Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
3 ELECTION NOTICE.

Whereas the Board of Mayor and Alder
menof CITY ofcIarksyifle, have passed
The following ordinance, to-wit:
Whereas. The city of GAINESVILLE by, a vote
OF the qualihed voters thereof, subscribed
rs stock In the GAINESVILLE Princeton
hailroad, bonds of the State of Tennessee
Nashville Railroad stock amounting to
-, the same being the proceeds OF the
sale to the Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad,
OF the stock Of the city OF GAINESVILLE in the
Mem ph1s, GAINESVILLE & Louisville railroad
Andwhereas, the ciarksville & Princeton
Railroad Company have failed 10 procure
a sufflcient amount Of stock to build said
road, and all effort in that direction having
ceased the city of clarksviile applied to
the Ciarksville & Princeton railroad, to re-
pay TO said city, the said stock subscribed
as aforesaid. In response to which appli-
cation, the said GAINESVILLE & Princeton
Railroad Com pany have consented to place
in the hands Of Jas. L. Glenn, b. W. Mao ne
j. p. Y. Whitfield, Samn. Johnson and II
&. Merritt, as Comm issiOners, said bonds of
the State of Tennessee with coupons at :
tached, and stock of the Louisvilie& Nash
Vile Railroad Company. withaceumulated
dividends thereon, To be held i'll 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,
4CuH., stuQ JidL l1S city Oh NldfkSfllle snail
be entitled to have at all times as many as
ten students in said University, to 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
Siarksyille, for merit and proficiency in
their studies
2ad. The said Louisville & Nashville
railroad stock being about twenty-seven
thousand dollars par valuel with all ac-
cumulated dividends be donated to the
common schools of the city of ClarksyflIe
Therefore be is ordained, That the city of
GAINESVILLE accept the said bonds of the
state OF Tennessee and stock of the Louis
vile q Nashville road upon the above con-
dltions, subject however. to the ratification
OF the qualified voters of said city.
Be IL furt her ordained, That an election
be held by the City Marshall. at the Court
House in the city of, Clcrksville, on the
18th day of April, 1874, at which election all
those who approve of the donations afore-
said with the said conditions annexed
theirbailots schools and those who are
opposed to the same shall have printed or
written on their ballots mo Schools" and
the Marshal shall make due and proper re-
turns OF SAID election to the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of said city. s.--..l
Notice OF the time and place of holding
said election shall be given by printed
handbills to be posted in differents parts
of the city, for at least ten days, and to be
published in the newspapers of the city
until the day of election.
Be it further ordained that II the above
proposition shall be ratified by majority
of the qualified votes of said city voting in
said election and said University shall be
located at GAINESVILLE, then 1t shall be the
duty of said James L Glenn, b. w. Macrae,
]. p. Y. Whitfield, Sanr'l. 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 thesaid bonds
of the State Of Tennessee. with coupons
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. %
qr q. A. LIGON, 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 ordinance /, r IL
Walthal, City Marshal, will open and hold
an election at the Court House in the city
Of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. on Saturday the 18th
the 18th day OF April, 1874, for the purposes
IN the above ordinance set forth.
RIB. WALTHAI., City Marshall,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, April 10th, 1874