The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12
An Ordinance.
To Authorize the Issue of s5o,ooo Bonds
for street Improvement. Drainage
building bridges and Erecting Pub
,,c SchooI-House and Gaol.

,,uiId,nc bridges and Erecting Pub
| lie school-Bouse and Gaol
To the voters of the town Of Big Stone
Gan: Notice is hereby given that an cleo
tion will be held on the Second day OF
February. 1888 at the Council Chamber, III
Nickels building, in the town of 3iS Stone
Can. to ascertain whether majority OF
tbe voters of the town arc in favor Of the
;sspe of Bonds authorized by the following
Ordinance ,
SEC. |. Be IT OnDAISEp by the Council OF
the town of Big Stone Cap that for the
purposes Of street improvement, drainage,
sewerage, building bridges and erecting a
Public school house and gaol, there Shall
he issued and sold fifty registered Coupon
Bonds of the town, of the denomination OF
one thousand dollars each, to lie numbered
consccutivcly from one up to and lnciu-
ding fifty, to be issued in one series, to
bear date on the first day Of April one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-threc
1888, to be payable on the hrst day
of April ono thousand nine hum
dred and twenty-three (1923}, IN
gold coin of the United States of
America Of the present standard weight
and fneness, at the agency OF the town in
the city of New York, State OF New York,
with interest at the rate Of five per centum
per annum, payable emi-annua!ly in like
gold coin, Mt the said agency of the town
in the CITY of New York, on the first days
Of April and October, in each and every
wear. with coupons attached TO each Bond,
representing the said semiannual interest
. i,,fa
periods from date to maturity.
THAT in each year from aud after the
FIST day of April one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-three (lSo3), there shall
he levied and collected a sufficient sum to
nav the interest on said Bonds which will
have accrued up to the time such col
lection can be made and disbursed, and
in addition thereto, such sum as may
be necessary to pay one and onc-half
of one per centum upon the
principal of all Bonds of the issue
which have been sold, and are still
due and outstanding, shall likewise be
levied, and collected, in each and every
wear until the maturity of said Bonds. and
be paid into the sinking fund pursuant to
law.
for the purpose Of ascertaininS whether 4
majority of the voters Of the town are in
favor of the issue Of Bonds authorized by
the first section of this Ordinance, an
election shall be held on the Second day
of February, One Thousand Eight Hun
dlrcd and Ninety-threc, (lS93), at which
election all persons who reside within the
corporate limits Of the said town, and are
qualified to vote for members of the GEN
era Assembly, may vote.
THAT w. c. Robinson, j. Nj. Goodloe
and W. X. Shelby are hereby appointed
Judges of the said election; and Il. &.
Kennedy and S. c. BERGMAN are hereby
appointed Clerks of said election, which
shall be supcrintendcd and held; returns
made and certiiied votes canvassed; re-
suits ascertained and made known, under
the same penalties, and subject to the
same regulations, as prescribed for gem
era and special elections under the Gen
eral Election Laws OF the State, except
that the Judges and Clerks OF Election
shall return the Poll Books, and certify
the vote to the Council of the town; and
the vote shall he canvasScd, and the result
asccrinincd and made known by said
Council. w B. Kilbourn, the Registrar
70: the town, is hereby directed to furnish
to the Judges and Clerks of Election, be-
fore the day Of election, Poll Books pre-
pared pursuant 10 the Genera! Election
Laws of. the State, containing Il list OF all
persons who reside within the corporate
limits of the town, aud are qualified to
vote for members OF the General Assembly
at said election.
The electors voting at said election,
Bonds shall deposit with the Judges of
Election ballot, upon which shall be
written or printed the words, "For the
issue of Bonds" and such electors as are
opposed to the issue OF said Bonds, shalt
denosit with the Judges of Election Il
ballot upon which shall be written or
printed the words, Against the issue OF
Bonds"
Sec. 3. Be IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Il
copy of this Ordinance, signed by the
Mayor and Recorder, shall be published
for four successive week S in the BIG STONE
GAR Fosr, weekly newspaper published
in the town of Big Stone Gap, preceded
by a notice, in the following words, 40
''tuc voters Vi TIC tON IL w l'iS5 OtoIiS "" r.
:Notice is hereby given that All election
"wll be held on the Second day OF Feb
"ruary, 1893, at the Council Chamber in
"Nickels building in the town Of Big
"Stone Gap, to ascertain whether ma
"iority Of the voters of the town are in
'.iavor of the issue of Bonds authorized by
"the following Ordinance and copy OF
said notice and ordinance shall also be
"posted by the Recorder in ten or more
"public places within the corporate limits
"of the town"
SEC. a. Be IT FURTHER ORDAINED that
the publisher Of the Big STONE Gar Posr
shall make affidavit of the publication OF
the notice herein required, which shall be
returned with the certificate of the Judges
and Clerks Of Election; and said affidavit
and certificates, together with the result
Of the election, as ascertained and de-
clared by the Council, shall be entered at
large upon the records of the town.
SEC. s. THIS Ordinance shall be in
force and effect from its passage.
W. I. HuDonNs, Mayor.
S. r. JESSIE, Recorder.