Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-04-28
Order For Special Election
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEFIELD COUNTY
TOWN OF JOHNSTON

WHEREAS, 1t is provided by the
laws of South Carolina that it shall
be the duty of the Municipal Au-
thorities of any Incorporated City or
Town of the State upon a petition
of majority of the free holders of
the said City of Town, as shown by
the tax books, to order special cleo
tion in the said City or Town for the
purpose of issuing bonds, for any
corporate purpose set forth in said
petition;
AND WHEREAS, A petition has
been filed with the Town Clerk of the
Town of Johnston, signed by the ma
jority of the free holders Of the said
town as shown by the tax books, re-
questing the Town Council of the
Town of Johnston to order an elec-
tion therein submitting the question
of issuing bonds to the amount of
Sixty-Five Thousand ($65,0O0,O00)
Dollars for the purpose of construc-
ting a Water Works System for the
Town of Johnston.
NOW THEREFORE Be it resolved
by the Town Council of the Town of
Johnston in Council Assembled and
by the authority of the same that a
special election be, and the same is
hereby odered, in the Town of john
.ston to be held on the eleventh day
of May 1920, according to the Laws
of the State of South Carolina res
pecting said election, at which cleo
tion the registered qualified electors
of the said Town of Johnston shall
be entitled to vote on the question
or issue, "Shall the Town of Johnston
issue coupon bonds to the amount of
Sixty-Five Thousand ($65, 5,OO0,000)
Dollars, bearing interest at rate
not to exceed six per cent per annum
payable in any legal tender money of
the United States forty years after
date, with the privilege of redemp-
ton after twenty years from date,
the proceeds of sale of said bonds to
be applied to the contraction OF a
Water Works System for the said
Town." eyes" or "No."
That John Wright, Supervisor of
Registration of the said Town of
Johnston is hereby directed to open
Books of Registration twenty days
prior to said election, to wit on the
twentieth day of April 1920, and
keep them open for a period of ten
days in the office of Lott-Walker
Company in the said Town of john
.ston from eight o'clock in the fore
noon until four o'clock in the after
noon, for the pupose of registering
the names of the qualified electors of
the said Town of Johnston and that
he do give due notice of the time and
place of opening the said Books of
Registration.
That said special election shall be
held at the store of Lott-Walker Com
pany in the Town of Johnston, and
the polls shall be open at eight o'clock
in the forenoon and closed at four
o'clock in the afternoon. That at said
special election H. w. Dobey, w. M.
Wright and w. E. LaGrone shall act
as managers. That the Town Clerk
and the said manages of election do
give notice of the said election as is
required by law.
Done and ratified by the Town
Council of the Town of Johnston this
the 29th day of March 1920.
E. R. MOBLEY,
Mayor of the Town of Johnston.
E. NJ. WALKER
E. H. SMITH
CLEVELAND DERRICK,
T. S. MILFORD
P. B. WATERS
H. W. CROUCH
Wardens Town of Johnston.
j. A. SUBER,
Clerk Town of Johnston.
q. S.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD