The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
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| toWni approved August 10, 1gof, dlo py
 paper in writing. dated the 4th day of
 April, 1908, appoint two persons, namely,
 Nj. II. MeDowell and Hardeman s. Meade.
 to constitute 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 for the annexation and | merger of the town of Wylam, in Jeffer- | son county, Alabama, a town contiguous ' to the said city of Ensley, into the said | city of Ensley; and.
 Whereas. John E. Nolan. mayor of the
 town of Wylam, a town contiguous to the
 said city of Ensley, under and by virtue
 of the authority vested in him by said
 act of the legislature of Alabama. did, by paper in writing. dated the Fist day of | April, 1908, appoint a like number of per- ! sons namely, W. D. Caldwell and W. J. | Stacey. to constitute with himself, the 1 said John E. Nolan, part of commis- sion for and on behalf of the said town of Wylam, to agree upon terms for the annexation 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, has agreed upon the terms by and under which the
 said town of Wylam shall be annexed to l and mergered Into the said city of Ensley, | the said commission does hereby publish l and declare that the following are the | terms agreed upon by said commission TOT
 said merger and annexation, namely; Section 1. The town of Wylam shall be | divided Into two CD wards, one of which 1 shall include part of present Fourth
 ward of Ensley, for the next two @ years 1 after the merger with the city of Ensley, | and during such period shall be repre-
 scented on the board of education of Ems ley by one CD or more members. Sec. g. The salaries paid in the Wylam public schools. which shall be retained and maintained, the number of teachers em- ployed in proportion to pupils enrolled, the equipment of the school, shall be on an equal basis with any elementary public
 school in Ensley; and the principal of the wylam public school shall reside in
 one of the Wylam wards, within the next two @ years after the merger with the city of Ensley.
 Sec. B. The territory now comprising the
 town of Wylam shall bep rovided with a
 town of Wylam shall be provided with a bond issue for such purposes can be voted for and the bonds, if authorized, can be sold, and no sewers shall be built within the present corporate limits of the city of Ensley nor any sewerage system now ex- isting within the corporate limits of the city extended, from the funds of such bond issue except that already provided for, unless at the same time such sani- tary sewerage system shall be built With ing the present corporate limits or the town of Wylam. The beginning of the sanitary sewerage system in the clty or Ensley as now contemplated for the t1rth ward of said city of Ensley shall be con strued to be the beginning of sanitary sewerage system for the town of Vivian, nd aotd the town of Wylam shall be commenced and completed upon the issue and sale or bonds as above set forth.
 Sec. 4. Within the two CD years next after the merger of the town of Vivian into the city of Ensley the Vivian wards shall have one lieutenant of police and at least one or more patrolmen who snail reside in said Vivian wards
 Sec. 5. The territory now comprising the town of Wylam shall be allowed at least five hundred (50o) feet of fire hose addi- tional to what said town of Wylam now has, a hose wagon, two fire horses and two paid iremen.
 Sec. G. A boulevard shall be constructed of slag and chert or other suitable ma terial at least 30 feet wide where width of street permits, from Avenue E and Twenty street in the city of Ems ley, through Wylam to the Warrior road, the work to commence not later than three months from the merger, and be completed not later than 12 months thereafter
 Sec. '. The number of arc lights in the territory of the present town of Wylam shall bear the same proportion to the number of arc lights in the present city of Ensley as the area of the terri tory of the present town of Wylam bears to the area of the city of Ensley in addition to the free lights the town of Vivian already has.
 Sec. 8. The number of water plugs in the territory of the present town of Wy lam shall bear the same proportion to the number of water plugs in the present city of Ensley as the area of the terri tory of the present town of Vivian bears to the area of the territory of the present city of Ensley.
 Sec. 9. The street improvements of the Vivian territory shall bear the same pro- portion to the street Improvements of the Ensley territory as the street mile age of tho Wylam territory bears to the street mileage of the Ensley territory In witness whereof. we, the commis- sioners aforesaid, to-wit: for and on be- half of. the said city of Ensley, D. F. Sugg, mayor of the said city of Ensley; M. H. Mcdowell and Hardeman s. Meade; and for and on behalf of the said town of Vivian, John E. Nolan, mayor of said town of Wylam; W. J. Stacey and w.
 D. Caldwell, hereby execute and sign in triplicate this said agreement, this 10th day of May, 1908.
 D. F. SUGG, Mayor of City of Ensley. JOHN D. NOLAN, Mayor of Town of Wylam. M. H. MDOWELL, HARDEMAN s. MEADE. w. J. STACEY,
 W. D. CALDWELL, Commissioners.