1968 - 03-11-68 Adj. Reg. Meeting

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a Special Election to be held in the County of Lee, North Carolina, on May 4, 1968, there will be submitted to the qualified voters of said County the question whether they shall approve or disapprove (1) the indebtedness to be incurred by the issuance of bonds of said County of"the maximum principal- amount of $750, 000, and (2) the levy of a tax for the payment of such bonds, and (3) the bond order entitled "Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $750, 000 County Courthouse Bonds of the County of Lee", adopted by the Board of Commissioners on March 4, 1968, to authorize the issuance of said Bonds and the levy of such tax. The $750, 000 bonds are authorized to finance the cost of remodeling and reconstructing and enlarging, by the erection of an addition or additions, the existing Courthouse building, and ofacquiring furnishings and equipment necessary for such remodeled or reconstructed or enlarged Courthouse building. The ballot-labels for the voting machines to be used at said election shall contain the words "For the band order authorizing $750, 000 bonds to finance the cost of remodeling and reconstructing and enlarging, by the erection of an addition or additions, the existing Courthouse building, and of acquiring furnishings and equipment necessary for such remodeled or reconstructed ox enlarged Courthouse building and a tax therefor" and the words "Against the bond order authorizing $750, 000 bonds to finance the cost of remodeling and reconstructing and enlarging, by the erection of an addition or additions, the existing Courthouse building, and of acquiring furnishings and equipment necessary for such remodeled or reconstructed or enlarged Courthouse building and a tax therefor", in such formal will allow the voters at said election to vote for or against said bond order and said tax. in the event that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote to approve such bond order and the incurring of such indebtedness and the levy of such taxes, said bonds shall be issued for the purposes described in such bond order and taxes shall be levied for the payment of such bonds. The polls for the election will open at the hour of 6:30 o'cle A. m., and will close at the hour of 6:30 o'clock p. m. The election will be held at the same polling places at which the last election was held in Lee County for the election of members of the General Assembly. ..,aa Registration books of Lee County in such election precincts will be used for said election. All qualified voters whose names are not registered upon' such registration books and who present themselves for registration may be registered on or before April 13, 1968, being the 21st day before said election by the Special Registration Commissioner at the office of the Lee County Register of Deeds in the Lee County Courthouse on any business day between 8:30 o'clock A. M. and 5:00 o'clock P. M.