HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0445 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 445
A RESOLUTION to declare the result of a special
election held in Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres
Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District on July 18, 1961.
WHEREAS, heretofore, to wit: On the 15th day of June,
1961, the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District did adopt a certain ordinance calling and ordering a
special election to be held within Subdistrict No. Seven of the
River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District on Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1961, for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said
Subdistrict the following proposition:
PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, be issued in the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto, and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Treasurer of this Board acting
pursuant to the aforesaid ordinance, did give notice of said
special election by advertisement published once a week for at
least three (3) consecutive weeks, namely, June 27th, 1961, and
July 4th and 11th, 1961, in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and June
27th, 1961 and July 3rd, 5th and 11th, 1961, in the St. Louis Post
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Dispatch, newspapers of general circulation in The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District, the first publication in each of said
newspapers having been made at least twenty-one (21) days prior to
the date of the election and the last publication in each of said
newspapers having been made not more than seven (7) days prior to
the date of said election, all as shown by the publishers,
affidavit now on file in the office of the Secretary-Treasurer of
this Board; and
WHEREAS, the said election was duly held on said 18th
day of July, 1961, by the Board of Election Commissioners of St.
Louis County, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the ballots furnished for and used at the said
special election were in substantially the form as set forth in
the aforesaid ordinance adopted by this Board; and
WHEREAS, the said Board of Election Commissioners, the
19th day of July, 1961, did certify to this Board of Trustees the
result of the aforesaid election; and
WHEREAS, this Board has now canvassed the returns of
said election, as certified by the said Board of Election
Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, it appears upon said canvass that at said
election there was cast a total of one thousand, seventy-five
(1,075) votes on the aforesaid proposition of which seven hundred
thirty-six (736) votes were cast "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" and three
hundred thirty-nine (339) votes were cast "AGAINST THE BOND
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ISSUE"; and
WHEREAS, more than two-thirds of all of the votes cast
on the aforesaid proposition were cast in favor thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, AS FOLLOWS:
Section One. That the following proposition, to wit:
PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of the Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, be issued in the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto?
as submitted to the qualified electors of Subdistrict No. Seven of
the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District at a special election held on the 18th
day of July, 1961, was assented to by more than two-thirds of the
electors of said Subdistrict voting on said proposition at said
election; and that the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District is, therefore, authorized to issue the bonds
of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed
(Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District in
the amount and for the purpose set forth in said proposition.
Section Two. That the aforesaid bonds shall hereafter
be issued at such time or times subject to such terms and
provisions as shall hereafter be prescribed by this Board.
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The foregoing Resolution was adopted August 31, 1961.