The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-03-14
AGREEMENT.

In pursuance OF of the General Assembly of the
State of Indiana, approved Feb. IS, 1851 entitled .an
act 10 provide for the annexation Of eorporated
IA is hereby agreed by aud b. tween the Common
Connc of the city of Evansville and the President aoa
Trustees of of Lamasco City that the said town
of amasco City be- annexed to the city of Evansville Oh
the following terms and conditions t9wit:
FtRsr-The town of Lamasco City shall become a
ma Of the city Evansville TO all nents ans pu
mon ratification of this agreement by majority of
me oupIed voters of said city and respectively
under the provisions of said act and the city of Evans
Vile succeed to- and become possessed of and
titled all the property real and personal and to all
The rybts credits moneys and effects OF the said town
and said city shall be liable for all the debts
and Liabilities of said town.
Srcosp-Upon the ratification or this agreement by
the voters OF said city and town Aforesaid. and upon
the contamination of the nnexaiion of said town
said city, under provisions of said act. The Trustees
of the town of iamascn City, shall be enled To seats in
the Com Council Of the cry Of Evansville
he and each ward of the present of La
,sco Cy shall be and con stitute ward of the cit, of
Evansyille until the wards of the city of Evansville
shall be changed by the Common Council OF the city, in
pursuance eff the charter thereof; but ii understood
however that the wards of said city shall tie
arranged or constituted to deprive any part of the
uu.d city OF lis due weghtin the Common Council c-
cor..ing TO its population.
willie Railroad Company, now owne. and held by the
present city of Evansville. STALL after the annexation be
held bv the Council OF the united city trust
fo- the benefit of that parI OF the United city which
stitutes the present city OF Evansyileand the mem
hor of the Common Council representing the territory
or constituting the city Of Evansville
majority ofthcm shall control said stock and all qes
tons in relation thereto. and property persons eff
facts or .hrgs thin the terri ory wards pres
eut town of and not taxable by the
morale authorities Of the city of Evansville shall ever
be taxed pay her subscription 10 the pi.al
id Railroad Company
EorETu-Aftes the said Ration OF the said town
TO the said cv shall have been consumaled the taxes
which NAV be nec.sa, meet the princip. inter
est of the contracted by the cit, of Evansville
nav her subscription said capital stock Of said Rail
ro ID Company, shall be levied assessed ard collected
4 nfa mud
which may hereafter bGcoue sulie"t 10 taxation
BY the corporate authorities of the United city, saving
and excepting the property persons. Effects things.
expressly exempted from such taxation the next pre-.
| ceding section OF This article.
FlFrn-Noihing in the third article ofthis agreement
shall be construed To exclude the Councilman of any
territory which be added TO or incorporated into
In. city the annexation of said town TO said city,
shall have been consummated. from having voice il,
the control of the said railroad stock but the intention
of this agreement is that the people of any such terri
tory shall have the same rights in said IA road stock
and subject the b0rlhens with the people o,
the present city Of Evansville
SrxTH--That IN election be held The Goth day o
March 1857 under the provisions said the peo
ple of the city of Evansville and the town of LamascO
City vote upon the question of annexation ofthe sa
said city upon the terms specified In the agree
ment
SrvEsru.--I is further agreed and understood by the
parties aforesaid that until the town of LANES City is
annexed under the aCt providr for the nnexation
Incorporated towns and cities" approved Feb 16 1857
that the Marshal of the town oi amasco City shall
proceed 10 collect AL taxes delinquent otherwise
/
to the city Of Evansville the delinquent taxes for the
wears lc55 and sj6 previous year. shall be
red on the pcae list OF the city OF Evansville
and collected BY the Collector of Taxes of the city
Evansville in the same manner as;he delinquent tax G:
city are now collected 10y law ana pad into the
city Treasury OF EyepsyiIle.
| On motion of Councilman Orr. IL was further ordered
that the said report be received and entered at large
upon the mnu e. OF thc Council anu That said Commit
tee he discharged.
On motion of Councilman Orr. II was further ordered
bv the council that the said draft IF agreement be
tween this council and the President ard Trustees of the
town Of city, be aud the is hereby adopt
ed as and for the agreement under and by virtue o
which the town Of Lamaseo city shall be annexed Il
The civ Evansville and that the President and Trus
tees Of said be edat6y informed by the May
or ofhe adoption OF said agreement BY this council
be invited TO concur therein.
| CoNAI1TEB
! JOHN HEWSON Ch'mn, PETER SHARPE.
| NJ. w FOSTER, JOHN LAW.
| CONRAD BAKER, JOHN A. REITZ.
| True copy from record
ATTEST. WELL. II. WALKER, Clerk.
| March =, lSJ.-dSw.