The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
THE ANNEXATION
BILL COMPLETED
Follows Outlines Of the First R0SOlu-
ton.
ONE CONDITION IMPOSED
SuburbaniteS Will DiSburS0 Their Own
Funds.
ALDERMEN A BOARD OF REVENUE
Tax Collector and City Treasurer Will
Keep Separate Accounts Meeting
at Woodlawn Discusses Cues
tion-Don't w ant Conditions.
ALDERMEN A BOARD OF REVENUE

Birmingham has been prepared.
1t almost follows out the lines oil the
resolution adopted by the council and hrst
printed in The Age-Herald. The only I'M
portant change is that the eight aldermen
from the new territory shall form board
of revenue for term Of five years. ms
board will say to the board of aldermen
how the funds acquired from the new ter
ritory shall be disbursed. The city treas
urer and tax collector will keep separate
account of the revenue from the city
proper and it's suburban additions. This
means that the money of the suburbs will
be spent for their benefit.
The bill must first be presented to the
board of aldermen at its next regular
meeting, and If approved, 1t will next so
to the legislature. 1t is not probable that
it will reach this body until after the holi-
days. The legislature will adjourn on De-
cember 49, and it will only be few days
before this uate when the bill is presented.
The measure provides that the new terri
tory will become a part of "Greater Biz.
mngham" on December 81, 1899, and in
short while thereafter an election will be
held for the choosing of eight aldermen
from the four new wards.
The bill provides for the establishment of
one white and one colored free school each
for Woodlawn and Avondale, and one for
each race will be established in convent
ent localities for Elyton and West End.
A new police precinct, No 2, will be sta
toned west Of Thirty second street and the
police force increased to amply cover the
territory. A recorder will be appointed by
the board of -ermen to try all cases from
this precinct. He will have the power of a
justice of the peace in civil and criminal
cases, but he will not have the power to
try cases as ex-officio justice of the peace.
His term will be for one year.
Description of the Territory
The bill winds up with the anti-iquor
clause and the description of the boundary
lines follows:
beginning at a point on the west line of
Thirty-second street, 200 feet north of Fifth
avenue, thence eastward along line drawn
parallel with and 200 feet north and west
of the northwest boundary of the right of
way of the Fifth avenue macadamized
road and the Birmingham and Woodlawn
macadamized road to the east boundary
line of section 20, township II, range west.
thence north along said section line to the
south boundary of the East Birmingham
dummy line right of way, thence east along
the south side of said right of way to the
east line of Cedar street thence north along
the east line of Cedar street one block to
the south line of Fourth avenue of the w.
j. Van survey, thence northeastward along
the south line of said Fourth avenue to the
west line of Forest street, thence south
eastward along the south and west side of
said street and the right of way of the East
Birmingham dummy line to the east bound
airy line of the west half of the west half
of section %, township II, range 2 west,
thence south along said boundary line to
the northeast corner of the northwest quar-
ter of the southwest quarter of said section
%, thence west one-quarter of a mile to
the northwest corner of the southeast quar-
ter of said section %, thence south one
half mile to the southeast corner of section
81 township H. range west thence west
along the south line of said section Fl to
the intersection of a line drawn parallel
to the Georgia road 200 feet southeast of
the southeast boundary of said road, thence
southwestward along the aforesa d line
drawn parallel to and 200 feet southeast of
the southeast boundary of said Georgia
road to the east line of the west half of
the east half of section 49, township II,
range west, thence south along said line
to the north line of Twelfth avenue, South,
as extended to a point near the southeast
corner of the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 80, township
II, range west thence in a southwesterly
direction along SAID Twelfth avenue, South,
to the north and south center line of section
80, township II, range west, thence south
cot inc fo r.
ner of the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of said section
a. thence west one quarter of
a mile to the center of the said southwest
quarter of said section 50, thence south one
| quarter of a mile to the south line of said
| section go, thence west to the southwest
| corner of said section 81, thence southwest
| to the southwest corner of section o. town.
| ship 49, range west, thence west one mile
| along the south line of section l, township
| 49, range west, to the southwest corner OF
| said section 1, thence along the west line
! of said section l to the east line of Seventh
street. thence northward along the east
side of Seventh street to the south side of
| Avenue b, thence eastward along the south
| side of Avenue b to the east line of Thir-
.teenth street, thence northward along the
| east line of Thirteenth street to the south
| line of the Alabama Great Southern right
| of way thence westward along the south
| line of said right of way TO an intersection
with the east line of Seventh street ex-
| tended southwark, thence northward along
| the east line of Seventh street extended to
| the north line of the Alabama Great South
| ern right of way, thence westward along
| the north line of said right of way to a
point where the east line OF Poplar street
| to tho West End Land and Improvement
company survey, If extended southward
would interseot the same, thence northward
| along the east line of said Poplar street to
| the south line of Third avenue, thence
| eastward along the south line of Third ave-
| nue. to the south line OF Lomb boulevard.
| thence east along the south line of said
| boulevard to point where, the aforesaid