The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-11-01
RAILROAD ELECTInN-

" HEREAS petition had been presentedto the
w undersigned Trustees of Sanpusl1y township,
Sandusky county, Ohio, signed by more than one
hundred resident tax-paying electors of said town.
ship praying that nesting of the qualified cleo
tors of said township be called for the purpose Of
deciding for against the con struction OF Rail-
road in said township, TO be colled the Sandusky
Township BailTOad, the western ter ninus of which
said road shall be at the west line of said town shin
in section thirty-one t3l, passing thence through
the City of Fremont in said tognship to the at
ern terminus thereof at the east line Of said town
ship in se0tion twenty-five l25E and that there be
appropriated for the construction of said railroad
the sum of one hundred and thirty-four Thousand
t4l3A000l dollars; and that said approximation be
made ont OF Iund created Tor that purpose by is
suing and dlspOslng OF one hundred and thiftv-
four n 34l coupon bonds Of said township Of San
dusky for the Of one thousand lsI OO0 dollars
each, amounting to one hundred and thirty-four
thousand tsl340OOl dollars; said bonds shall be
signed by the Trustees and attested BY the Clerk
of said township, and shall be PAYABLE twenty 90l
years after the date thereof and bear interest al
the rate Of eight tS per cent. per annum, payable
semi-annuany, upon the presentation Of the in
terest warrants thereto attached; said bonds
shall have the necessary interest coupons there
to attached, to correspond in date and number
with such bonds, and they shall be signed with the
written signature Of the Clerk of said townsl1ip-
and both said bonds and coupons shall be pavabie
at the Office Of the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, in the City Of New York; and hat not ex-
eeeding one hundred thousand 800 OOOl dollars of
said appropriation shall be used in constructing
said railroad from It's western terminus aforesaid
to point where it shall intersect the line of the
Lake Erie and Louisville Railway, and not exceed
ing the sum of thirty-four thousand 1894 OOO dol
lars of said appropriation shall be used in the con-
struckion of said railroad frou said pOut Of inter
section on the Lake Erie and louisville railway
to the eastern terminus Of said railroad, as here
inbefore described; and that said road reconstruct
ed and said bonds and coupons be executed, issued
and delivered in all respects in accordance with the
provisions of act Of the General Assembly Of the
State Of Ohio described in said petition.
Now, therefore, in accordance with the said
request, and BY virtue of the authority Of an act
of the General Assembly of the State OF OhiOi en-
titled an Act to authorize counties, cities ineOr
porated villages and townships TO build railroads,
and to lease and opera te the same" passed April
23d 1872 the qualified electors Of Sandusky town
ship, Sandusky County, Ohio, are hereby noti-
fed to meet at their usual place Of voting on
Tuesday the Sd day of Dec, 1872,
between the hours of six o'clock A. NJ, and six
o'clock P M TO decide on the construction OF said
railroad in the manner expressed IN said petition
and notice; and your opinion for or against the
construction Of said railroad and the issuing and
disposing of said roads and Of disposng of the ap
propriation as aforesaid, shall be expressed In |
your ballots by the words railroad yes. or railroad
no. as the case may be, and the ballots shall be |
counted and returned by the Judges and Clerks of
said election as In other cases.
HENRY GILBERT,
B. P. LATTIG,
7. NJ QUILTFR,
Trustess Of SanduGky Township, Sandusky Coun- i
~, and Stats Of Ohio, +. WILMER.
Al-4a YOWnehin CLARK