Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-25
ELECTION NOTICE.


Whereas the Board of Mayor ana Alder
men of the City of Ciarksville, have passed
the following ordinance. to-wit:
Whereas. The city of GAINESVILLE by vote
as stock in the ClarksviIIe Princeton
Railroad, bonds OF the State Of ren1essee
amounting 70 s., and louisville and
Nashville Railroad stock ssnounting TO
tS-sthe same being the proceesls OF fhe
sale 20 the Louisville & Nashville Raflroari
of the stock of the city OF GAINESVILLE N. the
Mefnphis. Ciarksyillek Louisville railroad.
Andwhereas. the GlarkssIlis & 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 applf-
cation, the said GAINESVILLE & Princeton
Railroad Company have consented to place
in the hands of as. l. Glenn, B. W. Ma ne
]. r. Y. Whitfield. Sam'l. Johnson and H.
G.. Merritt, as Commissioners, said bonds Of
the state of Tennessee with coupons at
tached, and stock ofthe Louisville & Nash
Vile Railroad Company. with accum ulated
dividends thereon, 70 he held in trust by
them, for the following purposes:
lst- 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 GAINESVILLE,
be entitled to have at all times as many as
ten students in said University to be esIu-
Gated free OF eharge-sald students to be
selected from the public schools W thin the
limits, and under the control of the city OF
GAINESVILLE, for merit and proficiency in
their studies.
End. The said Louisville & Nashville
Railroad stock being about twenty-seven
thousand dollars (par valuei with all ae-
umulated dividends be donated TO the
common schools of the city OF Clarkxvflle
Therefore be Is ordained, That the city of
GAINESVILLE accept the said bonds of the
state OF Tennessee and stock of the Louis
ville& Nashville road upon the above con-
ditions, subject however. TO the ratification
of the qualified voters Of said city.-a.--.n
Be il further ordained That an election
be held by the city Marshall. at the Court
House in the city Of C:erksville, on the
18th day of April, 1874, at which election all
those who approve of the donations al0re-
ssid with the said conditions annexed
thereto, shall have written or printed oa
their ballot schools, /" and those who are
Opposed to The same shall have printed or
the Marshal shall make due and proper re-
turns OF said election to the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of said city.
Notice of the time and place Of holding
said election shall be given by Erfntai
handbills to be posted in differents parts
of the city, for az least ten days, and To be
published In the newspsper; OF the city
until the day OF election
Be it further ordained that n the above
proposition shah be ratified BY a majority
/ OF the qualified votes OF said city voting In
I said election and said University shall be
/ located at Clarksville then IL shall be thu.
/ duty OF said James l. Glenn, b. W. Macrae.
I j. Z. Y. Whitfield, Sam1. Johnson and II.
/ c. Merritt. Commissioners, as aforesaid,
/ and they are hereby directed in that event
/ to hand over to the properly constituted
/ authorities ofsaid University 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 Railrosd- COm-
pany with the accumulated dividends
GA. LIGON, Mayor,
JOHN OiBRIES. City Recorder. 81 4srfs
Done at the City Hall, in the city OF
Clarksville, Tenn, 10Th day of April, 1874.
Now. by virtue of the authority in me.
vested by the above ordinance l. r. b
Waithal, City Marshall will open and hold
an election at the Court House in the city
OF ClarksvilN. Tenn on Saturday The 18th
day of April, 1874. for the purposes Ia the
above ordinance set forth.
r. B. WALTHAI.. City Marshall.
GAINESVILLE. Tenn, April 10th, 1874.