The Columbus commercial., 1912-09-19
COUNCIL DECLARES
BOND ISSUE LEGAL
RECEIVED NECESSARY VOTE
A, Regular Meeting Of City Path.
sfs, Bonds Tor Memphis. Co
lumbus and Gulf u T.
are Declared Legal


September I. 1912.
Ma regular adjourned meeting
Of the council this date present.
f. 5. Donncll, mayor, and Council
men Smell, Vaughan, McClanahan,
Moore and Stecn.
Upon motion the following or
der was ordered spread on the
minutes:
Whereas, il appears to said
mayor and city council that Mem
phis, Columbus and Pensacola r.
X. ordinances were fully set out
in the minutes OF this board as
above shown, and whereas it ap-
pears to said mayor and city coun-
Gil that the tickets as provided for
above were duly printed and the
same were supplied in sufficient
number as required, and whereas
il further appears to the mayor
and city council that the notice
of election provided for at the
regular July 1912, meeting of the
board, Exhibit b" was duly pub
lished as required by law, and
whereas it appears from the re-
port of the commissioners above
mentioned, said report being a
part of this ordinance as fully as
If copied herein, that the election
was held on the 18th day of Aug
.ust, 1912, and whereas the mayor
and city council have eanvassed
the returns and counted the bal
lot and have examined the regis
tration books. poll books, tally
sheets and lists of voters, and find
that the report of the commission
ers herein is in all respects cor
rect; and whereas the mayor and
city council of said city of Colum-
bus have examined the registra-
ton books of the qualified elect
ors of said city and find that 800
qualified electors voted for, and Al
against the proposed bond issue;
it is therefore declared by the
mayor and city council of said
city of Columbus that the pro-
posed bond issue of $50,000.00 or
so much thereof as may be neces-
Sary for the purpose of buying
rights-of-way into or through the
city Of Columbus, Mississippi, and
sufficient grounds for ordinary
derot purposes for the Memphis,
Columbus e. Gulf Railroad Com
pany, its successors or assigns,
was carried by a vote of more
than three-fourths of the regis
tered voters Of said city of Co
lumbus voting in said election.
Now therefore, be il ordained
by the mayor and city council OF
the city of Columbus, Mississippi
lst That the election for the
purpose Of ascertaining the sense
of the qualified electors of the city
Of Columbus, Mississippi, upon the
question of issuing bonds for the
purchase of rights of way through
or into the said city OF Columbus
and sufficient grounds for ordi-
nary depot purposes for the Mem.
phls, Columbus and Gulf Railroad
Company, its successors or as.
signs, to an amount not to exceed
$50,0O0.00 was carried in favor O.
the issue of the bonds.
End. That for reasons that art
sufficient TO said mayor and city
council, that this ordinance TAX,
effect and be in force at once.
5rd. That when said Memphis
Columbus & Gulf Railroad Com
pany, its successors or assigns
has fully complied Y ith all the re
quirements of the law, that al
orders necessary to complete th
issuance and sale Of bonds neces
sary TO perform the above agree
ment be passed, and said bond
be issued and sold as required b
law,
And the vote on the final pas
! sage being taken by the yeas an
nays, il was carried and adopted
those voting yea being Jno. 4
Smell, l.. A. Vaughan, d. S. MC
Clanahan, Jno. w. Steen and |
g Moore Those voting nay hf