The Tupelo journal., 1912-05-10
NOTICE OF BOND ISSUE

~ IVA A0oOH
Whereas, it is manifest to the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town Of Guntown
Mississippi, that there is immediate ~necessit,
for improving and paving certain streets and
sidewalks in said town:
Be it therefore resolved, that it is the pur-
pose of the Mayor aud Board Of Aldermen Of
the town Of Guntown, Mississippi, to issue the
bonds Of said town Of Guntown 10 the amount
Of Five Thousand Dollars. ($5, 000.OO) or So
much thereof as may be necessary, for the pur.
pose OF improving and paving certain streets
and sidewalks in said town.
The above notice is published in accord.
ance with Sections 3415, 3416, 341o, 1920
and such other sections Of the Annotated Code
Of Mississippi Of 1906 and such amendments
thereto as may have been made and are appli.
cable thereto. for the purpose Of notifying the
taxpayers of the own Of Guntown, Mississippi
of the proposed action os the Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen Of said town. so that if there be
any opposition to. the issuance Of said bonds,
it may be presented to the Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen Of the town Of Guntown, Missis-
sippi, os provided by law on or before the first
Tuesday Of May, 1912, the same being the 7th
day Of May, 1912.
1t is further ordered that the above notice
be published in the Guntown Hot Times, a
weekly newspaper published in said town Of
Guntown, Mississippi, for three successive
weeks next preceding the said first Tuesday,
the 7th day of May. 1912.
The ordinance was reduced to writing prior
to being considered and voted upon and was
read, considered and voted upon by sections at
a regular adjourned public meeting Of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the town Of
G%untown, held at the Mayors office in the
town of Guntown, Mississippi. on Friday,
April 5th, 1912. and the vote on its final pas
Sage was taken by a yea and nay vote, all al
dermen present, viz: r. B. Eptine. c. Y.
Houston. J. r Clayton. L. c. Kinds and M.
l.. Waters, and all voting yea on each and
every section. There being also present n.
H. Crenshaw, Mayor and M. L. Waters, Clerk.
NJ. L. WATERS, N. H. CRENSHAW,
Clerk. Mayor.
And whereas, it fully appears to the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen. that the above resolu-
tion was fully set out in the minutes Of the
proceedings of the Mayor and Board Of Alder
men and that the same now appears Of record
in minute book 2 at pages 70, n, % Of the
minutes of said town;
And where's, it fully p e ar S
f ON the at davit of Mrs. George
b. Fr,wr, and publisher
of the Guntown Hot Times, a weekly newspa-
per published in said town Of Guntown, Mis-
sissippi, which said affidavit is attached to
the notice and is Of record in the Mayors Of
flee and filed with the town clerk, together
with the notice, which is copied and annexed
herewith and made a part of this ordinance
land is required to be copied by the town
clerk as a part hereof in this ordinance) and
it further appears that the said notice was
duly published in the Guntown Hot Times, a
weekly newspaper published as above set forth
for a period of three weeks next preceding the
meeting Of this board begun and held on May
7th, 1912, as required by Section 3419 Of the
Code Of 1906 as shown by Exhibit A" hereto
attached
And whereas, it further appears to the board
that no petition against the issuance Of said
bonds has been filed as required by said no
tice:
And whereas, il further appears that since
the proposed issue Of Five Thousand Dollars,
ass, 0O0TO0) Of the bonds Of The said town Of
Guntown, Mississippi, Tor SO much thereof as
may be necessary will not exceed seven per
centum q per ct Of the assessed valuation
Of all the taxable property in said town as
shown by the assessment rolls Of said munich
pality on file in the Mayors office in said
town, that il will not be necessary to order an
election to determine whether or not said Pro-
posed issue Of bonds shall be authorized by
the qualified electors Of said town:
Now therefore. be If ordained BY the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen Of the town Of Gun
town. Mississippi;
First, that due notice Of the..~intention Of the
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen to issue the
bonds Of said town Of Guntown, Mississippi.
in the sum Of Five Thousand Dollars.