The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Sheri6's position, wish 10 evade tie uspless
ant task which the law demands shall be pa
formed. But d not the almost uaivesn
loathing which every cvilisd coonuni.
feels towards . hangman, convincing proo
that capital punishment is wrong, and areli
Of bartnrism? If this does not show 1T j
is wrong, how are We to diAinguish rieh
from wrong under any circumstances! w
should be pleased to have some of cur all
writer's and profound thinkers explain Win
induces community to make . law II
emforcemeot Of which causes them to shudde
with horror, and cry down the execAione,
to such an extent that he must wear blael
domino, and is finally hunted like wiz
beast.
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The Ceaaty Bard ard sAe nssage.
The following proposition to amend u,
CONTRACT between the Kansas and Mixou
Bridge Company and the Chicago 4 South.
western Railroad Company, was presented e
the Board of County Commissioners on Tues
d.y. No action was taken and the Board
adjourned to yesterday morning. No quo
rum vas present yesterday, and they again
adjourned to meet this morning 1t 10 O'Clock
b Il rcsotccd By tie Board ef C1x.sy Con-
sias;osas Of Lsape~uevtk Cbssty, ThH The
contract between the Kansas 4 Missouri
Bridge Company of the one part, and TIE
Chicago & Southwestern Railroad Company
Of the other part, bearing date the 9Th day Of
In, A n l0Z0 - L. ~,sl ~>sl-r~l
company agree to give aid to said bridge
company, be ratified on condition that tie
following amendments be made, to wit:
lA-The contract be changed 80 rs TO
place the bonds and n0tpge mentioned in
said contract in the control Of the Chicago &
Rock Island Railroad Company, to be b.
them held ~ trustees, and the bonds and the
proceeds thereof to be by them held u such
trustees and applied BY them 10 the payments
stipulated for in the said contract.
3d-That the 500, 900 of now dividend
paying stock to be given to said Chicago &
Southwestern Railroad Company may here
after be made dividend paying sock, BY the
said railroad company paying to said bridge
company the par value thereof meaning one
hundred cents on the dollar.)
3d-That the second installment, amount
ing to S225, 900 of bonds, stipulated for in
the contract, shall be delivered to said
Chicago 4 Rock Island Railroad Company
upon the execution by L. b Boomer & Co,
the contractors for building said bridge, of .
release Of 80 much of the obligation to them q
requires said bridge cuupamy % give bond
and security when demanded 20 10 do.
4tl-That the said bridge company shah
Use due diligence to collect the plivaie sub
scriptions to sid bridge, but . failure % col
lest said private subscriptions shall not 10
lieve the said railroad company from the OBJ
legation to Eay for the bonds, or apply the
proceeds to the completion of the bridge.
5th-That in case the engineer Of
the Chicago & Rock Island Rail-
road Company should refuse to
approve of the substructure of the bridge
upon the same having been approved by the
Engineer of the Bridge Company, then that
the contract shall be void and the one hum
slred thousand dollars of bonds or the pro-
Ceeds thereof to be returned to the Bridge
COMPANY.
Reaouod, That - be appointed to
cast the vote Of the County Of Leayenworth
at a sockholden' meeting to be held to ap
prove or disapprove of the above contract,
and that in ccse said contract shall have been
amended and altered by the contracting par
ties thereto, 80 as to incorporate the above
propositions and changes thereto to the
satisfaction of the county pe4itioning, the said
Il beseby instructed 10 vote for the
ratification and approval thereof, and in case
the same shall not have been 80 amended 4
the time of such meeting said - sbere-
by instructed 10 cast the vote Of the county
against the ratification and approval thereof.
r. n. e...se .rIceve.v.rsh Cs,,ev.
A proposition wM submisted on the Sd
day Of August, to the Board Of County Com
nisioner, asking the r.fi6caHioa Of con-
tract attempted to be made, between the
Kansas & Missouri Bridge Company and the
Chicago 4 Southwestern X X. Co. n
This contract was publiHhed for the frt
time on the Sd day Of August, and the very
day We were called upon to r.tify the same.
On the firt rs.ding, the CONTRACT w.s pro-
nounced by lawyers Of this city, al that was
required to protect the interests Of the people
We Represent bat upon more careful iavesti-
CATION was found 10 contain many very seri-
Gus objections
At the same time officers Of the bridge
company appeared before the Board (which
is COMPOSED mostly If farmers, and not sup
posed to be versed in hw), and asked the
Board to ratify this contr.ct-sO adrOitly
slrawn-and the meaning q which Is % OBJ
-cure that legal gentiemes even are nisled b.
il. The Bridge Company have all the funds
necessary 10 complete the ssbssuofsre, which
the present contract requires shall be dom,
before the contrast attempted to be r1ti6ed =