HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0966 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 966
A RESOLUTION to declare the result of a special
election held in Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on November 28, 1967.
WHEREAS, heretofore, to wit: On the 30th day of
October, 1967, the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District did adopt Ordinance No. 1676 calling and ordering a
special election to be held within Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn
Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on
Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 1967 for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified electors of said subdistrict the
following proposition:
PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary subtrunk 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, November 6, 13, 20 and
27, 1967, 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 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' affidavits now on file in the office of the Secretary-
Treasurer of this Board; and
WHEREAS, the said election was duly held on said 28th
day of November, 1967, 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
29th day of November, 1967, 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 three hundred eight (308) votes
on the aforesaid proposition of which two hundred eighty-nine
(289) votes were cast "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" and nineteen (19) votes
were cast "AGAINST THE BOND 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:
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PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary subtrunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto?
as submitted to the qualified electors of Subdistrict No. 257
(Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District at a special election held on the 28th day of November,
1967, was assented to by more than two thirds of the qualified
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. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) 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 and subject to such terms and
provisions as shall hereafter be prescribed by this Board. The foregoing resolution was adopted December 7, 1967.