The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
Proceedings City Council.
REGULAR MEETING.
MAYORS OFFICE. ABERDEEN, MISS. !
March 14lh, 1883 {

On motion the minutes of the req
ular meeting of February 9Sth 1883
and the special meeting of March 9tl
1883, were read and approved.
The committee to wait on the BoarC
of Supervisors with reference to repair
on city prison, reported that a com
mittee of conference was appointed
by the Board of Supervisors on the
same subject to report at next meeting
of said Supervisors.
Committee on Mayors report, re
ported progress and asked furthel
time, which was granted.
Thereupon the following applica
ton by James Fentress, President
ETC., was read;
State of Mississippi, Monroe County
To the Mayor and Selectmen of the
City of Aberdeen, State of Missis
sippi.
AS President of the "Canton, Aber
deem & Nashville Railroad Company
corporation created by the act o
the Legislature Of the State of Mis-.
sissippi, entitled" an act to incorporate
the Canton, Aberdeen, Fulton and
Nashville Railroad Company, and de.
claring its powers" approved, Febru
ary l7th 1882, | make this applca
ton to require you to submit to the
voters of the city Of Aberdeen, q
proposition that said city of Aber.
deem make donation of Ten Thou
said Dollars to the Canton, Aberdeen
4 Nashville Railroad Company, the
line of railway to be constructed tc
and through said city of Aberdeen by
said Railroad Company.
require you to submit said prop
osition to the voters of the city ol
Aberdeen as provided in the sale
charter and in the before recited act
JAMES FENTRESS,
President of the Canton, Aberdeen 6
Nashville Railroad Company.
ATTEST:
S. b. McCoNNIco, Secretary
March 18th 1888.
And thereupon, upon motion, the
following preamble and ordinances
were adopted.
WHEREAS, James Fentress, Presi-
dent of the Canton, Aberdeen &
Nashville Railroad Company, has
made written application for the SUBJ
mission by this Board to the legal
voters of the city of Aberdeen of a
proposition ''that said city of Aber-
deem make a donation of Ten Thou
sand Dollars to the Canton, Aberdeen
& Nashville Railroad Company, the
line of railway to be constructed to
and through the city of Aberdeen by
said Railroad Company" as provided
in the charter of said Railroad Com
pany, therefore
BE 1t Ordained by the Mayor and
Selectmen of the city of Aberdeen,
that the question as to whether Or
not said city Of Aberdeen shall make
a donation to said Railroad Company,
of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be paid
in bonds, payable in three equal
annual installments,on the first day of
January 1884, 1885, 1SS6,and bearing
interest, at 7 per cent per annum,
which said bonds shall be paid by a
tax levied upon the taxable property
within the city limits, shall be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of said
city at "a special election to be held
in said city on Friday the 9Th day of
April 1883, notice of which shall be
given by publication for at least twen-
ty days previous thenceto, SAID cleo
ton to be proceeded with, according
to the statute IN that behalf; that each
voter at said election shall have print
ed on his ticket, or ballot, "for dona-
ton to Railroad Company" if he
shall vote for such proposition, and
''no donation to Railroad Company"
if he shall vote against said PROPOSE
tion,and if the constitutional ma ajority
of two thirds of all the qualified voters
of said city, shall at said election,vote
for the donation, then this Board shall
issue said bonds, and take such meas
ures as shall be necessary to make the
donation available, under the charter
o. said Railroad Company aforesaid.
End. BE 1t further Ordained, That
an election for Alderman Of the Bird
Ward of this city, made vacant by