HomeMy Public PortalAbout00083 O R D I N A N C E NO. 83
AN ORDINANCE calling and providing for the holding of a
special election in Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres
watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North
Affton area), for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors thereof a proposal for the issuance of general obligation
bonds of said Subdistrict to provide funds for the construction of
sanitary trunk sewers within and for said Subdistrict, with an
emergency clause.
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to provide sanitary trunk
sewers within and for Subdistrict Number Four of the River des
Peres Watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the said Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District has heretofore caused a hearing to be held on
the aforesaid proposed improvement and has caused an estimated
cost thereof to be prepared by competent engineers; and
WHEREAS, the said Board does now find and determine that the
cost of constructing the contemplated improvement, as shown by the
estimate made by competent engineers, as aforesaid, is Two Hundred
Forty Thousand ($240,000.) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, under the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, the funds required as aforesaid may be obtained through
the issuance of general obligation bonds of the aforesaid
Subdistrict, provided the proposition to issue such bonds be
assented to by two-thirds of the qualified electors of said
Subdistrict voting thereon at an election held for that purpose,
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and provided the amount of indebtedness so incurred, together with
all other indebtedness of the Subdistrict, does not exceed the
constitutional limit of five per centime (54) of the assessed
valuation of taxable, tangible property within the Subdistrict, as
ascertained by the last completed assessment for state and county
purposes on the date of such election; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Subdistrict at this time has no
outstanding indebtedness of any kind or character; and
WHEREAS, the amount of indebtedness hereinafter proposed to
be incurred will not exceed five per centime (54) of the assessed
valuation of taxable, tangible property in the said Subdistrict,
as ascertained by the last completed assessment for state and
county purposes on the date of the election hereinafter provided
for, namely, the assessment made as of January 1, 1955; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that bonds of said
Subdistrict should be issued at this time in the amount of Two
Hundred Forty Thousand ($240,000.) Dollars to provide funds for
the purpose hereinafter set forth:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One: That a special election be and the same is
hereby called and ordered to be held within the boundaries of
Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres Watershed of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North Affton area) on
Thursday, the 23rd day of August, 1956, for the purpose of sub-
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mitting to the qualified electors of said Subdistrict the follow-
ing proposition:
PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North Affton area) be issued in the amount of Two Hundred Forty Thousand ($240,000.) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing sanitary trunk sewers within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto?
Section Two. That said special election shall be held at the
polling places in said Subdistrict as set forth and described in
the notice of election as contained in Section 4 of this
Ordinance. The polls of said election shall be opened at the hour
of 7:00 o'clock A.M. Central Daylight Saving Time and shall remain
open until the hour of sunset, which is 7:45 P.M. Central
Daylight Saving Time on the aforesaid date.
Section Three. That the ballots to be used at said special
election shall be in substantially the following form, to wit:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT SUBDISTRICT NUMBER FOUR OF THE RIVER DES PERES WATERSHED OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, (NORTH AFFTON AREA) STATE OF MISSOURI SPECIAL BOND ELECTION Thursday, the 23rd day of August, 1956 PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres Watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North Affton area) be issued in the amount of Two Hundred Forty Thousand ($240,000.) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of construct-ing sanitary trunk sewers within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? ..... FOR THE BOND ISSUE ..... ..... AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE ..... (Voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) opposite their choice. A cross mark (x) in the square before the words "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote for the issuance of the bonds, and a cross mark (x) in the square before the words "AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote against the issuance of the bonds.)
Section Four. That the Secretary-Treasurer be and he is
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hereby directed to give notice of said special election by
advertisement published once a week for at least three (3)
consecutive weeks in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and in the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, newspapers of general circulation in The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the first publication in
each of said newspapers to be made at least twenty-one (21) days
prior to the date of the election and the last publication to be
made not more than seven (7) days prior to the date of said
election. The said notice shall be in substantially the following
form, to wit:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION SUBDISTRICT NUMBER FOUR OF THE RIVER DES PERES WATERSHED OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT (NORTH AFFTON AREA) STATE OF MISSOURI Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres Watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North Affton area), State of Missouri, that a special election will be held in said Subdistrict on Thursday, the 23rd day of August, 1956, commencing at 7:00 o'clock A.M. Central Daylight Saving Time and closing at sunset which is 7:45 o'clock P.M. Central Daylight Saving Time on said date, and that at said special election the following proposition will be submitted to the qualified electors of said Subdistrict. PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds for Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres Watershed of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (North Affton area), be issued in the amount of Two Hundred Forty Thousand ($240,000.) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing sanitary trunk sewers within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses
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necessarily incidental thereto? The said election will be held at the following polling places in said Subdistrict:
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GRAVOIS TOWNSHIP Part of Pct. 19 Susin's Market Part of Pct. 20 5602 Heege Road Part of Pct. 22 St. Louis County Part of Pct. 23 Missouri Part of Pct. 24 Salem Lutheran Church (School) Part of Pct. 25 5025 Lakewood St. Louis County, Mo. LEMAY TOWNSHIP Part of Pct. 14 Salem Lutheran Church (School) Part of Pct. 15 5025 Lakewood St. Louis County, Mo. CITY OF ST. LOUIS The qualified electors of all of that part of the City of St. Louis being within said Subdistrict shall vote at: Susin's Market 5602 Heege Road St. Louis County, Mo. By order of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, this 25th day of June, 1956. John E. Clark Secretary-Treasurer
Section Five. That, as provided by Section 10.010 of
the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the said
special election shall be held and conducted and the returns
thereof made, examined, and cast up in the same manner and in all
respects as provided by law for the election of state and county
officers. All registered voters residing within said Subdistrict
shall be entitled to vote at said election.
Section Six. That the Secretary-Treasurer of this Board
shall be and he is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
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ordinance with the Board of Election Commissioners for St. Louis
County, Missouri, as and for the warrant and authority of the said
Board to hold and conduct the special election herein provided for;
and the said Board of Election Commissioners is hereby requested to
do all things and take all proceedings necessary to the holding and
conducting of the said special election.
Section Seven. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances which in any manner conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall be and the same are hereby repealed, insofar as
they may so conflict.
Section Eight. That because no adequate sanitary trunk
sewer now serves Subdistrict Number Four of the River des Peres
Watershed (North Affton area), as established by Ordinance No. 22,
and because the health of the inhabitants of said Subdistrict is
endangered by existing conditions resulting from the absence of an
adequate sanitary trunk sewer, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its enactment.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted June 25, 1956.