The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-12
BONDS ARE HELD UP
CITY OF SELMA ENDOWED BY
Cttfsens TemJbrariIy Block Plan. Of
 Mayor Atkins TS Have Water sA Works Plant Operated By The
 Municipality.

Selma. Jan. 2--(special) Friday af- ton were served on Mayor v. B. At Sy s,ni Dsputy spa I sseriff Cherry. H Sneiis''
 Below is given the decree of in- Chancery. Chambiiss Keith. From 1t is
 as ns ssy of F hs sn'oVsa Mser ss bonds. The complaint is made by Alex K. Cawthon, tax payer of the city. The name of the Water Company does papers. ia the preliminary injucntion be- ing upon Mir. Cawthon's complaint
 The decrees issued Is as follows:
 To Selma, municipal corporation. and and to ' victor E. Atkins. as Mayor of Selma, and to Houston I. Shelley as Treasurer of said Selma, and to John Farson and John Farson. iJr., as part doins ana and to the Co1
 mercia1 National Bank of Chicago. and
 You viii take notice that on the 10th Cawthon. cay 2i sap presented to the Hon. Thomas H. Sims as Chancellor of the South western Chancery Division of the State of Alabama, his original bill of conn., plaint against said Selma and others' praying for an injunction against said, Selma, its officers, agents and servants. and against said Victor B. Atkins as Mayor of Selma. and Houston |. Shel- John Farson and John Farson. Son and Company, and said Commercial Nation al Bank of Chicago. and on said day the said Chancellor made the IoioW ing endorsement and order on said bill
 To the Register of Chancery, Fifth District, Southwestern Chancery Divis- ion. Selma. Ala. Upon complainant en-
 tering into bond to sum of s2.0oo pay
 able conditioned as required by law. with good and sufficient sureties, you will issue the preliminary injunction
 as prayed for in the foregoing Dill or complaint. Thomas H. smith, chan You will take further notice that said Alexander Keith Cawthon has en- tered into bond with good ana s9mciens .an nd as required by law with said bond has been approved by me. Now therefore you, the said Selma, and your omeers'
 ana Mayoa sna yf Selma and you, Houston I. Shelley as Treasurer and you, John Farson and John Farson.
 Jr.. as partners .doing busineSs unaor So and you. the Commercial Bank of Chi caeo. and each of you are hereby com manded and entoined from the fusther
 ssaes .,a sslma sals ama mentioned and described in | said bill of complaint and exhipit :: thereto. being the bonds of said selma
 h the aggregase sun ,..sd or sasdOSi and Soid % by | said Selma by the ordinance oI saio | Selma. enacted and adopted py the Ine | Mavor and Councilmen of Selma on De- cenaber IT, 1906. and approved py ode ume | Mayor of Selma on DecemoeI 10, a'Vo; o; and from receiving any proceeds M Q. said bonds and from doing any other act in furtherance of the issue, sale and
 oeIistss In Testimony f of all of which I, Cham b,ess Keith. as Register of said Court, I have hereunto set my hand. as sucn l Register, this the 11th day Of January A D.. 1907, Signed. Chanbless keltn, | as Register in Chancery or the flrLn' n,
 District of the soatnwess ny A,aSama SnnneeeS D
 MT. Cawthon was seen and gave out l inc following statement:
 The Mayor and City Council at a meeting held on December IT, passed ~ a so-called executive session an ,ssnnd which are materially different from the bonds authorized by tho electors at the election last April. At that time II was Specifically stated that the city wouio have the right to redeem tne erne nonas aSter lr their numerical oruer any eA'S
 Tba redemption feature on the pres I ent issue is eliminated. thus compel-
 ing the. tax payers to pay 1,, lnhereys ,wentn tn years. This right to redeem the bonds after the expiration of three years IS 2 very valuable one to the tax payers oi l selma, I do not think the Mayor ana
 Council of selma aS.. had Ine bsd rd yeted on o same. Should the city be In posi- fion to retire these bords before ma turity they coutd net do so ana tne loss to the tax payers Dy way or ln.eE.
 necessary to protect my property from
 thia expaagfVe tax.