Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-11
ELECTION NOTICE.

Whereas the Board of Mayor and Alder
men of the City of GAINESVILLE, have passed
the following ordinance, to-w1t:
Whereas. The city of GAINESVILLE by vote
of the qualified voters thereof, subscribed
as stock in the GAINESVILLE 4 Princeton
Railroad, bonds of the State of Tennessee
amounting TO s., and Louisville and
Nashville Railroad stock amounting TO
s., the same being the proceeds of the
sale TO the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
of the stock of the city of GAINESVILLE in the
Memphis, Clarksville Louisville railroad.
And whereas. the GAINESVILLE & Princeton
Railroad Company have failed to procure
a sufficient amount of stock to build said
road, and all effort in that direction having
ceased the city of GAINESVILLE applied to
the GAINESVILLE & Princeton railroad, to re-
pay to said city, the said stock subscribed
as aforesaid. In response to which appIi-
cation, the said GAINESVILLE & Princeton
Railroad Company have consented to place
in the hands of Jas. l.. Glenn, B. w. Mao ne
]. r. Y. Whitfield, Sam1. Johnson and III.
G. Merritt, as Commissioners, said bonds OF
the State of Tennessee with coupons at
tached, and stock of the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad Company. with accum ulated
dividends thereon, to be held in trust by
them, for the following purposes
list. That said bonds of the State of Ten
nessee with all the coupons attached, be-
ing about fOrty-one bonds of 81 600 each
be donated to the Southwestern, Presby-
terrain University, on condition that said
University shall be located at Clarksville,
Tenn, and that the city of Ciarksville shall
be entitled to have at all times as many as
ten students in said University, 10 be edu-
Gated free OF charge--said students to be
selected from the public schools within the
limits, and under the control of the city of
Clarksville, for merit and proficiency in
their stndies S. ~
2nd. The said Louisville & Nashville
Railroad stock being about twenty-seven
thousand dollars tpar value) with all ac-
cumulated dividends be donated to the
common schools of the city of GAINESVILLE.
Therefore be is ordained, That the city of
Clarksvtlle accept the said bonds of the
State of Tennessee and stock of the Louis
vile Il Nashville road upon the above con-
ditions, subject however. to the ratification
of the qualified voters of said city. an s
Be ii further ordained, That an election
be heldby the City Marshall. at the Court
House in the city of GAINESVILLE, on the
18th day of April, 1874, at which election all
those who approve of the donations afore-
said with the said conditions annexed
thereto, shall have written or printed on
their ballots schools" and those who are
opposed to the same shall have printed or
written on their ballots tho Schools" and
the Marshal shall make due and proper re-
turns of said election 10 the Board ofMayor
and Aldermen of said city.
Notice of the time and place OF holding
said election shah be given by printed
handbills to be posted in differents parts
of the city, for at least ten days, and to be
until the day of election.
Be it further ordained that. IL the above
proposition shall be ratified by a majority
of the qualified votes of said city voting in
said election and said University shall be
located at GAINESVILLE then it shall be the
duty of said James l. Glenn, B. W. Macrae,
]. z. Y. Whitfield, SaniI. Johnson, and II.
G. Merritt, Commissioners, as aforesaid,
and they are hereby directed I'm that event
to hand over to the properly constituted
authorities fsaidUniversity the said bonds
of the State of Tennessee. with coupons
attached, and to hand over to the proper
representatives of the Common Schools of
the city of GAINESVILLE the said stock of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pany with the accumulated dividends.
.r,fal g. A. LIG0N, Mayor,
JOHN O'BRIEN, City Recorder.
Done at the City Hall, in the city of
GAINESVILLE. Tenn, 10th day of April, 1874.
Now, by virtue of the authority in me,
vested by the above ordnance, I, r. b.
Walthal. City Marshal, will open and hold
an election at the Court House in the city
of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. on Saturday the'25th
the 18th day of April, 1874, for the purposes
in the above ordinance set forth.
r. b. WALTHAL, City Marshall.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, April 10th, 1874.