Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-29
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snscial Eleet!on Eotlon.

TO me NouoyaLia .Voyor aai IiicrMtr ~
n, en- Of Duiios:
The undersigned qualified electors amt
irccholdcis Of the City Of Dallas, rcspcci
fully represent that the Southern Cuv'1.
Railroad Co, propose to locaS depot ot
said Railroad Company within the Limits
Of said city, md known and designated a.
hereinafter mentioned, upon the condition
that the corporate authorities Of the City
OF Dnllas, guarantee to them tho right a.
way through The Cny-;o say: eighty :Cn,
WIDE, and donntc to them the sum uf o q
hundrcd thousand dollars, in bonds, dur
and payable in thirty years, with SIvou
per cent,intcrcst from thorhotc. Said in
Iercst payable semi.annunIiy, and that
Bonds therefor issue IN accordance with
lnw;and l. is further conditioned tina; tho
saia Rail RoHd Company shall locate j
local freight and passenger depot for sail
City upon The grounds known rs A.c.
Camp residence lot, containing i3) TIRES
aces, more or lcss, on the Bur!esom Street
Railroad Survey, aud described, as per
agreement fora Decd to said gr, unis, nov
on file with the agent of said Il. Il. Co.,,
q. L. lIaRkins.)
We pray that the proposition of salt
Company be acccrtcd, md tnat an election
be held for the purpose OF testing the sense
of the qualified VOTERS of the City of bal
las in relation to sNii donation Dated
May 10Th, A. b. 1872, and signed b. ]. ".
Smith and oIhcrs--mOre than fifty uua
iftd electors ana II eeholdcrs of the city
Of Dallas.
ORDER ron EtECTIoN.
In compliance with tho prayer .cf the
above petition of J. W. Smith and o,',...
and in pursuance with the statutes IN saca
cases made md provided, ii is hereby OF.
derCd by the City Council that an election
be held at the Mayors old office, on Aus.
6th and 9th days OfJuly, \. y. 1872, tOr tn
purpose of taking the opinion Of he quail
iii2d electors OF said City on The following
PROPOSE ion, .owit:
Shall the City of Dallas ISSUE and do
nate the Bonds of sAil City, to the amour,
of one hundred thousand dollars to tho
Southern Pacific Railroad Company. SAid
Bonds to be due and payable thirty years
from date, With interest at the rate OF sew
en- per cent, per annum, payable scmi-annu-
ally, and guarantee 70 aid Rrilroai Cons.
pany the right OF way through the curpu.
rate limits Of said City, eighty feet in
width on the condition that said Railr,nt
Company, shall locale n freight and pas.
sengcr depot, on the groIn Is where 4. e.
Camp nov resides, on the Duric,Ja Stree
Survey of said road
The opinion Of said electors shall be cy-
pressed by ballots, on which shall be iyri'-
ten or printed, the words For The Prop.
osition, or against the Proposition, aud
that duo notice be given of said election,
as required ny law; AMI it is further or.
dcrcd, thG+Jamcs Sheppard Arch. Cochran
and b. c. Bedford be, and that they nrc
hereby appointed, managers to coninct
said election, herein ordered, md that the
said managers report Tic reallC Of said
election to. thh City Council Of tho City ut
Dallas. on the ION day Of July, \. y,
1872.
'' CITY OF Or ' D4esA., n.s. nrr.y, May.
DALLAS COUNTY
or of the City of Dallas, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is true and correct
copy Of the order for an election, to be-
h"ld on the Slh and OH days of ,lu1y,
1872. for taking the opinion Of the quail
fled electors Of the City of Dallas. on the
proposition for the donation Of SlOOG0O
in Bonds Of the City to the Southern Ia
ciiic Railroad Company.
Witness my official Signature, and tie
Seal Of the City of Dj!las, Dallas COUNTY
Texas, this 9Th day OF June, 4. D. 1877.
}. 8. ERFAY, MAEoR