Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
/ a Special Election will be held on
December 20, 1861, in Milford Spec
ial School District in Kent and Sussex
Counties, in the State of Delaware,
pursuant to resolution duly adopted
| on November 10, 1861, by the Board of
| Education of said School District, in
accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 21 of Title IA of the Delaware
Code of 1858, in order to permit the
voters of said School District to vote
| for or against an issue of bonds of
said School District of the aggregate
principal amount of 100000.
The polls for said election will open
at one o'clock, p. M, and will re-
Eastern Standard Time, at each of
the following three school buildings,
located within the School District, and
the voters residing in each of the
following three Voting Districts shall
vote only at the polling place at the
school building located within such
Voting District:
| Q) The polling place for the First
Voting Districts shall be at the Central
School Building located on Lake Ave-
nue. in the City of Milford, and the
boundaries of such Voting District
are as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the
Northerly boundary of the Milford
/ special StnOOl DlSITlCI WIN the state
| Highway leading from Frederica to
Milford (U. S. Route No. 113); thence
in a Southerly direction along the CEN
ter of said u. S. Route No. 113 to it's
intersection with Delaware Route No.
IA; thence in a Southerly direction
along the center of Delaware Route
No. IA to its intersection with North
Walnut Street in the City of Milford:
| thence continuing in SOutherly dir
lection with the center of Walnut Street
/ he of fnr~I nd xayft h
the center of the extension of Walnut
Street beyond the City limits to
| its intersection with Herring Branch
at the Southerly boundary of the Mil
| Southwesterly with the outlines of
said School District to a point in pub
lie road No 224; thence Northerly and
eventually Easterly with the outlines
of said School District to the place
of beginning; EXCEPTING HOW
! EVER THEREFROM the Third Vot-
| ing District established within said
outlines and hereinafter described.
(2) The polling place for the Second
Voting District shall be beat, at the s,,,d' Lulu
located on South Third Street and
Brigham Avenue in the City of Mil
ford and the boundaries of such voting
district are as follows:
| Beginning at the intersection, of the
] Northern boundary of the Milford
Especial School District with the State
Highway leading from Frederick to
Milford GU. S. Route No. 1885, thence
Southerly with the center of said U.
S. Route No. 113 to its intersection
with Delaware Route No. IA: thence
Southerly with the center of Delaware
Route No. IA to its intersection with
North Walnut Street in the City of
Milford; thence Southerly along the
City of Milford and along the center
of the extension of Walnut Street
beyond the City limits to Herring
Branch at the Southern boundary of
thence Easterly along the Southern
boundary of said School District to
the shore of Delaware Bay; thence
continuing along the outlines of the
School District Northerly along the
shore of Delaware Bay to the mouth
of Clark's Ditch thence Westerly
along the outlines of the School Dis
trict to the place of beginning.
CD The polling place for the Third
Voting District shall be at the Ben
Gated on North Street in the City of
Milford, and the boundaries of such
Voting District are as follaws:
Beginning at the Northeast corner
of the Benjamin Banneker School site
in the City of Milford; thence Souther-
ly with the Eastern line of said school
site to a point therein $50 feet East
of the Easterly line of North Street:
thence Southerly along a line parallel
line of North Street Gncluding all
dwelling houses facing North Street,
to Fourth Street; thence Westerly
with the center of Fourth Street to
West Street; thence Northerly along
the center of West Street extended
to North Street Gncluding the property
of Hayes Fountain on North Street,:
thence Northeasterly in straight
line to the Southwestern corner of
the Odd Fellows Cemetery in the
Easterly line of North Church Street;
thence Easterly along the Southern
line of the Odd Fellows Cemetery to
lands of the Milford Armory; thence
Southerly in a straight. line to the
Banneker School site, the place of
| beginning.
The bonds are to be issued to finance
a part of the cost of a school con-
struction program which it is est
imated will cost $1.5OO. 900 of which
$500, 900 is to be paid by the School
District and 5000, 900 is to be paid by
the State of Delaware. The State
Board of Education of the State of
Delaware has determined such school
construction program to be necessary
in and for the School District Said
school construction program provides
| for the construction of q new junior
high school to include II regular class
|
room including visual aids storage
room, nurses health room, gymna-
SUM, cafetorium with stage, art room
with storage room, homemaking room
with storage room, instrumental mu-
| sic room with storage room and a
coustical room, guidance room, gen.
eral science room with storage room,
industrial arts shop, conference room,
| faculty room, administrative offices,
| toilets, boiler rooms, communications
system, utilities and other basic fa-
cilities; purchase of necessary fur
niture, equipment and supplies for
said school construction and school
operation, including library books,
purchase of approximately 20 to 80
acres of land and improvement of
said site.
| Every citizen, male or female, re-
siding in said School District who
would be entitled at the time of the
holding of said Special School Elec-
| tion to register and vote at a gen
eral election if such general election
were to be held at the time of said
| Special School Election shall be deem
| ed to be a qualified voter and entitled
i to vote at said Special School Election,
regardless of whether he or she is
a registered voter at the time of said
election.
| At said election voters will be pro-
vided with ballots upon which are
printed the words FOR THE BOND
ISSUE and also the words "a
GAINST THE BOND ISSUE, each
to be separated and each followed by
a blank square in which the voter
shall mark his choice.
| BY order of the Board of Education