Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-22
AN 0RDIN ANCE.

Alta meeting of the council held
January IA, 1890, the following ordi-
nance was adopted:
BE it ordained by the council OF
the city OF Roanoke. upon the pc
tition of the Roanol1 4 and Souther
Railway company, by it's president,
filed on the 3rd day of December,
1889.
/. That the sergeant and judges of
election tor the said city of Roanoke
do open q poll at the several voting
precincts of said city, on Tuesday,
the 18th day of February, 1900, and
take the sense of the freehold voters
on the question, whether the said
council shall be authorized, in the
name of and for the use of the city,
to cause TO be issued, bonds to an
amount not exceeding one huAdred
thousand dollars for the purpose OF
making second and further sub
scription to the capital stock of the
Roanoke and Southern Railway COM
pany. :,
2. The said election shall be held
and the authority to issue said bonds
and raise said subscription shall be
upon the following terms and con-
ditions namely:
|. The said council may subscribe
for the stock of said company to the
amount of one hundred thousand
dollars; provided, that the ag-
gregate debt of the city shall
not exceed ten per centum OF the
assessed value Of the property. real
land personal. within the city limits.
III That the said company shall
within ninety days after said subscrip-
Tton shall he made, commence to con
-tru II Its line of road at IL point within
one mie from the present city limits
OF ,he city OF Roanoke, and shall pros
ccute the same in IL bona fide manner
with all reasonable diligence TO its
completion, and furthermore, that
within six months after the work
sh:tll be so begun, the said company
! shall connect between the point just
| indicated and its terminus within the
present limits of the city of Roanoke.
t Ill. nhe bonds If the city OF Roa
noke shall bear 6per centum interest
per annum and shall be redeemable
/ in thirty years from their date, and
shall be issued and delivered the said
! Roanoke and Southern railway as fol
! lows: Upon the certificate the CHIEF
engineer of said railway of the com
plction OF the grading of each and
every mile OF said road from Roa-
noke city southwark, the city OF Roa
noke shall deliver to said railway
the bonds of said city TO the amount
Of FIVE thousand dollars and upon
like certificate OF the engineer for each
and every mile Of said road when
the euperstructure is complete, and
ready for operation, the said city
shall deliver to said railway bonds
of said city TO the amount Of
five thousand dollars per mile until
the entire sum of 800, 600 provided fol
in This ordinance shall be delivered
Upon the delivery Of each INSTALL
ment of said bonds 70 the railway
company the said company shall de
liver to the said city certificates oi
stock in said railway to the amount
of said bonds.
". The subscription when made
by the city council shall be upon the
terms and conditions set forth, and
whenever the said company fail to
comply with said terms and condi'
tioMs, then. and in that event, the
said subscription, at the option OF
said city, shall be void.
V. The election shall be held and
conducted in the manner provided for
under section 1243 and 1914 of the code
OF Virginia, and the question sub
nitted shall be determined under
the provisions of section so, chapter
V. OF the charter of said city.
VI. The sergeant shall cause a certi
fed copy OF this ordinance to be pub
lished in the daily papers of this city
and shall post Il copy of the same at
each of the voting places for thirty
days previous to the day of election
a copy-teste.
GEO. l. BENNETT, Clerk.
In obedience to the foregoing order,
notice is hereby given that the polls
will he opened ut the several voting
precincts of the city of Roanoke al
sunrise on
TUESDAY, February IS, 1890
for vote to be taken as specified il
said order. Z. W. THOMAS,
Sergeant.
January 18th, 1890
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