The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-03-28
Election Proclamation.

VXYHEREAS, q petition has been pre-
wv seneed TO the Board OF County
Commissioners OF Lyon county, Kansas,
daily signed according to law, requesting
said Board TO cause an election TO be held
In said county. for the purpose of enab-
ling the people to vote on the following
proposition: Therefore said Board Of
Commissioners have, in accordance with
the prayer Of said petitioners,
ORDERED, That 3 special election be
held in the said county OF Lyon, on the
22d day of April, 1878, for the purpose of
voting upon the following question:
''Shall the Board OF county commission
ers OF Lyon County, State OF Kansas, sub
scribe for and take the stock OF the Kan
sas Citv, Emporia q Walnut Valley Rail
Road Company, to the amount OF One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, and, In pay
ment thereof, issue TO said Company One
Hundred thousand Dollars Of the bonds
| OF said Lyon county, at par, payable in
| the city Of New York, at such place as
| said company may direct. thirty years
| after the date thereof, and bearing inter-
est at the rate of seven per cent. per an
mum, payable semi.annually, which bonds
when voted by the people OF said county,
and Immediately thereafter, shall be duly
| issued and executed, with coupons at
tached, and deposited in escrol1 with the
Treasurer Of State, as provided by law.
When the conditions herein mentioned
relating to said bonds shall have been
1 July CoLlpltCu WILL luc COuAtI
| sioners of the said county of Lyon shall
issue their order on the state Treasurer
| to deliver said bonds to the said railroad
/ company; but before delivering the same
| the State Treasurer shall cancel all inter-
| est coupons which may have become due
between the date of issuing and the date
/ OF delivering said bonds as aforesaid. And
in addition 20 said bonds, the county COM
| missioners shall transfer to the said COM
/ pany Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
1 At oil nf hn l.alA b7
the said county of Lyon IN either the
Union Pacific, Southern branch, { now
Missouri, KRnsas-S Texas Railway Com
| pany,) or Two Hundred Thousand Dol
| lars, st par value, Of the stock now held
| by the said Lyon county In the Atehison,
| Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, as
| the county commissioners of said county
| Of Lyon shall determine. Said subseFip-
| ton, and the delivery Of said bonds, and
| the transfer Of said stock, to be made to
the said Kansas City, Emporia & Walnut
| Valley Railroad Company or their assigns,
| subject to the conditions hereinafter stated.
Condition lst. The bonds aforesaid shall
not be delivered to said company until
each and every one of the conditions here
| in mentioned and relating thereto shall
| first be fully performed, fulfilled and COM.
piled with.
I'd. The said Kansas City, Emporis &
Walnut Valley railroad company. or their
| assigns, shall build and fully complete q
4 A6AAIOoA AlOIn punt a. VI Aot1h City
Of Ottawa, or from a point on the west
eTn line Of Franklin county, in the State
| Of Kansas, to the city of Emporis, in said
state, as provided by the charter of
usual gauge and TO average IN constitute
ton with the railroads now operated In
this State.
Sd. Said railroad must be s separate and
independent line, SO far as. to be discon-
nected with any other railroad bed the
anfila Afsfanna hQfyundY7 the fuiffal mint
OF said road and the said city of EHporia.
4th. That work on said railroad shall be
commenced within six moaths from the
date Of depositing said bonds with the
State Treasurer, snd prosecuted uniHter-
ruptedly until said road shall be compile
ted, and the said road shall be completed
wit hin eighteen months after the date-of
Its commencement, and through trains be
operated thereon to the city OF Emporia.
9th. Said railroad company or their rs.
signs shall construct their road within
one-fourth OF a mile Of the town Of Ne
osho Rapids, in said county Of Lyon, and
shall construct and maintain within the
same distance Of sal town, freight and
passenger depot, and shall continue the
construction OF their road on the
north side Of the Neosho river, IS nearly
a. practicable on the line recently sur
veyed by r. v. Austin, to the city OF En-
poTia, establishing and maintaining de-
pot At or near the mouth Of Badger creek,
on the north side Of tbs Neosho river. In
said county Of Lyon, and q depot at the
said citv Of Emporfa. 2-@e1 HtsE
9Th. Amer the said Kansas City, Empo-
ria & Walnut Valley railroad company.
or their assigns, shall have completed their
road 20 Emporia, and shall have complied
with each and all OF the foregoing eoHdi-
lions and stipuiations, and shall have de-
liVered to the county commissioners OF the
said county Of Lyon One Hundred Thous-
and Dollars of full paid stock in said
roaH Thav shall he santf4Iad In fha ahnva
mentioned bonds Of said county.
9Th. The said Kansas City, Emporia q
Walnut Valley railroad company or their |
assigns, for and In consideration OF the
stock to the amount aforesaid, shall With. |
In one year from the date Of the compile |
ton Of sai1 road TO Emporia, locate per. !
manently the general Offices OF the COM
pany at the said city, and within the same |
time shall locate permanently and con- |
struct the repair and machine shops Of |
their entire tine Of road, at-or within |
three-fourths: Of . mile OF the said city OF |
Emporia, and for the faithful carrying out I
Of this stipulation the said Kansas City,
Emporia e. Walnut Valley railroad coma |
his in 'daunagesto said Lyon county, over
and above the consideration Of the stock
to be transferred IS above mentioned; and /
sfter said general ofhcee shall bsso 1ccaeed |
and the repair and machine shops 10 loca-
ted and constructed, and when skid COM
pany or their assigns shall fiie good and |
sufficient bond with the county commits
sioners Of said Lyon county, conditioned
that said offices and shops shall forever
reza&fn &C said city OF Empor1s, then said
coanfy commissioners shall transfer the
stock now held by the said county Of
Lyon, as above mentioned, TO said Kansas
City, Emporia q Walnut Valley railroad
or their assigns"
The ballots 20 be used In this election
shall have written or printed thereoH1
q For sha I{@f1eo~A uaude au1 SfoeI- - ar
Against the Railroad Bonds and Stock
The election 20 be eoadueted under the
general election lava Of the State OF Kan-I
sas.
By order OF the Beard Of Commission.
erB st their meeting, held IT the COURT
house, in the city of Emporia, on the
ed day Of March, 1878.
Witness my hand and the seal OIL
SEAL. Lyon county, on this 7lth day Of
March, 1STa.
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