Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-08
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

vote suspended the rule, for 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 Novem
Der, 1910, for the purpose of submit
ting to the qualified voters of the
City of Americas the question as to
whether the bonded indebtedness CT
said City of Americus shall be in
creased in the sum of ,Sixty-Fia e
Thousand Dollars, Thirty Thousand
Dollars of which shall be for the pur-
pose OF extending the system of sew
elage in the CITY Of Americas, and
Twenty THOUSAND Dollars for the
purpose of extending and adding t.
the water Wo",i' system in the City Of
Americas, and Fifteen Thousand Dor
las toH tine purpose of erecting, in
stailing and equioping an electric light
plant in the City of Americas, each {:
said proposed issues to be voted
upon separately, at tie sa.ne time an
place, and that said election shall b.
htld ct the City Hall in the Gig ot
imelicus, SAL election to be man
aged ly the same persons for each pro
posed bond ISIS e.. ard providing taat
said bonds shall bear A IL per cent
interest, payable semi-annually, AMI
shall mature Thirty Years from taa
date of issue.
AMI, whereas, The polls in said
election shall be opened by the maa-
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
tie managers, who shall on the dly
following at Ten o'clock a. m, to-wiI,
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;
Amid, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides, fiat all male citizens
Of the City of Anericus, who are quail
Tied electors for members of the leg
islature of the State OF Georgia. ana
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
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, Ca, under
the rules prescribed by the Charter Of
said City of Americas, shall be ana
are hereby declared to he legally quai
flied voters and entitled to vote in s.
bond election
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that r. N. Hawkes., Cler1
and Treasurer of the Mayor and Cify
Council of Americas, shall, and he is
hereby directed to open his registre.-
tion book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day Gf
November, 1910, at o'clock, p. ~,
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 yo5-
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 be dome bv
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 I. N. Mott, J. P, j. W. High
tower and T. Il. Joiner, freeholders,
as managers and e. A. Nisbet and j. T.
Cotney, as clerks.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that the issues of bonds
shall he submitted to a vote of tle
people as aforesaid, shall be of the
denomination of One Thousand Dot-
lars each, and shall mature Thirty
Years from the date of issue.
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
ther provides that in the event said
election shall be in favor of increas-
ing the bonded Indebtedness of tle
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 Of
Americus to pay off and discharge the
semi-annual interest that may accrue
Oh such bonds as may be issued, ana
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 es-Recorder the 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 considerei /,