The Kanzas news., 1857-12-26
Municipal Townships of Breckenridge
and Wise Counties.

Municipal Townships of Breckenridge
and Wise Counties.
At meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners of Breckenridge county, as
sembled at Agnes City, December 21st,
1857, it was ordered, by the said Board,
that Breckenridge county be, and is here
by divided into FIVE municipal townships,
which townships shall be, and they are
hereby bounded respectively as follows,
to wit:
The boundary lines of the first municipal
township shall be, and they are hereby es-
tablished as follows: Beginning at the north
east corner of the county, thence west to
the eastern line of range eleven thence
south on said line to the south west corner
of section nineteen, township eighteen, range
twelve; thence east to the eastern bounda-
ry line of the county thence north on said
line to the place of beginning be known
as Kanzas Center township. 80
The boundary lines of the second muni-
cipal township shall be, and they are hereby
established as follows: Beginning at the
north west corner of Kanzas Center town
ship, thence to the north west corner of the
county thence on It's western boundary
line to the south west corner of section elev-
en-, in township seventeen, range nine
thence east to the western boundary line ot
Kanzas Center township; thence north on
said line to the place of beginning-to be
known as Agnes City township.
The boundary lines of the third municipal
township shall be, and they are hereby es-
tablished as follows Beginning at the north
east corner of Agnes City township thence
west to the western boundary line of the
county thence on said line to the south
west corner of section twentv-three, town
ship eighteen, range nine; thence east to
the south west corner of Kauzas Center
township; thence north to the place of be-
ginning-to be known as Americus town
ship.
The boundary lines of the fourth munici-
pal township shall be, and they are hereby
established as follows Beginning at the
south east corner of Kansas Center town
ship; thence west to the east line of range
ten ; thence south tothe southern boundary
line of the county thence east on said line
to the eastern boundary line of the county
thence north on said line to the place of be-
ginning-to be known as Emporia town
ship.
The boundary lines of the fifth municipal
township shall be. and they are hereby es
| tablished as follows: Beginning at the north
west corner of Emporia township: Themes
west to the boundary line of the county
thence south on said line to the southern
boundary line of the county thence east OF
said line to the south west corner of Empo
ria township: thence north to the place o
beginning-to be known as Cottonwood
township, hs
Il was further ordered by the Board tina
an election be held in the several townships
above named. on the 4th day of january
1858, for the purpose of electing Justices 0
! the Peace and Constables-each township
being entitled to two Justices and two Con
stables. The places of voting to be those
authorized and designated for voting on th'
Lecompton Constitution, submitted BY th'
Territorial Legislature at its recent callet
session. Attest:
C.v. ESKRIDGE. Clerk.
Il was also ordered bv the said Board o