The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-05

BE 1T ORDAINED by the Board
of Council of the City of Paris,
that,
WHEREAS, the Board of Eduea-
ton of the City of Paris have sub
mitted through the City Clerk to the
Board of Council of the City of
Paris a written report setting forth
the fact that the additions hereto
fore begun to the City School for
white children and the City School
for colored children and the equip
ment of same is complete. and that
said Board of Education have sub
mitted the funds heretofore provid-
ed for said purpose, and it appear
ing that it will be necessary to pro-
vide other and additional funds to
&vmplete said work, and it further
appearing that such funds can only
be provided by the sale of bonds of
the City of Paris.
THEREFORE BE 1T ORDAINED
by the Board of Council of the City
of Paris in regular meeting assem-
bled that an election be and the
same is hereby called and ordered to
be held on Saturday, the 9th day of
December, 1919, in the said City of
Paris for the purpose of taking the
sense of the legal electors of the City
Of Paris upon the following question,
to-wit:
Are you in favor of issuing bonds
of the City of Paris, Kentucky, in
the sum of Thirty-five Thousand
Dollars, to be paid by levies annually
to meet said bonds and the interest
thereon, for the purpose of complet.
ing and equipping the additions to
the City School for white children
and the addition to the City School
for colored children? The annual
assessment for the purpose of pay
ing the interest and creating &
sinking fund shall not exceed
s3,500.O0."
z. That there is hereby called
and ordered to be held in the City
of Paris special registration on the
Goth day of December, 1919, for thu
purpose Of registering all qualified
electors of said City. who are not al
ready registered.
8. For the purpose of holding
hereby ordered that the Sheriff Of
Bourbon County is hereby directed
on the dates aforesaid-to cause the
polls to be opened at the regular
voting places in all of the voting
precincts of the City of Paris dur.
ing the hours required by law.
A. 1t is further ordered that al
qualified electors of the City OF
Paris be permitted to vote 81
said election.
s. The City Clerk is directed to
give notice of the time and place Of
said registration and election in the
official publications of the City OF
Paris. the same being newspapers OF
general circulation in said City, fol
at least two weeks prior to the date
of said registration and election
Such notice shall specify the amount
of indebtedness to be incurred, the
purpose of same and the amount nee
essary to be raised annually by tax
alton to pay the interest on said
bonds and to create a sinking fund
to redeem such bonds as they ma
ture.
6. The City Clerk will furnish to
TO the Clerk of the Bourbon County
Court within ten days after its pas
sage a certified copy of this ordi-
nance, and said Sheriff and said
Clerk of the County Court are di-
rected to do and perform all and
every the acts required, by them
respectfully, under the law in con-
Quoting said registration and cleo
ton and in the preservation, can
wasting and certification of the re-
turns thereof.
z. 1t is further ordered that the
Board of Election Commissioners
of Bourbon County shall canvass the
returns of said election and certify
the results thereof and they are di-
rected to deliver a copy of their
certification to the Board of Council
of the City of Paris and to the Board
of Education of the City of Paris.
8. 1t is further ordered that said
election shall be vive voce.
8. 1t is further ordered that il
the required majority Of the legal
electors of the City Of Paris vote in
favor of said proposition that said
bonds shall be issued payable in
equal installments of one to twenty
years from date of issue, and shall
bear interest at a rate not to ex-
coed SO per annum.
10. If the required majority of
the legal electors vote in favor of
the issue of said bonds 1T is ordered
that there be ar there IS hereby