The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-18
Election Notice.


n Ill ity Il is Here5y given ffat Sn cfcctlon
IN VIII be held BY the legal vo.ers Of the
wiling. of ii nitowoc. at tic usual piae e. o.
ing cleo ions in iii village, on SATURDAY,
the i0ta dsy of October, 1863, iorthe purpose
OF yoting upon the PROPOSITION submitted by
the Alanitowoc & Minnesota Railroad CDmPa-
ny to the viIl1ge of Nanitowoc. as provided in
chapter l6o, OF the general laws OF 1853, rcnsi-
tied al act 10 authorize certain coantics,
towns and villages to all in the cohs.ructionstf
. railroad between Manitowoe and the Mi 5is-
sippi river which pro, ostion is as follows:
l. That in consideration of the construction
by said eeniI,ary Of a single track of the first
division of railroad, from tie village of Mani
iowoc to the village of Mcnasha or the city of
Appleton. the said village Of Manitowoc shall
pay to said company the of one hundred
thousand dollars III money, and interest," there
on 1T the times and III the manner hereinafter
stated -sfef
. That the said sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars shall be paid in equal annual in
stalments of ten thousand dollars each-the
first instalment to be paid on the said first di-
vision being ironed and equipped, and the re-
manning instalment. annually thereafter, with
interest Oh each at the rate Of seven per cent
um per annum from the time the first division
Of rod shall be completed, ms aforesaid, to
the time the same shall respect yels become
due and payable and be paid and that the
pr per officers of said village shall annually
.use to be assessed and collected OH the
proper Of said village in the manner provid-
ed by law, money sufficient to pay the said in
stalments and interest thereon, the same
shall respectively become due.
g. That as soon as the clerk of said village
shall receive notice from the President of the
Continental Bank of the City of New York, or
other bank doing banking business in the
city OF New York under the laws of the Unit ed
States OF the State of New York, that the
said company has e1lercd into contract with
parties reputed and deemed responsible for the
iron and equipments for said first division of
road, the proper officers Of said village shall
sign and countersign orders, in the usual and
proper form upon the treasurer of said village
for the full amount Of the said several install
ments and interest thereon, as the same are re-
Spectiyely to become due and payable, and in
sums as may be demanded, and shall deposit
said orders and all moneys which may have
been collected from any such taxes, in the
said Continental National Bank Of the city of
New York, subject to be delivered to the or
der of said company, on the first division of
road being ironed and equipped as aforesaid,
and that such orders shall be receivable by
the proper receiving collecting officers of
said village in payment of village taxes for the
years IN which the same SHALL respective y be-
come due and payable, and that the holder of
any such orders shall have the right to eX-
change the same in equal amounts for tax GER
tificates issued on sales of lands for taxes and
held by the treasurer Of said village.
At the said election the voters of said vii
lage are called upon to deposit ballot upon
which shall be written Or printed the words,
r or the Railroad Proposition" or the words,
Against the Railroad Proposition"
Such election will be held and conduc ed in
the same manner that other general elections
in said village are by law required to be held
and conducted, and the votes cast at snch
election will be counted, canvassed and re-
turned In the same manner as the votes at any
general election, and the canvassers at such
election shall make, certify, sign and deposit,
with the clerk of said village. statement OF
the whole mum or Of votes cast upon the ques-
ton, as well us a statement of the number for
the railroad proposition and of the number
against the railroad proposition, required
by chapter 16S, of the laws of 1868. 80
The following are the places for holding
elections
First Ward--Council Room of the Village
Board #s tx
Second Ward Office Of Benjamin Jones.
Third Ward-Residcnce of Julius Block.
F ourth Ward-Shoc store of Sander San,
derson
Given under my hand and the seal of the
village of Manitowoc, this 9th day
L. S. Of September, 1868.
FRED. BORCHERDT,
C1ork of the Eillepe of Manitowoc