Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-14
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

vote suspended the rule, for the pu =
n,sa Of placing the following orit
nance upon it's immediate passage;
I13 whereas, Tie Mayor and City
Council of Americas have passed a
resoIution calling for a bond election
f., h4 held on the 8th day of Noyem-
her 1910, for the purpose of submit
ting to the qualified voters of the
civ Of Americas the question as to
whether the bonded indebtedness Of
said CITY of Americas shall be in
creased in the sum of Sixty-FiVe
Thousand Dollars, Thirty Thousand
Dollars of which shall be for the puT-
nose of extending TIE system of sew
mage in the CITY of Americas, ana
twenty THOUSAND Dollars for the
pprpose OF extending and aiding to
tbe water WORK system in the City OF
Americas, and Fifteen Thousand Dol
lars eor the purpose Of erecting, in
Sailing and equipping an electric light
plant in the City of Americas, each [:
said proposed issues to be voted
bgon separately, at the Sane time an
Mace, and that said election shall b
gtld 1t the City Hall in the Ci;J Ct
Americas, sail election to be man
aged 10y TIE same persons for each pro-
posed bond iss5e, and providing t2ar
said bonds shall bear IL per cent.
interest payable semi-annually, ana
shall mature Thirty Years from th3
date OF issue.
And, whereas, The polls in said
election shall be opened by the ma@-
ayers at Nine o'clock. a. M, and shall
he kept open until Four O'Clock, p. NJ,
of said day, at which time they shall
be closed and the ballots counted by
tie managers, who shall on the d.
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;
Ami. whereas, Said resolution far
tacr provides, ttat all male citizens
of tle City OF Americas, who are quail
iEel electors for members of the leg
stature of the State OF Georgia, ana
who have paid all taxes required of
them by the Mayor and City Council
of Americus who sail have been
residents Of said State for one year,
aud the City Of Americas for six
months prior 10 the date of opening
the registration list in sand 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 Americus, Ga, under
the rules prescribed by the Charter of
said City of Americas, shall be ana
are hereby declared to he legally qua
ifei voters and entitled to vote in s.
bond election.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
hgru0yides that T. N. Hawkes., ClerA
and Treasurer of the Mayor and Cry
Council. of Americas, shall, and he is
hereby directed to open his registrG-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day Gf
November, 1910, at O'Clock, p. m.,
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
ont, to tgister his name OH said vot-
ers' list, to be kept at the City Hall
in said City Of Americas by T. n.
Hawkes., CLERK and Treasurer as aforG-
sair, or cause the same to be done BY
written request to said IT. N.
Hawkes., az 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. n Mott, j. P, j. w. High
tower and T. E. Joiner. freehO,ders
as managers and E. A Nisbet and j. l.
Cotney, as clerks.
And, whereas, Said resolution fun
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 Do
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 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 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 ani
10 retire the same at maturity there
Of;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
uer provides that the Clerk and Treas
uFer OF the City of Americas shall give
notice Of the election herein provided
'oF' in the Times-Recorder, the news
paper in which the sheriff advertise
nehts are published in the City J'
AheFicus, for the space of thirty davs
immediately proceeding such election
d provided by law.
Therefore tho oNn1f5aro7