The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-16
Notice Of Election
ATLANTIC CITY WARD.

whereas. the General Assembly Of Vir-
G ni.in ny an act approved March 3. 1896,
s sit An act to amend and re-cnnct
SISlioh OIL an act approved February %
$780, entitled an act TO extend the bounda,
res res OF the City OF Norfolk, and 10 amend
and re-eIact sections o, + and 70 of said
act, as amended by an act approved Feb
ruarV H. 1892. entitled an act 10 amend
ana re,enact sections 8, and IL OF an act
Of the city of Norfolk. approved February
=. lSsO pIoridei among other things. as
follows; That tho city of Norfolk shall
City Ward for doing business therein of
an Kinds as shall he assessed within tho
present limits Of the city, but save such
! ritory hereby annexed, and the owners OF
iands lying therein, shall not be liable on
the said ward for the period Of hftecn
Years from the twcnty-second day of Feb
rnary eighteen hundred and ninety, for
any part or the present debt OF the City
thereon; nor shall any tax he levied there
i or, nor snail they have TO pay an ad valo-
| levied by the county oil Norfolk for gen
| 9rni purposes for the year eighteen hun
cents on the one hundred dollars. unless
FOR the purpose OF paying interest on
bonds bonds which may De issued under section
twelve OF this act. an increase over the
said rate Of ia cation be ordered by n ma
lorltS OF tho votes cast on the question
/ IN any election Of the said ward. and
Mhetncr or not such an increase Shall he
made shall be submitted to the vote of
| mo qualified electors OF the sad ward mt
any rrss1,lnr REGULAR, or spec!al election by th9
CITY Councils. upon the recommendation
| or the Local Board of Improvement of tho
Shld ward, notice thereof being published
| Tor al least thirty days prior to such cleo
| ton ir. some newspaper published in no
| City of Norfolk
And, whereas. In pursuance of said act
| lolk, on Tuesday, the seventh day of Sep
Iembcr, eighteen hundred and ninety
or Norfolk On Tuesday, the fourteenth
day OF September eighteen hundred and
nlnety.seven. adopted resolution To the
| following effect:
Whereas, II resolution Of the Local
board OF Improvement of Atlantic City
Ward has been exhibited to the Councils,
the purpose of improving Atlantic City
Ward with sewerage. grading. stone curb
ins and EuttcrinE. In accordance with
by City Engineer w. II. Brooke and James
Riddle. Engineer of Atlantic City Ward,
ct cost not to exceed one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars, the question
whether or not there shall he made an IN
crease OF iifty conts on the one hundred
d HSn,a over the present rate Of seventy
Eaadrca a. aid Ill., sishty 56ou;an% 8" d GHe
Pay for said IMPROVEMENTS shall aiS" be s,,h 10
mttied to the vote of the qualified electors
OF said ward ct a special election to ba
V,
tho twcnty-frst day of October, 1897
Now, therefore, be II resolved by the
Common and Select Councils of the city
OF Norfolk:
% That a special election he and the
same Is hereby ordered TO tie held i'll At
laniic CITY Ward on Thursday. the 2lst
day Of Oct5ber 1897, to determine by
majority vote OF the qualified electors of
said ward whether or not the present rate
Of city taxation. which is seventy cents on
he ono hundred dollars valuation, shall
he increased to one dollar and twenty
cents on the one hundred dollars vnlua-
ton to Fay interest Oil the one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars of bonds
necessary to DO issued to pay for said i'm
Drovcncnts.
co That notice of said election shall he
published for at least thirty days prior
thereto in some newspaper or newspapers
published in the city of Norfolk
Therefore, public notice Ia hereby given
In pursuance Of said act of the Genera
Assembly of Virginia. and of said rcsolu-
lions of the Councils OF tho City of Nor
folk. that the question of Increase of tax
as above set out will be submitted TO tho
qualified electors of said Atlantic City
Ward at n special election to be held on
TIL uHSDAY. the 2lst day of October
1851. II. s. HERMAN
ocl5-to21 City Treasurer