The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-04-04
Election Proclamation,

Election FrOcl0mSG1O
VNTHEREAS, petition has been pre-
wv senLed to the Board OF County
| Commissioners OF Lyon county. Kansas.
duly signed u cordIuE to law, requesting
said Board TO cause an election TO be held
in said county. for the purpose Of enab-
| lug the people to vote on the following
| proposition: Therefore said Board Of
commissioners have In accordance with
the prayer OF said petitioners,
ORDERED, That a special election be
held in the said county Of Lyon, on the
ed day OF April, 1873, for the purpose OF
voting upon the following question:
''Shsll the Board Of county commission
\ ers Of Lyon County, State of Kansas, sub
scribe for and take the stock OF the Kan
sas Cit., Emporia q Walnut Valley Rail
Road Company, 60 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, &C par, payable In
the city Of New York, 1t such place a.
said company may direct. thirty years
after the date thereof, and bearing inter
est at the tie 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
taehed, aud deposited In escro1o with the
Treasurer of State, rs provided by law.
When the conditions herein mentioned
relating to said bonds shall have been
fully complied with, the county commit.
sfoners Of the said county nj Lyon shall
issue their order on the State Treasurer
10 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 to said bonds, the county COM
missioners shall transfeI to the said conf
pauy Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
at par value, of the stock now held by
the said county Of Lyon In either the
Union Pacific, Southern branch. now
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Com
pany,) or Two Hundred Thousand Dol.
| lars, at par value, of the stock now held
| by the said Lyon county in the Atchison,
| Topeka & Santa Ee Railroad Company, as
| the county commissioners OF said county
OF Lyon shall determine. Said subscrip.
ton, and the delivery of said bonds, and
| the transfer Of said stock, to be made To
the said Kansas City, Emporia 4 Walnut
Valley Railroad Company, or their assigns,
! subject to the conditions hereinafter stated.
! Condition LIST. The bonds Aforesaid shall
not be delivered to said company until
each and every one of the conditions here.
1 In mentioned and relating thereto shall
first be ftllIy performed, faialled and COM
piled with.
ID. The said Kansas City, EmporiA a
assigns, shall build and fully complete 6
| railroad from g point at or neRF the city
of Ottawa, or from point on the west
ern line Of Franklin county, In the SSat'
of Kansas, to the city Of Emporia, In sale
state, as provided by the charter o.
said company. Said railroad to be o
usual gauge and to average In construc
ton with the railroads now operated II
this State.
81. Said railroad must be separate and
independent line, SO far As TO be discon
nected with any other railroad bed tn
entiI distance between the initial potn
Of said road and the said city Of Emporta
4tb. That work on SAID railroad ehail D.
commenced within six months from tn
date Of depositing said bonds with IN
State Treasurer, and prosecuted uninter
ruptedly until said road shall pe compile
ted, and the said road shall be completes
within eighteen months after the date o
| Its commencement, and through trains o
operated thereon to the city OF EmPorta
9th. Said railroad company or their as
signs shall construct their road ~Ithil
oHe-fourth Of q mile og the town OF Ne
osho Rapids. IN said county OF Lyon, AM
shalt construct and maintain within n
same distance Of sait town. freight an
passenger depot, and shall continue ID
construction Of their road on tn
north side Of the Seosho river, IS neari
as practicable on the liue recently SUI
veyed by r. v. Austin, to the city OF I'm
poria, establishing and maintaining de
pot At or near the mouth OF Badger creek
, on the north eide Of tbs Neosho river, i
said county of Lyon, and depot AZ IN
said citv Of Emporia.
9Th. After the said Kansas City, Empc
ria 4 Walnut Valley railroad company
or their assigns, shall have completed thei
road to Emporia. and shall have compile
with eaeh and all Of the foregoing coHd
lions and stipulati0ns, and shall have 81
| liYered 10 the county commissioners OF ID
| said county Of Lyon One Hundred rhoul
and Dollars Of full paid stock IN sal
!. 4 road. they shall be entitled 20 the aeoV
mentioned bonds OF said county.
18th. The said Kansas City. Emporta
Walnut Valley railroad company, or the
assigns, for and in consideration OF q
stock to tn amount aforesaid, shall viii
lin one year from the date Of the compl
ton Of said road 70 Emporis, locate pc
manentlv the general of1ces Of the cor
pany NJ the said city, and within the san
time shall locate permaneutly- s1d co
srruct the repair and machine shops
their entire bne o. roaa. az OF Win
hree-fourths, OF 3 mile of the said city
Emporia, and for the faithful carrying o
on this stipulation the said Kansas Cit
Emporia & Walnut Valley railroad COZ
: pany, or their sesigns, are held respOni
Bile In damages to said LYON county, ov
and above the consideration OF the sto'
70 be transferred As above mentioned; n
kfter said general ofIiees shall be % lOcat
Ind the repair and machine shops 50 Io<
ted and constructed, and when said col
IL pany or their assigns shall Gle = good q
d suffelent bond With the county comm
sionera Of said Lyon county, cendstion
that said Offices and shops shall loreV
remain ut said city OF Emporis, then %
county commissioners shall transfer {
stock now held by the said county
Lyon, as above mention ed, to said Kanl
} City, Emporia & Walnut Valley Tailro
company, or their assigns"
The ballots TO be used In this elect
~, shall have written or printed there
~ nEor the Railroad Boads and Soeck, -
against the Railroad Bonds and Stool
The election % Be conducted under. I
general eieeton laws OF the state Of Ii
a sas.
By order Of the Board Of CemnIssi,
ers at their meeting, held sc The COZ
an house, In the city Of EmporIa, on
sd day Of March, 1915.
Witaesa my hand ard the seal
N SEAL. Lyon county, on this 2afh dsy
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