ORDINANCE NO. 901

AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, TO BE HELD JANUARY 11TH, 1955, AT WHICH ELECTION THERE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYING ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, THE QUESTION OF ISSUING NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS OF THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE WATER SUPPLY AND EXTENDING AND IMPROVING THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF THE CITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 WHEREAS, the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, has heretofore constructed and acquired and is now operating a municipal waterworks system; and

 WHEREAS, it is necessary that the water supply be increased and that needed extensions and improvements be made to said system in order that the same may adequately supply said City and its inhabitants with water; and

 WHEREAS, the City does not have in its treasury sufficient money available for such purposes; and

 WHEREAS, the City Council of said City deems it necessary and desirable to issue bonds of the City in the sum of $1,500,000.00, for said purposes, subject to the approving vote of the qualified taxpaying electors of said City;

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 Section 1. That a special municipal election is hereby called to be held in the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, on the eleventh day of January, 1955, at which the following question shall be and is hereby submitted to a vote of the qualified taxpaying electors of the City, to wit:

"Shall the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, contract an indebtedness on behalf of the City and upon the credit thereof, by issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of the City in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000.00, payable over a period of 15 years, for the purpose of increasing the water supply and extending and improving the waterworks system of the City?"

 Section 2. Only qualified registered taxpaying electors of the City shall be permitted to vote upon the question hereby submitted.

 Section 3. The question so submitted shall be voted on at said election by voters qualified as aforesaid, at the following polling places, in the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, to wit:

 The vote shall be taken by ballot in the form hereinafter set forth, and such election shall in all respects be held and conducted as nearly as may be in the manner prescribed by law for elections of municipal officers.

 Section 4. The ballots to be used in voting upon the question above submitted shall be prepared and furnished by the City Clerk to the judges of election, to be by them furnished to the voters, and they shall be in substantially the following form:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

City of Grand Junction, Colorado

Special Municipal Waterworks Bond Election

Held January 11, 1955

QUESTION:

Shall the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, contract an indebtedness on behalf of the City and upon the credit thereof, by issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of the City in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000.00, payable over a period of 15 years, for the purpose of increasing the water supply and extending and improving the waterworks system of the City?

FOR THE BONDS:

AGAINST THE BONDS:

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS:

 The voter shall prepare his ballot, indicating his approval or disapproval of the foregoing proposition by placing a cross (x) opposite the group of words above which expresses his choice and shall then deposit his ballot in the ballot box provided for such purpose.

 Section 5. The judges and clerks for said election shall be as follows:

POLLING PLACE: City Hall

Judges: Mrs. Frieda Fortney, Mrs. Ila McCarrie, Mrs. Rebecca Starks

Clerks: Mrs. Faye Elsberry, Mrs. Lela Zimmerman

POLLING PLACE: Hawthorne School

Judges: Mrs. Estelle Brumbaugh, Mrs. Myrtle Kendall, Mrs. Leonard White

Clerks: Mrs. Lucile Craft, Mrs. Edna McElvain

POLLING PLACE: Orchard Avenue School

Judges: Mrs. Fred Coe, Mrs. C. A. Hanchett, Mrs. Caroline Peach

Clerks: Mrs. Richard Bauman, Mrs. Miles Kane

POLLING PLACE: Lowell School

Judges: Mrs. Blanche Culhane, Mrs. Nona Bliss, Mrs. Olga Oliver

Clerks: Mrs. Agnes Goodrich, Mrs. Dorothy Evans

POLLING PLACE: Washington School

Judges: Mrs. Clara Charles, Mrs. Maude Coe, Mrs. Mary Anderson

Clerks: Mrs. Leta Sykes, Mrs. Fern Ponsford

 Section 6. The vote cast at said election on the question aforesaid shall be returned and canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as nearly as may be provided by law for the return, canvass and the declaration of the result of votes cast at an election of municipal officers.

 Section 7. A notice of the time and place of said election shall be published on three successive days during the ten-day period prior to such election in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, and also a copy of such notice shall be posted at each place of voting at least fifteen (15) days before such election, announcing the time, place and object of the election and the Clerk of the City of Grand Junction is hereby charged with the duty of effectuating this provision.

 Said notice to be published and posted as aforesaid shall be in substantially the following form:

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS BOND ELECTION OF TAXPAYING ELECTORS TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,

THE 11th DAY OF JANUARY, 1955.

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 Pursuant to Ordinance No. 901 of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, adopted and approved the 1st day of December, A. D., 1954, PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special municipal election will be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of January, 1955, at the polling places hereinafter designated, in the City of Grand Junction, Colorado.

 At said election there shall be submitted to the vote of the qualified taxpaying electors of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, the following question:

"Shall the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, contract an indebtedness on behalf of the City and upon the credit thereof, by issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of the City in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000.00, payable over a period of 15 years, for the purpose of increasing the water supply and extending and improving the waterworks system of the City?

 That said election will be held at the following polling places, in the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, to wit:

 Upon the date and at the places designated, the polls will be open continuously from the hour of seven o'clock A.M. to and until the hour of seven o'clock P.M.

 The ballots to be used in voting upon the question submitted will be prepared and furnished by the City Clerk to the judges of election, to be by them furnished to the voters.

 The election will be held and conducted, as nearly as may be, in the manner prescribed by law for elections of municipal officers.

 Registration for said election will take place in the manner now provided by law. Any person possessing qualifications to vote at said election but whose name does not appear on the official registration list, may register with the City Clerk of Grand Junction, Colorado, at any time during business hours up to and including Monday, the 27th day of December, 1954, fifteen days before said election.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, has caused this notice to be published and posted as required by law, and dated this 1st day of December, A. D., 1954.

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City Clerk

(SEAL)

 Section 8. By reason of the fact that the City is not adequately supplied with water and that it is imperative to remedy the situation at the earliest possible moment, it is hereby declared that a special emergency exists, that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and that it shall take effect upon passage and shall be published in THE DAILY SENTINEL on the day following its passage.

 ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 1st day of December, 1954.

/s/ C. A. Walt

President of the Council

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing emergency ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, TO BE HELD JANUARY 11th, 1955, AT WHICH ELECTION THERE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYING ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, THE QUESTION OF ISSUING NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS OF THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE WATER SUPPLY AND EXTENDING AND IMPROVING THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF THE CITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, was introduced, read passed, numbered 901 and ordered published by the unanimous vote of the members of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 1st day of December, 1954.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 2nd day of December, 1954.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

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