The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

in order to fund the Present Indebtedness of |
said Municipality as Evidenced by Outstand.
ing Orders, and Judgment of Court in an
Action for Tort, for Damages Sustained by
w. X, Ringrose, for Personal Injuries
Received and also Purchase Real Estate
and the Equipment of Plant to Furnish
Light for the said Town, and to Pay the
Expenses Incident to the Opening of Jefier-
son Street and North Street, Ordained to be
Opened by Previous Councils, and for OBJ
tanning Consent of the Electors Of said
Municipality thereto.
WHEREAS, The existing bonded indebted.
ness of the Town of Bloomsburg amounts to
the sum of S37, o4o, and in addition thereto
there is an existing Indebtedness for out.
standing orders-the sum of SI2, 900 and
for the judgment obtained against the said
Town, for personal injuries received by w.
X. Ringrose, together with the interest,
costs and expenses incident to the litigation
concerning the same, amounting to about
~, 7,ooo--which outstanding orders and
judgment are bearing six per cent, interest,
and it is desirable to fund the said indebt-
edness by the substitution of another form
OF indebtedness bearing lower rate Of
interest,
AND WHEREAS, Also the said Town is
| now at an annual expense approximating
| $44oo for the furnishing of Lights for its
| Highways and Streets, and there is demand
made for the immediate opening of Jefferson
! Street and Of North Street agreeably to the
| action OF the corporate Authorities OF said
| Town, heretofore had and it is believed
! that the interests of the SAID Town will be
the better subserved by the procurement of
, plant and the necessary appliances, or the
furnishing of light for the Highways of said
Town and to be owned by the said Town (;
and by the immediate opening Of the High
ways mentioned and previously ordained.
Therefore be it ordained and enacted by
! the Town Council Of the Town of Blooms.
burg, and it is hereby ordained and exacted
Sec. /. That for the purpose of funding
the debt Of the said municipality as evidenced
by the existing and outstanding orders of the
said Town, and for the payment of the
judgment, interest, costs and expenses
incident to the litigation of the claim of W.
| X. Ringrose against said Town for personal
injuries received by him as well as for the
purpose OF procuring real estate and the
necessary machinery and appliances for the
furnishing Of the light for the Streets and
Highways thereof and to pay the damages,
costs and expenses for the opening of Jeffer-
son Street and North Street is already
|
the said Town of Bloomsburg be increased
in the sum of Forty Thousand Eight Hun
dred Dollars (S4o, Soo).
Sec. 2. That bonds be issued in denomi-
nations Of $500, 5000 and 500 each, with
coupons attached, and bearing interest at
four and half per centum, per annum, pay
able semi annually, to secure the payment of
the Indebtedness hereby created, all of which
hal la .la ,,r,tk t,s,,
the date Of issue which bonds shall be in
such form, and be executed, issued and de-
livered IN accordance with, and subject to
such regulations and resolutions as the Presi-
dent and Town Council may adopt.
Sec. ) That an annual tax commencing
with the first year after such bonds shall
have been issued of at least two mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable
property in said town of Bloomsburg, be
hereafter annually levied and collected for
the purpose of repaying the said indebt-
edness and the interest thereon and that
the President of the Town Council is hereby
authorized and directed to make and file with
the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace Of Columbia County, attested
J by the Secretary of the Town Council, the
statement required by law.
, Sec. a. That notice be given agreeably
10 the provisions of the Act of Assembly OF
April 20, 1874, and its supplements by ad
vertisement published in THE COLUMBIAN,
! Democratic Sentinel and "Columbia
County Republican," and by twenty printed
1 | hand bills, posted in the most public part;
Of said Town, that an election will be held
! at the usual places of holding the genera
and municipal elections in the said Town o
. Bloomsburg, on Tuesday, the Sixteenth day
of July, A. D., 1895, between the hour
, provided by law for holding of genera
: elections, for the purpose of obtaining con
| sent of the Electors of said Town to sucl
L increase of Indebtedness.
Sec. s. That the President of the Tow
, Council shall cause to be prepared and dis
tributed printed tickets labelled on the out
side Increase the Debt" and containing
on the inside the words Debt may be In
creased also the words 81 For Loan t
Fund Outstanding Orders and the w. r
4 Ringrose judgment and to pay tn
Expenses of Plant for Light and of Openin
Jefferson and North Sts., Total $4o.Soo /;
and he shall also prepare and distribut
+ tickets labelled on the outside "Increase tn
Debt" and containing on the inside ' N
Increase of Debt" also the words Fo
Loan to Fund Outstanding Orders and tn
I w. X. Ringrose Judgment and to pay tn
, Expenses of Plant for Light and of Openin
T Jefferson and North Streets, Total $40, 500;
that due notice be given to the Electors {
the Town of Bloomsburg in the manne
( prescribed by the 3rd Section of the Act {
1874 and its supplements, said notice to col
tain statement Of the last assessed valui
! tion of taxable property in said Town, of tn
amount of the existing debt, of the amour
7 and percentage of the proposed increase, an
the purposes for which the Indebtedness
to be increased
Passed and approved May aIst, 1895.
S. G. GREASY, President.
4 Attest! r. II. RlNGLER, Sec. of Tow
/ Council,
NOTICE TO ELECTORS.
Notice is hereby given to the quaiie
Electors of the Town of Boomsburg that
pursuance of an Ordinance to Provide for 9
Increase of Indebtedness of the Town
Bloomsburg in order to Fund the Present
n debtedness of said Municipality as Evidence
by outstanding Orders, and Judgment
Court in an Action for Tort, for Damag