Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-05
NOTICE
OF
BOND ELECTION.

" @AiiANA nus nave ny uHdHlli1Ous
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 til,
City of Americas the question as Il
whether the bonded Indebtedness G
said City of Americas shall be in
creased in the sum of .Sixty-Fi,
Thousand Dollars, Thirty Thousa,l,
Dollars of which shall be for the puT
pose of extending tLe system of sew
elage in the City of Americas, ant
twenty THOUSAND Dollars for The
purpose of extending and aiding t.
the water work system in the City q
Americas, and Fifteen Thousand Dor
LAS Cor the purpose of erecting, in
Sailing and equipping an electric light
plant in. the City of Americas, each g:
said proposed issues to be voted
'u0on separately, at tie sane time an
place, and that said election shall )
nGld at the City Hall in the Gu q
Americus, sail election to be man
aged by tie same persons for each pro-
posed bond ISIS ie, and providing taar
said bonds shall Dear 4 IL per cent
interest, payable semi-annually, an
shall mature Thirty Years from taa
date of issue.
And, 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. M.
of said day, at which time they shall
be closed and the ballots counted BY
tie managers, who shall on the dl5
following at Ten o'clock a. m, to-wil;
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, as required by law;
And whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides, that all male citizens
of the City of Americas, who are qual-
led electors f1r members of the leg
is.ature of the State OF Georgia, and
VINO have paid all taxes required of
them by the Mayor and City Council
OF Americas, who sail 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 az
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
bond election
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that T. N. Hawkes., Clera
and Treasurer of the Mayor and Cry
Council of Americas, shall, and he is
hereby directed to open his registra-
ton book, on October 4th, 1910, and
keep same open until the Bird day ri
November, 1870 at O'Clock, p. N.
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 tie
law and the rules herein above set
out, to register his name on said vol-
ers' list, to be kept at the City Ha ]
in said City of Americas by T n.
Hawkes. Clerk and Treasurer as aforc-
safr, 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 he quail
fled and entitled to vote in said bond
election;
And, whereas, Said resolution fur
Their provides that said election shall
be held by I. NJ Mott, J. p, ]. w. High
tower and T. E. Joiner, freeho,ders
as managers and E. A. Nisbet and J. /.
Sotney, as clerks.
And, whereas, Sail resolution fun
ther provides tHat the issues of bonds
shall be submitted to vote of tie
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 fus-
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 iss@e
of said named bonds, or by issuins
bonds for either or all of the purposes
herein designated. then ami in ttat
event said Mayor and City Council
of Americas shall levy 4 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 preceding such e,ectiol
as provided by law