The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-10
Election Order.

and improvement bonds.
resolution providing that the
city council shall call an election to
be held on the 18th day Of June. A.
D. 1912. at which election the ques-
| ton shall be submitted to the prop
erty tax paying qualified voters of
the city of Waxahachie, Ellis coun-
ty Texas, as to whether or not the
city council of said city shall issue
twenty-five thousand (s25, 100000
dollars in bonds for the purpose of
permanent street improvements, the
construction and paving the streets
of the city of Waxahachie, Ellis
county, Texas, and providing how
said election shall be held and who |
shall hold the same.
Whereas, the city council of said |
city of Waxahachie, Ellis county, |
Texas, deems it advisable to issue
bonds of said city for the purpose
hereinafter mentioned:
Therefore, it is hereby ordered by
the city council of the said city of
Waxahachie, Ellis county, Texas,
| that an election be held on the 18th
day of June. A. ID. 1912, at which
election tho following proposition
shall be submitted:
First, shall the city council of
the said city of Waxahachie, Ellis
county, Texas, be authorized to is
sue bonds of said city in the sum of
| twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00)
dollars, of the denomination of
100000 each, payable in forty
'(40) years and optional after TWEEN
.ty coo years, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually on
the first day of January and the
first day of July each year, and to /
levy a tax sufficient to pay the in
terest on said bonds and create a
sinking fund sufficient to redeem
them at maturity, for the purpose of
permanent street improvements,
the construction and paving the
streets within the said city Of Wax
Ellis county, Texas.
Second, The said election shall |
be held in Ward No. 1 at John F.
WAITS office in the city of Waxa-
hachie, Ellis county, Texas, and the
following named persons are here
by appointed managers of said cleo
ton: j. b. Wilson, presiding judge;
John Wyatt and Charley D. Teutsch,
assistant judges,
Third, The election shall be held
| In Ward No at A. d. Mackoy's BIZ
cycle Repair Shop in the said city
Of Waxahachie, Ellis county, Texas,
and the following named persons
are hereby appointed managers of
said election: r. H. Connally, pre-
siding Judge; George Alderman and
Pat Templeton, assistant judges.
Fourth, The said election shall be
held in Ward No. 3, at the City
i Hall in the said city of Waxahachie
Ellis county, Texas, and the follow
!, ing named persons are hereby ap
pointed managers of said election
J. NJ. Hill, presiding Judge; ]. B
= Dunaway and w. d. Ryburn, assist
4 ant judges.
i. Said election shall be held unde
Il the provisions of Chapter 149, Act
of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature, tn
, laws of 1899. of the State of Texas
\ and only qualified voters who ar
Ia property tax payers of said city {
I Waxahachie, Ellis county Texai
l. shall be allowed to vote, and all W
a. ters desiring to support the propt
4 sition to issue bonds shall hay
oil written or printed on their ballo
~ the words,
"For the Issuance of Bonds"
is and those opposed to the propositio
"a to the issuing of bonds shall hay
N written or printed on their ballo
is the words,
70 against the Issuance Of Bonds
The manner of holding said ele
40 ton shall be governed by the Law
u Of the state Of Texas, regulatir
av regular elections.
10 A copy Of this order, signed by Il
1e mayor of the city of Waxahachi
Ellis county, Texas. shall serve ;
proper notice Of said election, ar
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