Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-26

counted either for or against the prop
osition. And that majority of the
votes cast at said election were in favor
of the adoption OF said proposition and
said proposition was adopted. That the
rate per cent of tax voted at said cleo
ton was one and one-half 1h) per
cent upon the assessed valuation of the
taxable property OF said city of OF
tumwa. Wapello county, Iowa. The
name of the company to which said
tax was voted is "Ottumwa and North
ern Railway Company" and said tax
was voted to aid said company in the
construction of line of standard or
4 feet Sh inch guage railway from OF
tumwa, Iowa, in northerly direction
to some point on the Iowa Central rail-
way or the Chicago and Northwestern
railway in Mahaska county, Iowa. One
half of said tax to be collected the first
wear and the other half the following
year. Said tax when collected is to be
paid to said railway company when
the following terms and conditions are
complied with. towit: No part Of said
tax to be collectible or payable until
said railway is completed and the
cars running thereon from Ottumwa,
Iowa, to the junction with the Iowa
Central railway or the Chicago &
Northwestern railway in Mahaska
county, Iowa. No part of said money
to be drawn from the county treasury
until said railway has been completed
from Ottumwa, Iowa, to some point on
the Iowa Central railway or the Chica-
go d Northwestern railway in Mahaska
county, Iowa. And trains are running
thereon from Ottumwa, Iowa, to said
junction point in Mahaska county, To-
wa. Nor shall any of said money ever
be drawn unless said railway is thus
completed and trains thus running
thereon within twenty-four months
from the date of the election at which
said tax is voted. further certify
that an exact copy of the notice under
which said election was held is as fol-
lows:
"Notice of special election"
"a petition signed by a majority Of
the resident freehold tax payers of the
city of Ottumwa, Wapello county, 10
wa, having been presented to the city
council of said city of Ottumwa, Wa
pello county, Iowa, which petition is as
follows:
.To the city council of the city of
Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa: The
undersigned resident free hold tax
payers of said city respectfully petit
ton you to submit to the voters of
said city at special election to be call
ed for that purpose as provided by
sections 2os4 to 2O91 inclusive of the
Code of Iowa, the question of aiding
the Ottumwa & Northern Railway
company "a company Incorporated un-
der the laws of Iowa. to construct a
line of standard or four feet 81, inch
guage railway from Ottumwa, Iowa.
in northerly direction to some point
on the Iowa Central railway or the,
Chicago & Northwestern railway in
Mahaska county, Iowa, by tax of
one and half per cent upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
of the city. One-half to be collected
the first year and the other half the
following year. No part of said tax
to be collectible or payable until said
railway is completed and the cars run
ming thereon from Ottumwa, Iowa, to
the Junction with the Iowa Central
railway the Chicago 6iNorthwestern
railway in Mahaska county, Iowa. No
part of said money to be drawn from
the county treasury until said railway
has been completed from Ottumwa,
Iowa, to some point on the Iowa Gem
trail railway or the Chicago g. North
western railway in Mahaska, county,
Iowa, and trains are running thereon
from Ottumwa, Iowa, to said junction
point in Mahaska county, Iowa. Nor
shall any of said money ever be drawn
unless said railway is thus completed
and trains thus running thereon with
in twenty-four months from the date
of the election at which said tax Mas
voted. Notice is hereby given that a
special election will be held at the fol-
lowing named voting places in the city
of Ottumwa, Wapello county, iowa. to-
wit: In the first ward at GAP East
Main street; in the second ward at 319
East Main street; in the third ward
at grand jury room at court house; in
the fourth ward at 636 West Main
street; in the fifth ward at 500 Church
street; in the sixth ward at hose house
on Benton street; in the seventh ward
at 712 Church street; said places being
the usual voting places in said city .of
Ottumwa on Monday, the 22d day of
May, 1899, commencing at o'clock in
the forenoon and closing at o'clock
in the afternoon. The question to be
voted on at said election being wheth-
er the said Ottumwa & Northern rail-
way company shall be aided by tax
of one and a half per cent upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
of the said city of Ottumwa in the con-
struction of a line of standard guage
railway from Ottumwa, Iowa, in a
northerly direction to some point on
the Iowa Central railway or the Chi
'cago & Northwestern railway in Ma
haska county, Iowa. One-half of said
tax to be collected the first year and
the other half the following year. Said
tax to be payable by the tax payers
and drawn from The county treas
urer by said company only when the
work required by the terms of said pc
1ition to be done is completed and the
terms and conditions of said petition
rs above set forth are fully complied
with. -
ST. j. Phillips, Mayor"
In witness whereof / have hereunto
set my official signature as city clerk