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THURSDAY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LAURENS TOWN OF CLINTON WHEREAS: The General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, 1925, passed an Act entitled: ‘An Act to Amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to Authorize the Town of Clinton • to Levy an Assessment upon Abutting Property for the purpose of Paying for Permanent Improvements on Streets and Sidewalks immediately abutting on Such Property, Approved February 11th, 1918,’ by Providing for the Method of Enforcing and Col lecting Such Assessment and Authori zing the Issuance by the Town of Clinton of Certificates of Indebtedr ness, and to Pledge the Faith and Credit of the Town of Clinton for the Payment Thereof, and to Guarantee the Payment of the same for and in the Name of the Said Town of Clin ton,” and said Act was approved by the Governor on the 19th day of March, 1925, the said Act being as follows: ’‘‘Be it enacted by the General,As sembly of the State of South Caro lina: Section 1. That an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Town of Clinton to levy an assessment upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and sidewalks immediately abutting such property, approved Feb ruary 11th, 1918, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to Section 1 thereof, after the wurds “such im provements,” on the last line of said Section, the following: “And shall have made provision for the payment thereof.” Section 2. Amend further by add ing another section to be known as Section 2, which shall be as followr: Section 2. That the assessments so laid shall constitute and be a lien upon the property so assessed and payment thereof may be enforced as the pay ment of Town taxes is enforced: Pro vided, such assessments be entered in a book kept by the Town Clerk, to be entitled “Asessment Liens,” stating the names of the owners, the location of the property and the amount of the assessments an'd the time or times of payment. And, provided, further, that such lien shall continue from the date of entry on such book until the expiration of five years from the date when final payment is due and pay able, unless sooner paid. Upon de fault in payment of any installment or deferred portion of any assessment, at the time and kn accordance -with the terms and conditions fixed by-Gr- dinance, such delinquent payment or payments, together with interest thereon, shall be collectible as town taxes are now collectible, and with such penalties and costs as are now provided for the payment of such taxes. The lien of said assessment shall be coordinate with the lien for State, County and City or Town taxes and the sale of the property so assess ed for the enforcement of the lien for any one or more of the instalments due upon said .property shall not re lieve said property from the lien of the remaining instalments as and when the same shall become due, and the purchaser of said property at the sale for nonpayment of any instal ment or instalments, which may be due and unpaid, shall take the pro perty subject to the lien of the- re maining unpaid instalments. Section 3. Amend further by add ing another section to be known as Section 3, which shall be as follows: Section 3. The assessment shall be payable at such times and on such terms of payment as may be prescrib ed by Ordinance of the Town Qouneil. Provided, That the final payment or instalment shall not be within, five (5) years next ensuing from the 1 date of the passage of said Ordinance, and provided, further, That the rate of interest charged the property owners on any and all deferred assessments or instalments thereof shall be six per centum per annum, and, Provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any pro perty owner against whose property assessments have been levied from paying any portion or all of such as sessments in advance. Section 4. Amend further by add ing another Eection to be known as Section 4, which shall be as follows: Section 4. That the amounts of monpy raised by such assessments, to gether with the amounts added there to by the Town authorities from the Town treasury, shall constitute and be kept as a separate fund to be used only for the purpose for which it was raised and appropriated. Section 5. Amend further by add ing another Section to be known as Section 5, which shall be as follows: Section 5. That it shall by Ordi nance be made the duty of the Town Clerk to make entry of satisfaction on such “Assessment Liens” book as soon as full payment is made, and the lien shall be thereby extinguished. Section 6. said assessments, whether paid in ad vance or otherwise, shall be kept in a sinking fund for the purpose of pay ing of certificates and interest there on as same shall become due. Section 7. Amend further by add ing another Section to be known as Section 7, which shall be as follows: Section 7. The said Town of Clin ton, may by Ordinance, require the grantor and grantee, or grantors and grantees, of any property, or part of same sold or transferred after such assessment has been laid thereon, and before such assessment lien has been extinguished as provided herein, to file in writing with the Town Clerk, within ten (10) days after every such sale or transfer, the name of such grantor and grantee, or grantors and grantees, an accurate description of the property, sold or transferred and j the property sold or transferred and guarantee the payment of same for and and in the name of said Town. All instalments and interest collected on said assessments, whether paid in advance or otherwise, shall be kept in a sinking fund for the purpose of paying off certificates and interest thereon as same shall become due. Section 7. The said Town of Clin ton may, by Ordinance, require the grantor and grantee, or grantors and grantees, of any property, or part of same, sold or transferred after such assessment has been laid thereon, and before such assessment lien has been extinguished, as provided herein, to file in writing with the Town Clerk, within ten (10) days after every puch sale or transfer, the name of such grantor and grantee, or grantors and grantees, an accurate descrpition of APRIL 23, 1925 the date of such sale or transfer.” Section 8. Amend further by add ing another Section to be known as Section 8*, which shall be as follows: Section 8. That the provision here in shall not apply or become opera tive until submitted to the qualified electors of the Town of Clinton by the Town Council for approval, and a the date of such sale or transfer. Section 8. That the provisions here in shall not apply or become opera tive until submitted to the qualified electors of the Town of Clinton by the Town Council for approval and a majority of the qualified electors vot ing at said election on its approval vote in favor thereof at any general majority of the qualified electors vot- Municipal election or any special Mtf- ing at said election on its approval nicipal election (whether called and vote in favor thereof at any general (held for that purpose only or not) Municipal election or any special Mu- < when the question of the said approv- nicipal election (whether ’called and held for that purpose only or not) al of said law is submitted and voted on separately and the ballots thereon when the question of the said appro-1 deposited in a separate box properly val of said law is submitted and voted labeled and provided tor that purpose. on separately and the ballots thereon deposited in a separate box properly labeled and provided for that pur pose, so that said Act when so amend ed shall read as follows: Section 1. That the corporate au thorities of the Town of Clinton be, { Section 9. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Section 10. ‘ This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the. Governor.” And, t WHEREAS: Section 8 of said Act State, County and City or Town tax es and the sale of t|ie property so as sessed for the enforcement of the lien for any one or more of the instilments due upon said property at the sale for nonpayment of any instalment or in stalments, which may be due and un paid, shall take the property subject to the lien of the remaining unpaid instalments. Section 3. The assessment shall be payable at such times and on such terms of payment fis may be prescrib ed by Ordinance of the Town Council; Provided, That the final payment or instalment shall not be within five (5) years next ensuing from the date of the passage of said Ordinance, and Provided, further, That the rate of interest charged the property owners on any and all deferred assessments or installments thereof shall be six per centum per annum, and Provided, further, That nothing herein contined shall be construed to prevent any pro perty owner against whose property assessments have been levied, from paying any portion or all of such as sessments in advance. Section 4. That the amounts of money raised by such assessments, to gether with the amounts added there to by the Town authorities from the Town treasury, shall constitute and be kept as a separate fund to be used only for the purpose for which it was raised and appropriated. Section 5. That it shall by Ordi Election to be held on the 26th day of May, 1925, shall be eligible to vote on the question as to whether thf pro visions of the aforesaid Act shall apply and become operative in the said Town of Clinton. That the Managers of the Bond Election to be held on the 26th day of May, 1925, shall be the managers of the election on the question as to whether the provisions of the afore said Act shall apply and become operative in the Town of Clinton. Section 4. That Notice of the said election shall be published in “The Clinton Chronicle,” a newspaper pub lished 4n the Town of Clinton, S. C., giving not less than ten days public notice of said election. DONE AND RATIFIED IN COUN CIL ASSEMBLED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL, 1925> J. F. JACOBS, Attest: ' Mayor. MARY CHALMERS, Clerk and Treasurer. It COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CLIN- NOTICE OF BfLECTIQN State of South Carolina f V r County of Laurens Town of Clinton •• , Notice is hereby giyen that at the special election to be held in the Town of Clinton on the 26th day of May, 1925, on the question of iskuing the aggregate of $235,000.00 of Bonds of said Town of Clinton, the further nance be made the duty of the Town < '“* tlo 1 n “ 10 w ! l ' the f provi .” i “ nB Clerk to make entry of satisfaction of Act ; £ ,ss ' d J?* ‘f 16 Ge , n „ e ~ 1 Aa : entry on such “Assessment Liens” book as soon as full payment is made, and the lien shall be thereby extinguished. Section 6. That the Town Council of Clinton is hereby authorized and empowered to issue certificates of and they are hereby authorized to j provides that the provisions of siTtd'j indebtedness showing the amounts of levy an assessment upon abutting pro- | Act shall not apply or become opera- money due to said Town by property perty for the purpose of paying for | tive until submitted to the qualified | owners as deferred payments or in permanent improvements on streets electors of the Town of Clinton by j stalments upon such assessments, and the Town Council for approval, and a to sell any of such certificates of in- majority of the qualified electors vot-1 debtedness or to borrow money by ing at said election on its appfoval pledging any of them as collateral se- vote in favor thereof, at any general curity for the payment of such debt Municipal election or any Special Mu- or debts, and in either event of sale nicipal election (whether called and! or collateral pledge of such ccrtifi- held for that purpose only or not) | cates, or any of them, to pledge the when the question of the said approv- i faith and credit of said Town .for the al of said law is submitted and voted payment thereof, and to guarantee the on separately, and the ballots thereon payment of same for and in the name and sidewalks immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of a majority of the owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk or portion of either to be improved, and upon the further conditions that the corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such improvements, and shall have made provision for the . deposited in a separate box properly t of said Town. All instalments in in payment thereof. Section 2. That the assessments so laid shall constitute and be a lien upon the property so assessed and payment thereof may be enforced as the pay ment of Town taxes is enforced: Pro vided, Such assessments be entered in a book kept by the Town Clerk, to be entitled, “Asessment Liens,” stating the names of the owners, the location labeled and provided for that pur-! terest collected on said assessments, pose. [whether paid in advance or otherwise, THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED shall be kept in a sinking fund for the BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE, purpose of paying off .certificates and TOWN OF CLINTON, LAURENS interest thereon as same shall become COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN due. COUNCIL ASSEMBLED: Section 1. That the question as to provisions whether the of the Act sembly of South Carolina, 1925, and approved by the Governor on the 19th day of March, 1925, entitled: “An Act to Amend an Act Entitled ‘An Act to Authorize the Town of Clinton to Levy an Assessment Upon Abutting Pro perty for the Purpose of Paying for Permanent Improvements on Streets and Sidewalks immediately Abutting Such PrSperty, Approved February 11th, 1918, by Providing for the Method of Enforcing and Collecting Such Assessment and Authorizing the Issuance by the Town of Clinton of Certificates of Indebtedness, and to Pledge the Faith and Credit of the Town of Clinton for the Payment Thereof, and to Guarantee the Pay ment of the same for and in the Name of the Said Town of Clinton,” shall apply and become operative in the said Town of Clintoq, shall be sub mitted to the qualified electors of the said Town of Clinton. This question will be voted on separately. The polls will be opened at 8 o’clock A. M. and closed at 4 o’clock P. M., on said date. The persons having proper registra tion certificates and qualified to vote of the property, and the amount ofi^g gt a t e 0 f South Carolina, 1925, and the assessments and the time or times approved by the Governor on the 19th of payment: And, Provided, further, That such lien shall continue from the date of entry on such book until the expiration of five years from the date when final payment is due and payable, unless sooner paid. Upon de fault in payment of any instalment or deferred portion of any assessment, at the time and in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by Ordi nance, such delinquent payment or payments, together, with interest ^e Issuance by the Town of Chnton ' un til submitted to the qualified elect- of Certificates of Indebtedness, and to' ors Town of Clinton by the Pledge the Faith and Credit of the i Town Council for approval and a ma- Town of Clinton for the Payment 1 jority of the qualified electors voting Amend further by add ing another Section to be known as Section 6, which shall be as follows: Section 6. That the Town Council of the Town of Clinton is hereby au thorized and empowered to issuq cer tificates of indebtedness showing the amounts of money due to said Town by property owners as deferred pay ments or instalments upon such as sessments, and to sell any of such certificates of indebtedness or to bor row money by pledging any of them as collateral security for the payment of such debtor debts, and in either event of sale or collateral pledge of soch certificates, or any of them, to pledge the faith and credit of said Town for the payment thereof, and to guarantee the payment of same for and in the name of said Town. Ail instalments and interest collected on Section 7. The said Town of Clin ton may, by Ordinance, require the grantor and grantee, or grantors and j in gaid Bond Election shall be eligi _ passed by the General Assembly of grantees, of any property, oj* part of ble to vote on said quest j on> same, sold or transferred after such assessment has been laid thereon, and before such assessment lien has been extinguished, as provided herein, to file in writing with the Town Clerk, within ten (10) days after every such sale or transfer, the name of such day of March, 1925, entitled: “An Act to Amend an Act entitled ‘An A<ft to Authorize the Town of Clinton to Levy an Assessment upon Abutting Property for the Purpose of Paying for Permanent Improvements on grantor and grantee, or grantors and Streets and Sidewalks Immediately [grantees, an accurate description of Abutting Such Property, Approved j th® property sold or transferred and February 11th, 1918’ by Providing for; the date of such sale or transfer, the Method of Enforcing and Collect-1 Section 8. That the provisions here- ing Such Assessment and Authorizing [ i n shall not apply or become operative thereon, shall be collectible as Town taxes are now collectible, and with such penalties and costs as are now provided for the payment of such taxes. The lien of said assessment shall be coordinate with the lien for State, County and City or Town taxes and the sale of the property so as sessed for the enforcement of the lien for any one or more of the instalments due upon said property shall not re lieve said property from the lien of the remaining instalments as and when the same shall become due, and the purchase of said property at the sale for nonpayment of any instal ment or instalments, which may be due and unpaid, shall take the pro perty subject to the lien of the re maining unpaid instalments. Section 3. The assessment shall be payable at such times and on such terms of payment as may be prescrib ed by Ordinance of the Town Coun cil: Provided, That the final payment or instalment shall not be within five (5) years next ensuing from the date of the passage of said Ordinance; and Provided, further, That the rate. of interest charged the property owners on any and all deferred assessments or instalments thereof shall be six per centum per annum, and Provided, fur ther, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any pro perty owner against whose property assessments have been levied, from paying any portion or all of such assessments in advance. Section 4. That the amounts of money raised by such assessmentirto- gether with the amounts added there to by the Town authorities from the Town treasurjrr shall constitute-and be kept as a separate fund to,be used only for the purpose for which it was ^raised and appropriated. Section 5. That it shall by Ordi nance be made the duty of the Town Clerk to make entry of satisfaction on- iueh “Asessment Liens” book as sooif as full payment is made, and the lien shall be thereby extinguished. Section 6. That the Town Council of the Town of Clinton is hereby authorized and empowered to issue certificates of indebtedness showing the arqpunts of money due to said Town by property owners as deferred payments or instalments upon such assessments, and to sell any of such certificates of 'indebtedness or to bor row .money by pledging any of them 0,8 collateral security for the payment of such debt or debts, and in either event of sale or collateral pledge of such certificates, or any of them, to pledge the faith and (credit of said Town for the payment thereof, and to The Managers of said Special Bond Election shall be the Managers of the Election as to said question. ___ J. F v JACOBS, MAEY CHALMERS, ~~ Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. NOTICE OF OPENING BOOKS OF REGISTRATION State of South Carolina County of Laurens Town of Clinton TON, LAURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN COUNCIL ASSEM BLED: Section 1.' That the petitions pre sented' to the Town Council of said Town of Clinton, and duly filed in the records of the town asking for an election upon the question of the is suance of not exceeding $15,000 of bonds of said town, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from the sale of said bonds, when issued, to be hsed for the purpose of tjtq maintenance of electric light plant in said town; and on the question of the issuanqe of not exceeding $25,000 • of bonds of said town, the said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from the kale of said bonds, when issued, to be used for the pur pose of establishing and maintenance of water works system of said town; and on the question of the issuance of not exceeding $35,000 of bonds of said town, the said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from the sale of said bonds, when issued, to be used for the pur pose of covering floating debt incur red' for street improvements in said town; and on the question of the is suance of not exceeding $160,000 of bonds of said town, the said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to ex ceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from the sale of said bonds, when issued, to be useef for the purpose of establishing and maintenance of streets in said, town, contain the names, on each and every petition, of more than a major ity of the free-holders of Said Town of Clinton, and it is so declared. Section 2.n. That an electron be held in the Town of Clinton, Laurens Coun ty, S. C., on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1925, at which will be submit ted to the qualified electors )f said town the question of the issuance of not exceeding ^15,000 of bonds of said town, said bonds to beer inter est at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used for the purpose » f main tenance of electric light plant, es pecially street lighting in said town; and not exceeding $25,000 of bands of said town, said bonds to bear inter est at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used for the purpose bf estab lishing and maintenance of water works system in said town; and not exceeding $35,000 of bonds of said town, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, thp proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used to cover floating debt incurred for street improvements in said town; and not exceeding $160,000 of bonds of said town, said bonds to bear inter est at rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used for the purpose of estab lishing and .maintenance.of streets in said town. The issuance of said bonds shall be submitted as separate propositions, and shall be voted on separately, the ballots on each question deposited in separate boxes. On one of said ballots shall be printed or written the words: “Shall the Town of Clipton issue its bonds NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Books of Registration of the Town j in the sum of not exceeding $15,000 of Clinton, S. C., for the registration}the said bonds to bear interest at a iuwii ui i/uuiuii lur me .rayiiieni ( of voters for the special election fc° jrate not to exceed 6 per cent, the pro- Thereof, and to Guarantee the Pay-j at said election on its approval vote in be heij j n tbe Town of Clinton, S. C.,4®®eds from sale of said bonds to be ment of the same for and in the Name favor thereof at any general Munici-' on Tuesday, the 26th day of MayT) U8 ®d for the purpose of maintenance of the Said Town of Clinton,” shall |Pal election or any special Municipal J925, w iH be open at the store of J. I of electric light plant, especially street apply and become operative in said c^ootio* 1 (whether called and held for j Copeland & Bro., North■ Broadway, j fighting, in said town? YE§-NO”; Town of Clinton, South Carolina, be I that purpose only or not) when the Clinton, S. C., on the 6th day of May,land the voter voting in favor of the submitted to the qualified registered question of the said approval of said j 1925, and will remain open to and in- issuance of said bonds shall strike out « . 1 . 1~ ~ j „ ~ j j ~ ~ ... .. . _ .. . ^ ^ ^ at 1 u-KTf\9y i j* *»• « • electors at the special election to be held in the Town of Clinton on Tues day^ the 26th day of May, 1925; said special election having,, been hereto fore called by the said Town Council 1, law is submitted and voted on sfpar-1 eluding the 15th day of May, 1925 ately and the baHots thereon deposit-1 yj d COPELAND, ed in a separate box properly labeled and provided for that purposeT ” Section 9. All Acts or parts of Acts for the purpose of submitting to the i inconsistent herewith are hereby re qualified electors the Question of P®al®d* whether or not the said Town of Clin ton shall issue bonds of the said Town of Clinton in the aggregate amount of $235,000,00, pursuant to four separate petitions submitted, the said Act as amended reading as follows: Section 1. That the corporate au thorities of the Town of Clinton be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an assessment upon abutting pro perty for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and sidewalks immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of a majority of the owners bf the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk or port'on of ejther to be improved, and upon the further conditions that the cor porate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such improve ments, and shall have made provision for the payment thereof. Section 2. That the assessments so laid shall constitute and be a lien upon the property so assessed and payment thereof may be enforced as the payment of Town taxes is enforc ed: Provided, Such assessments be en- Supervisor of Registration, Town of Clinton, S. C. Section 10. This Act shall go into . COUNTy 0F LAURENS effect immediately upon its approval TQWjc Qp CLINTON by the Governor. tye word “NO” before depositing his ballot in the box provided therefor. The voter voting against the issu ance of said bonds shall strike out the 5-21-5tc word “YESV before depositing his 7 j ballot in the box. the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in Section 2. That at such election the sum of not exceeding $25,000, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not WHEREAS: Four Petitions, signed _ ^ ^ ^ the Managers of said election are to 1 ^ y fre **. hold ® rs t J le fown of Cttn- ^ exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds frem me managers 01 said election are to ;t aski for an e i ection . ^ ^ held 8a i e of said bonds to be used for es provide a separate box for the ballots 10 r saia 0011(18 10 06 use a es- to be used in votimr on the Question 1 10 the Town Clinton, S. C., were tabhshing and maintenance of water to be used in voting on the question panted to the Town Council of the wk8 8y8tem in ^ ^7 ,. YKS _ said Town on the 17th day of April, NO.’; and the voter voting in favor ^925; one of said petitions asking for an election to be held in tbe said . , _ . . .. . Town of Clipton, S. C., on the ques- S a “?V by , the ^” eral J A »“ mb, y « f :tion of the issuance of hot exceeding Sodth Crohna, 1926 and appfoved by j^.ooO of bond, of Mid town, the, lne „ suance 0I s , laoonas s „„. the Governor on the 19th ^ proceed, from the „l e of .eid bond., ^ X 10 when issued, to be for the purpose hi , ballot in the box. of the aforesaid Act. That ballots be provided at said election on which shall be written or printed the follow ing: “Shall the provisions of an Act of the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “NO”, before de positing his ballot in the box provided therefor. The voter voting against^, the issuance of said bonds shall strike March, , 1925, entitled: “An Amend an Act entitled: 'An Act to Authorize the Town of Clinton to Levy an Assessment upon Abutting Property for the Purpose of Paying for permanent Improvements on Street's and Sidewalks Immediately Abufting Such Property, Approved February 11th, 1918’ by Providing for the Method of Enforcing and Collect ing Such Assessments and Authoriz ing the Issuance by the Town of Clin tonof Certificates of Indebtedness, and to Pledge the Faith and Credit of tbe Town of Clinton for the Pay ment Thereof, and to Guarantee the of the maintenance of electric light plant, especially street lighting, in. said town; and one of said petitions asking for an election to be.bejd in the said Town of Clinton, S. on the question of the issuance of hot ex ceeding $25,00 of bonds bf said town, the proceeds from the safe of said bends, when issued, to be used for estabishing and maintenance of a water-works system in said town; and one of said petitions asking for an election to be held in said Town of' Clinton, S. C., on the question of the issuance of not exceeding $35,000 of tered in a book kept by the Town Payment of the Same for and in the [ bonds of said town the proceed ’ 8 from Na, ? e ot } h * Sa,d Town c ! lnton .nthe sale of said bonds, when issued, s p i y *, nd ^r, e ^iz e r, :, n t<- vr* l ? d ‘ b ‘ curred for the purpose of street im- Clerk, fo be entitled “Assessment Liens,” stating the name of the own ers, the location of the* property and j Town of Clinton ? YES—NO.” And 4be qmount of the assessments and' the voter voting in favor of the .pro- such book until the expiration of five before depositing his ballot in the box years from the date when final pay- provided therefor. And the voter vot- ment is due and payable, unless sooner in l? against the provisions of said Act paid. Upon default in payment of any applying and becoming^operative in instalment or Referred portion of any assessment, at the time and in accord ance with the terms and conditions fixed by Ordinance, such delinquent payment, or payments, together with interest thereon, shall be collectible as Town taxes are now collectible, and with such penalties and costs as are now provided for the payment of such •hall be coordinate with the t lien for the Town of Clinton shall strike out the word “YES” before depositing hia ballot ..in the box. Section 3. That the'polling place for the holding of said election shall be at police headquarters, West Pitta Street, in sMd Town of Clinton, S. C. The polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock A. M. and closed at 4 o’clock taxes. The lien of said assessment P. M., the same day. That the elect ors qualified to vote in the Bond provements in said town; and one 6f said petitions asking for an election to' be held in said Town of Clinton, S. C„ on the question of the is suance of not exceeding $160,000 of bonds of said town, the pro- ceeds from the aale of said bonds, when issued, to be used for the purpose of establishing and mainten ance of streets in said town; and, WHEREAS: Upog^check of said petitions, it appears that the petition in each and every case was signed by more than a majority of the free holders of the said Town of Clin ton, S. C.: THEREUPON, the followia^ Ordi nance was duly adopted: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN V- ■ On artother of said ballots shall be printed or written the words: “Shall the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in the sum of not exceeding $35,000, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used to cover floating debt incurred for the purpose of street improvements in said town. “Yfi^-NO and the voter voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “NO”, before depositing his ballot in the box provid ed therefor. The voter voting against the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “YES” before depositing his ballot in the box. On another of said ballots shall be printed or written the words: “Shall the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in the sum of not exceeding $160,000, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, the proceeds from sale of said bonds to be used for the purpose of establishing and main tenance of streets in said town T YES- NQ.’; and the voter voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “NO”, befqre de positing his ballot in the box provided therefor. The voter voting against the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “YES” before depositing his ballot in the box.. . i ‘ Section 3. That the polling place for the* holding of said election^ shall *• # % <* ♦ ' A ► A4 1 4 I (Continued on Page Seven)