The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18
ELECTION NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that an
N election viii be held by the legal voters
OF the village of Manitowoc at the usual places
for holding elections in said village, On the
9Th Day Of December 1859,
for the purpose of voting upon the proposition
submitted by the Manitowoc and Min nesota
railroad company to the village of Mantowoc
on the 10th day Of November, 1869, as author
lied by chapter 1853 of the general laws Of
1868, entitled, "An act to authorize certain
counties, towns and villages to aid in the coD-
structiou of a railroad between Manitowoc
and the Mississippi river" which proposition
il as follows, to-wit:
''First-That said village contribute aid
towards paying the expenses of the engineer
ing required to be done, by and of procuring
right Of way for said company on its line of
road between the villages of Manitowoc and
Menasha, and paying taxes due on its lands,
in the sum of two thousand dollars, t. be ex-
pended under the direction of the following
named persons, to-wt: Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz, and
Ill exchange for and in consideration of an
equal amount Of the capital stock Of said
company TO be issued and delivered to said
village as hereinafter provided.
Second-That on the acceptance of this
proposition by said village in the manner
provided by law, there shall be levied, as
sessed and collected upon the property in
said vill4ge in the same manner as other
taxes are by law levied, assessed and collect
ed. tax of two thousand doll rs, and when so
collected shall be paid over by the treasurer
| Of sid village upon the orders to be issued
by the proper officers of said village to or on
account Of said company as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Third-That after the acceptance of this
proposition by said village as aforesaid and
from time to time as the same shall be re-
quired for the purpose. aforesaid and as shall
be demanded by the said Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz. or a
ma jority of them, orders shall be issued and
delivered by the proper officers of said viii
lage upon the treasurer thereof payable out of
the monies collected by him on said tax so to
be levied, assessed and collected as aforesaid.
and such orders or the money eceiyed there
on snail be appropriated and used fer the
purposes aforesaid and shall be agreed
upon by and between the said Charles Ess-
linger Fayette Armsby and George Pan
kraft or a majority Of them, and the presi-
dent Of said railroad company.
Fourth-That the said Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz, or
ma jority Of them, on the receipt ny them of
the orders issued by the officers Of said viii
lage as aforesaid shall make out and deliver
to said village an order or orders of equal
amount. upon the president of said railroad
company, payable in the shares OF the capital
stock OF said company, which orders shall en-
title the said village TO demand and receive
from said railroad company the full pad
shares Of the capital stock TO the amount of
such orders and to be issued by the proper Of
icers in the manner and 'orm rs provided by
the charter and bylaws of said company as
soon its stock books shall be provided and
made ready for the signatures of its officers.
At said election the vo;cls Of said village
are called upon to deposit 4 ballot upon which
shall be written printed the words, ''Fo
the railroad propositions" or the words,
Against the railroad proposition
Such election Will be held and conducted in
the manner that other eIections in said VILLAGE
are by law required to be held and conducted,
and the votes cast at said election will be
counted, canvassed and returned in the same
manner ds the votes Of any general election,
and the cat yasseTs at such election snail
make, certify and deposi with the clerk OF
said village Il statement Of me whole number
Of votes cast upon the question, az we'll as a
statement Of the number for the railroad
proposition and the number against he rail-
road proposition, az required by chapter l5S
Ct the general laws of 1858.
The following are the places for holding the
said election:
lst ward, at the council room
% ward, at B. Jones, office
S ward, at the house Of Charles Gauger.
4th ward, at the office Of Edward Conway.
CT en- under my hand and the seal 81 the
village Of Manitowoc, this 9Th day OF Novenl-
Der, 1859. n. NELSON, Clerk.