The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-25
Election Notice.

ArCTfCE ia hereby given that an election
IN viii be held by the legal voters Of the
village Of Manitowoc, at the Usual place. of
holding elections in said village, on Saturday,
the 10th day Of October, 1868, for the purpose
of voting upon the proposition submitted by
the Manitowoc & Minnesota Railroad Compa-
ny to the village Of Manitowoc, az provided in
chapter i6S, Of the general laws Of 1868, emit
tied IAN act to authorize certain counties,
towns and villages to aid in the construction of
a railroad between Manitowoc and the Miss,s-
sipp river which proposition is as follows:
/. That in consideration Of the constructio
by said company of single track of the first
division of railroad, from the village of Mani
towoc to the village of Menasba or the city of
Appleton, the said village of Manitowoc shall
pay to said company the sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars in money, and int:rest there
on, at the times and in the manner hereinafter
stated.
2. That the said su1n Of one hundred thou
sand dollars shall be paid in equal annual in
stalments Of ten thousand dollars each-the
first instalnent to be paid on the said first d.
vision being ironed and equipped, and the re-
naming instruments annually thereafter with
interest on each at the rate of seven per cent
UNI per annum from the time the first division
81 road shall be completed, as aforesaid, to
the time the same shall respect velv become
uNC anu dDlc Uc pau ana tDdL tue
proper officers OF said village shall Annually
cause to be assessed and collected on the
property Of said village in the manner provid-
ed BY law, money sufficient to pay the said in-
stalnents and interest thereon, as the same
shall respectively become due.
3. That as soon az the clerk of said village
shall receive a .iotice from the President of the
Continental Bank of the City of New York, or
other bank doing banking business in the
tfx<A A NAA~r IL l.
States or of the State of New York, that the
said company has enaered into contract with
s.rties reputed and deemed responsible for the
iron and equipments for said first division of
road. lhe proper ofioer1 Of said village shall
sign and countersign orders, in the usual and
proper form upon the treasurer of said village
for the full amount IF the said several install
ment. an t3nterest thereon, as the same are re-
spsetfTelySto 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, Or the first division Of
road being ironed and equipped as aforesaid,
and that such orders shall be receivable by
the proper receiJing or collecting officers Of
said village in payment of village taxes for the
years in which the same shall respectively be-
como 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
tifcates issued on sales Of lands for taxes and
hold by the treasurer Of said village
At tho said election the voters of said viii
isge are called upon to deposit ballot upon
which shall be written or printed the words,
f or the Railroad Proposition or the words,
Against the Railroad Proposition"
Such election will be held and conduc cd in
the same manner that other general elections
in said village arc by law required to be held
and conducted, and the votes cast at snch
election will be counted, eanvassed 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
tho whole nun or Of votes cast upon the aues-
ton, as we'll as statement of the number for
the railroad proposition and of the number
against the railroad proposition, as required
by chapter l68, Of the laws of 1868.
The following are the places for holding
elections
First Ward--Council Room Of the Village
Board.
Second Ward-Of1ice Of Benjamin Jones.
Third Ward-Residence of Julius Block.
Fourth Ward-Shoe store of Sander San
dcrson
Given under my hand and the seal of the
village of Manitowoc, this 9th day
Is. Of September, 1868.
FRED. BORCIIERDT,
T1rrk of the Tillnpn Of Manitowor