The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-10
SPECIAL AND LEGAL NOTICES
PROCLAMATION.
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urHEREAs. FIFTEEN AND MORE OF THE
w legal voters and tax payers OF the ots q
Jackson have, in writing, petitloned the ahae ,s
signed Mayor Of said City that an election should
Be ordered and held under the PROVISIONS % siol =
Is Of an Act OF the Legislature OF said state ~
Mississippi, entitled AN Act 10 incorporate the
SaicheE and Jackson Railroad Company, approNsd
July p, 1870, tor the purpose OF submitting 70 INC
legal and qualified voters OF said CITY OF jackson,
the question Of subscription by said CITY OF ts SUI
Of one Hundred Thousand Dollars tslo0.evel 70
the capital stock of the Natehez, jackson and -
iumbus Railroad Company, upon the tehoSins
terms and eonditfonss First, The City OF Jackson
is to subscribe the OF one hundred thousand
dollars the capita stock Of the Naschez 5aeAsSn
and Columbus Railroad Company ard pay me
amouRt OF said subscription in coupon bones @
said city bearing interest al the rate % seven PSI
cent. per annum from the date thereof payable 70
bearer twenty years after date the said interest De-
ing payable annually.
lied voters of said city shall st said election vote
ia favor OF said subscription, then the mayor OF
said city shall subscribe in the name thereof the
amount OF one hundred thousand dollars tSleo Geo
h the capital stock Of said Na.chez, jackson ana
Columbus Railroad Company, and thai whenever Il
shall appear from the certificate Of the thlet EnSi
neer OF said Company that the track OF said rail-
road has been widened 10 standard guage from said
City of jackson 10 the northern boundary line OF
Copiah county, and valid contrac. Tor the extern
sion Of said road to Columbus shall have been
made by said company with responsible parles,
the mayor shall execute and deliver 70 said toul-
pany, in the name and on behalf OF said city, IT'S
coupon bonds amounting in the aggregate 70 the
said sum subscribed bearing interest az the hAie Oh
seven per cent per snnUm, payable 70 bearer az the
Office OF the kniekerbocker Trust Company OF New
York, the interest 10 be payable annually, and the
bonds themselves payable twenty years nom their
date, TO be signed by the mayor OF said city under
the corporate seal thereof and attesed by the clerk
Of said city, the coupons 10 bear the engraved or
Autographed signature of said mayor and upon the
delivery OF said bonds the president OF said COM
pany shall deliver to the city OF Jackson, through
the mayor thereof. certificates Of the capital stock
of said company, reckoned at par, in an amount
equal 70 the amount so subscribed.
Third,-That the work Of widening said railroad
to standard guage shall be completed between said
cities OF Natchez and Jackson within three years
from the date such substitution, and that the
round house aud workshops OF said railroad for the
jackson Division thereof, shall be located and
maintained al said city OF Jackson.
Now, therefore. being satisfied that the interest
said of one hundred thousand dollars al
seven per cent per annum does not exceed two per
cent. upon the assessed value of the real estate
within the corporate limits OF said city,
l do hereby notify the legal and qualified voters
of said city OF Jackson to meet at the usual places
Tor holding elections IN said city, namely at the
following places Fol the North Wharf.-The Pearl
Hook and Ladder Engine House. For the South
M1rd-the City Hall. For the West Ward-the
West Jackson Number One Engine House
do further order and direct that notice of said
election be given by posting notices thereof IN at
least I'VE public places in said City, and by pub
LEGATION in the Weekly CLARION, The New Missis-
sippian, The State Ledger, sword and Shield snd
Baptist Record, newspapers published in said city.
do hereby appoint as judges and Returning Of
heers 10 conduct said election, the following per
sops, qualified voters of said city;
For the North Ward Inspeetors-H. Spengler,
ST., W. IL Gibbs ana c. II. Manship. Clerks
w. NJ. Massie and z. B. Comfort.
For the South Ward--IDspectors- Chas. L. Gas
ton, John Cain and II. V. Barr. Clerks-E. II.
Reber and II. L MeGOwan.
For the West Neutrality-suspicious. - Ned Parish,
George Lemon and A \. Folkes. Clerks-W.
II. Coppock and W II. Harvey.