The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-09-27
Special Election Notice

I0hc Qualified Electors Of Jackson TGlURShip,
Hancock County, Ohio
M HEREAS: A request has been made to
w us, the Trustees of said township, ac-
cording to law, by over one hundred tax-pay-
ing electors of sald township, to call a meet
ing of the electors of said township, at the
usual place of voting and holding elections,
TO vote for or against the construction OF the
following proposed railroad, under the act OF
the state OF Ohio. .to authorize counties,
cities, incorporated Villages and townships 10
build railroads, and to lease and operate the
same" passed April -, 1872: And, whereas
the said request contained the following spec
ifications and descriptions, to-wit . That said
railroad be constructed i'll said township and
county, between the following termini: Be
ginning at or near point about eighty rods
east from the southwest corner of section
thiIty-one (SlD in said township, which point
will be the southern terminus ofsaid railroad;
thence due north TO the north line of said
township, which north line of said township
viii be the north terminus of said railroad,
and both OF sald termini Will be and are with
in said township,
That Fifteen ISIS, ,OOO) Thousand Dollars be
appropriat ted toward the construction of said
road. That said Trustees shall borrow the
said sum of money and issue the bonds of
said township for the payment thereof, as
follows: That the said amount of Fifteen
thousand dollars be in bonds of said town.
shin: that the said bonds be ordinary coupon
bonds, and the said bonds and the coupons
attached thereto be payable at the Treasury
Of Hancock county, Ohio; that said bonds
bear interest at she rate OF eight per cent. per
aunum PAYABLE semi-annually on the first
tiay of March and the first day ofSeptemcer oi
each wear. That OF i'd amount one thousand
dollars TO become due in one year from March
list 1876 and two thousand dollars To become
due i'm two years from the first day of March
1873 and two thousand dollars 10 become due
| in three years from the first day of March
| 1875 and so on at the rate OF two thousand
dollars each and every year until the SUN OF
fifteen thousand dollars shall become due
and be paid, the last payment thereof becom-
ing due in eight years from the nrst day ol
March a. ID. 1873. Said bonds to be signed by
| the Trustees of said township, and be attested
/ by the Clerk thereof
| Said bonds to be in denominations as fol
| lows; Thirty bonds numbered consecutively
\ from one to thirty inclusive of five hundred
dollars each, thai TO each and every OF SAID
1 bonds shall be attached the usual and neces
| sary coupons corresponding in date and mum
| bers with the bonds to which they are so Il
| be attached, and said coupons 10 be signed by
the written signature oi the Clerk of SaiC
said township /: that the aforesaid sum of fif
teen thousand dollars to he used in the con
struction OF said road between the said ter
| mini in said township, and no where else.
Now, in pursuance Of said request, you ar,
hereby notified bv the foregoing of the sub
stance and contents of the said request an,
according TO said act and said request ar,
hereby requested and called TO meet for
special election, at your usual place of holdin,
elections and voting in said township. on tn