The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-09-03

Fifty thousand dollars the limit-so
say the "Daddies?"
Promptly at eight o'clock Monday
night, the Board of Mayor and Alder
men and large delegation of citizens
met at the City Hall for the purpose
of voting on the appropriation and to
witness the proceedings for the Mid
die Tennessee Normal school.
Before the meeting was called to or
der Alderman Hayes arose and made
motion that the meeting be adj
iourned to the circuit court room
The milton was promptly voted down
BY the other members of the board.
Alderman Hayes stated that it was
not for his special benefit that he
wanted to adjourn to the court house,
but for the comfort of the spectators.
Mayor Biddle wrapped for order and
! INSTRUCTED Recorder Erwin to call the
roll. Aldermen Dale, Mckinney, Ded-
man, Hayes, Swansburg, Chaffin, City
Attorney Hatcher, City Marshal Nor
gan and Mayor Biddle answered pres
ent.
A resolution had been prepared for
the meeting and each member OF the
board read it over carefully before it
was presented to them as measure.
one or two minor changes were sug-
gested an dmade. Alderman Dale
presented the resolution, by signing
il and requesting Recorder Erwin to
read same to the board.
During the reading of the document
there was supreme stiffness in the
room. The resolution follows:
"se it resolved by the Board OF May
or and Aldermen of the City Of CO.
lunnbia, at this session OF said BODY
held In the city hall of said corpora
ton on the 3oth day of August, 1909
"And in conformity with the inten-
tons and provisions and purposes OF
an act Of the General Assembly OF the
state Of Tennessee known as Senate
siu number eee, of the Acts Of 1909,
"That $4,000 in bonds payable IN
NOT more than twenty-five years.
ldrawino not more than 5 per cent IN
lterest. shall be issued by the City OF
Columbia, through its proper OFFICERS
, nrovided that the Middle Tennessee
Normal School shall be located with
in or near the corporate limits OF
, said town and in Maury county; but
said bonds shall not be issued unless
t said school is definitely so located
: and only for the purpose set forth IN
r said Act.
!, And be Il further resolved that we
hereby authorize the Mayor and the
Recorder of the City Of Columbia, to
notify the state Board Of Education
l and It's proper officers, that the said
t bonds will be issued upon said con
J., ditions. W. A. OA-|
alderman First Ward"
1 Alderman Dedman moved the adop
Q ton Of the resolution, which had
nrompt second But Mayor Biddi'
i before allowing it to go to vote
i called on any present desiring q
o sneak on the subject to come forward
s and do so.
al Alderman Hayes made motor
;. that the resolution be so amended al
!. 70 read 100000 instead of $4,000 an'
n that the rate OF interest be changed
8 TO four and one-half per cent. Mr.
n HAYES motion failed to get second
; land because OF this failure W.
n Fleming when called upon by MI
;. HAYES to speak refused to do so, stat
g inc that he could not speak on tn
resolution as It was presented ant
:. with the absence of second to Haye
= motion to amend same, he could no
4. .conscientiously do so.
Is John w. Fry was called on to com
a before the board and make an address
4. ON the subject, as he had been on
a Of the most leading spirits in the pre-
motion Of the enterprise. Col. FIR