Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10

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3rd day Of October, 1888, the foregoing pre-
amble and resolutions were duly presented
and adopted. =.
Witness, James B. Allison, clerk of said
board, at Yorkvillc, S. c., October 18th, 1888.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
Immediately under the above certificate
is the following protestation, entered by
James B. Allison, clerk, who is also a
member of the board of county commits
sioners:
Upon the above resolutions to deliver the
bonds of Catawba and Ebenezer townships
to the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, James b. Allison, a member of
the board, voted ndy, and he here spreads
upOn the minutes his reasons therefor.
Under the call of the qualified electors for
the election upon the question of su6Scrip-
ton or no subscription, the bonds were not
to be delivered until the road should be
completed from Blacks to Rock Hill,
which has not been done; and therefore
the board is without power to waive this
condition, as it is but the agent of said
townships to deliver whensoever the. road
shall be entitled to the bonds.
The action of the board became known
and understoodin Rock Hill on Thursday,
and on that night a committee represent
ing the taxpayers of Ebenezer and Cataw-
ba townships arrived here for the purpose
of securing an early meeting of the board
to hear their petition for a rescission of the
resolutions. The petitioners were accom-
panied by Mr.. Mills, a member of the
board, and a messenger was dispatched
for Mr.. Whitesides, who lives in the coun-
try. The other member, DIR. Allison, lives
in Yorkville. The full board met in their
office early in the forenoon of Friday, when
the following petition was presented:
TO the Board of County Commissioners
for York County: The undersigned com
mittee, representing the taxpayers of Ca
taWba and Ebenezer townships, protest
against the action of said board in passing
the resolution seeking to authorize the
! delivery of the bonds Of said townships
conditiOnally subscribed to the G. G. & G.
R. r. Co. by the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, of Boston, when the con-
! diti0ns for the delivery of said bonds have
not been complied with, and earnestly re-
| quest the board to rescind its action in the
: premises, and to take such further steps as
] they may be advised will be necessary to
! prevent the delivery of said bonds until
! said conditions are complied with.
+ w. B. WILSON, JR.,
+ JOHN r. LONDON,
+ A. FRIEDHEIM,
r. r. JEWELL,
Z WI. CHERRY,
+ October 4, 1883. J. j. HULL.
| After hearing the petition and due con
federation thereof, the following endorse
tment was made on the original paper pre-
sented:
E Prayer of petitioners granted. Resolu'
! tons to carry out this end to be prepared,
! signed and recorded.
I R, w. WHITEsIDEs, Chm,
+ E. R. MILLS,
y JAMES B. ALLISON,
TsEAL] County Commissioners.
i JAMES B, ALLISON, Clerk.
I The following are the resolutions adopt
ed:
Resolved, That the resolutions Of this
board, adopted October 3rd, 1888, auth0riZ-
ling the delivery of the bonds Of Catawba
and EbeneZer townships, issued in aid of
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad Company, and placed III deposit
with the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, of Boston, Mass, as trustee, be,
and the same are hereby rescinded, annull-
ed and set aside, the conditions upon which
said delivery was to be made not having
been fulfilled, and the board being now
satisfied that it ought not to have waived
said conditions which were imposed by
the electors of said townships respectively
through their vote upon the question OF
Subscription" or ''nO subscription" to said
railroad company.
Resolved, That the clerk of this board,
in the name of the board, do forthwith
transmit by telegram, (repeated) to the said
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, a
copy ofthese% resolutions, accompanied with
the information that a certified copy of
the same will be forwarded to said Boston
Safe Deposit and Trust Company by mail
forthwith in a registered package.
Accompanying the resolution is the fol-
lowing note:
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
Yorkville, S. c., October ), 1888.
The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, Boston, Mass. Sirs: I enclose here
with a certified copy of resolutions adopted
by the board Of county commissioners OF
York county, S. c., this day, under instruc-
tons from the board. BY instructions from
the said county commissioners, l have also
telegraphed Il copy of said resolutions to
you to-day.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
AS will be seen, DR.. Allison, one of the
commissioners, opposed the original &C
ton of the board, entering upon the record
| his reason therefor. 1t is not to be under
stood, however, that he or the citizens of
Catawba and Ebenezer desire to evade the
payment of the bonds, or that their ac-
ton is in resistance to the payment of the
interest thereon. They only desire that
the transaction shall be literally carried out
according to the original contract entered
into as being best for all parties. Nor is it
doubted that the road will be completed to
Blacks; Of this all are assured, and when
that is done, which we hope may be at an
early day, there will be no objection raised
to the immediate delivery of the bonds to
the construction company. AS will be
seen by the official notice of the county
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