Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-09

Trustees of said City of El Centre t,
have said municipal Improvement &C
quired, constructed and completed, ant
that the cost thereof is and will b.
too great to be paid out of the ordinar.
annual income and revenue of SAT-
City; and
Whereas the public interest and ne
lcessity of the City of Ell Centro ant
the inhabitants thereof demand the ac
QUESTION, construction and completion
of said municipal improvement, to-wit
said concrete lining Of said settling
basins, and it is the intention of ,sait
Board of Trustees of said city to hav,
said municipal improvements ac
quired, constructed and completed
and
Whereas the estimated cost of the
acquisition, construction and compile
tion of said municipal Improvement is
the sum of Twenty-eight Thousand
Dollars ($28,000). and such cost is ant
will be too great TO be paid out of the
ordinary annual income and revenue Of
said City; and
. Whereas by and in said resolution
passed, adopted, approved and pub
lished, as aforesaid, on the said 20th
day of March, 1920, the said Board OF
Trustees further resolved and deter
mined that the public interest and pub
| lie necessity of said City of Ell Centre
and the inhabitants thereof demand
the acquisition, construction and COM
pletion by said City of Ell Centro of a
certain municipal improvement; name
| ly: municipal fire alarm system for
the purpose of signaling to the fire
department of said city when it's serv-
ices may be needed for the extinguish-
ment of fire; that said municipal i'm
provement is necessary and convenient
to carry out the objects, purposes and
the intention of said Board of Trustees
of said city. of Ell Centre to have said
municipal Improvement acquired, con-
structed and completed and that the
cost thereof is and will be too great
to be paid out of the ordinary annual
income and revenue of said city; and
Whereas the public interest and pub
lie necessity of the City of Ell Centre
and the inhabitants thereof demand
the acquisition, construction and COM
pletion of said municipal improvement,
to-wit: said municipal fire alarm sys-
TEN for the purpose of signaling to the
fire department of said City when its
services may be needed for the extin-
guishment of fire, and it is the inten-
tion of said Board of Trustees of said
City Of Ell Centro to have said munich
pal improvement acquired, constructed
and completed, ard
Whereas the estimated cost of ac-
ouisition, construction and completion
Of said municipal Improvement is the
sum Of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,-
GO0) and such cost is and will be too
great to be paid out Of the ordinary
annual income and revenue of said
city;
SECTION II. Now, Therefore. that
a special election be and the same is
hereby called to be held in said City of
FL Centre on Monday, the 18th day of
April, 1920, together with the gen
eral municipal election provided by
law and by this ordinance to be held on
said day for the purpose of voting for
and electing three members Of the
Board Of Trustees of said city for the
term prescribed by law, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the qualified
voters of said city each of the afore-
said propositions of incurring bond
ed Indebtedness for the respective pur-
poses set forth in said resolution and
hereinafter stated respectively. /,
SECTION FL. That the objects and
purposes for which, the said indebted
ness hereinabove first mentioned is
proposed to be incurred are the fol-
lowing, to-wit: the acquisition, con-
struction and completion by the City.
of El Centro of certain revenue-p pro-
ducing municipal improvement, to-wit:
municipal water works and water sys-
tenn of said city including the acquisi-
tion of lands, water rights, rights Of
way and the construction of aqueducts,
bitches, canals, reservoirs, distribut-
ing system, pumping and publication
plants and other works necessary
therefor for the purpose of furnishing
and supplying the City of Ell Centre
and the inhabitants thereof with water
for domestic use. and irrigation pur-
poses, extinguishing fires, /. flushing
sewers, sprinkling streets and other
purposes; that the estimated cost of
said municipal improvements is One
Hundred and Ninety-five Thousand
Dollars ($195. .O00), and said cost is
and will be too great to be paid out
of the ordinary annual income and rev.
enue of said City; that the amount of
the principal of the Indebtedness to be
ilcurred therefor is One Hundred Nine
ty-five Thousand Dollars ($195,000)
and that the maximum rate of inter-
est to be paid on said Indebtedness is
six per ccntum (6 per cent? per an
mum payable semi-annually, which
rate shall not be exceeded in the issu-
ance of the bonds for such indebted
ness.
SECTION w. That the objects and
purposes for which the said indebted
ness in the second proposition herein
above mentioned is proposed to be IN
Cured are the following, to-wit: the
acquisition, construction and compile
ton by. the said City of Ell Centre Of
a certain municipal improvement, to-
wit: concrete lining Of the settling
basins of the present water syster, of
said city; that the estimated cost of
said municipal improvement is the
sum of Twenty-eight Thousand Dol
lars 1928. .000), and that said cost is
and win be too great to be paid out of
the crlhary annual income and reve-