The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-14
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

The following ordinance was passed by
the Town Council at meeting held May ~.
An Ordinance TO Provide for an Increase
Of Indebtedness Of the Town of Bloomsbury,
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. Il. 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 leffer-
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 $4,000, and in addition thereto
there is an existing Indebtedness for out
standing orders-the sum of Sr2, goo 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 il is desirable to fund the said indebt.
of Indebtedness bearing lower rate of
interest.
AND WHEREAS, Also the said Town is
now at an annual expense approximating
S44oo 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, for 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 ordain ed and exacted
| Sec. l. 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
| ordained, that the bonded Indebtedness OF
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 SIoo 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
| shall be payable within twenty years from
| 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. 3 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 Bloomsbury 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
by the Secretary of the Town Council, the
statement required by law.
| Sec. 4. That notice be given agreeably
to the provisions Of the Act Of Assembly Of
| April 90 1874, and It's supplements, by adj
! vertisement published in THE COLUMBIAN.
" Democratic Sentinel" and columbia
County Republican" and by twenty printed
| hand bills, posted in the most public parts
OF said Town, that an election will be held
at the usual places of holding the general
and municipal elections in the said Town OF
Bloomsburg, on Tuesday, the Sixteenth day
OF July, A. d., 1895, between the hours
provided by law for holding of general
elections, for the purpose of obtaining CON
sent OF the Electors of said Town to such
increase of Indebtedness.
| Sec. 5. That the President of the Town
| Council shall cause to be prepared and dis.
trlbuted 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 "For Loan to
| Fund Outstanding Orders and the w. r.
| Klngrose judgment and to pay the
| Expenses OF Plant for Light and of Opening
Jefferson and North Sts., Total $40. 500 y
| ana he shall also prepare and distribute
| llekets labelled on the outside "Increase the
| Debt" and containing on the inside "No
| Increase OF Debt" also the words For
Loan to Fund Outstanding Orders and the
| W. X. Ringrose Judgment and to pay the
| Expenses OF Plant for Light, and of Opening
Jefferson and North Streets, Total $40, 500; |"
| that due notice be given to the Electors of
the Town of Bloomsbury in the manner
prescribed by the 3rd Section of the Act of
| 1874 and its supplements, said notice to con-
tain statement Of the last assessed valua-
tion of taxable property in said Town, of the
amount of the existing debt, of the amount
and percentage of the proposed increase, and
the purposes for which the Indebtedness is
to be increased
Passed and approved May 2Ist 1895.
S. C. GREASY, President
Attest r. II. RlNGLER, Sec, of Town
Council.
NOTICE TO ELECTORS.
Notice is hereby given to the qualified