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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 53-WRr;t;�rt rir;�� lege_ .S 9 `j% AN ORDINANCE ENTITIED AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HEIR IN THE CITY OF ' BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THE 30th DAY OF JUNE, 1951, TO DETEP=1 WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SERIAL BONDS OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE AND IN THE .AMOUNT AS FOLLOWS: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF Two HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($265,000) DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT A.ND-REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AS TO TBE NECESSITY AND ADVISABILITY OF ISSUING SAID BONDS AND MILKING THE IMPROVEMENTS; NAMING THE TIME AND PLACE OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION AND APPOINTING OFFICERS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING THE MANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION AND GIVING NOTICE THEREOF. WHFRFAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont has found and determined, and hereby finds and determines, that in the public interest it is advisable, expedient and necessary to issue serial bonds of said city to provide funds necessary for the construction, improvement and repair of public buildings and improvement of public grounds of the City of Beaumont; since the national emergency requires the use of the public buildings of the City of Beaumont and the public -grounds thereof for civilian defense, and certain additional construction, improvement and repair of the public buildings and grounds will be necessary to put such facilities in proper condition for use as public defense centers,'and no other adequate facilities are now available for such, and that such construction, improvement and repair of the public buildings and grounds of the City of Beaumont are for the benefit of the City of Beaumont and'are needful to the public welfare of the City of Beaumont and its inhabitants; and, W PXAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont further finds and determines that the probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bond funds are to be expended will be in excess of twenty- five years; now, therefore: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: SECTION 1 That an election be held in the City of Beaumont, Texas, on Saturday, the 30th day of June, 1951, which is not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance, at which election the following proposition shall be submitted to the resident, qualified electors of said city who oim taxable property in said city and who have duly rendered the same for taxation for their action thereon, and all electors shall vote in the election precinct of their residence. = ' SECTION 2 ' The proposition to be submitted at said election shall be the following: SHALL the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, be authorized to issue serial bonds of said city in the amount of two hundred sixty-five thousand ($265,000) dollars for the purpose of the construction, improvement and repair of public buildings and improvement of public grounds of the City of Beaumont, said bonds maturing serially in such installments as may be fixed by the City Council over a period of years, mt to exceed twenty-five years from their date, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4° per annum; and shall there be annually levied, assessed, and collected while said bonds or any of them are outstanding an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable "i 'd- IN property in the City of Beaumont sufficient to pay the interest on all of said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to retire the same at maturity. The probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bond funds are to be expended is more than twenty-five years. SECTION 3 The question as to whether or not the City Council of the City of Beaumont shall be authorized to issue said serial bonds shall be sub- mitted on the ballot, and the ballots to be used in said election shall be printed and furnished by the City of Beaumont, as provided by law, and each ballot shall have printed thereon the following: OFFICIAL BALLOT PROPOSITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS- IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($265,000) DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE- 14MT AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND IMEROVEM1NT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF. AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS- IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($265,000) DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE- MENT AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND IMPROVENIlTT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS OF TSE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND THE LEVYING OF A 'PAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF. SECTION 4 Each voter shall mark out with black ink or black pencil one of the above expressions on the ballot, thus leaving the other as indicating his vote on such proposition. SECTION 5 Said election shall be held in each of the legal voting precincts within the City of Beaumont, and also in each fractional legal voting precinct in said city where only a portion of such precinct is within the city, and the following places therein, respectively, are hereby designated polling places in the following precincts of said city, and the following - named persons are hereby appointed officers of said election: (1) In voting precinct No. 1 said election shall be held at the French High School Building, and T. B. Hensley is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (2) In voting precinct No. 2 said election shall be held at the Junker School Building, and Mrs. J. E. Ray is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said electron., with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (3) In voting precinct No. 3 said election shall be held at the Gladys Street Fire Station,'and Mrs. L. E. Downs is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (4) In voting precinct No. 4 said election shall be held at the Averill School Building, and W. F. Wilson is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (5) In voting precinct No. 5 said election shall be held at the Beaumont High School Building, and Mrs. B. D. Carney is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (6) In voting precinct No. 6 said election shall be held at the Dick Dowling Junior High School Building, and Mrs. E. W. Doty is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (7) In voting precinct No. 7 said election shall be held at the Central Fire Station, and Mrs. G. K. Rafferty is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (8). In voting precinct No.'8 said election shall be held at the City Hall, and D. H. Barnes is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (9) In voting precinct No. 9 said election shall be held at the Fletcher School Building, and Jack Folmar is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (10) In voting precinct No. 10 said election shall be held at the Court House, and F. E. Carroll is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (11) In voting precinct No. 11 said election shall be held at the David Crockett Junior High School Building, and F. L. Fisher is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (12) In voting precinct No. l2 said election shall be held at the Ogden School Building, and Mrs. C. E. Drake is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (13) In voting precinct No. 13 said election shall be held at the Magnolia School Building, and E. A. Godwin is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (14) In voting precinct No. 14 aaid election shall be held at the Charlton -Pollard School Building, and Wilfred Como is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (15) In voting precinct No. 15 said election shall be held at the South Park Elementary School Building, and Mrs: J. C. Burkhart is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (16) In voting precinct No. 16 said election shall be held at the Giles School Building,and Ray Watson is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (17) In voting precinct No. 17 said election shall be held at the Hebert Colored School Building, and A. L. Price is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (18) In voting precinct No. 18, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the Edwards School Building, and Mrs. C. C. Moore is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (42) In fractional part of voting precinct No. 42, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the South Park High School Building, and Mrs. Tom Stephens is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (47) • In voting precinct No. 47, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at St. Apneas School Building, and Mrs. Eugene L. Seale•is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (50) In fractional part of voting precinct No. 50, lying �rithin the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the Azalea Gardens on College Street Extension, and Mrs. Vernon Bazine is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. SECTION 6 Said election shall beheld under the provisions of and in accordance with the laws governing the issuance of municipal bonds in cities, as provided in the Constitution and General taws of the State of Texas, and the manner of holding said election and making returns thereof shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas governing general elections, except that voting machines shall'be used for this election;•in accordance with the provisions of Article 2997a, of Chapter 7, Title 50, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, and amendments thereto; and only qualified electors of said city, who own taxable property in said city and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, shall be qualified to vote at said election, and all electors shall "vote in the e]Bction precinct of their residence; any voter, otherwise a qualified elector, having paid his poll tax in'any of the above-described county voting precincts and living in territory outside the limits of the City of Beaumont shall not be entitled to vote in this election. SECTION 7 A_ voting machine shall be provided for the casting of absentee votes at this election, and the place designated for the casting of absentee ballots shall be at the City Hall, in the City of Beaumont, and all those residing within the 1oundaries of the City of Beaumont shall be entitled to cast absentee ballots at said place; said absentee -voting -shall be conducted at said voting place by Mrs. Juanita Jenkins, judge, with authority to select her assistants and clerks, and such absentee voting shall be conducted and held inaccordance with Section 7, Article 2997a, Vernon's Civil -Statutes of Texas, and amendments thereto. SECTION 8 A copy of this ordinance, signed by the Mayor of the City of Beaumont and attested by the City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, shall serve as proper and sufficient notice of said election, and the Mayor is hereby directed to cause one each of said notices to be posted in each of the election precincts and fractional parts of election precincts within the City of Beaumont and at the City Hall, such posting to be not less than 15 full days prior to the date set for said election, and he shall further cause said notice to be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published within said .city, the date of the first publication to be not less than 14 full days prior to the date set for said -election. And the person posting said notices shall make a return on the copy thereof, showing the times and places of posting, and the return shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall be conclusive evidence of the posting of said notice, and the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper, stating the days on which the same was published, shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall be conclusive evidence of the publication of said notice. SECTION 9 'This ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. PA.SSHD this, the 12th'day'of June, 1951, by the affirmative vote of all members of the City .Council of the, City of Beaumont, Texas. APPROVED this, the 12th day of June, 1951. Mayor of the City of Beaumont, Texas (Seal) ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas NOTICE OF ELECTION THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON CITY OF BEAUMONT TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF BENUMONT, TMAS., WHO OWN TMULE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY, .AND WHO HAVE DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR TAXATION: TPM NOTICE that a special bond election will be held in the City of Beaumont, Texas, on Saturday, the 30th day of June, A. D. 1951, on the proposition and at the places more particularly set forth in the election ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of Beaumont on the 12th day of June, 1951, which ordinance is as follows: AIT ORDINOCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN LUCTIOff TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BFAUMONI T11 JKnTERSOR GOTMTY, TMS, ON THE 30th DAY OF JDAE, 1951, TO DEQ WHETHHR OR goT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BENUMONT SHALL BE AUMORIZED TO ISSUE SERIAL BANDS OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE AND IN THE AMOUNT AS FOLLOWS: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IMPP,.O BONDS IN THE AMOUNT Two HMpM SIXTY-FIVE THousm ($265,000) DOLS FOR = PURPOSE OF THE CONSsMUCTIOH_, IMPROVEWT AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDnTGS AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUmONT; AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAM ENT THEREOF; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AS TO THE HPCESSITT AND ADVISABILITY OF ISSUING SAID BONDS AND MAKING THE IMPROV.EMEM; NAMING THE TIME AND PLACE OF HOIDING SAID ELECTION AND APPOI=NG OFFICERS THEREOF AND PROVIDING TOE MANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION AND GIVING NOTICE THMOF. WBEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont has found and determined, and hereby finds and determines; that in the public interest it is advisable, expedient and necessary to issue serial bonds of said city to provide funds necessary for the construction, improvement and repair of public buildings and improvement of public grounds of the City of Beaumont; since the national emergency requires the use of the public buildings of the City of Beaumont and the public grounds thereof for civilian defense, and certain additional construction, improvement and repair of the public buildings and grounds will be necessary to put such facilities in proper condition -for use as public defense centers, and no other adequate facilities are now available for such, and that such construction, improvement and repair of the public buildings and grounds of the City of Beaumont are for the benefit of the City of Beaumont and are needful to the public welfare of the City of Beaumont and its inhabitants.; and, WH F,ro, the City Council of the City of Beaumont further finds and determines that the probable period ofusefulness of the improvements for which the bond funds are to be expended will be in excess of twenty- five years; now, therefore: BE IT ORDAINED BY TEE CITY OF BEAUMONT: SECTION 1 That an election be held in the City of Beaumont, Texas, on Saturday, the 30th day of JxMe, 1951, which is not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance, at which election the following proposition: shall be submitted to the resident; qualified electors of said city who own taxable property in said city and who have duly rendered thee same for taxation for their action thereon; and all electors shall vote in the election precinct of their residence. SECTION 2 The propositicu to be submitted at said election shall be the fo3lotting: SHALL the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, be authorized to issue serial bcnds.of said city in the amount of two hzmdred sixty-five thousand ($265,000) dollars for the purpose of the construction, improvement and repair of public buildings and improvement of public grounds of the City of Beaumont, edid bonds maturing serially in such installments as may be fixed by the City (!ouncll over a period of years, mt to exceed twenty-five years fro. their date, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4% per annum; and shall there be annually levied, assessed, and collected while said bonds or any of them are outstanding an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the City of Beaumont sufficient to pay the interest on all of said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to retire the same at maturity. The probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bend funds are to be expended is more than twenty-five years. SECTION 3 The question as to whether or not the City Council of the City of Beaumont shall be authorized to issue said serial bonds shall be sub- mitted on the ballot, and the ballots to be used in said election shall be printed and furnished by the City of Beaumont, as provided by law, and each ballot shall have printed thereon the following: OFFI'CI:''iL BALLOT PROPOSITI0 FOR THE ISSUA17CE OF THE SERIAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS$ IN THD AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY -FINE 1^HOU51W ($265,000) DOLLARS FOR TIM, PURPOSD OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE- 14ENT AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND 111PROVE1,10T OF PUBLIC GROUNDS OF M, CITY OF DEAUMOTXT, AND M3 I1'MNG OF A TAX IN PAY IM0 T=' , OF. AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF TBE SERIAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS,' IN TEM. AMOUNT OF.�S-10 HUNDRED. SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND ( x265) 000) DOLL_43S FOR 'THE PURPOSE OF THF. CONSTRUCTION, IITFGV E- IMTT ARD REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARD IMPROVE14ENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS O�'�' TEE' CITY OF Iii ATTc�4ONT, AND THE LEVYING OF A, 1A.X rN P.A.)=Q THEREOF . SECTION 4 Each voter shall mark out with black ink or black pencil one of the above expressions on the ballot, thus leaving the other as indicating his vote on such proposition: SECTIOIT 5 Said election shall be held in each of the legal voting precincts within the City of Beaumont, and also in each fractional legal voting precinct in said city where only a portion of such precinct is within the city, and the following places therein, respectively, are hereby designated polling places -in the following precincts of said city, and the following - named persons are hereby appointed officers of said election: (1) In voting precinct No. 1 said election shall be held at the French High School Building, and T. B. Hensley is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (2) In voting precinct No. 2 said election shall be held at the Juzker School Building, and Mrs. J. E. Ray is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said electim, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (3) In voting precinct No. 3 said election shall be held at the Gladys Street Fire Station, and Mrs. L. E. Downs is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election; with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. M' In voting precinct No. 4 said election shall be held at the Averill School Building, and W. R. Wilsm is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (5) In voting precinct No. 5 said election shall be held at the. Beaumont High School Building, and Mrs. B. D. Carney is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said elect.im, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (6) in voting precinct No. 6 said election shall be held at the Dick Doling Anior High School Building, and Mrs. R. W. Doty is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (7) In voting precinct No. 7 said election shall be held at the Central Fire Station, and Mrs. Q. H. Rafferty is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (8) In voting precinct No. 8 said election shall be held at the City Hall, and D. H. Barnes is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (9) In Toting precinct No. 9 said election shall be held at the Fletcher Lchool Building, and Jack Folmar is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (10) In voting precinct No. 10 said election shall be held at the Court'House, and F. R. Carroll is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (11) In voting precinct No. 11 said election shall be held at the David Crockett Junior High School Building, and F. L. Fisher is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. - (12) In voting precinct No. 12 said election shall be held at the Ogden School Building, and Mrs. C. H. Drake is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (13) In voting precinct No'. 13 said election shall be held at the Magnolia School Building, and E. A. Godwin is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants anti clerics. (14) In voting precinct No. 14 said election .shall be held at the Charlton -Pollard School Building, and Wilfred Como is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (15) In voting precinct No. 15 said election shall be held at the South Park Elementary School Building, and Mrs. J. C. Burkhart is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (16) In voting precinct No. 16 said election shall be held at the Giles School Building and Bay Watson is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (17) In voting precinct No. 17 said election shall be held at the Hebert Colored School Building, and A. L. Price is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint his assistants and clerks. (18) In voting precinct No. 18, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the Edwards School Building, and Airs. C. C. Moore is hereby appointed presiding judge'to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (42) In fractional part of voting precinct No. 42, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the South Park High School Building, find Firs. Tom Stephens is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (47) In voting precinct No. 47, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at St. Anne's School Building, and Pis. 2 gene L. Seale is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. (50) In fractional part of voting precinct No. 50, lying within the City of Beaumont, Texas, said election shall be held at the Azalea Gardens on College Street Extension, and airs. Vernon Bazine is hereby appointed presiding judge to hold said election, with authority to appoint her assistants and clerks. SECTiou '6 Said election shall'be held under the provisions of and in: accordance with the lave governing the 'issuance of municipal bonds in cities,. as provided in the,Constitution and General Laws of the State of Texas, and the manner.of holding said election and making returns thereof shall be governed by the laws of -the -State of Texas governing general elections, except that -voting machines shall be used for this election, in accordance with the provisions o -f Article 2997x, of Chapter 7, Title 50, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, and amendments thereto;: and only qualified electors of said city, vho .ora. taxable property in said city and who have duly rendered the -.sane for taxation, shall be qualified to vote at said election, and all electors shall vote in the•ebetion.precinct of their residence;, any voter, otHerxise a qualified elector, having paid his poll tax in any of the above-described county voting precincts and living in territory'outside the limits of the City of Beaumont shall not be entitled to vote in this election. SECTION 7 -A voting machine shall be provided for the casting of absentee votes at this election, and the place designated for the casting of absentee ballots shall be at the City Hall, in'the City, of Beaumont; and all those residing within the boundaries of the City of Beaumont shall be entitled to cast absentee ballots at'said place; said absentee voting shall be 'conducted at said voting place by Mrs. Juanita Jenkins, judge, with authority to select her assistants and clerks, and such absentee voting shall be conducted and held in accordance with,5ection 7; Article.2997a; Vernonfs Civi]. Statutes of. Texas; and, amendments thereto: SECTION 8 A. copy of this, ordinance, signed by the Mayor of 'the 'Citi of Beaumont,and attested by the City Clerk of,the''City of Beaumont,'shadl serve as proper and sufficient notice of said election, and the Mayor is hereby directed to cause one each of said notices to be posted in each of the election precincts and fractional parts of election precincts vithin the City,of Beaumont and at the, City Hall) such posting to be not less than 15 full days prior to the date set for said electi;on',.and he shall further cause said nfitice to be published on the same dap in each of.two successive weeks No Text