The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-21
Ordinance No. 799-C

| nam AOE the P0EPOSG OA buDHhtt-
 ting to the qualified electors of
 the city of Birmingham, for their
 determination by ballot, a prop
 osition to issue bonds of the city
 of Birmingham for the purpose
 of acquiring necessary land for
 public parks and public play
 grounds, and for improving or
 completing public parks and pub
 lie playsrounds, said bonds to be
 in the amount of seven hundred
 and fifty thousand dollars ($750,-
 OOO), to mature thirty (30) years
 after date of issue and to bear
 interest at the rate of five per
 centum 6 per centum) per an-
 mum, payable semi-annuafly, and to be secured by first mortgage or deed of trust upon the prop
 erty acquired or to be acquired
 with the proceeds of such bond
 issue, and to be further secured by the full taxing powers of the
 city of Birmingham, heretofore,
 now, or hereafter conferred upon
 it by law and by the full faith
 and credit of the city of Birming- l ham.
 | Be it ordained by the Commission l of the City of Birmingham as fol- | lows:
 Section l. That an election be and the same is hereby called to be held | In the City of Birmingham, Jefferson | County, Alabama, on Monday, the 1 22nd day of May, 1922, for the pur- pose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Birmingham. | Alabama, for their determination by | ballot, a proposition to issue bonds of l the City of Birmingham to the | amount of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), for the i purpose of acquiring necessary land ! for public parks and public play grounds, and for improving or com l pleting public parks and public play grounds, said bonds to mature thirty | (30) years from date of issue, and are to be of the denomination of | One Thousand Dollars (S1,000) each, l and are to bear interest at the rate l of five per centum 6 per centum) per annum, interest payable semi an nually from date of issue, the place | of payment of said bonds and the | date of issue to be hereafter fixed, and said bonds to be secured by first l mortgage or deed of trust upon the property acquired or to be acquired 1Wlln Ine pTOCG6uS OI SuCn -DOAu alSSuC, 1 and to be further secured by the full faith and credit of the City of Bir- 1 mingham, and by the full taxing powers of the City of Birmingham, | heretofore, now, or hereafter con- | ferred upon it by law
 Sec 2. That the Election Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, be and it Is hereby requested and in- structed to prepare the ballots to be used In such election, which may be in the following form:
 1 Official ballot for public parks and public playgrounds borfd election to be held In the City of Birmingham on Monday, the 22nd day of May. 1922
 Shall the bonds of the City of Bir- mingham to the amount of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars | (S750, ,O00), maturing thirty (30) years from date of issue, and bearing interest at the rate of five per | centum (5 per centum) per annum. l interest payable semi-annually from date of issue, be issued for the pur- pose of acquiring necessary land for public parks and public playgrounds. and for improving or completing i public parks and public playgrounds? Make a cross mark (X) before or after the proposition you wish to vote for.
 FOR PUBLIC PARKS AND PUBLIC 1 FAIRGROUNDS BOND ISSUE. | AGAINST PUBLIC PARKS AND | PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS BOND IS- | SUE.
 Sec. g. That the Election Commis- ] sion of the City of Birmingham is | hereby ordered and directed to give 1 thirty days notice of such election, l which said notice shall be given by | publication in the Birmingham Age 1 Herald, newspaper published in the City of Birmingham once week for | three consecutive weeks, which mo- | tice shall state the purpose for which | the election is to be held and the time and places of holding the same. the amount of the proposed bond is- | sue, the rate of interest the bonds are to bear, the time for which they are to run, and the purpose for which | the bonds are to be issued, and such notice shall be signed by the Elec- 1 ton Commission of the City of Bir- mingham. Alabama.
 Sec 4 That the election herein provided for shall be held on tho date above mentioned between the hours of eight o'clock. A. NJ. and six o'clock P. M, and by the election of I ignated by the Election Commission of the City of Birmingham, all in ac- cordance with the notice of said cleo ton to be given by the said Election | Commission as provided by law.
 Sec B. That the Election Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham shall canvass the returns and declare the result of such election. and said Com | mission shall meet in the County Court House of Jefferson County on the 2Srd day of May. 1922, at 12:00 | o'clock and shall canvass the returns of such election and declare the re- suit thereof.
 Sec. G. That a record of the result of such election as ascertained and declared by the Election Commission shall be recorded in the minutes of | the proceedings of the Commission of the City of Birmingham. and when so recorded the records shall be con- elusive evidence of the matters therein stated and the validity of such election, unless contested as re- quired by law.
 Sec. [. That the Election Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham shall appoint three managers and one re- turning officer and two clerks for each polling place. and such officers as are required by law to conduct such election, and that in appointing such officers as far as practicable one manager at each voting place shall be known to favor the issue cf
 the bonds proposed to be issued and one manager against such issue.
 That the Election Commission shall notify the managers. clerks and re-
 turning officers of their appointment and shall deliver the boxes and bal
 lots to the managers at the several
 voting places in the City of Bir-
 mingham.
 Sec. 8. That after said vote shall have been canvassed the Election