5491 Call Election Issue GO BondsORDITWTCE IT DE_R 5491
Published In the Salina Journal, July 5, 1950)
AN 01MII1TANCE 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 Commissioners of said city to issue general
obligation municipal bonds of the city in an amount of not to exceed
$360,000.00 for the purpose of paying a part of the cost of constructing and
extending works for the purpose of supplying said city and its inhabitants
vi-ith water, the nature of said construction and extension being, town : a
water softening plant and appurtenances.
'7111C?EAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas, deem it
expedient to submit a question unto the qualified electors of the city relat—
ing to authorizing the issuance of general obligation municipal bonds of
the city for the purpose of paging a :part of the cost of constructing and
extending works for the purpose of supplying the city and its inhabitants
with water, the nature of said construction and extension being, to wit: a
water softening plant and appurtenances; and
notice of said election in the manner and forms directly and required by
Sections 10-120, General Statutes of Kansas, 1935, and that the purpose of
calling said election is to submit to the qualified electors of said city
the proposition of issuing general obligation municipal bonds of said c# -y
in the amount of not exceeding $360,000.00 to pay a part of the cost of con—
structing and extending works for the purpose of supplying said city and its
inhabitants with water, the nature of said construction and extension being:,
to—tPat„ a ti^:ater softening plant and appurtenances, as more particularly set
forth in Section 2. hereof.
Section 2. That the proposition to be voted upon by the qualified
>'MEREAS, the cost of the construct! on and extension, aforesaid, -mill not
exceed the amount of $780,000.00; and
TIME EAs, 4$ .20,000.00 of the amount, aforesaid, grill be available for the
payment of a part of said cost from accumulated surplus funds in the water
department of said city; and
VJH :REAS, before the construction and extension, aforesaid, can be effected
it is deemed necessary that provision be made for the issuance of general
obligation municipal bonds of said city in a sum not to exceed $360,000.00;:
and,
VRIEREAS, it is necessary before said bonds ma i- be legally issued to submit
the proposition of issuing the sane for said purpose of to the qualified
electors of said city at an election to be held vrithin thirty days fro;n the
date of the adoption and publication of this ordinance; and
w'.TEREAS, the City of Salina is a City of the first class; and
VIEHMS, the issuance of said bonds and others now contemplated will not
create a debt in excess the
of limit now provided by lair; and
I OW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOM OF COI`?"ISST L RS O T.II CITY OF
SALINA, KANSAS:
Section 1. That the preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated
herein and that an election is hereby called to be held 1 the City of Salina,
Kansas, on Tuesday, August 1, 1950, betvreen the hours of 6:00 o'clock A. M.
of said day, and 7:00 o'clock P. I,!. of said day, at the time of the regular
Primary election, and vsi.thin thirty days after the adoption and publication
at the usual place of holding elections and shall be conducted by the officers
or persons provided by lar for holding elections in said City of Salina,
Kansas, and that the mayor and two additional members of the Board of Commi—
ssioners of said city being a majority of the governing body of said city,
shall and are hereby ordered and directed jointly and severally, to publish
notice of said election in the manner and forms directly and required by
Sections 10-120, General Statutes of Kansas, 1935, and that the purpose of
calling said election is to submit to the qualified electors of said city
the proposition of issuing general obligation municipal bonds of said c# -y
in the amount of not exceeding $360,000.00 to pay a part of the cost of con—
structing and extending works for the purpose of supplying said city and its
inhabitants with water, the nature of said construction and extension being:,
to—tPat„ a ti^:ater softening plant and appurtenances, as more particularly set
forth in Section 2. hereof.
Section 2. That the proposition to be voted upon by the qualified
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electors of said city at said election shall be substantially the following:
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall the City of Salina issue general obligation
municipal bonds of said city in an amount not to Ii
exceed ;360,000.00, under the provisions of Section
12-801, et seq., General Statutes of Kansas, 1935,
for the purpose of constructing and extending works
for the purpose of supplying said city and its in-
habitants ?arith water, the nature of said construction
and extension being, to m. t: a water softening plant
and appurtenances, the proceeds of the sale of said
bonds to be used to pay a part of the cost of a pro-
ject estimated to cost not to�
exceed Sp780,00fl.00,
the balance of said cost to be paid from accumulated
surplus funds in the water department of said city? j
To vote in favor of the bonds, make a cross X mark
in the square after the word "yes."
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To vote against the bonds, make a cross X mark in
the square after the -:turd ttno.tt
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Yes
NoL:
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in .force
from and after its adoption and publication once in the official city paper.
Attest r
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City Clerk
Introduced: June 19, 1950
Passed: June 26, 1950
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