Smyrna times., 1952-01-17
Notice of
/ Referendum
4 81 Election

TUESDAY, January %, 1852
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a refer
endum election will be held in the Town
of Smyrna, in the County of Kent and
State of Delaware on
TUESDAY, January %, 1852
Act of the General Assembly of Delaware
entitled AN Act Authorizing The Town
of Smyrna to Borrow not in excess of Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
| ($250,000) and to Issue Bonds Therefor for
the Purpose of Establishing Sewage Dis
posal Plant, and of Extension of the Water
and Sewer Systems, the Electrical Distri-
button System and the Streets of THE
TOWN OF SMYRNA, approved by the
Governor of the State of Delaware on June
S. 1851, in order to permit the qualified
voters of said Town to vote for or against
the borrowing by THE TOWN OF
SMYRNA of the sum of $3.50, 900. on the
I faith and credit of said Town for the pur-
pose of establishing sewage disposal plant
and of extending and improving the water
and sewer systems, the electrical distribu-
ton SYSTEM and the streets of said, the
Town of Smyrna, and the issuance of bonds
of said Town of the aggregate principal
amount of S250,000. to secure the repay
ment of the sum so borrowed.
Said election will be held at the Town
Hall located at the southwest corner of
South and Main Streets, in the Town of
Smyrna, being the place where town cleo
tions are usually held in said Town, and
,, the polls at said election will be opened at
one ~ o'clock PM. Eastern Standard
Time) and will remain open until and be
closed at six (6) O'Clock PM. Eastern
Standard Time) on the day of said election.
The ballots provided for the use of voters
at such referendum election shall have
printed thereon FOR BOND ISSUE" and
AGAINST BOND ISSUE. Each voter
shall indicate his preference by making
clearly legible mark by pencil or in ink
opposite the words showing his preference,
or by merely striking out the alternative
to which he is opposed, or by said mark
of preference and also by striking out the
alternative to which he is opposed. Any
other writing and/or form of marking
ballot, except the number of votes noted
thereon by the Judge, shall render such
ballot void. No voting by proxy shall be
permitted
At such referendum election every resi-
dent and also every nonresident taxable
of said Town, of the age of twenty-one
years or upwards, who has by the time of
voting paid all town taxes Heretofore as
sessed to him, and /or assessed against the
property he owns at the time of the refer
endum election, shall be entitled to vote
and shall have one vote for each dollar, or
fractional part of a dollar, of taxes paid
| by him according to the last town assess
ment and tax payment records preceding
the referendum election.
The Judge of the election shall note on
the outside of each ballot, before he de-
posits the ballot in the ballot box, the
number of votes to which each voter is en-
titled in accordance with the Town assess
ment and tax records. In case of jointly
owned property, the votes of the owners of
shares or interests therein shall be in ac-
cordance with their respective shares or
| interests, or if all owners of a property
appear at the polls and so consent, all of
the votes may be cast by the owner of any
share or interest therein, except that the
spouse first voting may cast all the votes
| in reference to property held by husband
and wife as tenants by the entirety. If
both husband and wife, holding property as
tenants by the entirety, present themselves
to vote at the same time, each shall have
the right to vote one-half of the votes to
which they are entitled as the joint own
ers of such property. Life tenants shall
have the entire vote as to the property SO
held by them for life, and the holders of
remainder or other like interests only shall
have no vote by reason thereof.
By order of the Mayor and Council of
THE TOWN OF SMYRNA, in Kent Coun-
tv. Delaware
MARGARET M. o'NEILL.
Secretary
December 28. 1851