Alma record., 1917-08-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN CITY OF ALMA
To All Qualified Electors in
Said City of Alma:

Notice is hereby given that the following
Resolution was adopted and passed by the
Common Council Of said City Of Alma Mich
gan. on the 10th day Of August, A. D., 1917 /:
The following resolution presented by
Alderman Fullerton. who moves il adoption
SUPPORTED by Alderman McConkey:
Whereas the Common Council of the City of
Alma, Michigan hereby deems the extension
OF the existing waterworks system OF said
city IN and upon certain streets described
and set forth in the estimate and report of
the City Engineer. for the introduction Of
water. and supplying the same u the said
City of Alma and the inhabitants thereof with
pure and wholesome water for the ordinary
and extraordinary uses Of the inhabitants
thereof the eNtinguishment Of fires and for
such other purposes the said Council may
prescribe. TO be a public necessity and public
Improvement. and for the public convenience
health and welfare. and
whereas the said Common Council has here
tofore caused 10 be made an estimate of the
expense Of the extension of said water works
hy the City Engineer Of said cty and which
estimate IS now on file. and of record in the
ofiice OF the City Clerk. OF said city: and il
appearing from such estimate, that the sum
OF $4,000 Is necessary for the construction
OF such work. the said sum 10 be used exclu-
sively for such extension and. whereas. the
said Common Council Of said city hereby
ceems the expenditure Of said sum of $4,000
to be public necessity and for the public
convenience. health and welfare and that the
question of raising the said sum of $4,000
required for such purposes shall be submitted
10 the electors of said City of Alma. at a
special election hereinafter called for that
purpose and TO be determined as two-thirds of
the electors voting at such election by ballot
shall decide.
Now. therefore, il Is hereby resolved by said
Common Council that it is necessary To raise
the said Of $4,000 for the purposes
aforesaid. and that special election of the
qualified voters Of said City of Alma be. and
the same is hereby called. 10 be held in the
several wards of said city on the 3lst day
of August. A. ID. 1917. between the hours of
: o'clock A. NJ. and o'clock =. NJ. for the
purpose of submitting TO said electors the
proposition of borrowing the said sum Of
$4,000 and issuing the bonds Of said City Of
Alma therefor for the purposes aforesaid. and
payable as follows; twenty years from date
of issue and said bonds 10 bear interest at the
rate Of not TO exceed 5es per annum. payable
semi-annually and TO mature within 20 years
from the date of issue. and such bonds shall
not be sold for less than their par value. and
that at such election the form OF ballot shall
be follows, viz. -
Shall the City Of Alma. Michigan. borrow
the sum Of $4,000 and issue its bonds there
for in said sum. said bonds TO mature within |
20 years from the date Of issue. and TO bear
interest Mt the rate Of not TO exceed 5g per |
snnUm, payable semi-annually. said sum Of
money TO be used exclusively for the purpose |
Of extending the present water works system. |
Shall the City Of Alma. Michigan. borrow
the sum OF s76 900 and issue its bonds there |
for in said sum. said bonds 10 n ature within /
20 years from the date Of issue. and TO bear ,
interest at the rate OF not 20 exceed So per !
annum. payable semi-annually. said sum Of
money 90 be used exclusively for the purpose
Of extending the present waterworks system
No n
And resolved that this resolution shall be 4
published in more OF the newspapers
" said City of Alma and copies thereof shall
be posted In five Of the most public places In
zach ward Of said city, at least two weeks
before the said election az which said vote Is
10 be taken. and that proof Of such publication
In the newspaper. and % such posting in the
several wards Of said city. shall be fled in the
,ffice of the city Clerk of said City
Adopted August 10. 1917.