The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-08


an existing Indebtedness of said city. |
of the proceeds of the sale of said |
bonds the sum of $33,500.00 shall be
used in erecting a school building in
Ward One, on the site of the Main
Street School House; $1,500.00 shall be
used in repairing the Hardy Street
School building and 100000 shall be
used in paying off an existing indebt-
edness of the City contracted in pre-
vious years. Notice Of the intention
to issue such bonds shall be published
in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3419 of the Mississippi Code of
1906, and other laws, for the purpose
of notifying the tax payers of the City
of Hattiesburg of the proposed action
of the Mayor and Board of Commits
sionares Of the City of Hattiesburg, so
that If there by any opposition to the
issuance of the said bonds it may be
presented to the Mayor and Board OF
Commissioners of the City of Hatties-
burg as provided by law on or before
the first Thursday and 9Th day of
April, A. D. 1911.
Section 2. Said notice shall be pub
lished in The Hattiesburg Daily News,
newspaper in the City of Hatties-
burg, and having a general circulation
therein, for three weeks next proceed
ling the list Thursday and 9th day of
April, A. D. 1911, and shall be in sub
stantially the following form:
Notice OF Bond Issue.
Notice Is hereby given of the in
tention of the Mayor and Board OF
Commissioners of the City of Hatties-
burg, Mississippi, to issue the negotia-
BILE bonds of the said City in the sum
of $40 100000, the proceeds of which
are to be used as follows: $93,500.00
shall be used in erecting public
school building in Ward One on the
site of the Main Street Public School;
s1,50O.OO shall be used in repairing the
Hardy Street School building and So
10000 shall be used in paying off an
existing Indebtedness of the City of
Hattiesburg, contracted in former
years. If there be any opposition
to the issuance of said bonds it must
be presented to the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners of the City of Hat
tiesburg as provided by law, on or
before the list Thursday and 9th day
of April, A. D. 1911.
Section 8. That for cause this ordi-
nance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and APP
proval.
Adopted and approved, this the 9th
day of March, A. D. 1911.
C. w. RICH. Mayor.
And whereas, notice of the intention
: of the said Mayor and Board of Com
missioners to issue said bonds was
duly published in The Hattiesburg Daily
News, a newspaper published in the Cit!
of Hatiesburg and having a genera
circulation therein, for three week.
: next proceeding the regular week.!
meeting of the Mayor and Board o
: Commissioners, held on the frs
" Thursday and 9th day of April, A. D
!. 1911;
And whereas, 90 per centum of tn
Q adult tax payers of the said City o
Hattiesburg have not petitione'
against said proposed bond issue;
And whereas, the present outstand
ing bonded Indebtedness of the City o
Hattiesburg, including the proposes
bonds, exceeds Z per centum of tn
assessed value of the taxable propert,
:, of the City of Hattiesburg but doe
= not exceed 10 per centum, as shown b.
= the last assessment rolls of said City
" adopted and approved for the yea
" 1910; all of which facts the Mayor AM
= Board of Commissioners do now ad
= Judge and find to be true,
y And whereas, it is necessary that
" special election be held in tn
- City of Hattiesburg for the pul
" pose of determining whether o
y not the Mayor and Board o
Commissioners have authority t
issue said bonds,
- Now, Therefore,
. Be it ordained by the Mayor an
Board of Commissioners of the City c
Hattiesburg,
y Section 1. That an election be an
~ is hereby ordered to be held in tn
- City of Hattiesburg, on Tuesday, tn
25th day of April, A. D. 1911, at whic
election shall be submitted to the qua
IN flied electors of the said City, the que'
g. ton whether or not they will authoriz
s. the Mayor and Board of Commission
Is ers to issue the bonds of the said Cit
b. in the total sum of 100000, 3,5O0C
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