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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1898
Page
2
The Arkansas Townsite company seeks a $150,000 bond as a guarantee for the county to back a petition circulating in Polk County. The petition asks the county court to order an election at voting places to submit to qualified voters a proposition tied to the townsite project.
J G Hudgins argues for relocating the county seat from Dallas to Block 24 in Mena to secure a new courthouse and a promised donation of land and 5000 dollars from Arkansas Townsite Company. He notes court needs, travel costs, and business shifts favoring the move, with support from local signatories and assurances of funding for construction.
Legal notice clarifies who may vote in the county seat election on June 25 1898 based on poll tax paid last year or this year and age or residency proofs. It specifies receipts required for those who paid only last year and those who paid this year but not last, plus exemptions for those aged 21 since tax assessment. Also notices a two hundred page advertising book listing newspapers with 1000+ copies and state maps in 1897 December edition.
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