The Greenville times., 1884-04-26
rnlRTER AnEADMEAT.


approved June oath, 1870 and to protect the river
front Of said town.
Section l. Be it enacted By the Legislature Oi
the State Of Mississippi, That the corporate HINTS
Of the Town of GreenyilIe Washington county, MIS-
sissppi. be and the same hereby extended 30 Do
to embrace within said town the following territory
tO-wit: Commencing at point on the line dividing
Sections four land six o.. OfTownship eighteen (S,
Of Range eight tsl west, where the eastern euse -
Theobold Avenue interseets said line, oeing NJ
55s 80 w. from north west corner OF Section slA w
four hundred and seyentY-fve t415 feet; thence o.
34' 30 w. one thousand eight hundred anu sixty
feet ns6Ol thence n. So 3O' W. to the western
boundary of the State of Mississippi; also commenc-
ing at the first named point, thence s. So 80 f. one
thousand seven hundred and fifty Q75O feet; thence
n 34' 3O' E. nine hundred and ninety lSsVl iee';
thence n. 55' 3O' w. one thousand seven hundred
and fifty 1850 feet to eastern edge OF Theoooid
Ayenue thence N. $40 3O' E. two thousand SIX hun
dred and forty t264N feet; thence N. 60 W. nine
hundred and fifty 950 feet; thence N 25' 10 H.
two hundred and seventy (270 feet thence n 90
3O' w. one thousand four hundred and fifty l45C
".
thence n. 55s 80 W. to the western boundary of
the State Of Mississippi.
Sec 2. Be ii further enacted, That the Town
Council of said town shall have the power to license
tax and regulate all drays, wagons and carriages
carrying freights passengers for hire within said
town.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, That in addition
TO the qualifications of voters prescribed in Section
'0ne of an act to amend act entitled an act to
incorporate the Town Of Greenville i'll Washington
county, Mississippi passed over the Governors veto
March 4th, 1876, every person residing in said town
liable to work upon the streets thereof, shall, before
lie be entitled to register and vote at any municipal
election in said town. exhibit receipt of the Street
Supervisor Of said town, setting forth that he has
worked the requisite time upon said Streets or that
he has paid the amount in money in lieu OF such
personal service.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted, That the Town
Council be and they are hereby authorized and en-
powered to send a committee of not more than two
TO Washington City for the purpose of appearing
before the proper Congressional Committee and
asking of them National aid in protecting the river
front of the Town of Greenville; and they are
authorized to pay said committee such compensation
as may be agreed upon.
Sec. 8. BE it further enacted That the said
Council be and they are hereby authorized and EN-.
powered to submit to the qualified voters of said
IL
in an amount not exceeding Two Hundred Thous
and (200,0O0 Dollars for the purpose of raising
fund to be used in preventing the caving of the
banks of the Mississippi in front of said town. Pro-
vided, however, that the territory taken in the city
limits by this charter snail be known as the "Ward
Of the Added Addition" of said city of Greenvillc,
And said Ward shall be entitled to have two mem.
hers as their representatives in said Town Council.
The said members from said Ward to be elected by
the qualified voters ofsad Ward at the first general
special election held after the passage of this bill
And provided further, that the two members first
elected shall hold their offices until the next regular
city election, at which time and thereafter their sue.
cessors shall be elected as other members of said
Town Council are elected The foregoing shall be
held as an amended proviso to the fifth (5 Section
of said act.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That said Town
Council shall give notice, in some newspaper pub
lished in said town. not less than twenty days. noti.
yig the legal voters of said town to meet at some
certain place in said town, to be designated in said
notice, for the purpose of voting "for' against
the issue of the bonds provided for in the 9th Sec.
ton of this act And said Town Council shall ap.
point inspectors for such election which shall IN all
respects Oe conducted as other elections are in said
town, except that no poll books shall be used, and
the return thereof made in the same manner and the
result thereof shall be entered in minutes of said
town.
Sec Z. Be it further enacted, That for the pur.
pose of determining who are legal voters in said
town on the proposition to issue the bonds herein
provided for new, complete and general registra-
ton of all legal voters shall be made on the Same dav
and at the same time and place of taking the vote
upon said proposition, and such registration shall be
conclusive proof of the legal voters of said town.
Sec. 8. BE 1t further enacted That if it shall
appear from the returns made by said inspectors of
election, and the registration books aforesaid that
majority of the legal voters of said town have waited
for issue, said Town Council shall be and thew are
hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds
OF said Town of Greenvie in sums of not less than
one hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars
each bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent
per annum; which bonds shall be payable to bearer.
and shall run for twenty years. Said bonds shall be-
signed by the Mayor and be attested by the Town
Clerk. and trae record shall be kept of the bonds
so issued.
Sec. 0. BE it further enacted, That the Town
Council shall have the power to dispose of said bonds
IN the manner and form which to them NAV seem for
the best interest Of the Town of Greenyle bnt said
ponds shall not be disposed of for less than seventy.
nve cents upon the dollar of their face value Nor
snail the fund arising from the sale of said bonds he
used for any other purpose other than for he mn
pose OF protecting the river front of said town from
caung; anu any violation of the provisions of this
Secuon snail be felony punishable by fine of nor
less tnan nve hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
III tne pententiary of not more than two years
sec. l0. BE ii further enacted That II shall ha
the duty OF the Town Council annually after the aro
cutlon aud sale Of said bonds to compute and assass
upon all OF the taxable property of said town snm
sumcent 10 pay the interest and costs of collecton
ana disbursement upon said bonds, and also for Tho
redemption OF said bonds. Which tax shall he col.
iec.eu anu accounted for as other taxes and sballbe
aesgnated as Interest on Town Bonds,r and whsn
collected to fI.a