Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-20
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
SCHOOL ELECTION

| whereas, The voters of Churchill
School District, No. 401a, of Kent
County, and the voters of wildwood
School District, No. 70, of Kent
County, and the voters of Cedarfield
School District, No. Is, of Sussex
County, and the voters of Milford
Special School District, did on the
third day of March, A. D. 1928, vote
in favor of consolidation of the
aforesaid districts, namely: Church
ill, No. 4O15, Wildwood, No. 70, of
Kent County, and Cedarfield, No. Is,
and Johnson's, No. IS, of Sussex
County; and
Whereas, The said Johnson's Dis
trict, No. IS, of Sussex County, did
ON April 21st, 1928, vote to CONSOLE
date with the above named school
districts; and
Whereas, Said consolidation has
been approved by the State Board
of Education, and the voters Of the
aforementioned districts are all at
this time voters of Milford Special
School District; and
Whereas, The State Board of Edu-
cation of the State of Delaware has
submitted to the Board of Education
of the Milford Special School Dis
trict, the general nature and char
acter of the school building i'm
provements proposed for said dis
trict, and the Board of Education of
the Milford Special School District
within one month from the receipt
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of Education above referred to, did
adopt resolution by majority vote
for the contemplated improvement
in said district, as submitted by the
State Board of Education, and did
forthwith transmit to the State
Board of Education a copy of said
resolution ratifying and accepting
the proposal Of the State Board of
said resolution being
properly certided by the Secretary
Of the Board, Therefore, the Board
Of Education of the Milford Special
School District, as at present con-
55ituted, has called on the End day
Of July, A. D. 1928, for a special
school election to be held at the
Main School House in the Town of
being the place where
school elections are usually held, on
Friday, the 9th day of July, A. D.
1928, between the hours of one
D 'clock and eight o'clock P. NJ, for
the purpose of vo ing for or against
Borrowing by said Milford Special /
School District, Us at presently con- !
the SUM of S97824.00, and /
The issuance of bonds to secure said
sum as the share or part of the
said Milford Special School District, |
rs at present constituted, of the
cost of the erection and
equipment of a new school building
i0r said Milford Special School Dis |
.rict, as at present constituted, the
said sum of S27,S24.00, being two
per cent of the assessed value of the
real and personal property within
he boundaries of the said Milford
Special School District, as at pres
snt constituted, as shown by the
County assessment in force during |
he year 1919.
The erection and equipment of
he Junior-Senior High School for |
said Milford Special School District, |
as at present constituted, according
to the plan submitted to the Board
Of Education of the Milford Special /
School District by the State Board
Of Education. contemplates the cree
ton and equipment of a building,
for which $27,824.0O is to be adj
vanced by the said Milford Special
School District, as provided by
154, Volume 35 of the Laws
Of Delaware.
If majority of the votes cast by
The voters at said Special School
Election shall be for the bond issue
herein described, then bonds to the
amount of $27,824.00 voted upon at
said election shall be issued, as
provided by Section So of Article 8,
100, Volume 80 of the Laws
Of Delaware, and by Chapter 154,
Volume 35 of the Laws of Delaware,
but if at such election a majority
of the votes cast shall be against
the bond issue, then the proposed
bond issue shall not be made.
At the same election four mem
bers of the school building commits
sion for the Milford Special School
District shall be elected.
By Resolution of
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
MILFORD SPECIAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT ,
Signed:
THEODORE TOWNSEND, Pres.
DIR. WALTER L. GRIER. V.-P.