The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-02-12

ana; and whereas the SAID petition mas
been duly considered by the City
Council of said city on the Sd day OF
February, 1890; therefore
Be it ordained and enacted by the
Mayor and Council Of the City of
Alexandra, that IN compliance with
the prayer of said petition a special
election is ordered to be held in the
City of Alexandria, on the 18th day
of March, 1890, for the purpose of TAX
ing the sense of the qualified property
tax payers of the City of Alexandria
on the question whether or not spe-
cial tax of FIVE mills per annnm for
ten years shall be levied and collected
upon all the taxable property of said
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
G. Day, to be donated to the Gould
road as aforesaid, now under construc-
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 Alexandria.
Be it further ordained that the said
election shall be held under the gene
T 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
f that a majority in number and in the
9 value of the qualified property tax.
!. payers Of the City of Alexandra shall
! determine the question herein submit
n ted, and the result of the election shall
: be announced and promulgated by thu
Mayor and City Council immediatel.
3 after tho same has been determined
# and be it further ordained that if tn
: result of said election shall be in favo
K of levying said special tax, the frs
" levy and collection of said tax shall
t, be made and the first payment there
d under shall be paid to the Kansa
a City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Co.
,e it's successors or assigns, whenever th
d said company shall have complete
and put in operation good and sub
g stantial standard gauge railroad frol
Lake Charles, La, to and within tn
corporate limits of the city of Alexan
dria, provided the said railroad shal
be completed and running throug
trains by the LIST of March, 1892.
Be it further ordained that if the re
suit of said election shall be in favo
of levying a further special tax of fiv
mills for three years for the purpose Q
purchasing and donating thirty acre
of land to the Gould road now unde
construction from McDermott, Arkan
sas, to Columbia, Louisiana, and .ste
acres of land to be purchased and do
mated to the Kansas City, Watkin
Al and Gulf Railway Company by tn
Mayor and Council of the City q
Alexandria, then the same shall b
collected and applied by the Mayo
and Council of the City of Alezandri
to the purchase and donation to th
said Gould road of the above thirt
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, Watkiu
and Gulf Railway Company, to b
purchased at any point that the Mayo
and Council shall deem fit; provide
* that the said donation of land h
made to the said railroad companit
T. as aforesaid by a notarial act to |
y signed by the Mayor on the authorize
ton of the City Council, when both
said railroads are constructed to an
% within the corporate limits of the City
- Alexandra by the LIST of March, 1879
And provided further, that in Il
event Of the failure of the said railws
companies, their successors and ASST n
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 donatio
shall! be null and void.
ly, Be it further ordained, that the N
yor be authorized to issue his procl
nation designating the time and p)a
On, for holding said election, and also t
appointment and qualification of t
commissioners of election.
w. F. BLACKMAN,
an, Committee JNo. G. RYAN,
ey' L. V. MARYE.
M
lit THOS. CRAWLEY,
md G.. NJ. RADCLIFFE, Mayor
the Secretary.
ng.
For number of years have b.
subject to violent attacks ofinfammat
rheumatism which generally lasted alb
two months. On the first of this mo-