The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-29
ELECTION PROCLAMATION,
STATE OF KANSAS,l :.
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STATE OF KANSAS,( 80
LYON COUNTY.
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL TO WHOM
THESE PRESENTS MAY COAE-GREETIEG:
~ Lyon county, Kansas, by virtue of au-
thority in me vested, do, by this prOclama-
ton. give pablo notice that on the Tuesday
A. ID. 1873, there win be held a general
electiOn, and the officers at that time to be
chosen are as follows, to-wit: County
| ter OF Deeds, a County Surveyor to fill vacan-
cy. one County Commissioner in district COM
ship, one County Commissioner from the dis
trict composed of jackson, Elmendaro Gen.
ter and Pike townships; one County Commits
sioner from district composed CT Americas,
Agnes City, Waterloo, Fremont and Reading
townships; one Representative from district
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And also the following propositions, to-wit:
The Board OF County Commissioners of Lyon
county, Kansas, having at u regular meeting
| of said hoard, held on the Sth day of Septem-
Der, 1873 adopted and caused to be entered
upon me Journal OF their proceedings, the
wnERIAs, The board of county commits
si0ners OF Lyon county, Kansas, has hereto
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch,
the name OF which corporation has since
been changed to that of the Missouri, Kansas
| and Texas Railway Company in the sum of
| two hundred thouSard dollars ana has issued
the bonds OF the said Lyon county, Kansas,
| in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars
| for such stock, and received from said rail-
road company certificates of ownership by
said county In or to the capital stock of said
railway company to the amount of two hun
dred thousand dollars; and
| WHEREAS, The board of county commits
sioners OF Lyon county, Kansas, has hereto
fore subscribed to the capital stock of the
Atchisons Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Company IN the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars, and-has issued the bonds of said Ly on
county, Kansas, in the sum OF two hundred
| thousand dollars for such stock and has re-
| ceived from said railroad company certificates
OF ownership by said county in the capital
| stock of said railroad company TO the amount
| of two hundred thousand dollars, now, there
fore, be 1t
RssoEUed, That at the next general election,
to-wtt: on the 2d day of November, A. ID /,
1sT5, in said county, the proposition author
lzlng the board of county commissions of said
Lyon county, Kansas, to sell all the stock OF
SAID county in said railroad com panies or
any portion thereof, on such terms and con-
ditions as they may deem for the best inter-
ests OF said county, and apply the proceeds of
such sale toward the payment or purchase of
the outstanding bonds of said cOuaty; PSoei-
ded, that said board of county commissioners
shall not sell the said stock at less than forty
cents ON the dollar, payable in cash or in the
bonds Of said county Of Lyon at their par
value; and be il further
ResoIoed, That the ballots on the proposition
OF said sale OF stock be written or printed as
. !. os;s. LOT sals OF railroad Stock
And also the following propositions to
amend the Constitution OF the State OF Kansas
shall be voted upon in the manner therein
described:
PROPOSITION ONE: Section twenty-five of
article two shall be amended so as to read a.
follows: SECTION g. All sessions of the Ls.s-
islature shall be held at the State capital, ami
beginning with the session of eighteen hum
dred and seventy-seven, all regulS sessions
shall be held once in two years commeDciaC
on the second Tuesday Of January of each AZ
ternAte year thereafter.
PROPOSITION TWO: Section three of arti-
Gle eleYen shall be amended so as TO read a.
follows: SECTION 8. The Legislature shall
provide. at each regular session for RAISING
s0fncient revenue to defray the Current ex
penSes Of the State for swo years.
PROPOSITION THEE: The following shall
SECOND - At the general election held in
eighteen hundred and Seventy-six and there
after, members Of the House of ReDresenfS
tives shall be elected for two years, ana MEM
bers of the Senate shall lie elected for tour
$50. 3. The following shall be the meth.
Cd OF submitting said proposition OF amend-
ment- The ballots shall be either written or
printed, or partly printed and partly written
In regard 20 proposition one. the form of the
the Consultation" Against proposition one
to amend the Constitution: % m re0anl -
proposition two the form Of the ballots shall
be, .For proposition two to amend the Con-
st1tutlcn," Against proposition two to
amend the Constitution;' In regard to PROP
ositiOn three, the form OF the ballots shall bs
For proposition three 20 amend the COnsti-
tSsaen: geinst propositions three to amend
And votes OF electors tor said officers and
each election district in said county
In witness whereof have nereunto set nv
hand 81 my once Is Emporia, In said county,
this S1st day Of September, A. D., 1915.
JOHN BAY, sheriff
N-u Lyon county, Kan.