The Winslow mail., 1925-02-13
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF COMMON
COUNCIL TOWN OF WINSLOW

WinsIow, Ariz., February 10, 1928
A special meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of WinsloW, Oh
Navajo County, Arizona, was held
at the City Hall, the usual meeting
place in said town, on the 10th day
of February, A. d. 1925, conven-
ing at the hour of 500 o'clock p
M, and upon roll call the following
were found to be present:
Mayor: Fred B. Douglas.
Town Clerk: c. l.. Murphy
Councilmen: Horace Evans, "A.
E. Gillard, E. H. Black.
Absent: ]. H. Holm, j. b. Ed
wards and G. d. Anderson.
The following proceedings were
had and taken:
Thereupon Councilman E. H.
Black introduced the proposed Or
dinance entitled:
IAN ORDINANCE CALLING A
SPECIAL ELECTION IN AND FOR
THE TOWN OF WINSLOW, NAV
AJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING
TO THE PROPERTY TAX PAY
ERS AND WHO ARE IN ALL 9TH
Err RESPECTS QUALIFIED ELEC-
TORS OF SAID TOWN, THE
QUESTION OF BORROWING MON
Ely AND ISSUING BONDS OF
SAID TOWN IN THE AGGRE-
GATE PRINCIPAL SUM OF FIF-
TY THOUSAND DOLLARS $780,
OOO). AND THEREBY INCUR AN
INDEBTEDNESS IN EXCESS OF
FOUR PER CENTUM OF THE
VALUE OF THE TAXABLE PROP
ERTY IN SAID TOWN, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS
WITH WHICH TO EXTEND AND
IMPROVE THE GAS WORKS AND
SYSTEM NOW OWNED AND OP-,
GRATED BY SAID TOWN, PRO
VIDING THE TERM OF SAID
BONDS, THE RATE OF INTER-
EST TO BE PAID THEREON,
WHEN SUCH INTEREST SHALL
BE PAID, THE DATE OF MATUR-
ITY OF SAID BONDS, FIXING
THE DETAILS OF SAID ELEC-
TION AND REPEATING ALL OR
DINANCES. ORDERS OR RESO-
LUTIONS OF SAID TOWN IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY"
The clerk then read said propos-
ed ordinance in full and at length,
and
Thereupon Councilman Gillard
moved that all laws, rules or reso-
lutions which, unless suspended
would prevent the final passage
and approval of said ordinance at
this meeting be suspended, and that
said ordinance be read the second
and third time by title and placed
upon it's final passage at this meet
ing.
The motion being duly seconded
by Councilman Black, the mayor
put the question upon motion and
upon roll call the vote resulted as
follows:
Those voting aye" Horace
Evans, A. E. Gillard, E. H. Black.
Those voting NAY" None.
Thereupon the mayor declared
the motion to have duly carried
and instructed the clerk to read
the proposed ordinance the second
and third time by title which the
clerk proceeded to do.
The mayor then stated that un-
der the motion, the proposed ordin3.
ance was placed upon its final pas
sage and stated the question shall
the proposed ordinance pass as
read?" and the roll being called,
vote of the final passage and
adoption of said ordinance resulted
as follows:
Those voting aye" Horace
Evans. A. E. Gillard, E. H. Black.
Those voting May" None,
The said ordinance having duly
passed and been adopted, the same
was presented to the mayor for
his approval and the mayor having
considered the same in open ses-
sion of the council, signed and ap-
proved the same, which was seal
ed with the corporate seal of the
said town and attested by the town
clerk
Said ordinance was thereupon
numbered Ordinance No. 1876" and
the mayor ordered the same be re-
corded in the proper ordinance
book of said town and published
according to law.
Thereupon Councilman Evans in
troduced and moved the adoption
of the following resolution and or
der:
AN ORDER PROVIDING FOR
THE ADVERTISEMENT FO r
SALE AND SALE OF $4,000 GAS
WORKS EXTENSION BONDS OF
THE TOWN OF WINSLOW, NAV
AJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, THE
QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING
MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ISSUE
SAID BONDS TO BE SUBMITTED
AT A SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN AND FOR SAID
TOWN TIL E 18TH D AY o f
MARCH, A. D. 1925.
WHEREAS, the mayor and coun-
Gil have called a special election
of the qualified taxpaying electors
of the Town of Winslow, Arizona,
to be held the 18th day of March,
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