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THE TOWN IN 1840-50.
The merchants during the decade of forties were Peter Martineau, Labertew & Ray, Johnson & Stout, Thomas McCalla, E. P. Farmer, J. O. & J. M. Howe, A. & J. Owens, John Campbell, G. H. Johnson, Deitch & Block, William Wylie & Co., Catharine Owens, H. W. Wood- ward, J. McCorkle, Snyder & Isaacs, Andrew Helton, G. W. Moore, E. E. & G. W. Sluss, S. P. Chipman, Coleman, Levy & Co., J. & W. O. Fee, Richard Hardesty, J. W. Carter, S. & J. Pennington, Y. B. & J. W. Pullen, Alexander Sutherland and others. Among the grocers were Richard Hardesty, Aquilla Rogers, Jacob Young, J. M. C. Hunter,
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Felix G. Hite and Rogers & Payne. It was during this period that the temperance struggle was prosecuted with such relentless vigor that nearly all the dealers were driven from the town mainly through the pressure of public opinion. The leading business enterprises were the carding mill of Thomas Hardesty ; Maj. Hite's steam grist mill and carding mill ; McCrum's grist mill, the various tanneries, wagon and iron shops, harness and saddle manufactories, hatteries, etc., etc. The town had been again incorporated in 1847. The population had increased to about twelve hundred.
THE TOWN IN 1850-60.
During the fifties, the merchants were Sutherland & Jones, Tarking- ton & Abel, W. O. Fee, H. D. Woodward, Andrew Helton, Jesse Cox & Co., J. B. Mulky, J. O. & J. M. Howe, Thomas McCalla, S. P. Chip- man, William McCrum, G. H. Johnson, E. E. Sluss, Tuley & McCrea, Samuel & Isaac Kahn, E. B. Pennington, James Millen, J. W. Davis & Co., Helton & Dodds, Miller & Moffett, Asher Labertew, John Campbell, Dunn & Co., Pennington & Tuley, J. B. Hobson & Co., Pleasant Wil- liams, J. B. Mulky, drugs; Carsaw & Andrews, monuments ; J. J. Cherry & Co., furniture; Tarkington & Aiken, Joseph Orr, drugs ; Daniel Shrader, boots and shoes ; A. Helton & Sons, Benjamin McGee, tailors ; Theodore Johnson, saddle factory ; George Heppert, butcher ; Cox & Springer, drugs ; Woodward & Buchanan, drugs ; D. F. Tilford, stoves, etc .; Slider & Tibbetts, merchandise ; Mason & Faris, drugs, and a host of kindred establishments too numerous to mention. The first bank was established during the fifties. The woolen factory of Mr. Holtzman had become large and prosperous. The following was his ad- vertisement in the county paper:
BLOOMINGTON FACTORY !
The undersigned wish to inform the citizens of Monroe and the adjoining counties, that we have built a large addition to our Factory, and put up steam power ; we are now ready to receive any quantity of wool to be carded into rolls or spun into yarn at the fol- lowing prices : For carding white, 64 cents per pound, or one-sixth of the wool. Mixed, 8}. For Carding and Spinning, 17 cents per pound, if not reeled; if reeled, 20 cents. All wool should be well washed and picked. The following is the best mode for washing fine wool : Fill a large kettle with water, bring to near a boiling heat, add salt to make it a strong brine, put in some of the wool, not so much as to crowd the kettle, stir gently 3 or 4 minutes, take out the wool and rinse in clean water, do not empty the kettle, keep up the heat, keep it filled with water, adding a little more salt. We will also continue the manufacturing of double Coverlets and Carpetings, of a variety of Patterns. The work will be done by experienced workmen. We do it promptly and must have prompt pay.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 3, 1858. A. HOLTZMAN & SON.
The grist mill of Mr. Helton had also become a large concern, as will be seen by his advertisement :
BLOOMINGTON MILLS ! !
We would announce to the citizens of the surrounding country, that these Mills are in complete running order, and would respectfully solicit their patronage. We shall en- deavor to do our " custom work " with the utmost dispatch. Having in our employ men of experience and skill, and having the most approved machinery, we flatter ourselves that we are able to give general satisfaction, both as to quality and quantity. We will grind either for toll, or exchange flour for wheat. Terms: One-sixth toll. Exchange: Thirty-eight pounds of flour for white wheat, and thirty-six for red wheat, and half bushel of bran for each merchantable bushel of wheat. Grists to be ground we would pre- fer to be as much as 8 or 10 bushels. 50,000 bushels of wheat wanted ! The highest
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market price paid for wheat and corn. Flour, meal and feed always on hand and for sale. Extra family flour from selected white wheat, put up in half and quarter barrel bags, and always warranted.
BLOOMINGTON, August 20, 1858.
A. HELTON & Co.
In 1855, Tarkington & Akin began to issue "shinplasters " of the denominations of 50 cents and $1, which were received at first at their face. J. M. Howe also issued a small quantity. This was done to facilitate exchanges, great want being experienced for denominations smaller than the banks or the Government afford. It is said that Tark- ington & Akin issued several thousand dollars of these "shinplasters." In a year or two, they began to depreciate in value, and then the fun com- menced. In 1858, the following action was taken by the leading business men, the proceedings being published in the Republican, as shown here :
" SHINPLASTERS."-We, the undersigned citizens of Bloomington, Ind., pledge our word and honor that we will not take any " shinplaster" currency after the 1st day of February, for more than ninety cents to the dollar; and that we will not circulate any more after this date-nor any other paper currency not regularly chartered according to law. January 20, 1858.
William O. Fee,
M. L. Mccullough,
Thomas Mullikin,
Millen & Moffett,
A. W. Campbell,
A. Adams,
Kahn & Bro.,
Mason & Faris,
Howe & Co.,
P. Henoch,
W. D. Owen,
A. S. Mercer,
O. L. Draper,
E. E. Sluss,
Tuley & McCrea,
Dunn & Co.,
Benjamin McGee,
E. Johnson,
B. S. Gowgill,
S. J. Wade,
J. S. Tibbets,
J. O. Mccullough.
A. Helton & Co.,
The Bloomington mails at this time were sent and received as follows :
THE MAILS .- Arrivals at and Departures from the Bloomington P. O .- From New Al- bany (by railroad) arrives at 5:25 P. M., and departs north immediately.
From Michigan City (by railroad) arrives at 10:25 A. M .; and departs south at 10:45 A. M.
From Columbus (by two-horse hack) arrives every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 12 M. ; and departs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 10 A. M.
From Bloomfield (by hack when necessary) arrives every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 P. M. ; and departs every Monday and Friday at 8 A. M.
From Indianapolis, via Martinsville (by two-horse hack), arrives every Tuesday and Friday at 12 M. ; and departs same days at 1 P. M.
From Point Commerce, via White Hall (horse-back), arrives every Thursday at 1 P. M .; and departs same day at 1:30 P. M.
The New Albany Railroad, which had been built through the county early in this decade (fifties), had added materially to the growth and im- portance of the county seat, and the county as well. It gave the town the advantage of quick and cheap transportation. An account of the construction of this road will be found elsewhere. In about 1856, the Seward & Chase Iron Foundry doubled its capacity, and began doing a large business. Iron ware of all descriptions-stoves, plows, castings for all kinds of machinery, frying pans, andirons, axes, etc., and a general blacksmithing business. The following were the prices, in Bloomington, of sundry articles August 27, 1858 :
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BLOOMINGTON PRICES CURRENT .- Corrected every Friday morning by Dunn & Co. :
Wheat, per bushel 55 to 65 cents.
Oats .
30 cents.
Corn.
35 to 40 cents.
. Wheat flour, per 100 1bs.
$2 00.
Corn meal, per bushel.
40 to 50 cents.
Potatoes, per bushel.
50 to 75 cents.
Bacon, + Ib.
Lard, + ib
7 to 8 cents.
Eggs, + dozen.
5 cents.
Sugar, ₱ Ib.
11 to 12} cents.
Coffee, ₱ Ib
14 to 20 cents.
MERCHANTS OF THE SIXTIES.
Among the merchants and business men during the decade of sixties were Dunn & Co., J. M. Howe, W. O. Fee, S. J. Wade, George Bollen- bacher. J. S. Faris, Benjamin McGee, Milton Rogers, Mercer & Adams, Seward & Sons, G. W. Batterton, A. Holtzman & Sons, J. H. Hay & Co., E. Johnson & Co., Small & Riddle. Showers, Hendrix & Co., G. H. Morley, D. Batterton, J. O. & M. L. McCullogh, M. J. Smith, John McCrea, C. P. Tuley, A. P. Helton, W. L. Bates, Turner & Sidway, Cherry & Mckinley, Chase & Co., Munson & Doughton, Stuart & Manley, Kahn & Co., J. Misener, Carter & Pering, E. M. Burt, T. B. McCune.
PRESENT BUSINESS MEN.
Dry goods-W. W. Wicks, Lane & Buskirk, McCalla & Co., L. S. Fields & Co., S. K. Rhorer, Mefford & Sons. Groceries-D. T. Raley & Co .. Robertson & Bro., J. B. Clark & Son, W. H. Meadows, Lane & Buskirk, A. H. Wilson, J. W. Robinson, Dunn & Co., Col- lins & Karsell, J. W. Johnson, James M. Hunter, J. R. Anderson. Hardware-Stuart & McPheeters, W. J. Allen. Ready Made Clothing -Moses Kahn, Queen City Clothing Store, C. P. Turner, manager; Benjamin McGee. Merchant tailors-Benjamin McGee, John W. Davis, John Ehni. Books and stationery -- E. P. Cole, James D. Faris, Hiram Lindley, Lewis H. Anderson. Drugs-H. Lindley, J. D. Faris, Peter Bowman. Agricultural implements-W. J. Allen, Stuart & Mc- Pheeters, R. C. Smith. Wagons and carriages-James Ryan, Gilmore Bros., W. J. Clark, W. J. Alexander, Hoover & Dobson. Jewelry-M. J. Smith, Leveret Cochran, J. O. Howe, Henry Turner. Boots and shoes-W. T. Blair, George Bollenbacher, George Atkinson, W. W. Wicks, L. S. Fields & Co., McCalla & Co., C. C. Mefford & Sons, S. K. Rhorer. Milliners and dress-makers-Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Arnott, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Snodgrass, Mrs. Atkins, Mrs. Harrold, Misses Bullard & Cooper, Mrs. Tilley, Misses Faris. Restaurants- Mrs. Lucky, Mrs. Rott, George Buckart. Hotels-National House, L. M. Sanders, proprietor ; Orchard House. Walnut Street House. Livery -N. B. Rogers, Worley & May. Flouring mills-Baldridge & Gour- ley, Milton Height. Saw mills-Gamel Peterson, Joseph Alexander. Woolen mills-Holtzman & Bro. Spoke factory-Waldron, Hill & Co., Bollenbacher & Sons. Bedstead factory-Showers Bros. Chair and table factory-Showers, Dodds & Co. Tannery-John Waldron. Planing mills-C. J. McCalla. Brick yard-J. H. Garrison. Lumber
4 to 64 cents.
Butter, + Mb
10 to 12 cents.
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yard-W. B. Hughes. Builders and contractors-Adams & Denton, H. J. Nichols (architects also), M. D. Griffey & Co., W. C. Black, A. Robinson. Stonework contractors-Byerly & Stevenson, James Voss. Plastering contractors-H. H. & Benj. Voss, R. N. Denton. Furniture -Baker & Neeld, Matthews & Turner. Barbers-W. T. Voss, Ephraim Hughes, Benjamin Boss, William Proffet, Daniel Pinkston. Butchers-Cron & Roseberry, J. M. Phillips & Co., Walker & Bro., Bult & McConnell. Foundry and machine shops-Seward Bros. Cigar Manufactory-George Seiner. Stone quarries-Matthew Dillon, Moses Dunn, John Baldoff.
THE FIRST INCORPORATION.
As early as the 5th of March, 1827, the citizens of Bloomington, pur- suant to notice, met at the court house to ascertain at the polls whether the county seat should become the incorporated town of Bloomington. Ellis Stone was made President of the meeting, and Benjamin V. Peele Secretary. On motion, it was decided to test the question viva voce, which was done with the following result : For incorporation, 18; against incorporation, 3; majority in favor of incorporation, 15. An election of the necessary Trustees was ordered, and was held with the subjoined result as shown by the returns of the board of election :
At an election held in the town of Bloomington on the 8th of September, 1828, to elect Trustees for the incorporation of the town, agreeably to the act of the General Assembly, we hereby certify that the following persons were duly elected : Joshna O. Howe, William Alexander, Asher Labertew, Robinson Graham and James Evans. Given under our hands and seals this 17th day of September, 1828. Truly and duly done. JACOB B. LOWE, Clerk.
ASHER LABERTEW, JAMES EVANS,
Judges.
For some reason unobtainable, the municipal government was per- mitted to die out, and was not again revived until late in the forties. The proceedings of the Legislature were as follows :
THE SECOND INCORPORATION.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That such part of the township of Bloomington in the county of Monroe as is included within the following limits and boundaries, that is to say, beginning at the northeast corner of Out- lot No. 21, thence west to the northwest corner of Outlot No. 39, thence south to the northwest corner of Outlot No. 38, thence west to the northwest corner of Outlot No. 41, thence south to the southwest corner of fractional Lot No. 26, thence east to the northeast corner of Outlot No. 35, thence south to the southwest corner of fractional Lot No. 9, thence east to the southeast corner of the university square, thence north to the southwest corner of Outlot No. 72. thence east to the southeast corner of Outlot No. 75, thence to the north- east corner of Outlot No. 21, the place of beginning, including all the inlots and outlots of said town, be and the same is hereby erected into a town corporate which shall hence- forth be known and designated by the name of the town of Bloomington, subject, how- ever, to such repeal, alteration and regulation as the Legislature may from time to time prescribe.
Section 2 of this enactment provided for the election of a Mayor, a Recorder and five Trustees, who should constitute a body corporate with perpetual succession, and to be known as the Common Council of Bloom- ington. Section 3 provided for the annual election of town officers. Section 4 provided for the administration of justice within the corporate limits. Section 5 provided for meetings of the Council, specified what should constitute a quorum, and regulated the passage or adoption of town
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ordinances. Subsequent sections regulated the municipal government. This act was approved by the Governor January 13, 1845.
By an act approved January 16, 1849, the above act was amended so as to regulate the working of streets, and another amendment approved February 12, 1851, the corporate limits were changed as follows: "Said town corporate shall include the southeast quarter of Section 32, in Town- ship 9 north, Range 1 west, and the southwest quarter of Section 33, Township 9 north, Range 1 west, and also the following: Beginning at the southwest corner of Seminary Outlot No. 60, thence with and includ- ing the street to the southeast corner of Seminary Outlot No. 76, thence north with and including the street to the southeast corner of said quar- ter section secondly above mentioned.
This act also provided that eleven Trustees should be elected instead of five, and the name became "The Council of Bloomington." Several changes were also made in the administration of justice.
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
In pursuance of the above act of January, 1845, the citizens of Bloomington met in the court house (in March, 1847), and proceeded to ballot for a Mayor, Recorder, Marshal, Treasurer and five Councilmen. Upon counting the votes it appeared that John Lawrence was elected Mayor; Robert Acuff, Recorder; A. Labertew, Treasurer ; D. B. Judah, Marshal, and W. M. Smith, Samuel Kirk, J. M. Howe, John Graham and Joseph G. McPheeters, Councilmen. The first meeting of the Town Council was held on the 6th of March, 1847, in the Recorder's office. The first act was to appoint a committee to draft such ordinances as they deemed necessary to be presented to the full Council for adoption or re- jection. Orders were then given for the necessary record books, and the Council adjourned. At the second meeting, Samuel Moore was permitted to occupy a portion of the street for his brick shed. David B. Judah was appointed Street Supervisor or Commissioner. The Council then proceeded to adopt sixteen ordinances for the municipal government. One of the ordinances (which the writer thinks was a good one) was as follows :
" 13th. No person shall be allowed to keep a dog within the limits of the corporation. Any person violating this ordinance shall be fined 50 cents for each dog so kept, provided that no person shall be fined more than once during the same year for the same dog."
It will be seen that the ordinance amounted to nothing more than an annual tax of 50 cents on each dog. At the August meeting of the Council, a petition signed by one hundred and three citizens was pre- sented the Council praying that the above ordinance be repealed, and after discussion, the prayer of the petitioners was granted. At the next meet- ing, the Mayor tendered his resignation, which was laid upon the table until the next day, and was then refused, and after some promises and assurances His Honor withdrew the document, and the skies were bright again. Samuel M. Orchard was granted permission to erect hay scales on Market street. Considerable time was spent in amending the city charter, which was then turned over to the Representative in the Legisla- ture from the county, to be passed at the next session. In January,
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1848, a tax of ten cents on each $100 worth of taxable property was levied for town purposes. In February, 1848, the following was passed : " Resolved, That Hon. William Berry is entitled to the thanks of this Council for his promptness and energy in securing the passage of a new charter in the State Senate, which was all that this board asked or desired on his part, and that a copy of this resolution be handed to him." Just what change was made in the charter cannot be stated. James S. Hes- · ter was appointed Town Attorney. Mr. Smith resigned his position as Councilman, and Dr. R. C. Hamill was appointed his successor. The town officers elected in 1848 were as follows : David H. Maxwell, Mayor; J. G. McPheeters, Recorder ; D. B. Judah, Marshal ; Asher Labertew. Treasurer ; Joseph M. Howe, Elias Able, Henry Tanner, Will- iam Owen and Alfred Mercer, Councilmen. Liquor license was fixed at $25. In May and June, 1848, active work was done on the streets and sidewalks.
In 1851, an ordinance to tax retail liquor dealers with a town license of $500 (additional to the county license), after long discussion and some strong opposition, was adopted. This was the year of the visitation of cholera, quite a number of the citizens dying. The Council purchased 200 bushels of fresh lime to be scattered through the town, and directed that all saloons should be closed temporarily until the scourge was past. It was during this year also the construction of the New Albany & Salem Railroad was going on in the town. Changes were made in the streets to admit the road. For several years after this expensive work was done upon the streets, so much so that a strong sentiment in opposition to a continuance of a municipal government was developed. This led, in Jan- uary, 1858, to the opening of the polls to determine whether the corpo- ration should be dissolved. One hundred and fifteen ballots had on them the word " yes," and 101 had on the word "no," being a majority of fourteen in favor of the dissolution. The municipal government was then dissolved.
The following article appeared in the Republican of August, 1858
Corporation Meeting .- Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the voters of the town of Bloomington was held at the court house in said town, on Monday evening, the 2d of August, 1858, for the purpose of disposing of the property, money and effects belonging to the late corporation of said town, which corporation has been abolished by a vote of the legal voters of the same.
The meeting was organized by calling Samuel H. Buskirk to the Chair, and appoint- ing Milton McPhetridge, Secretary. The object of the meeting was then stated by the Chair.
Robert C. Foster, President of the Board of Trustees of said town, submitted the following statement of the property, money and effects of said corporation, and liabilities of the same, viz .:
There is due said corporation as follows :
In Treasurer Sluss' bands .. $ 26 00
In Marshal Hight's hands (Citizens Bank) 133 00
In hands of Lemuel Gentry. 830 54
Taxes unpaid for 1855 and 1856. 1,679 50
Taxes unpaid for 1857 160 00
Due from James W. Throop for fines 4 00
Total
$2,833 04
Robert C. Foster offered the following resolutions, viz .:
Resolved, That the corporation suit now pending in the Supreme Court of the State
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of Indiana, be dismissed, the appellants paying all the costs that have accrued in the Common Pleas Court, Circuit Court and Supreme Court.
Resolved, That the funds in the hands and now due from Lemuel Gentry, Treasurer of Monroe County, and paid in on the taxes of 1855 and 1856, be distributed to each of the persons who have paid the same, in proportion to the amount paid.
Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed by the President of this meeting to make such distribution, and when so distributed issue certificates to the persons entitled thereto; when
Dr. William C. Foster moved to strike out the first resolution and insert the following :
Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to prosecute the suit in the Supreme Court, and to collect the delinquent taxes of 1855 and 1856; which motion was not adopted.
Whereupon a division of the question was demanded by Mr. Mccullough, and a vote taken on the first resolution, which was adopted by the meeting
Dr. McPheeters moved to amend the second resolution, by providing that the money in the hands of the Treasurer of Monroe County be applied as follows, viz .: "One-half thereof to be applied for the purchasing of a bell for the court house, and the residue donated to the Bloomington Band ; which amendment was on motion of P. L. D. Mitchell, laid upon the table ; whereupon the original resolutions were adopted.
M. McPhetridge offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That we receive from Wallace Hight, late Marshal of said town, the notes as money on the Citizens Bank of Gosport, which were received by him for taxes in good faith, and when they were current here; which resolution was adopted.
On motion of Robert C. Foster,
Resolved, That James M. Howe be appointed to settle the suit as contemplated by the first resolution passed by this meeting.
Resolved, That the tax-payers of 1857 who have not paid their taxes, be released from the payment of the same; which resolutions were adopted by the meeting.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the $133 of the Citizens Bank now in the hands of Wallace Hight, be placed in the hands of the County Auditor for the purpose of aiding the County Board to purchase a bell for the use of the court house; also, that all the books, seal, etc., of said corporation be placed in the hands of said Auditor for the use of any future corporation of said town.
On motion of William F. Browning, it was
Resolved, That the Bloomington Republican and Bloomington Presage be requested to publish the proceedings of this mecting.
On motion the meeting adjourned with the thanks of the President for the good or- der and decorum which had characterized the meeting.
M. McPHETRIDGE, Secretary.
SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, Chairman.
The following year (1859), the town was incorporated anew, not under a special act of the Legislature but under the State law which thus pro- vided. Since then the corporation has continued without interruption.
In October, 1866, an election was held to determine whether the town of Bloomington should become the city of Bloomington, with the following result: For incorporation, one hundred and seventy-eight ; against incorporation, ninety-three. As there were five hundred and thirteen voters in the town, and as a majority of the same had not voted for the incorporation or at the late election at all, the question of incorpo- rating the town as a city was for the time abandoned. In 1868, upon peti- tion of the Town Council of Bloomington, the County Commissioners conveyed to the Council and their successors in office the old county ceme- tery within the town limits. For the year ending April 20, 1868, the receipts of the town were $2,306.49, and the expenses $2,268.94. In 1870, the School Trustees of the town reported that they had purchased ground for the erection thereon of a high school building, and asked the Council to issue town bonds to the amount of $20,000 to defray the ex- pense of erecting the contemplated building. . Action on the matter was postponed by the Council until May, 1871, when the amount of bonds asked for were issued, as follows: Forty bonds of $100 each, payable one year
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after date, with ten per cent interest; sixty bonds of $100 each ; ten bonds of $500 each, and five bonds of $1,000 each, the last due in eight years with interest at ten per cent. A tax of 40 cents on each $100 val- uation and a poll tax of $1 were assessed to meet this expense. The re- ceipts for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1872, were $4,989.35, and the expenses $4,960.04. In August, 1872, the School Trustees reported that $20,000 was insufficient to cover the expense of finishing the school building then in course of construction, and asked that an additional $10,000 worth of town bonds might be sold. This was ordered done by the Town Council, as follows: Fifteen bonds of $100 each. due in one year, interest ten per cent ; forty-five bonds of $100 each ; four bonds of $500 each ; two bonds of $1,000 each, the last due in twelve years, and over two years, interest ten per cent. The same town tax as above stated was ordered continued until the principal and interest of the bonds were paid. In June, 1873, the School Trustees asked for the sale of additional town bonds to the amount of $15,000, to be used in completing the new school building. This was done as follows : Fifty bonds of $100 each ; ten bonds of $500 each : five bonds of $1,000 each, all to be due within twenty years and after five years, interest ten per cent. The tax to pay the principal and interest of the bonds was increased to 50 cents on each $100 valuation, with the poll tax at $1. At this time the entire corpo- ration tax was as follows :
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