The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
ELECTION NOTICE.
To the qualified Voters Of the City
OF Wheeling.

WHEREAS, The Council of the City o.
wheeling did, on the 18th day Of March
1875, adopt an ordinance in words and fig
ures as follows, that is 10 say:
AN ORDINANCE for the issuing OF Bonds b!
the City Of Wheeling, for the erection o.
Public Building.
Sc STIoS |. Be il Ordained by the C0uJIci
9lhe Ctty Of Wheeling That the Mayor anC
Clerk of the City ofWheeling be, and they
are hereby authorized and directed &c
make and deliver, as is hereinafter provld
ed, bonds OF the City 10 an amount sum
Gent to pay for the erection and compile
ton OF Public Building within the city 81
! Wheeling, not exceeding one Hundred
| Thousand Dollars; the said bonds 10 be Is
sued in sums of five hundred dollars each,
! payable on or before the first day OF
July, 1886, at the Commercial Bank Of
! Wheeling, with interest at the rate OF ~
! per cent per annum, the interest 10 be pay
| able on the first day of January and July
! in each and every year al the said Com
mercial Bank, for which interest coupons
! in proper form shall be attached TO each
bond, with the signature Of the Clerk oil
! the city engraved thereon; the said bonds
10 be signed by the Mayor, countersigned
by the Clerk, and sealed with the common
seal of the city.
SEC. ,. Be further ordained byMe COnhcd
Ofthe City Of Wheeiing:
That Morgan l.. OFT, j. y. Vance and A.
j. Pannell, be and they are hereby APP
pointed Commissioners, and are hereby
authorized and empowered To sell The
bonds of the city authorized by TINS ordl-
nance, ut not less than their par value
provided however, no one of said Commits
Sioners shall act under this ordinance uil-
Ill he shall have given bond with security
to he approved by Council In the penalty
of ten thousand dollars.
SEC 3. That the proceeds arising rom
the sale OF said bonds shall be paid out by
said Commissioners, to such person or
persons as the Council OF said city shall
from time To time order rdircct. Provide
ed. however, that no part thereon shaII De
expended for any other purpose Than III
the erection and completion OF "A public
| building within the city.
SEQ. 4. BE il Furtter Ordained. That 10
! secure the payment of said bonds, ana the
! punctual payment of the interest thereon,
| according to their tenor ana effect, the
| Receiver of the city Of Wheeling snail pay
| 10 the said Commissioners on the nth day
| of Decemb 1919, and 2th day OF Dccem
! Der in each ana every year thereafter, out
| of any monies of the city OF wheeling IN
| his hands, the sum OF $500, and on the
| 10Th day of June, 1876, and on the 2Dth day
| of June in each and every year thereafter.
| the sum of Sll 30 until the whole amount
! of the said bonds and coupons shall have
| been fully paid. The receipt OF the chair
| man of the said Commissioners to be filed
! by the said Receiver with the Clerk of the
! city.
SEC. ). Be il Further ordained, That the
! said Commissioners shall, out OF the mon
| les By them received from the Receiver
| under this ordinance. pay the selni-annual
! interest accruing upon said bonds, ana
| after the payment OF said interest as IL be-
! comes due, shall, on the first day OF July,
! 1876, and on the the first day OF July IN
| each and every wear thereafter, apply the
| residue of the monies then remaining in
| their hands, TO the redemption of the out
standing bonds issued under this ordi-
! nance, at "a rate not greater IMAM their par
! value. If said bonds cannot be redeemed
with the consent OF the holders at their par
/ value, or less, then in such case the bonds
| TO be redeemed shall be determined by
| said Commits SiOnerS by LOT, VINO snail
| thereupOn give notice 10 the hOldere there
! of. by advertisement published for two
! weeks in some newspaper printed in the
| city OF Wheeling, OF the number OF the
bonds to be redeemed; and such bonds
| Shall cease TO bear interest from the first
| day of July of the same year.
SEC. 8. II shall be the duty OF the Com
miSSioners 10 cancel as they are redeemed,
| and TO deliver to the Clerk OF the city the
! bonds and coupons redeemed by them, nj
| least once in every year, or Ollener II re-
| quired by Council; and the said Clerk
| shall preserve the same in DOCK 10 be pro-
| yided for that pupOSe.
SEC. :. II shall be the duty OF said TOM
| missioners to keep true account OF these
receipts and disbursements, ana snail re-
| port the same 10 Noulltll anu at
! Such other times Us council may direct.
! SEC g. That the bonds issued under In :
! ordinance shall be exempt from munich
! pal taxation by the city of Wheeling.
| SEC. y. That upon the petition OF me
| owners of one halt or more OF the OutStand-
| ing bonds issued under this ordinance,
! the Council of said city shall have the
| power to remove any one or more OF >ald
! commissioners Ortheir SUCCESSORS, ana APP
| pOiut other Com IN iSSiOncrS To carry into
! al. h.4n rnyiStnnS
! the Council shall have authority ut any
! time TO remove any one or more Oh Nhlti
| Commissioners or their SUCCESSORS; pro-
| VIded, twO-thirdS of the members Of Sald
| Council agree on such removal.
! SEC. 10. In case of death, resignation OF
! removal OF any one or more OF said COM
| miSSionerS, the Council Of said city snail
| MI the vacancy.
! sipncrS shall make any sale OF the bonds
authorized by this ordinance, they shall
| advertise in the daily Intcihgencer ana
| Register newspapers of the city OF heel
! ing, for four weeks, that they Will receive
! bids for the same. Should said SubSCrip.
| ton exceed the amount of bonds To be is
! sued, the said Commissioners shall appor-
! ton them pro rata among the subscribers
| bidding the greatest price.
! SEC. T. The said commissioners ana
! their successors shall receive rs compcn-
! sation for their services, Onc-fourth OF one
! per cent. onthe amount disbursed by them,
| but no compensation shall be- allowed
| them for the sale of or for the diSDur~c-
! mcut Of the proceeds OF said bonds.
! SEC. IL. This ordinance shall take effect
! from and after its ratification by til"
| qualified voters of the city of Wheeling,
! at an election to be held on the first Mon
! day Of April, 1919.
| AND WHEREAS, 1t is provided by the
! third section of an act of the Legislature
| of the state of West Virginia, entitled, IAN
| Act authorizing Municipal Corporations
| To issue bonds" approved December IND,
! 1871 that when the council OF any city
! should deem il eXpedient to issue any
! bonds OF such city that an ordinance speci-
! tying the purpose and amount for which
! such bonds are to be issued, Shall be adopt
| ed by such council, ii shall then be the
| duty OF the Mayor TO issue proclamation
appointing the day at which an election
! Shall be held by the qualified voters of such
! city whether they will ratiiy orreJect such
! ordinance. These are, Therefore, 10 NOTIFY
Won, the qualified voters of the city oil
| Wheeling, that AN election Will be held
on Monday, the 5th day OfAPriI. 1879,
! in said city.
! ON that day polls viii be opened at the
/ following places in the respective wards:
LIST Ward AT the Vigilpnt Engine House.
"a North Hall Market House