Arizona republican., 1919-06-25

QUESTION SUBMITTED
 Shall the Commission of the City
 of Phoenix, Maricopa County, State
 of Arizona, be authorized to create
 an indebtedness for and on behalf
 of the said City of Phoenix, and
 upon the credit thereof in excess
 of four per centum of the value
 of the taxable property of said City,
 but not in excess of fifteen per cen
 tum of the value of said taxable
 property of the City of Phoenix, by
 issuing negotiable coupon bonds of
 said City in the amount of One
 Million Three Hundred Thousand
 Dollars, for the purpose of acquir-
 ing funds for the purchase, con-
 struction and installation of
 waterworkS system, to be owned
 and controlled exclusively by the
 said City of Phoenix Said bonds
 to consist of thirteen hundred
 bonds, numbered one to thirteen
 hundred, both inclusive, in de-
 nominations of One Thousand Dol
 lars each; which bonds shall bear
 the date of their issuance; shall
 be payable to bearer, and bear in-
 terest as evidenced by coupons at
 tached thereto at the rate of 5 per
 centum per annum, payable semi
 annually on the first days of
 January and July, beginning Janu-
 ary l, 1920, at some bank in the
 City of New York, State of New
 York, and said bonds shall ma
 ture January 1, 1850"
 Immediately following said propo- sition so to be submitted to the prop erty taxpayers of said City, who shall in all other respects be qualified cleo tors in said City, the words Yes and "No'' shall be printed in such manner that said electors of said City may clearly express their approval or disapproval of the proposition so to be submitted, substantially as required in Section $, Chapter XIV. of the Charter of the City of Phoenxi.
 Section 6. The Clerk of the City of Phoenix is hereby authorized, in structed and directed to post at least five copies of this Ordinance and the Notice of Special Election in five pub lie places within the City of Phoenix, at least twelve days prior to the date of the election hereby called and di- rected to be held, and shall post a copy of said Ordinance and Notice of Special Election at each of such polling places, provided, that in addition to the posting of said Ordinance and the Notice of Special Election, publication of said Ordinance shall be made in the Arizona Republican" being a news paper published in the City of Phoenix Arizona, and further provided that publication of the Notice of the Special Election herein provided to be given shall be made in the said Arizona Republican, being the newspaper desig mated by the Mayor for that purpose for not less than thirty days prior to the day of said election.>
 Section z. That the Mayor and Clerk of the City of Phoenix are hereby au- thorized and directed to cause a mo- tice of Special Election to be posted and published as hereinbefore provided and the said Clerk is hereby further authorized and directed to effectuatt | the various provisions hereof. Section 8. The preservation of ths public health, welfare and safety ol | the City of Phoenix, requires that this ordinance shall become effective i'm mediately, and an emergency is here l by declared to exist, and this ordinance t, is hereby declared to be exempt iron | the Referendum provisions of the City ! Charter, and this ordinance shall takt | effect and become operative from an( after its passage and approval by tn, ! Mayor
 | Section g. Ordinance No. 26e, passed | by the Commission and approved thu 1 11th day of June, 1919, is hereby re pealed.
 Passed by the Commission of the Cit! of Phoenix, this 18th day of June, 1919 Approved:
 PETER CORPSTEIN, 1 Mayor. Attest: FRANK THOMAS,
 City Clerk.
 WHEREAS, the undersigned, Mayo of the City of Phoenix, has duly desig mated THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN a newspaper published within said Cit. of Phoenix, in which the notice of sai, special election is to be published, a required by Paragraph 5270, Revise Statutes of Arizona, 1913;
 NOW, THEREFORE, I, the under signed, mayor of the City of Phoeni3 Maricopa County, Arizona, in accord ance with and by virtue of the pro visions of said ordinance No. 271 passed and adopted b the Commission of the City of Phoe nix on the 18th day of June, 1919, a aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and giv public notice that a special electio will be held within the said City c Phoenix on the 18th day of July, 191! for the purpose of submitting to tn property taxpayers of said city, wh shall be in other respects qualifie electors of said city, the questio whether or not negotiable coupe bonds of the City of Phoenix shall b issued in the aggregate principal SUI of One Million Three Hundred Thou sand Dollars (s1,300,000) for the pur pose of providing funds with which 1 purchase, construct and install watt , works system in and for said city, an the indebtedness of said city be ir creased thereby over and above th four per cent limitation as fixed b law, which said bonds are to bear th 2 date of their issuance, be payable bearer, and bear interest as evidence . by coupons attached thereto at tt , rate of five per cent per annum. pay ,I able semi annually on the first day of January and July in each year; , be of the denomination of One Thou , sand Dollars (s1,00o) each, and to f numbered from One CD to Thirtee f Hundred QSo0) both inclusive, and [ , become due and payable on Janual f 1, 1850;
 The said water works system to , owned and controlled exclusively | | the City of Phoenix;
 Said special election shall be held the regular voting places within sa :. City of Phoenix, which have been de. : ignated by Ordinance 271, as follows l First Precinct: Adams street scho building;
 Second Precinct: Central Scho f building;
 } Third Precinct: 235 North Centr l avenue;
 e Fourth Precinct: Monroe Scho Q building;