The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-02-23

TO the people OF Cedar County, state OF io~s
Whereas a Charge number Of the citizens o.
Cedar County have petitloned The Judge OF sai1 !,
County, asking that the question be submitted
to a vote, of the people OF said county, wnether
the county of Cedar will subscribe ih'tty
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock OF the
Mississippi and Missouri Rail Road Company
for The purpose of aiding in the construction
and completion Of . Rail Road to Cedar kaplds
in Linn County Iowa, by the way Of Upton II
Cedar Co. and to issue County bonds thereon,
for the purpose Of borrowing money to pay Tor
said stock. .. .....aa~
Now therefore, In order that the people Of said
county may adopt or reject said proposition, II u
hereby ordered that 81 election be held In each
township of said County of Cedar, at the usual
2soes Of holding tho same. on Monday the
p5th, day of February A. d. 1856, Tor tne
purpose OF voting upon the following PROPOSE
ton, TO wit: -...
"Tha. the County CT Cedar, ia It's corporate
caracity, will subscribe the sum OF thirty ihou'
sand dollars to the capital stock OF the Missis-
sippi and Missouri Railroad Company. to AID Ia
the construction and completion OF . Hail ROAD
to Cedar Rapids In Linn County Iowa by the
way Of Upton In Cedar County Iowa, aud TO
tn at end will subscribe the said SUES OF thirty
thousand dollars to the capital stock OF SAID
Company, az organized under the laws OF Iowa |;
and that the Judge Of said County Of Cedar
hall issue Thirty Bonds Of said Couny d one
thousand dollars each for the purpose OF Dor
rowing money to pay for said stock, which BON =
shall bear interest 1T the rate OF seven per cent
per annum, pay able seni-annualy and SAID
bonds to be made payable in twenty years rom
their date, and that 10 meet the annual INTEREST,"
in addition to the ordinary revenue OF said
county, tax be levied annually, not ex-
ceeding one mill on the dollar of the County
valuation, for the purpose Of creating fund TO
pay the said interest, and ultimately the prlnci.
pal Of said bonds said tax In no case TO exceed
one mill On the dollar, and in case the amount
OF tax thus raised be more than sufficient to pay
the interest accrued the surplus to be applied In
the immediate liquidation Of the principal OF
said bonds, and said tax 10 he levied only until
said bonds are redeemed, ond suh bonds In no
case TO be tsssed Until Tue RAIIKoaD 10 CON-
PLETLD To T,PToN.
The foregoing proposition to be submitted and
passed upon by the people OF =. iCoGnty, under
the following mode Of voting: TLose infavor Of
tie proposition shall vote ballot with tn words
written or printed thereon FoE TIE RAILROAD
AND TAX aud those against the proposition shall
deposit ballot with the words written or printed
thereon "AGAINsT 1HE RAuxoAp AND TAX
And If there shall he majority In favor OF said
ropositi %, the same shall be considered as M-
O. pied and adopted, and will authorize the
Judge Of said County OF Cedar to subscribe the
sto,k aforesaid, and TO issue the bonds u the
County in accord.nce with the foregoing prop
sition whenever said haiLo 4 slall b. comp! ted
to Upton.
II il further ordered that this proclamation le
Published in the Upton Advertiser for four
weeks excessively, and that copy til raJf
be posted up at the curt II, u'e doo-, at least
thirty days prior to the holding Of said election.
and that a copy thereof be ported mp at ca h
place OF voting, i'll each township, during the
day Of election.
Given upder Hv hand ard Seal of Once,
us at Upton this cath day Of JanIry
A. d. 1856. WELLS SpICER,
Judge OF G sdar County