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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-10-18 Election for Sewer Improvement BondTHE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF ERATH CITY OF STEPHENVILLE A On this the A day of October, 55, the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened i Meeting, at the regular meeting place, with the following members present, to -wit: Henry Clark, Mayor, J. W. Clements, Dean Murray, J. P. Hedrick, J. D. Farr, Jr., Aldermen, Doyle White, Charles Riggins, John Hancock, J. Herman Ferguson, Rex H. Cates, C' Secrets. , and with the following absent: L" , constituting a quorum of the City Eouncil, at which time the following proceedings were had: Alderma introduced a resolution and made a motion that it be adopted. The motion was seconded by Alderman The motion carrying with it the adoption of the resolution prevailed by the following vote: AYES: Aldermen Clements, Murray, Hedrick, Farr, White, Riggins, Hancock and Ferguson and Mayor Clark. NOES: None. The resolution is as follows: A RESOLUTION CALLING AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION TAX BONDS. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, deems it advisable to issue the bonds of the said City for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE) TEXAS: � _ i J 1. That an election be held in said City of Stephenville, Texas, on the 12th day of November, 1955) at which election the following proposition shall be submitted: "Shall the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, be authorized to issue the bonds of said City in the amount of $150,000.00, maturing serially in such installments as may be fixed by the City Council, the maximum maturity date being not more than Twenty (20) years from their date, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed Three and one-fourth (3-1/4%) per cent per annum, and to levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues and principal as it natures on said issue of bonds, for the purpose of improving and extending the Sewer System of said City, as authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas." 2. That said election shall be held at the old City Hall, within said City, and the following named persons are hereby appointed directors of said election: Homer Stephen, Presiding Judge, Assistant Judge, Cle rk, 3. The said election shall be held under the provisions of Chapter 1, Title 22 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, including the provisions of Article 704, as amended by Chapter 382, passed at the First Called Session of the Forty Fourth Legislature, and only legally qualified electors who own taxable property in the City and who have duly rendered the same for taxation shall be qualified to vote. 4. The ballots for said election shall have written or printed thereon the following: "FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION BONDS" "AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION BONDS" Each voter shall mark out with black ink or black pencil one of the above expressions, thus leaving the other as indicating his vote on the proposition. 5. A substantial copy of this resolution signed by the Mayor of said City and attested by the City Secretary shall serve as proper notice _. - _ . -. _ fi v of said election. Notice shall be given in accordance with Article 704, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended by Chapter 382, passed at the First Called Session of the Forty Fourth Legislature, supra. The Mayor is authorized and directed to have a copy of said notice posted at the City Hall and at two other public places within said City not less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for holding said election. He shall also cause said notice to be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published within the City of Stephenville, The date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said election. Except as otherwise provided in said Article 704, as amended, the manner of holding said election shall be governed by the laws governing general elections. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the day of October, 1955• Mayor, of Stephenville, Texas. ATTEST: l� /1 Qdt City Se retary, City of Stephenville, Texas. 3 THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF ERATH CITY OF STEPHENVILLE I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Stephenville, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texa , (and of the minutes pertaining thereto) on the day of , 1955, calling an election on the question of the issuance of Sewer System Improvement and Extension Tax Bonds, which resolution is of record in the minutes of said City Council. EXECUTED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said City, this the day of October, 1955• C' Secretary, City of Stephenville, Texas. (SEAL) I