The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-05-01
Resolutions
CITY HALL, PARIS, KY.

| April 20, 1911.
WHEREAS, The Board of Education
or the City of Paris have submitted
through the City Clerk to the Board
of Council of the City Of Paris writ
ten report setting forth the needs o.
said school, and
whereas, 1t appears therefrom that
there is imperatively demanded and
that the necessities Of said schools re
quire that an addition to the school
building for white children be con.
structed and equipped and an ad
dition to the school building for col
ored children be constructed and
equipped, and it further appearing
from said report that the sum of S46,-
10000 will be required for said pur.
poses, and it appearing that said sun.
cannot be raised by levy of a tax
allowed by law in any one year and
that the said sum necessary to be ex-
pended for said purposes exceeds the
income and revenue of the City of
Paris for school purposes in any one
year, and
Whereas, 1t further appears that the
only practicable method of raising said
sum of money is by an issue of bonds
and levy from time to time to pay
the bonds and interest thereon, and
Whereas, Said Board of Education
in said report recommended and re
quested that the proposition of issuing
the bonds in the amount aforesaid be
submitted to vote of the qualifie
voters of the City of Paris, Kentucky.
Therefore, Be it resilved by the
Board Of Council of the City of Paris,
Kentucky, that an election be and the
same is hereby called and ordered to
be held on the I'd day of June, 1917,
and that at said election there be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
City of Paris, Kentucky, the following
proposition:
,"Are you in favor of issuing bonds
in the sum of S46,00000 to be paid
by levies from time to time to meet
the bonds and interest thereon, for the
purpose Of constructing and equipping
an addition to the City School for
white children and an addition to the
City School for colored children?"
There is likewise called and order.
ed to be held a special registration Oh
the 21st day of May, 1917, for the
purpose of registering all qualified
electors who are not already properly
registered. For the purpose of holding
said election and registration, it is
ordered that the Sheriff of Bourbon
County, on the dates aforesaid cause
the polls to be opened in each of the
six voting precincts in the City Of
Paris on the dates aforesaid and as
the law directs.
1t is further ordered that said bonds,
il authorized to be issued, shall ma
ture at Intervals TO be hereafter de-
but none of said bonds are
TO mature at later date than 90 years
after the date of issue, and that there
shall be raised annually by taxation
for said purpose the sum of 81 900, Or
such part thereof as may be necessary
'or an interest and sinking fund for
he purpose of paying the interest on
said bonds and redeeming said bonds /
1t their maturity. Said bonds shall !
De issued providing for the payment !
If interest thereon at the rate ofinot
more than per cent. per annum. /.
At the election herein ordered the
Qualified voters of the City of Paris,
kentucky, shall have the right to vote,
nd tax proposed to be levied for the
urposes aforesaid shall be levied upon |.