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ORDINANCE NO. 598
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION, AT WHICH
WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS WHO PAY
TAXES ON PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND IN
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FORT WORTH THE
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT BONDS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH IN THE SUM OF $400,000.00 SHALL BE ISSUED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING AND INCLUDING THE
SCHOOL FACILITIES IN SAID CITY AND FOR THE PMC-
CHASE OF LANDS THEREFOR, THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS IND THE REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND RE-
NOVATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH:
Santion 1. That a Special election be, and is hereby, called
and ordered for the llth day of December, 1917, at which election the
qualified voters who pay taxes on property in the City of Fort Worth
and in the Independent School District of Fort Worth, will determine
whether or not bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the sum of $400,000.00
shall be issued for the purpose of inefeasing and improving the School
facilities in said City, and for the purchase of lands therefor, the
construction of buildings thereon and the repair, reconstruction and
renovation thereof, which bond issue has been requested by the Board of
Trustees of the Independent Schoo 1 District of Fort Worth.
section 2. That this ordinance shall at once be published in
a newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth, and such publication made
once each day for five consecutive days.
get- .ion 3. That such special election shall be held in the
manner and within the hours prescribed fr General Elections by the laws
of Texas so far as they may be applicable.
Section 4. That the polling places for such special election,
the personnel of the officers who are to hold the same, the preparation of
the ballots, and all details connected with the holding of the election
will be determined and arranged by the Board of Commissioners, and proper
notice of such matters will be given in a proclamation by the Mayor.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
duly presented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session of said Board held
Tuesday, November 20th, A. D., 1917.
H. A. Lawrence - City Secretary