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Show TO ACQUIRE men . SCHOOL SITE TITLE Board of Education (o Tender Owners $40,000 in Bonds for Properly. Several Important steps toward active work on the now half-million. (lollur high .school were taken by the city school board Friday evening. Tho most Important Im-portant of these wax the giving of authority au-thority to the president and clerk of the board to execute $-10,000 worth of hchool bondn and tender them to Both well McContiughy In exchange for a warranty deed to the jito. It developed, however, that tho magnificent eloven-acro site Ih cut Into two pleiios by a street running east and west through the property that has been dedicated to the city, and tho formal purchase of the ground will not be made until the city, through the council, vacates thla dedication. the street then reverting back to Bothwell & McConaughy. No trouble Is expected In this, howevor. Allan T. Snnfnrd. attorney, reported to the board that he hud examined the abstract ab-stract of tliu property, finding that the title In vested In Olenn R. Bothwell and R. K. McConaughy, free from incumbrance incum-brance except a mortgage, described with othor property, In favor of J. C. Thompson Thomp-son for 520,000. Tho buildings and grounds committee was authorized to prepare a programme and rules under which competitive offers of-fers to furnish plans and spcolilcatlons for the building aro to bo submitted by architects. It Is tho intention of the committee to bring a man hither from tho east to help in this matter and act as adviser for the board In tlm construction construc-tion of the building. .1. Don Carlos Young of this city tendered his services In this work to the board. L. P. Judd. clerk of the school board, received a telegram from Emery. Peck &. Rockwood of Chicago Friday to the effect that their attorney had approved the S2fi0,000 Issuo of the high school bonds bought by them and urging the board to rush the printing of the bonds. The llnanco committeo was authorized author-ized to have the Utah Lithographing company print the bondn at a cost, of JlfiO. and $125 was appropriated for Mr. Judd to deliver tlie bonds in Chicago not later than November I. depositing the bond money In a Chicago bank to the credit of one of the banks here, In all probability tho Mc'omlck bank. This part of the bonds win sold for M cents spot cash. The "bonds bear i "per cent annual Interest and are due in twenty years. |