The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-17
A true copy
w. b. WHITE, Secretary.

WHEREAS, a petition has been pre-
scented to this council signed by thirty
two property OWNERS and tax payers OF
the town of Abbeyille, representing and
owning property assessed in said town
amounting in value to the sum of Fifty
Eight Thousand and Forty taco Dollars,
praying that a special tax of two mills
on the dollar be levied or all the taxa
bic property of said town for five years
to aid the Abbeville Hook Il Ladder
Co, No. / to purchase a steam Fire
Engine, and to order a special election
for that purpose;
And whereas we are of the opinion
that there Is urgent need OF a steam
fire engine in this town, and that 1t
would promote tie public we flare;
Therefore, Be 1t resolved by the
Town Council OF the town OF Abbeville
that an election be held on Thursday,
Fthe 18th day of December, 1888, at
the courthouse i'll said town OF Able
Vile, that the polls shall be opened at
8 O'Clock a. N, and remain open until
4 O'Clock p. M, on said day, and that
said election shall be presided over and
held by the Mayor Of said town, as
sisted by the Secretary of the Town
Council that at said election the fol-
lowing ordinance levyingaspeelaltaX Of
2 mills Oh the dollar for five (5l years
shall pe submitted to a vote of the
property tax payers of said town emit
tied to vote under the general election
laws of the State Tor ratification ; that
those voting in favor of the ordinance
for leyying the special tax shall have
written or printed OIL their ballots, the
words "For Ordinance levying a special
annual tax of two mills on the dollar
lfor five years to aid the Abbeville Hook
and Ladder Co, No. /, to purchase a
steam Engine" andthose voting against
said ordinance shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
against leyying special tax Of two
mills en- the dollar for five years to aid
the Abbevflle Hook Il Ladder Co, No.
] to purchase a steam fire Engine"
That at the hour of i o'clock p. H.,
on said day the polls shall be closed,
and that thereupon the ballot box shall
be opened, and the ballots therein de-
posted shall be counted by the afose-
said Mayor in the presence Of two legal
voters, tax payers and residents of said
town, and a statement of the result OF
said vote be signed by said Mayor and
Secretary and Witnessed by the two
Aforesaid witnesses, that tho Mayor
shall publish the result Of said election
by ten days advertisement IN the. Me
RlDIoNAL, newspaper that jn'casa the
majority Of the votes cast at said cleo
ton are for the ordinance leyying said
special tax, the Mayor shall declare the
.same adopted and satisfied, and there
upon it shall become the duty of the
Secretary, and ~ex-officio Assessor of said
town, to extend said special tax Of two
mills on the dollar on the assessment
rolls of said town annually for the term
of five years, beginning with the tax
rolls of 1883 that said tax shall be coll
lected as by law provided for the collec-
ton of all other ta1es-that said tax so
collected shall remain in the hands OF
the Treasurer of the town of Abbeville,
and shall be paid over, when demand
ed, to the Abbcville Hook and Ladder
Co., No. l, upon a warrant drawn upon
the Treasurer of Shutdown blythe Mayor
and countersigned by the Secretary
that the aforesaid petition OF said tax
payers and this resolution and the fol-
J lowing ordinance shall be published toI