The daily sentinel., 1913-10-18
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION.

In pursuance of the law of the
State of Colorado and of the charter
of the City of Grand Junction and of
the resolutions of the City Council
in conformity Herewith, PUBLIC
Z NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that a
regular election of the City of Grand
Junction will be held in the places
I herein designated in the various cleo
/ ton precincts of the City of Grand
Junction on the 4th day of Novem-
ber A. d. 1913; that at the said
election the following officers will be
elected to fill the regular four-year
term:
First. Commissioner of Public Az
fairs and ex-officio Mayor.
Second. Commissioner of Water
and Sewers.
That at said election the question
of the adoption or rejection of two
amendments to the charter of the city
of Grand Junction will be submitted
to the qualified electors for their
adoption or rejection. The first
amendment is to Section 81 of Arti-
Gle VII of the Charter The second
amendment is to Section 49 of Arti-
Gle vi of the Charter.
That at said election the following
propositions or measures will be sub
mitted TO the qualified electors of the
CITY OF Grand Junction for their
adoption or rejection.
First. BE it Resolved, that the
City Council of the City of Grand
Junction, after first securing expert
estimates. inventories, and appraise-
ments, shall proceed to purchase un-
der the terms of its franchise the
Electric Light and Power Plant now
operating In said City; or il such
purchase shall be found to be unwise
or impossible of said Council shall
proceed to build an electric light and
power plant; or IL said purchase or
building shall be found to be unwise
or Illegal, said Council shall pro-
ceed to condemn and purchase said
existing plant; provided. that not to
exceed one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars tsl25, 5,OO0.O0) shall
be paid for said existing plant.
Second. Be 1t Resolved, that the
City Council of the City of Grand
Junction, after first securing expert
estimates, inventories. and appraise-
ments, shall proceed to purchase un-
der the terms of its franchises the
Gas Plant now operating in said City,
or If such purchase shall be found
unwise or impossible said Council
shall proceed to build gas plant
sufficient to supply the needs of
|said city, and. provided, that not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars (s5O,-
I 100000 shall be paid for said exist
ing plant.
Third. Shall this City of Grand
Junction, Colorado, reverse its vote
creating anti-saloon territory under
the Local Option Law of Colorado?
That at said election the following
proposed ordinances will be submit
ted to the qualified electors of the
City of Grand Junction for their
adoption or rejection;
First. An ordinance in reference
to the salaries of the Commissioner
| of Highways, of Finance and Supplies
and of Health and Civic Beauty.
! Second. An ordinance concerning
the sale of Lot lG, Block 1926, in the
/ City of Grand Junction, and proyid-
ing for the purchase of the necessary
| real estate and the building thereon
of the new Fire Engine House and
/ City Jail and providing for the pay
ment of such real estate and build
/ ing.
Third. An ordinance regulating
the sale of intoxicating liquors, pro-
viding for license therefor. and fix
ing the amount thereof, and provid-
ing for the punishment for the vio-
lation of the same.
Fourth. An ordinance relating to
the purchase or condemnation of
public utilities.
Fifth. An ordinance to provide
for the acquisition, ownership and
operation by the City of Grand June
ton, of certain public utilities and
FOR the issuance of bonds in the
amount necessary therefor.
Sixth. An ordinance providing
for the purchase by the City of Grand
Junction, Colorado, of the north
west quarter of the northwest quar-
ter of Section 13, Township l SOUTH
Range l west of the Ute Meridian in
Mesa County, Colorado, subject TO
rights-of-way for roads and bitches
already established, to be used as
public park for the city and the in
hahitants thereof, and providing for
the creation of an Indebtedness on
behalf of the said city by the issu-
ance and sale OF its bonds in the sum
OF thirty thousand dollars $780,
UOO.0O) Tor the purpose of paying
for the said real estate.
At said election the following
question or measures will also be
submitted to the qualified tax pay
ing electors, under the law of the
City of Grand Junction, Colorado:
First. Shall the City of Grand
Junction, Colorado, levy in each of
the years, 1913 and 1914, * of one
mill tax, and appropriate to be ex-
PENDED in each of the years, 1914
and 1915, the sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars (s2,500.OO) to be
used for the purpose of advertising
the said city and in fostering and en-
couraging home industry?
Second. Shall the City Council of
the City of Grand Junction, Colorado,
issue and sell bonds in the aggregate