The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-05-31
Special Election Notice.
To the Tay-Paying Electors of
Union Township, Hancock
County, Ohio:
u ~ NloN - EN i En-. Vs.
April Hth, 1872.

ATA MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES Ol
II Union Township, Hancock county, Ohio
| Present-William Reese, Joseph Stratton an,
!; George Harpster, the following request wa
received and ordered to be entered at large OF
the township records of said township o
Union.
:" To The Trustees Of Union 1oa0nship, Ha,lcoci
ave, the undersigned, tax -ps ying RESIDENT
OF Union township, Hancock county, Ohio
One Hundred in number, respectfully requt 5
that you construct a railroad from the poin
where the line of the Lake Erie q Louisvlll,
railway crosses Tawa Creek, being the north
of the Lake Erie q Louisville Railway cross
i es the north line of section ~, township
south range, 8 east, being the southwest term,
mus; both terinini, and all the line OF said
i railroad being In said township OF Union
That YOU appropriate the sum OF twenty
Thousand $50 900 dollars toward the conspuc,
| ton of said railroad such sum, not TO exceed
| five per cent. of the present valuation OF Inc
real and personal property OF SAID township
| of Union. That said sum OF Twenty Thou
i sand Dollars be in bonds of said township of
| Union. That said bonds be ordinary coupon
| bonds anu they, and the coupons thereto at
tached, shall be payable IN the city OF New
York. Thai said bonds shall bear interest at
the rate OF eight per cent. per aDnum, payable
semi-annually, on January ISL ana July ISL
| of each year. That Five Thousand Dollars
in amount in par value of said bonds shall
run for seventeen years, and become due and
payable in seventeen years from and after the
date of their execution. That Five veThousand
Dollars of said bonds. shall run for eighteen
years, and become due and payable in etgh-
teen years frJm and after the date OF their
said bonds shall rum for nineteen years, and
become due and payable In nineteen years
That Five Thousand Dollars of said bonds
shall run for twenty years, and become due
and payable I'm twenty years from and after
.rhat they shall be executed and signed in
the ordinary manner ofexecuting and signing
township bonds by the trustees and Clerk OF
township llnlOn-
by the seal OF said Clerk.
THAT said bonds shall be in denominations
as follows, TO wit: Forty bonds, numbered
from zone" to "forty" inclusive, OF Five Hun
dred Dollars each. That to each and every
one OF said bonds shall be attached the usual
and necessary interest coupons, correspond
ing in date and number with the bonds 10
which they are attached, which couponsshall
be signed by the written signature OF the
"That you call a meeting of the qualified
electors of said township of Union, at such
time and place as is provided by law, on
Saturday, June Ist, 1872.
Between the hours of o O'Clock, A. NJ. and
O'Clock, p. NJ, at the usual hour of holding the
elections in said township, and require said
electors TO vote for or against the cOnstruc-
ton OF the proposed Railroad, and the request
THAT You give thirty days notice of the
calling OF said meeting to The qualified elec-
tors OF said township by publication m IN some
newspaper OF general circulation therein.
"fhis request Is made under the provisions
of an Act OF the General Assembly, entitled
'An Act to authorize counties 10 build rail-
reads, and 10 lease and operate the same,
passed April u. lS72, and Tor the purpose OF
of availing said township OF the provisions OF
said Act.
lSigned.l
Jonathan Fox, = p. Hens. Levi Bergman,
Peter Rickart, II. Meyer, Gideon Falk,
Dibler, Israel Yerger, CIV Sieininger, Jacob
Flick John Flick, George Flick, Daniel Flick,
z Brown, Levi Falk, r. ii Clymer, A III ely
mer. : Handshy, Baker. Bullebah,
.Nt.~,.. 4 sf.r-l
ell, David Whistler, Charles George, Henry
Boiick, Amos ffiek, L NJ Watkins, James
Watkins, Henry Graceley. Henry Miller, Is
Human. II Zeller. W Harris, Jonas Rein,
inger, Jacob Auirlnan, Reiter. Fox, J Ii
Bierer, ii Doiy, George Zay, David Falk sam
uei Kemrer, Jacob Zeller. Andrew Bender,
Stratton, ii Hens, Doud Goble, Geoi ge Moore,
Daniel Fox, James Patterson, Jacob Burket,
Ed Harpst, James Teatsorth, Israel Benner,
G Teatsorth, Jonathan Sager, Philip Powell,
Wesley Knepper, Levi Cramer, Henry Deeds,
Albert Shank, A Cramer, Darrell Powell,
Jacob Cramer. Jacob Fox, N Baker. z Kel-
John smith, r Woods, q w 'Burket, J NJ
Miller, n A Miller, David Lannlng, 3 string
fellow, A G Sexton, William Littrick, b
Beach, S Nowlan, w c Needles, A Long
brake, ] NJ Radabaugh, Cornwell, Z A Mar
shall, n Sager, K Dieienderfer, q w Mull,
j l. Steinman, q X RAIDER, Buss, Levi
showalter.J Jonathan Guin, Enoch Miller, and
many Others"
That. in accordance with said request.
meeting of said electors Is hereby called. and
a special election for said purpose is hereby
ordered at the usual place OF holding elections
in said township of Union, on
+ Saturday, June lst, Is7a.
Between the hours of o'clock, A. NJ, and
O'Clock, Z. NJ, At which time and place said
electors are required to vote Tor or against the
construction of the proposed RAILROAD, the
borrowing of the amount named as q fund for
that purpose, and the other requests therein
made. The opinion of said electors shall be
expressed ON their ballots as follows: rail
R0ADCES, or .'RAILROAD-N0," which
ballots shah be counted and returned by the
Judges and clerks of said election, as in other
cases GEORGE HARPSTER.
WILLIAM REESE.
JOSEPH STRATTOS-
Trustees of Union Twp, Hancock Co.,O-
DAVID Conner, Township Clerk.