The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-02-26

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been duly considered by the CITY
Council Of said city on the Sd day Oh
February, 1890; therefore
Be it ordained and enacted by the
Mayor and Council Of the City Q. OF
Alexandria, that IN compliance with
the prayer of said petition special
election is ordered to be held in the
City of Alexandria, on the 18TH Gay
of March, 1890, for the purpose OF tax
ing the sense of the qualified property
tax PAYERS of the City Of Alexandra
on the question whether or not a spe-
cial tax of five mills per aunnm tor
ten years shall be levied and collected
upon all the taxable property OF sal"
CITY in aid of the Kansas City, Wat
kins and Gulf Railway Company, Its
successors or assigns, and for further
tax of five mills per annum for three
years upon all the taxable property IN
said city for the purpose of purchasing
thirty acres of land from Mrs. Sallie
C. Day, to he donated to the Gould
road as afor; said, now under constrac-
ton from McDermott, Arkansas, to
Columbia, Louisiana, and ten acres OF
land to be donated to the said Wat
kins, Kansas City and Gulf Railway
Company by the said Mayor and
Council of the City of Alexandra.
Be it further ordained that the said
election shall be held under the gene
raj election laws of the State, now in
force and at the polling place to be
designated by the Mayor and Council
of said City, and that the form of bal
lot to be used at said election shall be
"For Railroad Tax" against Rail
road Tax" and be it further ordered
: that majority in plumber and in the
value of the qualified property tax
payers of the City of Alexandria shall
determine the question herein submit.
ted, and the result of the election shall
be announced and promulgated by the
Mayor and City Council Immediately
: after tho same has been determined
f and be it further ordained that if the
result of said election shall be in favor
( of levying said special tax, the frs,
r levy and collection of said tax shall
!, be made and the first payment there
1 under shall be paid to the Kansas
u CITY, Watkins and Gulf Railway Co..
9 its successors or assigns, whenever the
said company shall have completed
and put in operation a good and Sub
= stautial standard gauge railroad fron
Lake Charles, La, to and within The
corporate limits of the city of Alexan
dria, provided the said railroad shall
be completed and running through
trains by the lst of March, 1892.
Be it further ordained that if the re
suit of said election shall he in favo
of levying further special tax of fiv'
mills for three years for the purpose o
purchasing and donating thirty acre
of land to the Gould road now unde
construction from McDermott, Arkan
sas, to Columbia, Louisiana, and tel
acres of land to be purchased and Go
mated to the Kansas City, Watkin
Il and Gulf Railway Company by tn
Mayor and Council of the City o
Alexandria, then the same shall h
collected and applied by the Mayo
and Council of the City of Alexandra
to the purchase and donation to tn
said Gould road of the above thir,.
acres of land to be purchased fror
Mrs. Sallie G Day, and the purehas
and donation of ten acres of land t
he donated by the said Mayor an
Council to the Kansas City, Watkin
and Gulf Railway Company, to b
purchased at any point that the Mayo
and Council shall deem fit; provide
k that the said donation of land h
made to the said railroad companie
+ as aforesaid by notarial act to Il
= signed by the Mayor on the auth"riz;
ton of the City Council, when both
said railroads are constructed to an
; within the corporate limits of the City
> Alexandra by the lst of March, lS9:
And provided further, that in Il
event of the failure of the said railwa
companies, their successors and assign
or either of them to comply with tt
stipulations set forth in this ordinanc
they shall forfeit all right to said d
pot grounds, and the said donation
shall! be null and void.
y, Be it further ordained, that the NJ
yor he authorized to issue his procl
nation designating the time and pla
IN, for holding said election, and also t
appointment and qualification Of t
commissioners Of election.
{ w. +. BLACKMAN,
m Committee gso ;, G. !, RYAN,
y, L. V. MARYE.