until the Bird day If
November, 1910, at 5 o'clock, p. u =,
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 OH said vol
ers' list, to be kept at the City Hall
in said City Of Americas by T. n.
Hawkes., CLERK and Treasurer as afore-
sair, or cause the same to Ds 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
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, J. P, ]. w. High
tower and T. e. Joiner, frseholders,
as managers and E. A. Nisbet and j. /.
Cotney, as clerks.
And whereas, Said resolution fur
Tier 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 D2i-
@S each, and shall mature Thirty
'a,s from the date Of issue
and whereas, Said resolution fur
der provides that in the event said
SECTION shall be in favor of increas-
ing the bonded indebtedness of the
sad City Of Americas. by the Issue
u said named bonds, or by issuing
0oads for either or all of the purposes
4sFen designated, then and in that
event said Mayor and City Council
0Amer.cus shall levy a sufficient tax
VI the taxable property of the City OF
"aeFicus to pay off and discharge the
'enl-annual interest that may accrue
VI such bonds as may be issued. and
:" retire the same at maturity there
Of;
and, whereas, Said resolution fur
~'f provides that the Clerk and Treas
u'er Of the City of Americas shall give
.oee Of the election herein provided
'oT' IN the Recorder, tie news
pape, in which the sheriff advertise