The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-23
(First published in the Guthrie Daily
Leader, December 20, 1914,)
ORDINANCE NO. 1897.

OHDINANCE NO. 1897.
An Ordinance authorizing the
Mayor OF the City of Guthrie, OKLA
hcma, to call a special election for
the purpose OF submitting to the
qualified tax paying voters of said
City OF Guthrie the question of the
issuance OF certain bonds of said
city and declaring an emergency.
Be It Ordained BY the Mayor and
Board of Commissioners of the
City of Guthrie, oklahoma:
Section /. That the Mayor of the
City of Guthrie, Oklahoma, be and
he is hereby directed to call a special
election for the purpose Of submitting
to the qualified, property tax paying
voters of said City of Guthrie the
following proposition, to-wit
Shall the City OF Guthrie. Okla
homa, incur an Indebtedness in the
aggregate sum of Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,00J00) by issuing its
negotiable coupon bonds for that
amount at a rate of interest not to
exceed five per cent (5 per cent? per
annum, payable semi annually, to be-
come due not later than twenty-five
| (25) years from their date; Thirty
Thousand Dollars 100000 00) of said
sum or such part thereof as may be
required, to lie used to obtain and
conserve an adequate water supply
for said City of Guthrie by improving
the Cottonwood River by the repair of
the old dam or the construction of
new dam in what is commonly known
as the Santa Fe Cut Off and the con
struction of such other dams, sluice
gates, impounding reservoirs and I'M
provements incidental thereto in and
along the Cottonwood River as may
be necessary to obtain and conserve
ali adequate water supply for said
city; and Twenty Thousand Dollars
$20,000.00) of said sum or such part
thereof as may be required TO be
used in the repair and improve
ment of the present pumping plant
by the purchase and installation
of pumps, boilers, engines and other
equipment, together with such founda-
tions and incidental Improvement as
may be necessary to supply said
water to the stand pipe and water
mains fsaid city, all of said i'm
provements to be owned exclusively
by said City of Guthrie, and levy and
collect a tax in addition to all other
taxes upon all the taxable property
in said city to pay the interest on
said bonds as it falls due and also to
constitute a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the principal thereof when
due"
Section 9. That the Mayor of the
City OF Guthrie, Oklahoma, be and he
is hereby authorized to set forth in
said proclamation the proposition to
be voted upon at such election as
above set forth; the places in each
precinct at which said election shall
be held, the time of the opening and
closing of the polls. names OF officers
who shall conduct such election, and
said proclamation shall be published
as provided by law.
Section s. On account of the inn
mediate need Of said improvement
and the danger to the public safety,
an emergency is hereby declared to
exist necessary for the preservation
Of the public safety on which ac-
count this Ordinance shall take eff
-eet and be in force from and after
is passage, approval and publication.
Passed by the Board of commis>
'ioners and approved by the Mayor
his 23rd day of December, A. d.,
-914.
J. Z. NISSLEY.
Mayor.