The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-10-04
Special Election Notice.

70the Qualified Electors Of jackson TosrnShip,
Hancock County, Ohio:
e" HEREAS: A request has been made to
w US, the Trustees of said township, ac-
cording 10 law, by over one hundred tax-pay-
ing electors of said 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, ito authorize counties,
cities, incorporated villages and townships TO
build railroads, and to lease and operate the
same" passed April %, 1872: And, whereas !;
the said request contained the following spec
incationS and descriptions, tO-wit: That said
railroad be constructed in said township and
county, between the following terlnini: Be
ginning at or near point about eighty rods
east from the southwest corner of section
thirty t3l) 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 SAID termini will be and are with
in said township,
That Fifteen (sl5,OOO Thousand Dollars be
appropriated 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
ship; 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 the rate of eight Der cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually on the first
day of March and the first day OF ofSeptemcer of
each year That OF said amount one thousand
dollars 10 become due in one year from March
LIST, 1873, and two thousand dollars to become
due in two years from the frst day of March
1873, and two thousand dollars to become due
in three years from the first day OF March,
1873, and so on at the rate OF two thousand
dollars each and every year until the sum OF
fifteen thousand dollars shall become due
and be paid, the last payment thereof becom-
ing due in eight years from the first day OF
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 10 thirty inclusive of five hundred
dollars each. that to each and every OF said
bonds shall be attached the usual and neces-
sary coupons corresponding in date and num-
bers with the bonds 10 which they are so 10
be attached, and said coupons TO be signed by
the written signature of the Clerk of saic
said township that the aforesaid sum of fif
teen thousand dollars to be 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 are
hereby notified bv the foregoing of the sub
stance and contents of the said request, and
according TO said act and said request, are
hereby requested and called to meet for 3
special election, at your usual place of holding
elections and voting in said township, on tht