American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-04
Proceedings Of the Board Of Supervisors
April 9th, A. u. 1872.

Be it remembered, That at spec
ial meeting of the Board Of Super
visors, in and for the county of
Madison, began and held at the
courthouse in the City OF Canton,
Saturday, April 21th, y. ID. 1872,
were
Present-Wm. Brock, President;
J. NJ. Richards, Elijah Ware, John
Divine, Richard Taylor, Memhe
r. j. Ross, Sheriff; E. S. Jeffrey,
Clerk.
Ordered. That the petition of Will
liam F. Sherrard, praying for a
license to sell by retail vinOus and
spirituous liquors in less quantity
than one gallon, be received and
placed on file.
To the Honorable Board of Supe,'-
risors of TIE County Of Madison,
State Of Mississippi
Your petitioners, citizens OF the
county of Madison, and also legal
voters and tax payers of said cOun-
ty. would respectfully request your
honorable board to order the sub
mission to the qualified voters of
said county, at special election, of
the question Of "For Subscription
or "a gainst Subscription" by the
County of NadisOn,n oftwO humid
red and fifty thousand dollars to the
Capital stock of the VickSburg,
Canton and Yazoo City Railroad
Company. Said subscription to be
made upon the following terms:
gNJ,t RnnIS Of tho nty-
to the amount of said subscription
shall be issued, payable in twenty
years from the date thereof, and
bearing interest at the rate of seven
per cent. per annum; said interest
payable semi annually, and il the
county so desire the said bonds
NAV be redeemed by said county
tier ten years from their date.
Second: That said Bonds be de-
livered to said Vicksburg, Canton
and Yazoo City Railroad Company
in sums of Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars upon the completion by the
said company of the grading,
bridging and furnishing cross ties
and preparing for the rails each
and every five miles of said road.
Third: That the said county shall
deliver to said company an addi-
tional sum of Five Thousand Dol
lars of said Bonds per nile for the
first twenty five miles of said road
south from Canton towards Nicks
burg upon satisfactory evidence of
laying the track and completion of
each mile of said twenty five
miles.
H. S. Foote, jr., Thos. A. Phillips,
w. J. Mostly, John Otis,
II. J. Ross, o. r. Singleton,
Geo. Il. Fearn, VI. B. McMicken,
). S. Calhoon, b. j. SemmeS,
f. 3 Pratt, w. G.. Johnson,
J. NJ Stone, J. r. Mayson,
II. C Upper, David E. Jiggitts,
J. w. Downs, NJ. c. Daughtrey,
I &. c. Cooper.
To the Honorable VIM. Breck Presi-
dent Of the Board Of Supervisors
Of Madison County, Mississippi:
The undersigned citizens, tax.
payers and legal voters of Madison
county would respectfully request
your honor, as President of the
Board of Supervisors of said coun-
ty to submit to vote of the quail
fed voters of SAID county at Il
special election to be held on the
80 h of March, 1872, the question
of '.FOr Subscription" or against
Subscription" Of the sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars, by the county of
Madison to the capital stock OF the
New Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad Company on the
! following conditions:
| First: That said subscription is
to be made on the Bonds of the
county, payable in twenty years
from their date, bearing interest at
! the rate of seven per cent. per an
mum, the said interest to be paid
semiannually.
Second: The said Bonds to be
delivered to the said Company upon
the completion by the said Company
of twenty miles Ct their road North
of the town of Kosciusko upon what
ever ronte north of said place THEN
said road may be finally located
provided that the route of the said
road from Canton to Kosciusko is
not changed from the route of the
road as now located.
Third: That the said bonds shall
not be issued to said company if the
former proposition submitted to the
qualified voters of the county at the
election in November, 1871, to sub
scribe like sum to sad road is adj
ind ed 10y the Supreme Court of the
State to have been carried.
"A G Cassell, } NJ Stone, A Brown
p Gwinner, ] A Beard, f b Pratt
Chas S Priestley, John Cadien. jr.
Il I'll Luitwieler, III Coman, Henry
Il Smith, b Wolf, A Mayer, Jos
Wolf, John G HoTcott, ID NJ White
n Il Smith.
Railroad Election.
Upon the petition of fifteen citi
zens, taxpayers and legal voters o
the county of Madison, |, VIM. Breck
President of the Board of Supervis
ors of Madison county, Mississippi
do hereby give notice that IA vote o
the qualified voters of Madison cOun
ty Will be taken at all the election
precincts of sad county, on Satur
day, the 3Oih day of March, 1872
on the question of " Subscription
or g No Subscription of the Bond.
of the county of Madison to the New