The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-19
Notice Of Election
ATLANTIC CITY WARD.

Whereas. the General Assembly of yir-
grnin by an act approved March 3, 1885,
section Of an act approved February %
1870, entitled an act to extend the boundu-
res res Of tho City of Norfolk. and to amend
anu rc-enact sections 8. q and u of said
act, as amended by an act approved Feb
ruary II, 1892, entitled an act to amend
and re.enact sections .. 6 and IL OF an act
entitled an act TO extend the boundaries
OF the city of Norfolk. approved February
r. GH,, lS9." nl l among other things, us
assess the same license tax In Atlantic
CITY Ward for doing business therein Of
all kinds as shall be assessed within tho
license taxes. the inhnbitunts Of the ter
ritory hereby annexed, and the owners of
i ids lying therein, shall not be liable on
tneir real and personal property within
the said ward for the period OF fifteen
years from the twenty-sccond day of Feb
any part of tho ana n MI for
Of Norfolk, nor for the interest int resi-
thereon; nor shall any tax be levied there
rem tax TO the city exceeding the rate
LEVIED by the county of Norfolk for gen
SraL purposes for the year eighteen hum
cents on the ono hundred dollars, unless
LOT the purpose OF paying interest on
bonds bonds which may be issued under section
twelve of this net. an increase over the
saiu rate OF taxation he ordered by Il ma
}ority or the votes cast on the question
IN my election Of the said wnrd. ana
whether or not such un increase shall be
mado shnll be submitted to the vote Of
inc qualified electors OF the said ward ut
any regular OF special election by the
CITY Councils, unon the recommendation
OF the Local Board of Improv cmrnt OF tho
sad Sn ward, notice thereof being published
LOT az least thirty days prior to such cleo
City Of Norfolk
And, whereas, In pursuance OF said act
INC Common Council of the City OF Nor
folk. on Tuesday, the seventh day of sep
TENDER, eighteen hundred and ninety
Of Norfolk. on Tuesday, the fourteenth
day OF September, eighteen hundred and
nTinTctytseven, adopted resolution to tho
whereas. resolution of the Local
Hoard OF Improvement of Atlantic City
Ward has been exhibited to the Councils,
recommending and requesting that, for
the purpose Of improving Atlantic City
Ward with sewerage, grading. stone curb
pns and for sS WnT With
by City Engineer w: T. Brooke and James
Riddle, Engineer of Atlantic, City Ward,
eighty thousand dollars, the question
whether or not there shall be made an in
crease OF fifty cents on the one hundred
cents on the one hundred dollars, CITY
hundred and eighty thousand dol
pay for snid improvements shall be sub
mitted to the vote of the qualified electors
e ain in n t sp Wnr e on t" be
the twenty-irst day of October. lSo7-
Now. therefore, DO 1t resolved by the
Common and Select Councils of the city
a. That special election be ana tho
same is hereby ordered to he held in At
lantic City Ward on Thursday. the 2lst
day Of October. 1897, to determine by n
majority vote Of the qualified electors OF
said ward whether or not the present rate
OF city taxation. which is seventy cents on
tho ono hundred dollars valuation, shall
be increased to one dollar and twenty
cents on the one hundred dollars val,in-
tion to nay Interest on the ono hundred
and eighty thousand dollars Of bonds
necessary to be issued to pay for said i'm
Drovements.
e. That notice of said election shall be
published for at least thirty days prior
thereto In some newspaper or newspapers
published in the city of Norfolk.
Therefore. public notice Is hereby given
In pursuanco of said act of the General
Assembly of Virginia, and of said resolu-
lions Of the Councils Of the City of Nor
folk, that tho question of increase of tax
as above set out will be submitted 10 the
qualified electors of said Atlantic CITY
Ward at special election TO be held on
1897 H. S. HERMAN
ocio-to2l City Treasurer