The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-19
ORDER FOR AN ELECTION.
for Subscription to The Roanoke g.
southern Railroad Company, Made
January Sd, 1888,

FOR Subscription to The Roanoke &
Southern Railroad Company. Made
January Sd, 1888.
At regular meeting of the Board of
commissioners for the county of Forsyth,
North Carolina, at the Courthouse in
winston, N. c., on Monday, January End
1885, 1t Being the first Monday, the men,
oers, to-wit E. A. Conrad, Chairman. T.
j. Valentine and John w. Fries. present
and acting. 1t appearing to the Board that
petition signed by Lightweight freehold
ers and tax payers, residing in Winston
township, in said county, is presented to the
Board under the provisions of an act of the
General Assembly, passed and ratified at the
session of 1887, entitled An act "to enable
townships in Forsyth county to aid in inter
nal improvements" to submit to the quail
he'd voters of said Winston Township. a
proposition to subscribe the sum of One
Hundred thousand Dollars $500, OOO). in
winston Township Bonds to the CapitaI
Stock of the Roanoke and Southern Rail.
way Company and it appearing that said
petition is regular and as prescribed by law.
now it Is ordered that it be submitted to the
qualified voters of Winston Township the
the question of Subscription" or "No Sub
scrlption" of the sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (S1OO,OoO in Winston
Township Bonds, at their face value to the
capital Stock of the Roanoke and Southern
Railway Company, for the building of said
road from the towns of Winston and Salem
to some point on the line of the States of
North Carolina and Virginia, in the direc.
ton of Roanoke City inVirginia. sub
scription to be paid for in Bonds of Winston
Township at their face value, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of per cent. per
annums payable semi-annually, and to run
Tor period of twenty-five (25j years, inter-
est to begin to run only from time of deliy-
cry OF said bonds, and the said Township re-
celving certificates of stock in said Ra;lw,v
Company for the same amount as the
amount OF bonds so issued-said bonds to
be placed In the hands of trustee TO be de-
liyered on the orders of this board to said
hallway Company, as follows: Fifty Thou-
sand Dollars when the road shall have been
graded to some point on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad, and the remain
ing Fifty Thousand Dollars when the cross
ties and iron shall have been laid on said
road from the towns of Winston and Salem
to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail
way and said roa'! in running order. In or.
der that the qualified voters of said Town
ship may vote on said question an election
is ordered to be held ct the regular voting
precincts in Winston and Salem in said
Township, on Saturday, the 18th day of
February, 1888, at which election ali the
qualified voters in said Township shall have
the right to yote-the ballots shall be either
printed or written, and shall be cast as in
general elections and those in favor of
subscription under the conditions and stin.
uiatIons heretofore set forth, shall vote a
ticket wherein is written or printed Sub
scriptlon,' and those opposed Shall vote "No
That s. H. Hodsi in and ia
coo Use In winston precinct, and Augustus
Fogle and E. A. Pfohl in Salem precinct are
hereby appointed judges or poll holders and
who shall provide boxes for their respective
precints and hold said elections and make
returns as required by law. 1t is further or
dered that Melvin E. Hamlen for Winston
precinct and N. T. Shore for Salem pre.
clnct be appointed Registrars in said Town
snip VINO snail be furnished with.the Rexis-
tra5lon Books of said Township precincts,
ana who shall give due notice of the OPEN
ing of the same for the registration of each
qualified voter of said Township as are not
already registered. Said books shall he
kept open thirty days next previous to the
election: 1t shall be the duty of the Judges
and registrars to see that all such persons
=, as are not qualified voters of the
township be erased from the registry and
they shall meet with the registrars at Win
ston and Salem on the 18th day of Februa-
ry, 1888, for that purpose. 1t is further or.
dersd that said poll holders shall make re-
turn of said vote on the 10th day ofFebrua-
ry, 1883, to the Board of Commissioners
1t is further ordered that this order be
spread upon the minutes of the proceedings
A. E. CONRAD, Gilman.
THos. j. VALENTINE.
j. w. FRIES