The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN ST. MAT.
THEWS' TOWNSHIP

By order of the Board of Commission
ers of Wake county, N. c., adopted on
Monday, the Ord day of August 1903, no
tice is hereby given that there will be an
election held in st. Matthews township,
Wake county, N. c., on Tuesday, the 22nd
day of September, 1903, according to the
law and regulations provided for the cleo
ton of members of the General Assembly
at which election the question of Sub
scription' or "No Subscription" to the
second mortgage bonds of the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound Railroad Company to an
amount which has been fixed at five thou
sand dollars, will be submitted to the
qualified electors of said township. That
the charter of the Raleigh and Pamhco
Sound Railroad Company provides that
the said company may issue second mort
gage bonds to an amount not exceeding
three thousand dollars per mile, for the
purpose of aiding in the construction of
the said railroad, the said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of six per cent, and
the principal to be due thirty years from
| the time of issue. The charter of the
said Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
Company further makes it lawful for any
| county. township, city or town IN or
| through which the said railroad or ita
branches may be located, or which may
! be interested in its construction, to sub
scribe to the second mortgage bonds of
said railroad company in such sums as
majority of the qualified electors or any
such county, township, city or town may
authorize. Such subscription shall be made
in coupon bonds, bearing interest at five
per cent, the principal of said bonds to
be due and payable thirty years from the
day of issue. The election to be held on
the said 22nd day of September 1908, in st.
Mathews township, is to ascertain wheth-
er a majority of the qualified electors of
said township favor the said subscription
of five thousand dollars, of five per cent
bonds, to the said second mortgage bonds
of the said railroad company.
Notice is hereby further given that, by
order of the said Board of Commissioners
of Wake county, N. c., adopted on Mon
day, the 3rd day of August, 1903, there
will be new registration, in accordance
with law of the qualified electors of said
st. Mathews township.
Registration books for said election will
be open for registration in st. Mathews
township, Wake county, N. c., on Thurs
day, the goth day of August, 1903, at 9
a. M, and the said registration books will
be closed on Saturday. the 18th day OF
September, 1908, at sun set. The regis
trars for said election are required to
keep the said registration books open for
registration from q. m. each day until
sun set Sundays excepted) from the morn
ing of the said goth day of August. 1908.
until the said books are closed at sunset
on Saturday, the 18th day of September,
1903, on each Saturday during the period
of registration, the registrars shall attend
with their registration books at the poll
ing place of the precinct for the registra-
tion of voters.
The following named persons have been
appointed registrar and judges of election
for the various precincts in st. Mathews
township, Wake county, N. c., for said
election.
Registrar, Charles T. Hester
Judges of Election, N. w. Pool and Eu-
| gene Bartholomew.
BY order of the Board of Commissioners
of Wake county.
J. ]. BERNARD,
Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Board
of Commissioners of Wake County.