Smyrna times., 1940-05-16
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION IN CLAYTON
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. II9

Whereas Greenspring District No. 20 in
New Castle County, Oak Hill District No.
II in New Castle County. Alley District
No. in Kent County. Blackiston District
No. ia in Kent County have at various
times and in the manner provided by law
become duly consolidated with Clayton
School District No. ll9 in Kent County and
the voters of the aforesaid District are all
at this time voters of Clayton Consolidat-
ed School District No. 49, and
WHEREAS by proper action of the
Board of School Trustees of Clayton Con-
solidated School District No. 1l9 and of
The State Board of Education of the State
of Delaware, Clayton Building Program
has been duly presented and approved and
authority has been secured for the holding
of a special referendum election in said
Consolidated District to vote on the issu-
ance of bonds by said Consolidated Dis
trict for the purpose of putting into effect
said building program.
THEREFORE. pursuant to resolution of
the Board of School Trustees of Clayton
Consolidated School District No. 119 duly
adopted at a meeting held on May 3. 1940
notice is hereby given that special refer
endum election will be held at the main
School House in said Consolidated District,
located on West Main Street in the Town
of Clayton. Kent County and State of Del
aware in the Office of the principal of the
schools of said Consolidated District. being
the place where school elections are usually
held in the aforesaid Clayton Consolidated
School District No. 119, on Saturday. the
Twenty-Fffth (25th) day of May. A. ID.
1910, between the hours of One o'clock
p. M. and Eight o'clock p. M. Eastern
Standard Time) for the purpose of quail
flied voters of said Consolidated District
voting for or against the borrowing by said
Consolidated District of a sum not in ex-
cess of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars
+ 1886. .000) and the issuance of bonds on the
credit of said Consolidated District to Sc
cure the said sum. as the share or part of
said Consolidated District of the estimated
cost for the erection and equipment OF
combined auditorium-gymnasium and q
basement cafeteria, as an integral part OF
the present school plant, now located on
West Main Street in the aforesaid Town oi
Clayton, the Board of School Trustees have
been assured by Works Progress Admins.
tration that il will furnish without expense
to the Consolidated District such unskillet
labor as is available for excavation. grad
ing and such other work connected witt
the erection of said building as the avail
able labor is qualified to perform. subjec
TO the superintendence of the Consolidated
District and in conjunction with the con
tractor which is employed for the erection
of said building.
AT said election every person in sal,
Consolidated School District who would b.
qualified to vote at general election 1
the same were held on May 25. 1910, shal
be entitled to vote for or against the afore
said bond issue.
n majority Of the votes cast by th
qualified voters shall be for the bond issu
herein mentioned. then bonds not in exces
of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars fS35.000
shall be issued on the credit of said Con
solidated School District provided by tn
statutes Of the State of Delaware. but If a
said election a majority Of the votes cas-
by the qualified voters shall be against tn,
bond issue. then the proposed bond issu
shall not be issued.
By resolution of
BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEE:
OF CLAYTON CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 119.
Willard w. Hickman. Clerk.