The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
WILLIAM IS NOW
 PART OF ENSLEY Proclamation Is Issued By the
 Two Mayors SIGNED BY SUGG AND NOLAN Terms Are Set Forth Upon Which the Two Communities Decide To
 Cast Their Lots
 Together.
SIGNED BY SUGG AND NOLAN

Ensley, January 16.-(Special.) )-The fol- lowing proclamation. issued by Mayor D.. F. Sugg of Ensley and Mayor John E.. Nolan of Vivian, consummates the an nexation of the town of Wylam to the city of Ensley:
 Whereas, D. F. Sugg. mayor of the city of Ensley. in Jefferson county, Alabama, under and by virtue of the power and authority vested in him by an act of the legislature of Alabama, entitled An act to provide for the annexation and merger of any city or town into contiguous city or town" approved August 15, 1sO7 and a resolution of the city council of Ensley, passed at a regular meeting of said city council of April 2. 1908, did, by paper in writing, dated April 4, 1908, ap- point two persons, namely, M. H. Me- Dowell and Hardeman s. Meade, to con- sttute with himself, the said D. F. Sugg, for and on behalf of the said city of Ensley, a part of a commission to agree upon terms of annexation and merger of the town of Wylam, in Jefferson county, Alabama. a town contiguous to the said city of Ensley, into the said city of Ems ley; and,
 Whereas. John E. Nolan, mayor of the town of Wylam town contiguous to the said city of Ensley, under and by virtue of the power and authority conferred on him by said act of the legislature of Ala bama and a resolution of the town coun- ell of Wylam, adopted on April 21, 1908, at a regular meeting of said town council of Wylam, did, by paper in writing, dated April 21, 1908, appoint a like number of persons, namely, W. D. Caldwell and J. E. Stacey, to constitute with himself the said John E. Nolan, mayor of the town of Wylam, a part of a commission, for and on behalf of the said town of Wylam, to agree upon terms for the an- nexation and merger of the said town of Wylam into the said city of Ensley; and,
 Whereas, the said commission so consti- tuted and appointed for the purposes and under the authority aforesaid did agree upon terms by and under which the said town of Wylam should be annexed to and merged into the said city of Ensley, which said agreement so reached and made by the said commission so consti- tuted and appointed was approved and confirmed by the city council of Ensley and the town council of Wylam as re- quired by the provisions of said act of the legislature of Alabama above mentioned, of which approval and confirmation the mayors of the city of Ensley and of the said town of Wylam, respectively, noti- fled each other; and.
 Whereas, the said John D. Nolan, mayor of the town of Wylam. did, by procla- nation, order an election to be held in the said town of Vivian on January Il, 1909, for the purpose of submitting to the vote of the qualified electors of the said town of Wylam for their ratifica- ton the said agreement So reached and made by said commission as above set forth; and,
 Whereas. said election was held on said date as ordered by the said proclamation of the said John B. Nolan. mayor of the said town of Wylam, and was conducted and held in all respects as required by the provisions of said act of the legisla- ture of Alabama, above mentioned, and the returns therefrom were canvassed by the town council of Wylam on January 12, 1909, and the result of said election as shown by the said returns as made by the officers of said election to the said town council of Wylam was found and ascertained to be 1O8 votes for and 48 votes against the ratification of said agreement, which result shows that ma jority of the votes cast in the said town of Wylam in said election were in favor or the ratification of the said agreement Of annexation and merger, and which said result was so declared by the said town council of Wylam at said meeting on said date;
 Therefore, be it proclaimed by the said D. F. Sugg, mayor of the city of Ems ley and John E. Nolan, mayor of the town of Wylam, that the annexation of the said town of Vivian to the said city of Ensley be, and the same is. hereby declared under the said agreement Of an- nexation and merger as reached and made by the said commission so constituted and appointed as hereinabove set forth, which agreement is as follows:
 State of Alabama, County of Jefferson.
 Whereas, D. F. Sugg, mayor of the city of Ensley, in Jefferson county, Alabama, under and by virtue of the authority vested in him by an act of the legislature of Alabama, entitled, An act to provide for the annexation and merger of any city or town into contiguous city or