The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-09
ElecAn Order.

y, For $25,0UU.0U permanent Stree
is and Improvement bonds.
a. 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
N erty tax paying qualified voters OF
the city of Waxahachie, Ellis coun-
r. ty, Texas, as to whether or not the
/ city council of said city shall issue
IS twenty-five thousand ($25, 100000
> dollars in bonds for the purpose of
permanent street improvements, the
construction and paving the streets
of the city of Waxahachie, Ellis
1 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. 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
sue bonds of said city in the sum of
twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00)
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u 100000 each, payable in forty
(40) years and optional after TWEEN
ty 600 years, said bonds to bear
III interest at the rate of 5 per cent per
VI 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
u 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
ahachie, Ellis county, Texas.
Second The said election shall
be held in Ward No, / 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 2 at A. D. Mackoy's BIZ
cycle Repair Shop in the said city
of Waxahaehie, 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
> 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. M. Hill, presiding judge; ]. 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 1899, of the State of Texas.
= and only qualified voters who are
!. property tax payers of said city of
-. Waxahachie, Ellis county, Texas,
A 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 elec-
ton shall be governed by the laws
of the state of Texas. regulating
regular elections.
copy of this order, signed by the
mayor of the city of Waxahachie,
Ellis county, Texas shall serve as
proper notice Of said election, and
the mayor is directed to cause no
tice of said election to be posted on
the places designated for holding
= said election at least thirty (30)
days prior to the date of holding
said election, and is authorized to
have published in the Waxahaehie
Daily Light, a newspaper published
in the city OF Waxah ACHE, Ellis
county, Texas, a notice of said cleo