Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-09-26
RAILROAD
SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE

OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES OF HARDY
TOWNSHIP, HOLMES COUNTY, o.
To tie Qualified Electors OF Hardy To,rnsAip,
Holmes County, Ohio:
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
IN written request, signed by one hundred
IaN-paying resident Electors of said Town
| ship of Hardy. has been made upon the Trus-
| tees of said Township:
To the Trustees Of Hardy Township,
Holmes County, Ohio
The undersigned resident ax-paying electors
Of said Township Of Hardy. Holmes County,
Ohio, one hundred in nnini,er, respectfully re-
quest that you construct u Railroad from
point on the south line OF said township, on
tional section number twenty three (2g towE-
ship nine 90 range seven ~, at stake marx
ed s-9ilAe5'--thence up the valley OF the KILL
buck creek to the north line OF said township
to stake seven hundred and ffteen (7l5) feet
west of killbuck creek. marked ..ii91x26,"
both of said terlnini and all of the line of said
proposed Railroad being within the limits of
constructed as near as may be practicable up-
on the line surveyed and located through said
township by the Lake Erie, Wooster and Mus
kingum Valley Railway Company.
That you Appropriate therefor, and towards
the construction of said Railroad the sum Of
Fifty Thousand Dollars, such sum not exceed
the real and personal property OF sai,. town.
ship of Hardy, last made
That said sum of Fiftv Thousand Dollars be
in bonds Of said Township, and that said bonds
be ordinary coupon bonds, and that they and
the coupons thereto attached shall be payable
In the city of New York, and that said bonds
bear interest at the rate OF eight her cent. per
annum payable Semi-annuaily on the first days
OF january and July in each year.
That one-firh in iam0unt of said bonds, that
is to say. the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
thereof, shall run sixteen years and become due
and pay able in sixteen years from and after
the date of their execution.
That One-fifth in amount of said bonds, that
is to say, the sum OF Ten Thousand Dollars
thereof. shall run seventeen years and become
due and payable in seventeen years from and
after the date of their execution.
That one-fith in amount of said bonds, that
is to say. the of Ten Thousand Dollars
thereof, shall run eighteen years, and become
due and payable in nineteen years from and
after the date of their execution.
That One-ftth in amount OF said bonds, that
is to say, the sum OF Ten Thousand Dollars
thereof, shall run nineteen years. and become
due and payable in nineteen years from and
after the date Of their execution.
That One-ffth in amount of said bonds, that
is to say. the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars |
thereof, shall run twenty years and become |
due and pay able in twenty years from and af- 4
ter the date Of their execution. - - -
That said bonds shall be executed in the u>li- |
al anu ordinary manner Of executing township |
bonds by the Trustees aid Clerk of said TOWN. |
snip OF Hardy. and signed by them, ana shall |
be in number and denominations is follows:
Seventy of said bonds numbered consecutive
ly from one to seventy, inclusive, Of five hun |
dred dollars each. ami one hundred and fifty OF
said bonds, numbered consecutiyeiy from one |
to one hundred and fifty, inclusive, Ofthe sum |
of one hundred dollars each; and that to each |
and every of said bonds be attached the usual |
and necessary interest coupons corresponding |
in date and number with the bonds 10 which |
they are attached, and which coupons shall be |
signed by the written signature ofthe Clerk of
said township Of Hardy. .r. |
That you call meeting of the qualified cleo |
tors of said township OF Hardy, Holmes county,
Ohio, at the time and place and in the manner |
provided by law. on saturday. October 5th, \. |
ID. 1872. at the usual place of holding elections I
in said township, and require said voters at the |
special elections so to be held. to vote for or |
against the construction OF, the proposed Rail-
road, and the other requests herein mstie, and |
that you give the notice by publication, as re-
quired by law. .,rH,y j. |
This request is made under the provisions of
an act Of the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, entitled AN act to authorize counties,
cities, Incorporated villages and townships to |
build railroads, and 10 lease and operate the
same, passed April s3l, 1872; and for the pur-
pose of availing said toxnship of all the bene-
ITS, powers and privileges Of said act Il