Book 14 (January 1950 - July 1954) - City of Oxford

72---.- -~- -"--OEMENT - MERIDIANMINUTE BOOK No. 14, CITY OF OXFORDof Oxford, Mississippi, relating to the Special Bond Election held in said City on this ~,Tuesday, the 2nd day of May, 1950, shall be and the same Report is hereby approve4 and confirmed.We find and adjudicate that said election was properly called by resolution of this body, thatproper notice and publication therefor was given and made as required by Section 5529, Miss.Code of 1942, that said election was properly held and. conducted, and that h these and all otherrespects said election was in full and complete compliance with the requirements of the law.J2. The proposition submitted to the qualified electors of said City at the aforesaidSpecial Bond Election, to-wit:PROPOSITIONShall the City of Oxford, Mississippi, issue its Electric PlantRevenue Bonds in the maximum amount of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars,($75,000.00), for the construction of a substation and the erection ofa transmission line from the Tennessee Valle.y Authority substation tothe new city subs~at~on and to make necessary extensions a~ improvementsto the present distribution system of the City of Oxford?was assented to and approved b,y a majority of the qualified electors of the said City of Oxfordwho voted in said election.3. The City, of Oxford, lfississippi, is now authorized and empowered to issue its bonds inthe amount of Seventy-five thousand & NollOO Dollars ($75,000.00) for the purposes stated inthe abo'ft-quotedProposition, in accordance with Mississippi Laws of 1936, Chapter 185, beingMississippi Code of 1942, Sections 5526-5550.Alderman H. S. Sisk seconded the motion to adopt the f'oregoing Resolution, and, the questionbeing put to a roll-call vote, the result was as follews:Alderman A. H. Avent voted. Yea.Alderman B. J. Hilbtm voted Yea.Alderman H. S. Sisk voted Yea.Alderman T. E. Combs voted . Absent.Alderman W. T. Chandler voted Absent.The motion having received the affirmative vote of all of' the Aldermen present, the Mayordeclared the motion carried and the resolution adopted.CITY CLERKMAYCRMrs. Ada McLarty appeared before the Board requesting water service to her property lyin:i ... guts idethe City .~~ft§oYlb,_of the Oxford Steam Laundry and the Haley Subdivision. On motion/lEalrma n Aventseconded/tn~~pauel!tmanimously it was declared that Mrs. McLarty would have to build at her ownexpense £'rom the City's present line any water line which she might desire, paying the 25%additional service charge which is customary on monthly water bills.Follwing a discussion of the cemetery up-keep for this year Alderman H. S. Sisk moved andAlderman A. H. Avent seconded the motion to furnish the labor for the up-keep of St. Peter'sCemetery rather than contribute the sum of $300.00 as requested by the cemetery committee.Pursuant to "Notice to Bidders" the following bid on slag was accepted:Birmingham Slag Co., Birmingham, Ala. - 600 tons Coarse Slag No. 4A $1.25 per ton- 560 " Fine Slag No. 5 $1.35 per tonThis being the only bid submitted it lnIs moved by Alderman A. H. Avent, seconded by Alderman BenJ. Hilbun and passed unanimously it was ordered that this bid be accepted.Pursuant to "NotiQe to Bidders" the following bids on asphalt were accepted:Pan-American Southern Corporation, New Orleans, La. -liquid asphalt primer$.1l2 per gal.liquid asphalt.~l04 per gal.Bi tucote Products, st. Louis, Missouri -liquid asphalt primeremulsified asphalt$.0987 per gallon$ .0787 per gallonAmerican Bitumuls Company, Mobile, Alabamaemulsified asphalt primeremulsified asphalt$.l220 per gallon$.0989 per gallonl