The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-19

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:" Stated meeting of the City Council. Pr,
. emit: T. w. Keesee, Mayor; Jas. L. Guest II
ie corder; Aldermen Dodson, 0artner al
Tucker, LIST Ward; Williamson and Gamb
I'd Ward; Helm, Hodge and Boyd, Sd War
The following resolution was offered
:, the matter Of the Duck River Valley Ma
row Gauge Company:
II This cause came on to be heard before Il
i Mayor and City Council of the City of G
n lumbia on the 18th day of February, lS1
;, Upon the petition of R. g. Mcclure, Pres
S dent, and Geo. Childress, Sec etary an
Treasurer, and other Directors of said raj
, | road company; and il appearing to til
satisfaction of the City Council of said Cit
ofColumbia, that said railroad compan
have been regularly chartered by decree {
the Honorable Chancery Court of the coun
: ty of Humphreys, State of Tennessee; an
: that said President and Board of Director
has been duly elected, qualified and ar
now acting in the regular>discharge of thei
duties, according to the provisions and con
dition of this said charter; and thar f. +
Falconett, competent engineer, has file,
his affidavit in the former proceedings il
this cause, with a correct estimate of tn,
distance and costs of grading, embank
ment masonry and bridging of said roaC
from the town OF JohnsonviIle on the Ten
nessee River, the western terminus of saiC
road, via Waverly, Humphreys coun
ty, Centreville, Hickman county; Columbia
| Maury county; Lewisburg, Marshall county
Petersburg, Lincoln county, to the town OF
Fayetteville, Lincoln county, the eastern
terminus of said road, according to the Stat.
utes made and provided in such cases, and
1 A.
aud estimates of costs with the petition in
| this cause, which last mentioned is In the
words and figures following, to-wit: sos,
963,O5.
And, it further appearing. to the City
Council, that by a vote of the people OF the
city of Columbia on the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1872, the Mayor and City Recorder were
duly authorized and empowered to issue
the bonds OF said city of Columbia in the
sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, (SjOOOO,) due
and payable in twenty years from date, and
bearing interest at the rate of per cent per
annum, payable to said President and Board
OF Directors of said railroad company, con-
ditiOned that, Twenty-Five Thousand Dol
lars 49,, O0O) of said bonds were to be ex-
pended in the construction of the road bed
and cross-ties of said road east from said
line, and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
(s25,OOO) from said city of Columbia west to
the Hickman county line.
And it further appearing to the City Coun-
Gel, that, in pursuance of said vote and the
order of said board, the Mayor and City re-
cOrder have issued to said President and
Board of Directors OF said railroad compa-
ny Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars 81, 900 of
said bonds, and that the same has been ex-
pended in the road-bed in Maury county
from said city of Columbia to said Maury
and Marshall county lines, in the direction
OF Lewisburg, and that said railroad COM
pany has expended the full amount of said |
bonds in the construction of said local |
works, and that said embankment, mason |
ry, bridging, ETC., has been or will soon be |
completed from said city of Columbia TO |
said town of LewisburG ready for the cross
ties, iron and equipment of their said last
mentioned point, distance of miles, ac-
cording to the survey and estimates of said
engineer.
And it further appearing to the City Coun-
ell, that, in order to speedy completion of
said road with iron and the necessary equip
ment, and the successful operation of said
road from said city ofCoIumbia to said town
of Lewisburg, the said President and Board
of Directors of said railroad Company, have
filed their petition before this Board of
Mayor and City Council asking that prop
osition be submitted to the qualified voters
OF said city of Columbia, at such time and
by such officers as may be required by law
in such cases, to authorize the issuance of
said Twenty five Thousand Dollars, hereto
fore authorized to be expended on the west
end of said railroad in the construction of
to be issued and expended in the
purchase of iron aud equipment for said
road from said city of Columbia to said
city of Columbia to said town of Lewisburgi
/ is therefore ordered by said Mayor and
City Council OF said city of Columbia, that
w. A. Alexander, the Sheriff of our said
county of Maury, and State of Tennessee, af-
er advertising with printed hand bills and
through the Columbia HERALD AND MAIL,
IS required by law, open and hold an cleo
ion in the several Wards of said city of Co
umbia, on the LIST day of April, 1876, upon ,
he proposition of taking aud subscribing
he additional amount of Twenty-Five
Dollars to the Capital Stock of
aid railroad company, in the bonds of
aid city of Columbia, due and payable in
wenty years FROM the date thereof in the {
aid sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars,
,earing interest at the rate OF per cent.
,er annurn, but with the express condition
md understanding between said city au-
horities on the one hand, and said Presi l
lent and Board of Directors on the other a
land, that If said amount is voted by the
qualified voters of said sity OF Columbia, I
aid bonds are TO be issued by the proper au ;
horities OF said city of Columbia, in the
,lace, room and stead, and in satisfaction
H. Il |
-ote on the - day ---, 1877, to be ex- |
,ended in local work ON the west end of
aid railroad line from said city to said E
hickman county line; and upon the fur j
her condition and understanding that said
,ondS are not to be signed and issued by {
aid city authorities TO said railroad COM
amy, uRIess said EsilFGad company shall c
ully satisfy said city authorities that they
ave good bone fide, reliable assets, suffi q
lent with said sum of Twenty-Five ThOus- /
nd Dollars in the bonds OF the said city OF
to iron and equip said railroad,
nd commence to operate the same from
aid city Of CGluH bis to said town OF Lewis I
urg; and with the farther cQRQitial and
that, IL said last mentioned n
shall fail TO carry by the re- Y
uired majority under the constitution and
avs of our said State of Tennessee, then
nd in that event the original subscription d
{ twenty-five Thousand Dollars heretofore
to the Espitai stoGh Of Gaid rail 9
Dad company, and TO be expended IN the g
obstruction of said road west of Columbia, q
hall remain in full force and effect, and
With the same binding force as if the APP
Iication of said President and Board of L
,iFeet14a ke-stn mentioned, and this or II
er had not beea MAGE.
The said Sheriff Will open and hold said l.
lection as herein directed, and make his
eport to a subsequent meeting of our said :,
ity Council until The coming ia of which
II other matters aEe reserved, +
On motion tbs resolution gas R4QE-e9.
JAS. L. GUEST, Recorder,
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