The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-02

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that an
IN election will be held by the legal voters
of the village of Manit5Eoc 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 Minnesota
railroad company to the village of Manitowoc
on the 10th day Of November, 1869, as author
lied by chapter 16S Of the general laws of
1868, entitled, San act to authorize certain
counties, towns and villages to aid in the cop
structiou of railroad between Manitowoc
and the Mississippi river" which proposition
is rs 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, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the following
named persons, to-wit: Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz, and
in 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 village in the same manner az other
taxes are by law levied, assessed and collect
ed, a tax of two thousand dcll.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
by said village as aforesaid and
from time to time as the same shall be re-
quired for the purposes aforesaid and as shall
be demanded by the said Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz, or
of them, orders shall be issued and
delivered by the proper officers of said vii
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 received there
on SHALL be appropriated and used for the
purposes aforesaid and as shall be agreed
upon by and between the said Charles Ess-
linger Fayette Armsby and George PAN
kratz or majority of them, and the prcsi-
dent of said railroad company.
Fourth-That the said Charles Esslinger,
Fayette Armsby and George Pankratz, or a
majority Of them, on the receipt by them of
the orders issued by the officers of said vii
lage as aforesaid, shall make out and deliver
to said village mn order or orders of equal
amounts upon the president OF said railroad
company, payable III 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
fcers in the manner and form as provided by
the charter and bylaws of said company as
soon as its stock books shall be provided and
made ready for the signatures of its officers.
At said election the voters of said village
are called upon to deposit a ballot upon which
shall be written or printed the words, IF or
The railroad proposition" or the words,
Against the railroad proposition"
Such election will be held and conducted In
he manner that other elections in said village
IRE by law required to be held and conducted,
md the votes cast at said election will be
counted, canvassed and returned in the same
manner rs the votes of any general election,
md the carvasSerS at such election shall
make, certify and deposit with the clerk of
said village II statement of the whole number
IF votes cast upon the question, as well as
statement of the number for the railroad
proposition and the number against the rail-
road proposition, as required by chapter 16S
Of tie general laws of 1868.
The following are the places for holding the
said election:
lst ward, at the council room.
I'd ward, at B. Jones' Office.
Sd ward at the house of Charles Gauger.
4th ward, at the office of Edward Conway.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the
village of Mapitowoc, this 9th day OF Novem-
Der, 1869. N. NELSON, Clerk.