The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-22
Commissioners Notice.
Office Of County Commissions

ohce ei County commissioners
OF Pickens County, 8. G. I
Whereas majority of the freehold vot-
ers owning Real Estate in Piclcns Town
ship, Hurricane Township, and Eastatoe
Township, in the county of Pickens, &. G..
have petitioned the Board of Ct.unty
Commissioners for said County, to submit
to the qualified voters of said Townships,
the question of subscribing in seven prr
cent. Coupon Bonds of said respective
townships: In Plckens Township the sum
of Ten Thousand Dollars (sl0, ,OOu,) and in
Eastatoe Township Thirty-h Hundred
Dollars ($3, ,5OO,) and in Hurricane Town
ship the sum of Thirty five Hundred Dol.
lars (s3, ,50O,) to the capital stock of the
Pickens Rail Road Company, under the
provisions of the Charter of said COMPANY.
And whereas said County Commissioners
| have by resolution, fixed the amount to te
subscribed by Pickens Township ut Ten
Thousand Dollars and by Enstttoe Town
ship at Thirty-five Hundred Dollars and
Hurricane Township at Thrty-fivc Hun
dred Dollars, as requested by their said
respective petitions now on file in this office
| Now, therefore be i! resolved aud order
cd by said Board of County Commissioners
that the prayers of said petitions be grant
Ell and that ali election be held ut the sew
eral election precincts in said respective
Townships on the lIth day Of November,
A. d., 1891, to determine the question of
Subscription or No Subscription TO the
capital stock of said Rail Road Company
as aforesaid. Those in favor of said sub.
scrption shall deposit ballot having writ
ten or printed thereon the word "Subscrip-
tom" those opposed shall deposit ballot
having the words "No" Subscription.
Now the condition is such that the said
Rail Road Company as above within twelve
r months from date do construct, build and
equip railroad from the town Of Easley
to the town of Pickcns e. H., and the
said Ten Thousand Dollars for Pickens.
Thirty-ivc <lIundred for Eastatoc. and
Thir,y-fvc Hundred for Hurricane Gown
ships be subscribed to the said Pickcns
Rail Road Company, upon the condition
that the said Pickcns Rail Road Company
do build, construct and complete a Rail
Road, or cause the same to be built, con-
structcd and completed, from the town of
iIasicy to within the corporate limits of
Pickcns, @. H., or within mile thereof,
Provided, no bonds shall he issued till
the road be run to Pickens and equipped
That the Polls be opened from eight
(9) o'clock, a. NJ, until five 90 o'clock, P.
NJ, on the day OF said elections; at which
election all the qualified electors Of said
respective townships shall be entitled 10 O
vote and registration shall not be required
as a qualification for voting at said election
That the following Managers arc hereby
appointed for their respective precincts
and it shall be the duty of said Managers
to count the votes Immediately on closing
the polls and make their return 10 this
Board on or before the 10th day of No
vembcr, 1891.
Pickcns G. HI. f. Hagood, Jr, Lutll
Hawthorne and J. B. Freeman.
EaslatOc TOwnship-J. w. Thomas, a.
a. Alexander and Robert w. Gil3trao.
hurricane Township, Six Mile Precinct
Nv. II. Thomas, Aaron Garrett and i. S.
Barker!
Pratcrs-J. f. Boroughs, w. II. Bowlin
, and w. l.. Morgan.
Mile Crcck-L. II. Dalton, J. E. Parsons
and j. $. Bowen.
BY order of the Board Of County Com
missioners of Pickcns County.
LIS MATTHEW HENDRICKS,
, Chairman of Board.
Oin i. Durant, Clerk.
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