The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-24
Proclamation

pointed by Il mass niretfng OIL the
iesti&ans OF Waxahachie, Texas, held
Fat IRE court house IN city OF Waxa-
haclaie, Texas, On the night OF Febru~
larry Is. IsII, to wait upon and re-
lquest the Board of School Trustees
Lot sais City to order on election In
said City TO determine whether the
tnes high school building to be erect
led lii said City should be built ON
1.-THE site new owned By said City at
1.-THE head of College street known as
1.-THE Marvin College sites or on the
isite selected by said Board OF School
Trustees known as the Williams lot.
1.-THE undersigned committee having
Ibean instructed by said mass meet
ling, that in the event said Board OF
ischool Trustees should refuse to or
iaer said election, that this commit
ftce should promptly proceed 10 fig
sa date fer holding such election at
Ian early date and provide for holding
iof same In the three wards OF said
lefty and 10 appoint officers to hold
ssaid election
And whereas, the undersigned
icomnaittee did. on February "A, 1917,
present a written request TO said
Beard Of School Trustees to order
lsaid election, which request was on
February 10. 1917. refused BY said
Board OF School Trustees:
| Now. therefore. we the under
lsigned committee by virtue of said
tauihoritN on as conferred by said
imass meeting do hereby call an cleo
ltion ta be held on Monday, Febru-
lary &c, 1917, ia the three wards OF
isaid city, for the purpose OF getting
1.-THE wishes Of the voters as TO where
ithe new high school building should
Ibe located, the polls TO be opened al
Ig O'Clock a. NJ. on said February
lee. 1917. and close at { p. m. on
lgaid dav and we do hereby appoint
1.-The following citizens and qualified
Iyofers OF said city as presiding cleo
ifion officers of the respective WARDS
LOT said city to hold said election with
mower and authority TO appoint such
assistants in their respective wards
las are necessary to aid them to hold
isaid election:
/ Ward No. I---0ta CantreIl as pre-
isiaing officer; voting place to be al
John WAITS office On East Main
tstreet IN said city:
Ward No. 2 Frank Timmins as
lpresiding officer for Ward Ne. ?. thf
voting place for said Ward No. 2 tt
/ be at Waxahaehie Laundry office,
Ward No. 3.-W. D. Rybufn to bt
tpresiding officer. the voting place Il
he at the City Hall
The following form Of ballot shall
he used:
For the Williams lot.
| For the Marvin College lot at heae
lof College street.
The voters viii have ON their bal
Hot the LOT the voter wishes the new
thigh school building to be erected up
ION. erasing from his ticket or bailo
1.-THE lot or name Of the lot the vote1
idoes not. wish the new high schoo
ibuilding to be erected upon.
I MI white persons. who are qnali
fled voters under the constitution
land statutes of Texas, shall be EMIT
led to vote at said election and eacf
voter shall write his name Oh th1
/ back OF his ballot, before castini
lsuch ballot, and shall also sign {
| poll list TO be kept by the presidins
fofficeFs of said city wards and eacf
! ballot cast in the respective three
wards shall be numbered by the res
pectiye officers receiving same frea
1.-THE voter.
In all other respects the genera
flaws and rules governing the hold
ling of elections in the said city o
lWaxahaehie, Texas. shall be substan
| TALLY complied with.
Witness our hands at Waxahachie
Texas, this 18th day of February
1917,
TOM WHIPPLE,
ID. s. FUDGE,
p. Fl. THOMPSON,
JNO, p. FLEMING,
G. nj. SUPPLE.