The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-04-04
Propositions Of The l.envenwOrsh. OsAS-
IaOsa & Topeka Railway Company.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
..n,.. X. March IA ~

COUNTY CLERK OfFpE,
LEAvESwoKIu CnY, KS, March 70, ls52I
BE it remembered, that at a special session
Of the Board of County Commissioners of the
County Of Leavenworth, State Of Kansas,
held al the County Clerks Office on the 10Th
day of March, T. D., 1872, the following
proceedings were had, to-wit:
The application pending before the County
Board Of the IIeavenworth, Oskaioosa Il To-
peka Railway Company, asking for and TO
their road, together with petition oi NOR.
than one-iith OF the legal voters OF -aid
County, and a-k the submission OF the same
to vote.
And the Board, after careful examina-
ton Of sad application and petition enter
the following proceedings Of record:
WHEREAS, More than one.hith OF the
voters of IIeavenwor Ia County have petit
toned the Board of Commissioners Of leav-
enworth County, to call an election and 10
submit proposition to a vote to ascertain IL
the County shall aid in the construction oil
the Ieavenworth, O.kaloosa & Topeka Rail
way Therefore,
H,sofrcf, Nv the Board Of County Com
missioners, of the County Of Leavsnwor'h,
that. an election he held in said County on
the lo,h day Of April, A. d., lsl2, as pro-
yided by law; at which time the following
proposition shall be submitted to the electors
Of said County:
LIST. "Shall the County OF Leavenworth sub
scribe one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lIrs (SIJO, 900 TO the capital stock Of the
Ieayenworth, O-kaloosa ~ Topeka Railway
Comp,ny. and issue her BOMBS in full pay
ment for that amount, bearing interest at the
rate Of seven per cent, per a.inum, payable
thirty wears from the date Thereof" and Sec
ond- "Shall said County Of Leayenworth do
nate and assign to said Railway Company,
ON consideration Of one dollar, the stock 10 be
80 subscribed" Provided,
First. The sand stock shall not be su =
scribed, nor said bonds issued, unless said
Railway Co., shall within six months after the
result of said election to be afhrmatively de-
termiDed: execute a contract with the AtchI-
s1n. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company,
or the Kansas Pacific Railway Company by
the terms which contract whichever OF SAID
companies the same NAV be made with shall
agree in writing to equip and operate hr.t
class railroad from point within the city OF
Ieavenworth through her southern b0nnda-
~, and through the townships Of high Prai-
| RE and Alexandra in the County OF Leaven-
worth, to be an entirely new road In said
county, and also within one mile Of the city
of Oskaloosa, to the city Of Topeka, making
a continuous through line with the road con-
tracing, and such company shall run through
trains from point within the city OF Leav-
enworth. bv said route to the western termi-
nus Of the road, contracting a. Aforesaid, and
, said contract shall not be rescinded or in any
manner changed without the consent thereto
| i. first obtained Of said County Of Leaven-
worth, and, Provided Second that said bonds
shall not be delivered to the said Leaven-
worth O-kaloosa & Topeka Railway Compa-
nv unless said railway company shall, with
| in one wear from the date Of the proposed
contract Aforesaid, cause to be constructed
! equipped and operated hrst
class railroad, a. above stated, and
Third, Provided, That said stock aforesaid
shall not be donated or assigned unless said
Railway Company shall construct or cause
to be Constructed, equipped and operated,
| through line a aforesaid, within one year
after the date of said election.
R,soieed, That public notice he given in
accordance with the foregoing resolution,
7 and as provided by law.
/ The electors voting for said proposition
hall use printed or written tickets, with the
words thereon "For Railroad donation and
bonds" and those voting against said propo-
sition, shall use printed or written ticket.
with the words thereon, "Against Railroad
donation and Londs.
R.sol,ed, That the partiea hereto shall
enter into n contract to carry oCf the Provis-
ions of the proportion herewith submitted,
al the time the subscription shall be made by
said County to the capital stock OF said Rail
way.
The above resolutions were adopted by the
Board and the Clerk ordered 10 make due
publication Of the came in the several weekly
newspapers published in the county Of
Leavenworth, for three consecutive weeks,
and the Sheriff ordered TO make his prceli-
nation thereof in accordance with law.
!, A. Z. Keller, County Clerk and Clerk
Of the Board Of County Commissioners in and
for the County of Leavenworth and State Of
Kansas, do hereby certify the above and fore
going 70 be true and perfect copy Of the
proceedings Of the County Board in the
above matter a the same now appears OF
record in my Office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto st
nv hand and affixed the seal Of said county
at my Office in the City Of Leavsnworth, this
the 10th day Of March, A. d. 1872.
SEAL A. B. KELLER,
County Clerk.