HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-11-12 Notice of ElectionNOTICE OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
TO THE RESIDENT, QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF
TEXAS, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY AND WHO HAVE DULY RENDERED THE
SAME FOR TAXATION:
TAKE NOTICE that an election will be held in the City of
Stephenville, Texas, on the 12th day of November, 1955, on the proposition
and at the place more particularly set forth in the election order adopted
by the City Council, which 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:
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 matures 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,
Clerk,
3. The Oid 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
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.
is the , day of October, 1955
Mayor, Ci Stephenville, TeAas.
ATTEST:
C' cretary, City of Stephenvil]e,
Texas."
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
THE STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF STEPBENVILLE
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared / c s , who after being by me duly sworn
upon his oath says:
(1) That he posted a true and correct copy of the election
notice hereto attached, at each of the following places:
(a) One at the City Hall;
(b) One at the Courthouse;
(c) One on a Telephone Pole at the corner of
Virginia and Washington Streets;
(2) That each of said notices was posted by him on the
day of October, 1955, which is at least fifteen days prior to the date
fixed for the election, and that each of said places is a public place within
said City of Stephenville, Texas.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this the day of
04. , 1955•
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Notary Public in and for Erath County,
Texas.
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