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Home My WebLink About22 of 1920 - Ordering bond election for $3,300,000 Water Bonds -, p. ROLL CALL VOTING AYE NAY i Salt Lake City,Utah, ' . t , 192 -_____ -- •: 7:, Ve Burton Crabbe if I Move that the ordinance be passed. .., Green V 7--- Neslen ......h441/. Mr. Chairman . -- ---- -- Result . . , _. . . . . --. , ORDINANCE NO. 22 ANT ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED TAX-PAYING ELECTORS OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AT SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION, THE QUESTION OF INCURRING A BONDED INDEB'T- EDNESS IN THE AGGREGATE SUM OF THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($3,300,000.) AND ISSUING NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS THEREFOR, FOR TIE PURPOSE OF INCREASING, IMPROVING, ENLARGING, 1 ENDING PER FECTING AND ADDING TO THE PRESENT WATER SUPPLY AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF SALT LABS CITY, UTAH, AND OF SUPPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING WATER TO THE INHABITANTS OF SAID CITY, BY ACQUIRING BY PURSE, EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE, WATER AND WATER RIGHTS, AND BY CONSTRUCT- ING DAMS AND STORAGE RESERVOIRS, CONDUITS AND DIS- TRIBUTING MAINS, THE SAID WATER, WATER RIGHTS AND WATERWORKS TO BE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SAID CITY. WHEREAS, there is immediate and pressing necessity for increas- ing improving, enlarging, extending, perfecting and adding to the present wa- ter eupply and waterworks system of Salt Lake City for the purpose of supply- ing and distributin g water to the inhabitants thereof for fire and domestic purposes; and WHEREAS, the said city is without funds in its treasury suf- ficient to provide for the additional water, water rights and waterworks sys- tam required in order to properly supply the inhabitants of said city with water for fire and domestic purposes, and it is therefore necessary to issue the negotiable coupon bonds of said city to provide funds therefor; and WHEREAS, the board of commissioners of the said city deem it advisable and necessary to submit to the qualified, tax-paying electors of the said city the question of authorizing the issuing of the negotiable coupon bonds of the said city in the aggregate amount of Three Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,300,000.) for the purpose of supplying and distributing water to the inhabitants of said city, the said additional water, water rights and waterworks to be owned and controlled by said municipality; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT (RDATNED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SALT LAKE CITY, OF THE CCUNTY OF SALT LAKE, AND STATE OF UTAH: Section 1. That a special election of each qualified electors of Salt Lake City, in the County of Salt Lake, state of Utah, as shall have paid a property tax in the year preceding such election, be called, and said election is hereby ordered and called to be held on Wednesday the 31st day of March , A. D. 1920. Section 2. That at said special election the following question shall be, and is hereby submitted to each qualified electors of said city as shall have paid a property tax in the year preceding said election, towit: "Shall Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, create an'indebtedness by issuing its negotiable coupon bonds in the aggregate amount of Three Million Three Mandrel Thousand Dollars ($3,300,000.) absolutely due and pay- able twenty years from their date and bearing interest at the rate of five per centum (6%) per annam, payable semi-annually for the purpose of supplying said city and the inhabitants thereof with additional water, the said additional water, water rights and the waterworks for supplying such hater to be owned and controlled by the said municipality?" Section 3. That the said additional water, water rights and waterworks system to be acquired and constructed with the proceeds of said bonds shall be owned and controlled by said city. Section 4. That the question so submitted shall be voted an at said election by the voters qualified as aforesaid, at the respective poll- ing places in the respective voting districts and wards of said city, as pro- vided by the ordinances and resolutions of said city. The vote shall be by ballot of the form hereinafter provided, and said election shall be held and conducted in all respects as nearly as possible in conformity with the general election laws of the state. Section 6. The ballots to be used in voting upon the question above submitted shall be prepared and furnished by the City Recorder to the judges of election, to be by then furnished to the voters, and shall be in substantially the following printed form: - 4 - ii jfr I ' it SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SPECIAL WATER BOND ELECTION. MARCH 31s t , 1920. OFFICIAL BALLOT. Qiestion Submitted: "Shall Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, create an indebtedness by issuing its negotiable coupon bonds in the aggregate amount of Three Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,300,000.) absolutely due and Pay- able twenty years from their date and bearing interest at the rate of five per centue (5%) per amaze, payable ssni-an wally for the purpose of supplying said city and the inhabitants thereof with additional water, the said additional water, water rights and the waterworks for supplying such water to be owned. and controlled by the said.municipality?" • • • • For the issue of Bonds: • YES NO • • • • • • • (Each voter shall prepare his ballot by crossing out the word "Yes" or "No" so that the word remaining will express his answer to the question submitted, and shall then deposit his ballot in the ballot box provided for such pur- pose.) On the reverse side of said ballots there should be the form: "Official ballot for Districts Nos. (Designation of district or politi- cal..division), Salt Lake City, March 31s t , 1920. W. A. LELTHAM, (fac simile signature of Recorder) City Recorder". Said ballots to be per- forated and the stubs numbered consecutively, as provided by law. _ 5 _ • Section 6. No ballot answering said question "Yes" or "No" as the case may be, shall be received by the judges of election unless the person offering the same shall be a qualified elector in Salt Lake City, and shall have paid a property tam in the year preceding said election. Section 7. The City Recorder is hereby directed forthwith to proceed to select and maks arrangements for not more than five suitable voting places in each municipal ward in Salt Lake City and make contract for the same; also to select and submit to the Board of Commissioners for appointment a list of names of at least three suitable persons of proper political belief for each voting place to act as judges of election therein, each of said persons to be a resident of one of the voting districts in the municipal ward in which he is to act as judge. The City Recorder is directed to make such report to the Board of Commissioners as soon as he can conveniently do so. Section 8. The City Recorder is hereby instructed to secure copies of registration books, sample ballots, notices of election, stationery, tables, chairs and such other things as may be necessary for such election for each voting place, and is hereby instructed to incur the expense for so doing and to employ the necessary help for holding said election in accordance with the provision of law. Section 9. The vote cast at said election on the question sub- mitted shall be canvassed and returned and the return made and the result declared in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as is provided by law for the canvass, return and declaring the result of votes cast at an election for municipal officers. Section 10. The Mayor and City Recorder of Salt Lake City are hereby directed and required to make proclamation and give notice of the time and place of said election by publication of such notice in four daily news- papers published and circulated in said city daily for four successive weeks - 6 - kid I d: iP g: I prior to the date of said election, the first publication to be not less than thirty days prior to said election, and also by posting copies of such notice at each polling place in each ward in said city which notice shall be so posted at least ten days prior to said election. Said notice and proclamation shall be in substantially the follow- ing form: - q � i SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SPECIAL WATER BOND FT.Tr"TION, MARCH 31st. , 1920. PUBLIC NOTICE. Pursuant to ordinance No. _02. of Salt Lake City, Utah, adopted and approved on the 86 tIt day of February , A. D. 1920, pub- lid notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the re- spective polling places in each ward in said city on Wedne sdav the 31st day of March , A. D. 1920. At said election there will be submitted to a vote of such quali- fied registered electors of Salt Lake City as shall have paid a property tax therein in the year preceding such election, the following question: "Shall Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, create an indebtedness by issuing its negotiable coupon bonds in the aggregate amount of Three Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,300,000.) absolutely due and pay- able twenty years from their date and bearing interest at the rate of five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually for the purpose of supplying said city and the inhabitants thereof with additional water, the said additional water, water rights and the waterworks for supplying such water to be owned and controlled by the said municipality?" The polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and continue open until seven o'clock P. M. of the same day, and will be closed at that hour. There shall be no special registration of voters for the said election, bat the "official register" last made or revised shall constitute the "official register" for such election. The ballots to be used in voting on the question submitted will be prepared and furnished by the City Recorder to the judges of election, to be by them furnished to the voters. The election will be held and conducted in all respects, as nearly as possible, in conformity with the general oleo- tion laws of the state. - 8 - II i IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Conmissioners of Salt Lake City, in the state of Utah, have caused this notice to be pxbliehed and posted as required by law, this 27th day of February, A. D. 1920. E. A. Bock Mayor. ATTEST: Wm. A. Leatham City Recorder. a - 9 - � � I Section 11. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, the water supply for the city is inadequate for fire and domestic purposes, and there is a pressing necessity for supplying said city with additional water. It is, therefore, necessary for the health, peace and safety of said city that this ordinance become operative immediately so that the election provided for herein may be held on the date specified sad the bonds issued as soon as possible. Consequently an emergency is hereby declared, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon this publication. Section 12. This ordinance, immediately upon its passage, shall be recorded in the book of ordinances of said city kept for that purpose, authenticated and approved by the Mayor, attested by the City Recorder, and shall be published in the Salt Lake Herald, official newspaper published in Salt Lake City, and shall take effect and b in force immed i a te ly upon such • publication. ��' .�pi;Ssed by the Board of Comm ssionere of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 26th day of February, A. D. 1920. Approv d yor (SEAL) ATTEST: City Recorder. a - 10 - i _AILS&_ __AL..altitli , __211 ILIIKL._ Ju . til, ____ta,.._Lacit,___ - t22t J Orawara 1 I ' 0 0 JD' . \)-1- -N-N-- • A d , 1 ) - . . ). . i rJ to of '3 , - ,,,,-/ _,•?4_, I i , - •, First Publication in . FEB 27 1920 , \-.,1 TY RQDM 1, 1 - , 1 _j