The Kanzas news., 1859-04-16

CLIFTON. NO., FEzpAy, APs.s1, 1889.
The 5sHal vs. celied to cries by ths
Presidehs Judge Wa. Kerr OF Bentor
county B Boons. of Essary eounty
appointed Sesetas7: e.
A qu6Fep nots beiias present. 90 Boarc
adiournea until 2 O'Clock to-s1ofroW.
SATURDAY, APRIL g.
+ Board met. Upon calling the names o.
the Directors quorum was found to b
present.- z--zz------
On motion. the Secretary read the pro.
ceedings of the meeting of the Board held
IS -CIia.oa oa-ske sssh-ef Nexenbe. lsst.z.
The Commissipners ef the several coun'
ties were called upon to report the amount
of subscriptions of stock in lands and mon
ey, and tkeir action in relation thereto
The reports made indicated that land and
money subscriptions enough world be OBJ
taineiii to grade ihe road oth EoHgh Mss0uFi
= 0Hymotiofs Of Co.'s Davis, it was .l'ss
81 93ssessed, That the Commissioners ol
the respective counties Tprepare alphabetical
listss6f the Stockholders in each county,
and the number of shares OF stock 9aEsn,
TO bePaid IN money and lands respectively,
te Dr.. ia. Rogers, Agent of the VCompa-
N.Y. presented the sHecess9fy blank bonds,
deeds and certificates Of stock, which have
BEEN used in obsaihing the lands aud sub
ofsstock. which onlmotion, were
approved by the, Board. us ,lnssasT gaze
81 Judge ". I'm Army, Chairman Of sthe
COMMITTEES appointed at the last meeting of
the Board, reported . Code Of Bylaws,
which, ,'se5 isoqo1e 1..s1z 80 ,l5alr r1,js
On notion of Col; A. d: Tust,l was ap-
proved, aHds ordered TO be referred to the
Board of Directors 70 be elected next Mon
daY, for their adoption.J co sg7 Y11r1 -.
q On motion of WA. Fla, ESQ : the Beard
adjourned to 8 O'Clock. Is Monday morning,
TO receive from the Commissioners the al
phabetical list of the Stockholders. zsiisee
1850 1cIgA s.a -a--iiasg E5g5 -
-sI9odIsz3;-9 s. o'eEocK, MONDAY MORNING.
Board met Aiquorum beng present,
the eCommissioners were called upon aud re-
ported the names Of subscribers to stock in
moneygand lands e1lgshnsd 81 w.
,iz After ihe spproSaldof of the report. the
.BoaFd,adjo1rned. e VIM. KERR, Prest.,
Il. B. Gs B6oNE. Seo'y.sia -iiF = asai bas
ss; nd ,i5gaE .@s---fia iss a~-l
e -tti B-sS i l.s'i .Gs< - Z MONDAY, APRIL 4.
The Stockholders of the Usage Valley {
Southern Kansas RsilFoadi assembled (it
pursuance to notice) at the Court House
in Clinton Mo-, ,aon Monday; April 4th.-
Themeeting WAS! called to order by Judge
Kerr, of Benton county, and by invitation
Judge NJ F. M Army, Of Kansas. stated
the object'of the meeting by reading the
notice as published in the Warsaw Demo
crot. and in clear and concise manner
demonstrated shat the citizens of the coun,
ties along this route have the means in thei
possession TO construct the road to the Kan
sas line. and that,with The energy and pub
lie spirit manifested. the road can be pu
under contract: during the year. He con.
cluded by reading the deeds,c bonds. title!
and frms ofgsubscriptions adopted by th,
Company Aftertwhich, Judge Kerr, ]. L
GRAY and @. E.. Cruce were appointed t.
conduci the election for thirteen Directors,
ia accordance with the Charter, as amended
BY The Missouri Legislature lately in session
which resulted As follows: l.5agz s.s 70 .
J.. F. Taylor, M,niseau county, No.
Thonaas. Monroe. Morgan county A. c.
Marvin. Benton county Judge Kerr, Prai.
rie Lea: Lafayette Cruise. Col. A. NJ Tut
and A. Wamsley, Henry County ]. H
Martin. JohHstowu. Bates county Col. Jas
NJ. C,gswell and j. s.. Robinson, Butler,
BITES ccunty Thaddeus Hyatt, New York
Chyf W.T. M Army, Anderson county,
and Eihn O.iWatiles, Linn county, Kansas.
The .uewIiBo7rd of Directors met at 8
o'rlock. andielec4sd the following officers
Col. A. n. Tut, President Col r. d..
Oogawtll. Vice President; B. G. Boone,
Saasptary; john 6. Thornton. Auditor !; j.
A. Rogers. II Treasurer, ". A. Ella, Chief
Engineer and General Land Agent. 'sc bed
q Executive OoMMITTEE.-E. Cruce, A.
WamsIey, A. C. Marvin, ]. H. Martin and
W F. n. Army. IA 80 .a-. @urdt
"a COMMITTEES ON AoeoUNrs.-A. Wamsley,
Tho's Monroe and, L. CFuee. hT7 .c1
CoMslITTEE on CONTRACTS AND PRoPosr-
TIoEs-Ws NJ KeEr; J9S. Robinson and
John O.; Wattles. -coai ".r2r s7sEi
On motion of W.T. Il. Army, the By.
Laws and Rules of the Board were unani-
mously adopted. "<sa-5a-eaE - I'D
On motion, the following orders we're
alsO, adopted 10 bsEisg H. v'3s7g sIew
yi5 Ordered That the President and Engi.
neer be and are hereby directed to make all
the necessary preliminary surveys, of the
routes through Morgan. Benton. Henry and
Bates counties. to the west line of Missouri,
TO elnheCt with the Jefferson city and Neo-
sho Valley Railsoadein Kansas. and report
to the next meeting of the Board bsiis9a
Ordered, That the President and general
land agent ofthis company be and are here.
By authorized tos receive deeds aof convey
ance forithe slsa1ss donated or subscribed
for stock; and obtain the relinquishmeht of
the right of way along the line of the roads,
and attend to all the matters pertaining to
the titles to the isnds sFsths eompauy.:s aud
in connection with the Treasurer feesiss
additional subscriptions Of stock and dena.
tons of land. So y a. .l.i,s s:s 3ct rfasoss
Ordered, That the Executive Board Be
and are hereby authorized To oosfarsyzSSth