The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-27
Election Order.

For 100000 permanent street
and improvement bonds.
A 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 ($25, 000.00)
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 1t advisable to issue
bonds of said city for the purpose
hereinafter mentioned:
Therefore, it is hereby ordered by
the city council of tie said city of
Waxahachie, Ellis county, Texas,
that an election be held on the 18th
day of June. A. D. 1912, at which
election the following proposition
shall be submitted:
First, shall the city council of
the said city OF Waxahachie, Ellis
county, Texas, be authorized to is
quo bOp5e of soid o;+1y ~, 49, r,,,,, ~
twenty-five thousand ($25, 0O000)
dollars, of the denomination of
81. 100000 each, payable in forty
(40) years and optional after TWEEN
ty (20) 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 tax sufficient to pay the in.
terest on said bonds and create {
sinking fund sufficient to redeem
them at maturity, for the purpose c
permanent street Improvement
tho construction and paving II
streets within the said city Of Wa
n ahachie, Ellis county, Texas.
n Second, The said election shs
d be held in Ward No. / at John
: WAITS office in the city of Wax
, hachie, Ellis county, Texas, and tn
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. 2 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. Fl. 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
Hall in the said city of Waxahachie,
Ellis county, Texas, and the follow
ing name ed persons are hereby ap-
pointed managers or said election:
]. M. Hill, presiding Judge; j. B.
Dunaway and w. d. Ryburn, assist
ant judges.
Said election shall be held under
the provisions of Chapter 149, Acts
of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature, the
laws of 1898, of the State Of Texas,
and only qualified voters who are
property tax payers of said city OF
Waxahachie, Ellis county, Texas,
shall be allowed to vote, and all vo-
tiers desiring to support the propo-
sition to issue bonds shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words.
"For the Issuance of Bonds"
and those opposed to the proposition
to the issuing of bonds shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words,
against the Issuance of Bonds"
The manner of holding said cleo
ton shall be governed by the laws
of the state of Texas. regulating
regular elections.
A copy of this order, signed by the
mayor of the city of Waxahaehie,
Ellis county, Texas, shall serve as
proper notice of said election, and
the mayor is directed to cause no
tlce of said election to be posted on
| the places designated for holding
SAID election at least thirty (S0(
days prior to the date Of holding
said election, and is authorized to
have published in the Waxahaehle
Daily Light, a newspaper published
in the city of Waxahachie, Ellis
county, Texas, notice of said cleo
ton at least thirty 600 days prior
to the date of holding said election
Passed and approved on this, thf
7th day of May, A. d, 1912.
e. B. PRINCE,
Mayor Of the City of Waxahachie