Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-04
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

To The Board of County Commission
ers of Bryan County. Oklahoma:
AS provided by law, Section 1887.
Oklahoma Laws, you are hereby noti-
fled to meet in the office of the Coun-
ty Clerk, OF Bryan County. Oklahoma,
on Wednesday. July 2, 1913, for the
purpose, of ,canvassing petitions call
ing for an election on the proposition
of issuing bonds for court house and
Jail in said County.
N Henry McCreary, County Clerk
June 26, 1918.
The above notice was published in
the Bryan County Democrat on June
rs, 1918. d.
Special Meeting Of the Board Of County
Commissioners of Bryan Ccunty
The Board of County Comp Iss,oners
of Bryan County. oklsssoma, met in
special gsession Wednesday. July 2,
1913, pursnanyS to call of the County
4 Clerk on 'ssine 26. 1913. as shown here
7!,I members of the Board were
! Rresenti J. e. Pleasant, Gray Nickles.
= James Yarbrough, Chairman. Henry
McCreary. Clerk. l4t
Thereupon a petition Of certain
qualified electors and tax payers OF
Bryan County was presented to the
board praying that vote be taken in
said county upon the question of is
suing bonds for the purpose OF build
ing and furnishing a court, house and
, Jail in said county. and purchasing a
, site therefor. said bonds to be in the
, amount Of One Hundred Fifty Thous-
and ($l5Q,O00.00) Dollars. said petit
ton being presented by J. B. Hick7
man and duly filed by the County
Clerk on Wednesday. July 2. 1913, at
10 o'clock A. NJ % ri.
After,thoroughly canvassing the peti-
tions on file and finding that more
, than one-sixth of the qualified electors
had signed the petition, the resolution
= set out below was offered by GRAY
! NicklesJ OBJ motion of Gray .Niches
: and secendI-by ]. +. Pleasant the fol
, lowing action was taken on. the. reso
For thegrefolution. Yarbrough. Nick
a les PlsBsapte ~ .p.
Against, the resolution, none.
Thereupon the Chairman announced
that thegyotes was unanimous for th'
; 50. Resolution
= DurAphL Oklahoma. ,July2, 1913,
= = WHEREAS, petition signed by cor
tain qualified electors and taypayeri
OF Brysng County. Oklahoma. Ihavin'
. been filedbrwSth the County Clerk o
said CoHBty1on the 2nd day of July
1918, requesting this Board to call al
y election r,lpon the question OF issuinI
? bonus for therpurpose of purchasing |
5 site for, and to build and furnish |
Court House and Jail at Durant Okla
n homa. coming on to be heard, tn
Board of County Commissioners find
v by personal INSPECTION made by eac'
(. I'of them of the last preceding emu
: meration pfutbe county. on file in til
office of,rther,C County Clerk. that tn
n number of the qualified electors an
taxpayers fssaid County is $500; an
+ that 124S persons. who are qualifie
electors and tax Dayer5. have signe,
n said petition< and that at least one
b. sixth of the qualified electors and 70
payers of said county. as shown b.
= the last proceeding enumeration o
v. said County. have signed said petit o'
and now present the same to thi
Board. on
AND, WHEREAS. said Board o
County Commissioners now cause {
r be shown upon this their record. Ger
9. tiflcate of the County Treasurer. show
l. ing the assessed valuation of the tax
IN able property within the County. a
Ig shown by the last annual equalize
II assessment OF the property within sal
n. county taken for the purpose OF taS
Ig alton. and ia fore and effect, at thi
,e time. together with the outstanding IL
lg debtednessl of every class and chara'
e, ter whatsoever. and the cash on han
is in the county treasury for county us
u, with the amount of bonds to be issue
as followssr
State ofOklahoma. County Of Bryal
SIS. faTNfOr
n IL. V, SPELL. the duly qualified an
acting treasurer Of the County
III Bryan, Oklahoma, hereby certify th'
r as shown chY the records Of my offic
nc the assessed valuation Of the taxab
", propertyswithip the County as show
n by the last annual e1ualized asses
he ment of the property within said couI
n ty taken fQr the purpose Of taxation
c. and in force and effect At this tim
ne is : -s+e,s +e,s-----------$l2.9S2 2,S4Oi
10 That the fetal amount of the on
I'd standing Indebtedness OF eyery cla'
mt and character whatsoever is S6O,395.'
be That the cash on hand In the Count