Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-18
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION.

Trustees being present, to-wit:
E. L. Wilson, P. o. Bradley, ]. T.
Bolton, R. ]. Sims, R. A. Deriso, the
petition of F. P. Jones, F. A. Wilson,
ST., w. W. Webb, L. NJ. Hawkins, ct
al, was filed with the said Trustees, a
copy of which is as follows:
To the Trustees of the Leslie School
District, located in Sumter County,
Georgia:
The undersigned, who are register
ed, qualified voters residing within the
limits of the Leslie School District, re-
specially ask you, as Trustees to call
an election to be held by virtue of the
Act approved August 18th, 1912, the
same being an act of the General AS
sembly of Georgia, for the purpose Of
determining whether or not bonds shall
be issued for the purpose of building
and equipping a school house for said
district, the same being a School Dis
trict, in which local tax is now being
levied for school purposes, as it is by
| said Act authorized.
Petitioners:
+. P. Jones, F. A. Wilson, ST., w. ~.
/ Anderson, V. C. 0dum, ]. G. Hoffman,
A. H. Walker, E D. Bigham, D. R.
Parker, G. ]. Parker, r. w. Cobb, S. C.
Evans, S. l. Cox, E. E. Gardner, ]. R.
Pitcher, r. L. Reeves, H. A. Deriso, Jr..
J. L. Jones, w. W. Webb, L. M. Haw-
kins, W. M. Laramore, ]. O. Suggs, L..
G.. Griffin, R. D. Winchester, E. W..
Brown, NJ. H. Sims, R. F. Thompson, r.
E. Brown, K. H. Hines, E. A. Bowen, D.
V. Smith, James Harp, ]. W. Suggs, w.
r. Wade, ]. @. Jones, Crisp Wilkinson,
J, w. Barwick, T. H. Ratliff, .. J.
Ranew, U. S. Lancaster, e. B. Wallace,
F. A. Wilson, Jr., Edd Jenkins, E. C.
Brown, ]. E. Ranew, R. w. Pryor, H.
H. Williams, w. L. Johnson, A. G.
James, G. D. Jones, X. Wood, Roy T.
,1nes, J. r. Remington, V. D. Bats,
P. q. Bass, ]. o. Sumerford, T. w.
Livingston, r. B. Clifton, petitioning
for an election for the purpose of
determining whether or not bonds shall
be issued for the purpose of building
and equipping school house for said
District, petition was adopted unanim
ously.
Whereas, We the Trustees of the
Leslie School District of Sumter
County, Georgia, have determined that
more than onefourth of the registered
qualified voters of the Leslie School
District in Sumter County, Georgia,
Rave filed their petition with the
board of Trustees of said District ask.
ing for an election for the purpose of
determining whether or rot bonds
shall be issued for the purpose of
building and equipping school house
for said District, and the Ordinary of
| said County having furnished and fill
ed with said Trustees list of the reg
istered, qualified voters of said Dis
!rict: it is, therefore, hereby ordered
and adjudged by said Trustees that an
election be held in said District in the
Court house in the city of Leslie, for
the purpose of determining whether or
no: bonds shall be issued for the pur
pose of building an equipping a school
house for said District, on the 18th
day of May, 1916.
The ballots cast in said election shall
have printed or written thereon, For
School House" or Against School
House"
The amount Of bonds to be ISSUED,
denomination, rate of interest, and
dates when due is hereby fixed by said
Trustees as follows: The amount
shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,-
00O), the denominations, ten bonds, the
principal of each shall be One Thous
and Dollars $4,000; five bonds with
principal each of One Thousand Dol
lars $4,000 shall be due July LIST,
! 1881, and five bonds with principal
each of One Thousand Dollars
| ($1,0O0) shall be due July LIST, 1916;
the rate of interest each bond shall
bear shall be five per cent. per annun
until the due date thereof, payable
semi-annually on the first day of Jan
uary and the first day Of July each
year, and if the interest is not paid
promptly, to bear interest annually at
the same rate; the due date of last
bond shall be July list, 1916; all Of
said bonds to bear date Of July LIST,
1919.
1t is further hereby ordered and ad
judged that the said Trustees, and
the proper authorities provide each
year by sufficient levy of the tax on
the taxable property of said School
District, and the collection thereof, for