The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-12-15

Dated at Kennewick, Washington,
this LIST day of November, 1921.
11:10-12:15 C. STASER, City Clerk.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to Ordinance No. 228 of the City
of Kennewick, Washington, special
election of the qualified electors of
said city will be held in said City on
the 18th day of December, 1921, for
the purpose Of ratifying or. rejecting
said ordinance providing for said City
to borrow the sum of Seven Thousand
Five Hundred dollars for the purpose
of purchasing fire truck and equip
ment for use by said City, and to is
sue negotiable coupon bonds Of said
City therefor, which ordinance is as
follows:
Ordinance No. 228
An Ordinance providing for the City
of Kennewick, Benton County, Wash
ington, to Borrow the Sum Of Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars for
the Purpose Of Purchasing Fire
Truck and Equipment for Use by said
City, and to Issue Negotiable Coupon
Bonds Of said City therefor, and Pro-
viding for Submitting This Ordinance
to the Qualified Electors of said City
for Ratification or Rejection at a
Special Election to be Held on the 18th
Day of December, 1921.
Whereas, the equipment for fire
protection for the City of Kennewick
is not now adequate; and
Whereas, it is deemed necessary
and advisable to purchase fire truck
and equipment for the use of said city
for fire protection; and
Whereas the City does not have suf-
ficient funds in its current expense
fund with which to purchase such
equipment; and
Whereas the City Council of said
City of Kennewick deems it advisable
for said city to create an Indebtedness
of seven thousand five hundred dollars
for the purchase of fire truck and
equipment, and to issue the negotiable
bonds of said City therefor.
Now, therefore, the City Council
Of the City of Kennewick do ordain as
follows:
Section THAT for the purpose of
providing funds to be used in pur-
chasing a fire truck and necessary
equipment for use by the City of Ken
newick for fire protection, the City of
Kennewick shall borrow money in the
sum of seven thousand five hundred
dollars ($7,500.00) and issue nego-
table bonds Of said City therefor,
which bonds shall be known and desig-
mated as "Kennewick Fire Truck
Bonds" and shall be numbered from
one up, consecutively. Numbers one
to seventy-five, inclusive, of said bonds
shall be issued in the denomination of
One Hundred dollars each, and shall
be signed by the Mayor, countersigned
by the Treasurer, and attested by the
clerk of said city and the official seal
of said City shall be affixed by the
City Clerk. Said bonds shall be pay
able twenty years from date, with the
option Of the City Of Kennewick to
pay the same, or any portion thereof,
at the expiration of ten years from
the date thereof, or at any interest
paying date after ten years and prior
to twenty years, and shall bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, and in
terest coupons shall be attached to
said bonds and both principal and in
terest shall be payable at the office of
the City Treasurer Of the City of
Kennewick. Said bonds shall be ex-
changed at not less than their par
value, and the proceeds shall be used
exclusively for the purpose hereinbe-
fore designated.
Section 2-This ordinance shall be
submitted to the qualified electors Of
the City of Kennewick for ratification
or rejection at a special election to
be held in the City of Kennewick on
the 18th day of December, 1921, and
the city clerk of said City is hereby
directed to cause notice of said pro-
posed election to be published in the
Kennewick Courier Reporter, the Of
ficial newspaper of said City, doing
the city printing, by publication of said
notice in each issue of said paper dur
ing a period of>fifteen days immed-
lately prior to said election. Said city
clerk is directed to give further notice
of said election by printing. and post
ing in each precinct of said city, at
the polling places in each precinct, a
copy of said notice and this ordinance
election. There shall be printed upon
each official ballot used at said election
the words "Shall the City Of Kennewick
IOr munlclpdi purposes, UOIroW seven
thousand five hundred dollars, and is
sue its negotiable bonds therefor?
Bonds-Yes; Bonds-No.." Every
voter electing to vote for the author
ization of said Indebtedness shall do
so by striking therefrom the words
"Bonds-No," and every voter electing
to vote against the authorization of
such indebtedness shall do so by strik-
ing therefrom the words: Bonds
Yes" so that the remaining portion Of
said ballot shall express his vote upon
said question.
Section 3-If the proposition to IN
cur said Indebtedness and issue bonds
therefor be authorized by the electors
of said City in the manner provided
by law, the money arising from the
sale of such bonds shall be placed in
special fund to be known as the
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