The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-04

number of her people, and bring to Its aic
the moral and pecuhiarY support of a ma
/ jority Of her voters.
8 That Yazoo City will vote a tax of one
/ hundred and fifty thousand dollars in aid oil
| the construction OF said road. payable In
one two. hree and four years, subject to 9
call and payment Of one-half Of each annual
I inStaIlment every six months in each year,
Provided. That the money so paid in shall
be used in the construction of the road
through this city and county, and that this
shall be one of the points on the proposed
route, at which tine work of construction
shall begin.
4. That we pledge ourselves TO use every
effort to induce Yazoo County to vote such
z tAx-and the citizens thereof to cGntri butte
as literally of their money and land in aid
of said road. as may seem reasonable and in
proportion to the wealth of the county and
the general benefits to be derived.
5. That OF all the projected railroads
through 1azoo County, the Mobile and
Northwestern has our preference and shall
receive our warmest support
s. That Committee Of five be appointed
BY the chair 10 receive the Corps of Engin-
GERS of said road upon their entry into this
county. and to give them all necessary aid
and assistance in the prosecution of their
survey to this place.
z, That we hereby resolve ourselves into
a permanent organization to be called the
RAILROAD Association Of YazOo City, and
elect a President, two Vice Presidents, Sec
rotary, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
thereof, and that the President shall appoint
a Committee of fifteen TO be called the - Ex-
ecutIve Committee" who shall be charged
with the execution of all orders of the As
ISOLATION or its President; and that the AS
ISOLATION may adopt bylaws for its govern
ment. and add To its numbers, and shall con-
tinue its organization and persist in its
labors and efforts until said road is COM
pleted to this place or all hope of its con-
struction lie abandoned,
Under the 9th resolution the chair APP
pointed the following Committee: Messrs.
Doherty, Cook, Rosenthal, Rosenberg and
Schmitt.
Under the 9TH resolution the meeting
proceeded TO an election of officers, when
the following named officers of this Associ-
alton were unanimously elected, viz:
F. Barksdale. President.
w. s. Epperson, 1st Vice
J. w. Purvis, 2nd .. ---- 4"
p NJ Doherty Secretary:
II. NJ. Thompson, Assistant
Robert E. Craig, /: Treasurer.
The following gentlemen were named by
the President as constituting the Executive
Committee of the Association, viz:
Messrs. w. 5. Epperson, Il. C. Shep-
herd, Garnett Andrews, S. G. Bedwell, E.
Shaeler, w. Y. Gadberry, +. p. billiard,
Robert Bowman, J. Z. Moore, l.. B. Cook,
A. NJ. Harlow. J. c. Prewett, j. L. Covert,
w. Il. Miles, and L. E. Craig.
On motion of A. NJ. Harlow, it was un-
resolved.
Resolved /, That, it being the opinion of
this meeting that for several considerations,
it is highly important that Jackson, the seat
of the State government should be point
in the line OF the said Mobile and North
western Railroad, committee of five be
appointed, as a com mittee of correspondence
whose duty it shall be to correspond with
the corporate authorities of jackson or
with its public spirited citizens. or with
both, if necessary, to invite and promote
the Immediate and active corporation of
sale city of Jackson in promoting and adj |
vancing an enterprise in which we have a
common interest.
Resolved 2, That committee of the three |
be appointed by the chairman of this meet
ing whose duty it shall be TO visit the city |
Of Jackson at an early day and confer with |
the corporate authorities of said town and |
with the citizens ia relation TO this enter |
prise.
The President appointed the following /
under the first resolution as
tbove:
Messrs. Harlow, Mccormick, Tyler and |
thompson.
Under the second resolution the President |
appointed Messrs. Hudson, Bowman and |
Epperson.
On motion of John w. Kent. the papers /
Of Yazoo City, Jackson and Mobile were
to publish the proceedings of this
Meeting. and the Secretary of the Associa-
ion was instructed to transmit a copy
hereof to the President of the Mobile and
Northwestern Railroad.
On motion the Association adjourned.
T. BARKSDALE,
President.