5991 Election - GO Bondst
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ORDINANCE NUMBER
(Published in the Salina Journal 1955)
AN ORDINANCE providing for the calling and holding of an election of the qualified electors
of the City of Salina, Kansas, to vote upon the question of authorizing the Board of Commiss-
ioners of said city to issue general obligation bonds, payable by a general tax, in the amount)
of $300,000.00 for the purpose of paying the cost of enlarging and improving the system of
works, owned by said city, for the treatment and disposal of the sewage of said city.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas, deem it necessary to pro-
vide for enlarging and improving the system of works, owned by said city, for the treatment
and disposal of the sewage of said city; and
WHEREAS, the cost of enlarging and improving said system of works for the treatment and dis-
posal of the sewage of said city, will not emceed the estimated amount of $300,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be necessary to issue general obligation bonds of said city, payable
by a general tax, to pay the cost of enlarging and improving said system of works for the
treatment and disposal of the sewage of the city; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary, before said bonds may be legally issued, to submit the proposition
of issuing the same for said purpose to the qualified electors of said city, at an election
to be held wi.thinth.irty (30) days from the date of the adoption and publication of this
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City of Salina, Kansas, is a city of the first class; and
WHEREAS, the issuance of said bonds and others now contemplated, will not create a debt in
excess of the limit now provided by law; and
S0, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas
Section 1. That the preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated herein, and
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that an election is hereby called to be held in the City of Salina, Kansas, on Tuesday,
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October -k-, 1955, between the hours of 6:00 o'clock A.M. and 7:00 o'clock P.M. of said day,
within thirty (30) days after the adoption and publication of this ordinance, according to
law, and that such election shall be held at the usual place of holding elections and shall
be conducted by the officers or persons provided by law for holding elections in said City
of Salina, Kansas, and that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas, being
the governing body of said city, shall and they are hereby ordered and directed, jointly and
severally to publish notice of said election in the manner and form directed and required by
Section 10-120, General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and that the purpose of calling said election
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is to submit to the qualified electors of said city, the proposition of issuing general
obligation bonds of said city, payable by a general tax, in the amount of $300,000.00 for j
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the purpose of paying the cost of enlarging and improving a system of Works for the treatment
and disposal of the sewage of said city, as more particularly set forth in Section 2 hereof.
Section 2. That the proposition to be voted upon bythe qualified electors of said
city at said election shall be substantially the following:
Shall the following be adopted:
Shall the City of Salina, Kansas, issue its general obligation bonds, payable by a
general tax, in the amount of $300,000.00, under the provisions of Sections 12-630a, General
Statutes of Kansas, 1949, for the purpose of paying the cost of enlarging and improving the
system of works, owned by said city, for the treatment and disposal of the sewage of said
city?
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To vote in favor of said bonds, make a cross (X) mark in the square after the word
To vote against the bonds, make a cross (X) mark in the square after the word 'no'.
YES
NO
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Section 3. That the ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
adoption and publication in the official city paper,
(SEAL)
Attest:
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City Clerk
Introduced: Seer 10 1955
Passed: September 2D, 1955
Mayor