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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 91 An Ordinance calling e~ SPECIAL F~ECTION to be held in the City of Ba~r,,~field, Kern County, California, on the day of. , 3.~03, e.nd su~tting to the ...... qualified voters of said city the proposition of incurring a debt in the sum o* thirty-five thousand doll.s, for the purpose of acquiring and constructing a new engine ~d p~rt of ~ site therefor; new chemical fire stez~ fir. e~T~e; re~ir~ on old ste~ fire engine; water heater for ete~ f!r~ ~u~i~es; new hose wagou; new fire hose; horses, harness, ~d an elcctric fire alarm system; s~d pro- vidin~ ~or ~he issuance o~ bonds ~here~or~ ~d ~or ~he levy~ in~ o~ ~ t~ for ~he ~en~ o~ said bonds~ desi~na~in~ ~he pointing the election officers of said election. ~S, the Board of Trustees of the city cT Be.~ersfield, Kern County, California, at its meeting of ~~.' d~ of .. _, 190~, by a vote of two-thirds of all it~ members, duly passed and adopted a resolution dete~intng that the public interests and necessity dem~ded the ~cqui- sition and construction by the said city of B~ersfield of a certain municipal improvement, n~ely: A new engine house, and part of a site therefor; s. new chemical' fire engine; new 1 ii AI~D, V~tERF, A$, said :~'e.~oolution was approved by the presi- ~' I! ,ler.,.t of said board of trustees on the ~/~ de, o S ': 19o3; ::~.- A~, ~W~AS, the ~stimated. cost of said new engine house $ :~ and part of a site therefor; new che:mic~:~l fire engine; new ' ~ :~ ste~ fire engine; repairs on old ste~ fire engine; water ? ". header.for steam fire engines; new hose wagdn; new fire hose; S ~;~ 'horses, harness, and ~..~ electric fire '~!a~ system, is the " of ~'~-~y-"~e thous~d dollars, and such cost ts ~d 10 '~ will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary ~nnual 11 '~ income and revenue of said city; 1~ ~, 1{0~, THE~0~, t?~e board of trustees of the city of 1S il B~ersfield, Kern County, Oalif~r~ia,. d.c.'ordain as follows: IA i~, Sec. 1. That a Specia~l ~ection be mhd the s~e is here~ held in the' said' city' of B~er'sfield oh 15 ~ by called to be 1~ ..... ~ ...... dA~' of ........... , i'903, f~ the' pu~ose of 17 submitting to the qu~ified vo~ers of staid city the propo~ ~ sition of incurring a debt for the purpose set ~orth in said ~9 ,. resolution and herein~ter stated. 20 Sec. 2. Thmt the objects ~d purposes for which ~id 2~ indebtedness is proposed to be incurred and created mre the ~2 . acquisition ~nd construction by the said city of B~ersfield. ~S :,,. of a certs~in munic~ps.1 improvement, n~ely: A new engine E~ :' house, And pmrt of a site therefor; new chemical fire engine; ~ 25 new ste~ fire engine; repairs on old.steam fire engine; ~. ~6 ~. water 'heater for ste~ fi~e engines; new hose we. Eon; new ~ 27 !~ fire hose; horses, harness, ~d ~n electric fire ~a~ sys~ .~ ~8 tern. That .the estimated cost .of said proposed public im- ~ 29 ~$ provement is the s~ of thirtY-five thou~nd do!l~s. S0 ~ th~ m.~-,~ount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incur- B1 ~ red therefor is the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, S2 : that the r~te of interest to be paid on said indebtedness is ! i! ~ per cent per annum. 2 ~, Sec. 3. That if the proposition of incurring the indebt- S ed..ness for the purposes specified so submitted at such elec- A tion receives' the rec~isite number of votes, to wit, two- /' ~ thirds of the votes of the c~zalified voters voting at ..s~ch 6 election, bonds of said city .shall be issued and sold for } ? ! the purpose 'of"acquirinE ~nd const~zcting 'a new engine house, ' 8 ;' · and part of ~. site therefor; a new chemics.1 I'ire engine.; new ~ ! steam fire engine; repairs o~. old 'steam fire engine; ·water 10 heater for steam fire engines; new hose wagon; new fire hosei Ii horses, harness, and an electric fire slarm system. 1~ !i Sec. ~. That said bonds shall be thirty-five in number 1S II and sh~ll be issued in the denomi~s~tion of one thousand dol- lA !1 lars each, m~_~d the principal and interest thereof shall be ' payabl'e in 'l~wful money of the. United States; they shall be -'~6 dated.the first .i~.y of..~, 190~'__L~ and bear inter~ 17 est at the ~ate of~-~'~ p~r c~nt per annual, payable semi- 18 annually, on the first day of~~__.~, and the first day 19 of~ of every year, Said thirty-fi, ye bonds shall 21 ~ of said bonds on the following date, to wit, the RS {~ of said bonds, on the s~c day ~d date of ~ach ~d every year therea~'er~t the ffity ~reasury of said city, together ~5 . with the interest on ~11 s~ ~znp~.id at such date. ~ ~ ' See.:'"5. That for th~"~drpo's'e 6f' paying the princi~al ,~ ~.d interest of said bonds the' board of trustees of ~id ..... ~ .....city-.shs, ll at t~xe time of *i~in.g the general ~ levy, and in the ~nner ~or such general t~ levy provided, le~y and col~ ~0 lect annually each year until such bonds are. paid, or until 31 there sh~ll be a s~ in the treasury of ~n, ia ~i.tv. set ap~rt S2 .~ for that purp'ose sufficient to meet all s~s c~ming duc for 1 principal and interest o_n .-u~,~. bo~.ds, ,~ ~ax sufficient to pay the annual interest on ,*ueh bonds, and ,~lso such part of t~e.. ~r~-i~ +?~reof ~.s ~1~ become due before ~- +.~ of fix- ~ ~nicip~l t~es are collected, snd be used for no other our~ ~ .pose t~an the D~nent of said bonds mhd acoruing interest. 0 Sec. 6; The polls for ~id election sh~,ll be o~u ,.~ . .. 10 ~j six o'clock in the morning of the day of the election, 11 ~hall be kept open until five o'clock in the afternoon of the 13 be used. ~t s~id election sh~ll be printed in the fol!o~d~:~g 14 · 17 right of m~ opposite the answer you desire to give... 18 Shall the city of ~ersfield incur a bonded indebtedness for thirty-fivb, thousand doll,s for the pu~ose of acc;ring and constmicting a new engine ho~,.se, ~,nd ,part of a site there~ for; new chemical fire engine; new ste~ fi~. engine; ,repairs on old ste~ fire engine; water he~ler for ste~ fire engines; ~4 new hose wagon; new fire hose; horses, harness, ~d ~ elec- tric fire ~.a~.~ystem? For the !x?~ ef bonds: [Y._es. 31 ;~~~e voter at suO~ election shall prepare his ballot by ~~a cross (X) in the bla~ s~are to the right of ~d I' PAG~ I opposite the answer he desires to give. 2 Sec. 7. There shall be one vot'ing precinct for said $ , spe, cial election hereby ordered, which precinct sh~.], embrace 4 .IIall the territo.ry embraced in the corporate limits of the ~ -.- 5 i1 said city. i of Bakersfield, said preci-nct shall be.-known as 6 !i "~gunicipal .Election.Precinct Nc. Y1.'''' ~_e voting, place in ~ s~id p~e~i~ct fer said special election shall be the' "City ~ Hall" 'in s~id city of B~ersfie!d, the s~e being situs~te on ~ W~ll Street betwee.n 0hester Avenue and I streets in said city of B~?xersfield. ~e officers to conduct.said, election, ~1 count'the votes cast thereat and ~e proper ret'~rn thereof ~ to the board of tru'stees of said city of B~kersfield, are 13 hereby designated and appointed ~s follows, to wit: ~4 Inspectors, H. P. Bender and B. A. Hayden; ~udges, E. A. 1~ .~schel! and Wil!i~ Tyler; Ballot Clerks, S. P. Wible and ~' L.P. ~t. Clair, Jr., and Tally Clerks, 'S~ L. Blodget ~d George,Price. ~8 Sec. 8. ~at, in all partdcule, rs not recited iu this 19 ~ ordinance, such election .sh~l be held as provided by law for holding municipal elections in said city. 21 Sec. 9. ~e. City Clerk shall certify to the Passage ~d 2~ adoption of this or~in~nce..by a vote of two~thirds of ~l th:~ ~3 members of the board of 'trustees of sazd cz~, ,.~ cause ti~e ~4 s~.~..n to bc published for three weeks continuously before said 25 date of election.~ in ~e"Daily C~iforni~"~ a newspaper =..o~. ~- days a week In the ~id 27 city of B~ersfield. ,,. Sec...!0. ~i~...ord~u~ucs shall .t~.~ effect from and after 29 ~ its passs, ge a.u~. ~ue publication. ~ Sec. ll. Al! .ordinances and p~rts of ordin~ces .~ fliet with this erdin~ce ~re hereby PAG~ ! II This ord.].ne:,~.ce passed and adopted· on the day _ -..n,~ following vote. ~oes: ~ Absent: 8 President of the Board of Trus- ~ tees of the City of B~cersfie!d. 10 Attest:~ 1S I hereby certify ~-~ +.~e whole n~nnber'~f members of the 14 Board of T~Astees of the City of B~ersfield. is five, ~d 15 that the foregoing ordinance was Passed and adopted by a vote 16 of more th~ two-thirds of all the members of ~id Board of 17-. TrusSees at its meeting of ~~ day of ~~_, 1903, by the following vote, to wit: zty Clerk, ~,c x offzczc --Z ** · -~' ?' .~e Board of Trustees of the BO