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I, r f 4 •» r Friday, November 12, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 5 Legal Notice NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION TO THE DULY QUALIFIED RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY AND WHO HAVE DULY REN DERED THE SAME FOR TAX ATION Notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the City of College Station, Texas, on the 1st day of December 1954, pur suant to the following ordinance adopted by the City Council of said City, to-wit: ORDINANCE NO. 198 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZ ING THE ISSUANCE OF REV ENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEX- A S; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; MAKING PRO VISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTER EST THEREON; AND PRO VIDING FOR AN ELECTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSU ANCE OF SAID BONDS THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS The City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, convened in special session at the City Hall within said City on the 8th day of November, 1954, with the fol lowing members present, to-wit: Ernest Langford, Mayor J. A. Orr, Councilman A. P. Boyett, Councilman * Ernest Seeger, Councilman G. W. Black, Councilman Joe H. Sorrels, Councilman N. M. McGinnis, City Secretary M. C. Pugh, Councilman and the following members absent, to-wit; None, when the following business was transacted: The Mayor introduced an ordi nance which was read in full. Councilman Orr made a motion that the ordinance be adopted as read. The motion was seconded by Councilman Pugh, and carried by the following vote: AYES: Coun- cilmen Ori’, Pugh, Boyett, Seeger, Black, and Sorrels. NOES: None. The Mayor requested that he be re corded as voting ‘Aye’. The ordi nance thus adopted follows: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZ ING THE ISSUANCE OF REV ENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEX- A S; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; MAKING PROVIS ION FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREON; AND PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION AUTH ORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS WHEREAS, under the Consti tution and laws of the State of Texas and the Home-Rule Charter of the City of College Station, Texas, said City has authority to issue revenue bonds as hereinafter provided; and WHP1REAS, before said bonds can be issued, they must be ap proved at an election by a major ity vote of the resident qualified electors of said City who own tax able property within said City and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, voting at said elec tion; THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: Section 1: That an election shall be held in and throughout the City of College Station, Texas, on the 1st day of December, 1954, at which election there shall be submitted to the duly qualified resident electors of said City who own taxable property within said City and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, for their action thereupon, the following proposition, to-wit: PROPOSITION SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BE AUTHOR IZED TO ISSUE THE REVENUE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000, MATUR ING SERIALLY WITHIN THIR TY (30) YEARS FROM THEIR DATE OR DATES, BEARING INTEREST AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED FOUR PER CENT (4<50 PER ANNUM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTEN SIONS TO THE CITY’S EXIST ING SANITARY SEWER SYS TEM, SAID BONDS TO BE IS SUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SECURED IN THE MAN NER PROVIDED IN ARTICLES 1111 TO 1118, BOTH INCLUSIVE, VERNON’S TEXAS CIVIL STAT UTES, AS AMENDED; AND TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCRUES AND THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS AS IT MATURES, BY PLEDGING THE NET REVEN UES FROM THE OPERATION OF THE CITY’S ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SYSTEM, AND, AT THE OPTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BY ALSO PLEDGING THE NET REVEN UES FROM THE OPERATION OF THE CITY’S WATERWORKS SYSTEM AND SANITARY SEW ER SYSTEM, EITHER OR BOTH; EACH BOND TO BE CONDITIONED THAT THE HOLDER THEREOF SHALL NEVER HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND THE PAYMENT OF SAID OBLIGATION OUT OF ANY FUND RAISED OR TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION? (The probable period of usefulness of said improvements is forty (40) years.) Section 2: That the probable period of usefulness of the im provements for which the bond funds are to be expended is forty (40) years. Section 3: That said election shall be held at the following places, and the election officials shall be, for the purpose of this election, as follows: In Ward No. 1 at the following polling place, to-wit: A & M Con solidated School Music Room Presiding Judge, E. O. Siecke Assistant Judge, Mrs. W. W. Armistead Clerk, P. L. Downs, Jr. Clerk, Mrs. C. B. Godbey In Ward No. 2 at the following polling place, to-wit: J. C. Culpepper’s Office*—121 Walton Drive Presiding Judge, E. R. Alexan der Assistant Judge, K. A. Manning Clerk, Mrs. P. W. Burns Clerk, Mrs. W. H. Delaplane In Ward No. 3 at the following polling place, to-wit: City of College Station City Hall Presiding Judge, C. J. Gorzycki Assistant Judge, Mrs. A. P. Boyett Clerk, Mrs. W. B. Clements Clerk, J. D. Chaney Section 4: That said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and only duly qualified resident electors of the City of College Station who own taxable property within said City and who have duly rendered the same for taxa tion shall be qualified to vote. Section 5: That the ballots of said election shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Election Code of the State of Tex as, Chapter 492, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, 1951, so far as appli cable, and shall have printed thereon the following: OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $300,000 SEWER IMPROVE MENT REVENUE BONDS AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF $300,000 SEWER IM PROVEMENT R E V E N U E BONDS In accordance with the provisions of Article 61 of the Election Code (codified by Vernon as Article 6.05 of said Code), a square shall be printed on the ballot beside each of the above expressions. The voter may vote by placing an X or a plus sign, or any mark that clearly shows his intent on, in the square beside the expression of his choice; or he may vote by mark ing out one of the above expres sions, thus leaving the other as indicating his vote of the proposi tion. Section 6: That notice of said election shall be given by posting a copy of a notice containing a substantial copy of this ordinance at the City Hall and at a public place in, each of the wards within said City not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date on which said election is to be held, and by pub lishing such notice on the same day in each of two successive weeks in The Battalion, a news paper of general ch’culation pub lished within said City and which newspaper is'the official newspa per of said City, the first of said publications to be not later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said election. Section 7: That if said proper sition is approved by a majority vote of the electors voting at said election, the same will constitute an approval of this ordinance and of the authority of the City Coun cil to issue said bonds. Section 8: That the issuance of said bonds is hereby authorized, subject to the approval by a ma jority vote of the resident quali fied property taxpaying voters voting at the election hereinabove provided, in accordance with the provisions of Section 63 of Article VI of the City’s Home-Rule Char ter; and that if the bonds are so approved at the election, the details governing the issuance thereof shall be fixed and specified by or dinance or ordinances duly adop ted by the City Council subsequent to the holding of said election. Section 9: That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of November, 1954. Ernest Langford Mayor, City of College Station, Texas. ATTEST: N. M. McGinnis, City Secretary (SEAL) THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS I, the undersigned, City Secre tary of the City of College Station, Texas, certify that the. attached and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the notice of bond elec tion, including a true and correct copy of an ordinance calling said | election adopted by the City Coun cil of said City at a special meet- j ing thereof, together with an ex cerpt from the minutes of said j meeting showing the adoption } thereof, as same appears of record j in the official minutes of said City Council on file in my office. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID | CITY, this 8th day of November, | 1954. N. M. McGinnis, City Secretary, City of (Seal) College Station, Texas, i The Rev. Charles Workman, left and the Rev. Norman Anderson, right,-look over the program that shows the schedule including the new 8:30 a.m. worship service and the regular 11 a.m. service. (Photo by Charles Dougherty) Presbyterian Cimrcli Schedules Two Services The A&M Presbyterian church will schedule two morning worship services rather than the present one service, said the Rev. Norman Anderson. “To any successful community, growth is an essential part. The finer the contribution a business makes to the community, the finer it is for the community that it grow,” Anderson said. “The A&M Presbyterian church has come up through the years from a small group of 23 mem bers and has now grown so much in that 26 years that it is neces sary, in order to seat its congrega tion, to have two services Sunday morning,” Anderson said. The new schedule, will start Sunday morning with the first service at 8:30 a.m. and the second service at 11 a.m. Sunday school will still be at 9:45 a.m. The morning worship service at tendance is not the only evidence of growth. The Sunday School, un der the superintendency of J. R. Jackson, is organized and has the largest enrollment in the history of the church. In addition to the Sunday school instruction for the youngsters there are three supplementary per iods giving additional training- through the Junior League, super vised by Mrs. H. S. Thigpen, in cluding 4th, 5th and 6th grades; the Intermediate League, super vised by Mrs. J. R. Jackson, in cluding 7th and 8th grades; and the Senior League for high school ers, supervised by Anderson. The church has a membership larger than its seating capacity and it is to accommodate all its members and its many other wor shippers now that the new schedule of two Sunday morning services is being started. 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