The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-23
MAJORITY OF FREEHOLDERS
PETITION ALDERMEN TO
ORDER 1T
MANAGERS NAMED
Aldermen Fixed Polling Places,
Named Election Managers and
Arranged Other Details.

A majority OF the freeholders of the
city Of Anderson having petitioned city
council to order an election on the
question Of issuing bonds not exceed
ing 100000 for street paving pur-
poses, the board OF aldermen met yes
terday afternoon at 6 o'clock. In spe-
cial session. and, after canyassing the
signatures attached to the petition and
satisfying Themselves that everything
was proper, adopted an ordinance pro-
yding for the holding Of the election
on Tuesday, March 1G.
Having disposed Of this matter,
council then went about arranging de-
tails of the election, such as fixing
polling places, naming election mana
gers, providing for the opening of reg
istratiOn books and adopting an Ordi-
nance delegating to the recently ap
pointed paving commission full power
to eXpend the proceeds Of the proposed
bond issue.
The story of the council meeting is
best told in the minutes of the session,
which were prepared, Immediately af
ter the meeting and approved. The
minutes read as follows:
The mayor presented to the city
council petition Of freeliolders OF the
city, requesting the city council to or
der>a special election in said city on
substantially the following question:
Shall the city Of Anderson issue
bonds iii the sum OF not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, the pro-
ceeds thereof to be used solely for the
permanent improvement of, public
streets, or parts of same, in said city,
where one-haif the cost of such i'm
provements Is paid by abutting proper
ty owners?
The city clerk and treasurer report
ed that be had carefully compared the
signatures on said petition with the
! names of the freeholders OF said city
| appearing on this city's tax books and
that the names of more than majori-
ty of the freeholders of the city as
shown by its tax books appeared on
the petition asking for said election.
The petition was then, upon motion
| OF Alderman King duly made and pass
ed, ordered to be formally received
and examined by the, city council.
After examination of the petition
and upon motion Of Alderman Spear
man, the city council formally declar-
! ed that 1t had received a petition from
l
i city, as shown by itS tax books, ask
| Ing the city council tn order special
| election the question mentioned inen-
toned above and appearing in. said
| petition.
City Attorney Sullivan was request
ed to read the ordinance hereinafter
! mentioned, ordering the special elecs
ton requested In said petition. After
the proposed ordinance had been used,
Alderman Barton moved that eny end
all rules Of the city council relating
to the passage OF ordinances be and
the same are hereby suspended and
that the ordinance as read by tho city
attorney be and the same Is hereby
passed and adopted. There was no
objection to the motion and II was
unanimously carried and the ordinance
| declared adopted. The ordinance na
read by the city attorney and adopted
unanimously.
Alderman Tate directed the atten-
tion OF council to the act of the gem
eral assembly Of South Carolina reIat-
Ing to the assessment of abutting pro-
perty owners In Anderson and other
cities and towns. approved by Cover
! nor Manning February 18th, A. D.,
1915, which act had been prepared and
introduced at the request of council.
Hc directed Eparticular attention TO
section 2 Of the act, which provides
substantially that the act should not
be operative In the city of Anderson
until approved by majority of the
qualified electors of the city voting on
the question OF its approval.
at the request Of Alderman Carter,
City Attorney. Sullivan read a propos-
ed ordinance ordering the question of
the approval of said act to be submit
ted and voted on separately at the
special election on March 16. After
the reading Of the ordinance, Alder
man Dobbins moved that any and all
rules OF the city council relating to the
passage OF ordinances be and the
same are hereby suspended, and that
the ordinance as read by the city at
torney be and the same Is hereby
passed and adopted. There was no OBJ.
| lection to the motion and It was un-
aninnonsly adopted.
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