The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-31
RAILROAD
E:LECTIOA!EOTICE:,

towns, Cities and villages in the county of
Mauitowoc on the l2lh day OF April next
Tor the purpose Of deciding whether the
county of Manitowcc viii subscribe for one
thousand shares (of one hundred dollars
cach) OF the capital stock Of the Milwauk ee
Manitowoc and Green Bay Railroad Com
pany, u be paid fer in the manner and upon
the conditions famed in the written request
OF the President and Secretary of said Com
pauy to the Board of Supervisors of said
county, and now on file in the Office OF the
Clerk Of said Board OF Supervisors, aud Of
which the following is copy:
MILWAUKEE, lIAyIrowoc GREEN BAY
RAILR0AD COMPANY.
MANIrowoc, March 50, 1870
To the Board OF Supervisors Of the Go.
Of Nqnitowoc
The undersigned, the President and Sec
rotary of the Milwaukee, Mantowoc aud
Green Bay Railroad Company, for and on
behalf OF raid Company, hereby certify that
the line ofsaid road has been located through
the said county OF Mauituwoc. running in a
north-easterly direction from the northern
boundary OF the county of Sheboygan to the
city Of Manitowoc. and thence westerly and
north or in northwesteriy direction to the
southern boundary Of the county of Brown,
and they request the Board OF Supervisors of
the said county OF Manitowoc TO subscube.
on behalf Of said county, for one thousand
shares Of the capital stock OF said Company
upon the following terms and conditions
FlRsT-The said Board of Supervisors sba
submit to vote Of the. legal voters of said
county, IL the manner provided for IN the
charter Of said Railroad Company, &C an
election to be called ~ said Board of SUI
pervisors for that purpose, the questi u
whether such subscription shall be made by
said county for said one thousand shares.
SHCoND.-Ii at such election majority of
the legal voters Of said county, voting on
such subject shall vote in favor of making
| such subscription. then the said Board OF Sn
pcrvisors Of said county shall. without de-
lay, direct the Chairman of said Board Of
/ Supervisors or such other person as. may be
designated by said Board oi Supervisors to
subscribe for one thousand shares Of the cap
ital stock OF said Company on the books OF
said Company.
Third. The Board of Supervisors Of said
county shall pay for said stocH the par value
OF the same in bonds of the said county of
Manitowoc, said bonds to be payable at some
place in tie city OF New York in not more
than twenty years from the date Of the issu-
ing OF the same, bearing interest from the
date Of delivery Of the bonds TO said railroad
company as hereinafter specified, at the rate
OF seven per cent. per anDgm. payable aa-
uual1y 10 the city of New York, and of de-
nominations Of not less than ore hundred
dollars each, said bonds shall without DELAY.
! be made out and executed by the proper Off
GERS OF said county as provided By the char
/ ter of SAID Company, and said bonds when
so executed, shall be forthwith deposited with
such trustee in the city Of New York as shall
| he agreed upon by the Chairman and Clerk
| OF the Board Of Supervisors CT said county
z a. ho c.tiE FanT1r
| be delivered to said Railroad Company as
hereinafter provided. and not otherwise.
/ foURTH-W henever the said Railroad
! Company shall baYe constructed a continu-
Gus line of railroad, ironed the same. ana a
locomotive and cars running thereon, from
the city of Milwaukee to q point in the
county Of Manitow0c ten miles north OF the
northern boundary Of the county Of She
bnygan and q certificate OF such fact yer
fled by the oath of the President or Vice
President Of said Company. and two free
holders of said county OF Manitowoc to
! be appointed by the County Judge of
said county Of Manitowoc shall be filed
in the Office Of the Clerk Of the Board of
Supervisors Of the said county of Mani
i.towoc, and copy of said certificate so
fled, duly certified by said Clerk under
seal shall be served on said trustee. it
shall be the duty Of said trustee to deliv-
er to the President or duly authorized
agent of said Company thirty-three thous-
and dollars of said bonds; and upon the
construction Of said railroad in the man
ner above specified, with locomotive and
cars running thereon as aforesaid, in a
continuous line from the city Of Milwau-
kee to the ManitoWoc river in the city of
| ManitoWoc, and upon the making, fling
and serving of like certificate as above
specified, it shall be the duty of said trus-
| tee to deliver to the President or duly
authorized aren't of said Company the
! further sum OF thirty three thousand dol
lars of said bonds. And upon the
construction OF said railroad in the man
ner above specified, with a locomotive and
cars running thereon as aforesaid, in a
continuous line from the city Of MilWau-
| kee via the city Of Manifowoc to the
southern boundary Of the county Of
Brown, and upon the making fling and
serving OF like certificate asabove speci-
fed, it shall be the duty Of said trustee
to deliver to the President or duly au-
tllorized agent Of said Company the fur
ther sum Of thirty four thousand dollars
o. said bonds, provided that if the said
railroad shall not be commenced within
one year from the date Of subscription
for the stock hpreinbefore mentioned, and
the said subscription shall be void and all
Of the SAID bonds shall be returned to the
said county Of Manitowoc and provided
further, that If the said railroad shall not
be COMPLETED in the manner aforesaid to
the southern boundary of the county of
Brown within three years Of the date of
such subscription, then and in that case
all of said bonds then remaining in the
hands of said trustee shall be returned to
the said county of Manitowoe.
~, CHAS. CAIN, President.
SEAL. RICHARD ". C. MERINGToN,
t---1' Secretary.
The forms OF the ballots to be used or
cast at said election shall be For the Mil
waukee, Manitowoo and Green Bay Railroad
subscription" or, against the Milwaukee,
ManitowoC ana Green Bay Railroad Sub
scrption'
The polls Of said election shall be opened
and closed at the same time they are opened
and closed for the election of county officers.
and the same persons who are by law res
quired to act as Inspectors and Clerks OF
elections for county officers, shall act as
Inspectors ard CLERKS ct this election.
The ballots voted at this election shall be
canvassed and retained as the ballots for
county officers are canvasscd and returned.
Dated, Manitowoc, March 80. 1870.
p 2. FL ESSENICH.
Clerk Of the Comfy Board of Supervisors
PETER MULH0LLAND. Sheriff of Manitowec