The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-22
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF KANSAS o.
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STATE OF KANSAS CO
Lyon COUNTY.
The STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL TO WHOM
THESE PRESENTS MAY COME-GREETING:
HNOW YE, That l. John Bay, sheriff of
IN Lyon county, Kansas, by virtue of au-
thOrity in me vested, do, by this prOclama-
ton, give pablo notice that on the TueHdRy
succeeding the First Monday in Now,
A. ID. 1878, there will he held Il general
election, and the officers ut that time to he
chosen are as follows, tO-wit: a County
Treasurer, a County Clerk, u sheriff. Regis
ter of Deeds, "A County Surveyor to fll vacan-
cy, one County Commissioner in district COM
posed OF EmpOriA city and EmpOria town
ship, one County Commissioner from the dis
trict composed of jackson, Elmen,iaro, Cen
ter and Pike townships; one County Commits
| sioner from district composed Of Americas,
Agnes CITY, Waterloo, Fremont and Reading
townships; one Representative from district
No. Is; one Representative from district
No. G9.
And also the following propositions. tO-wit
The Board OF County Commissioners Of Lyon
county, Kansas, having at q regular meeting
| of said board, held on the Sth day of Septem-
her, 1919 adopted and caused To be entered
upon the Journal OF their proceedings, the
following:
WHEREAS, The board of county commits
fore subscribed to the capital stock OF the
Union Pacific Railway, southern Branch,
the name OF which corporation has since
been changed to that of the M issOuri, Kansas
! and Texas hallway Company in the sum of
two hundred th0usacd dollars and has issued
the bonds oil the SAID I-ysn county, Kansas.
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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
/ Si0nefs OF Lyon county, Kansas, has hereto
fore subscribed to the capital stock Of the
| Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
| Company in the sum OF two hundred thousand
dollars, and has issued the bonds or said LyOn
| county, Kansas, in the sum OF two hundred
| thousand dollars for such stock and has re-
I a. IA AL enn N al
| OF ownership by said county in the capital
stock of said railroad company TO the amount
OF two hundred thousand dollars, now, there
ResoIsed, That at the next general election,
to-wit; ON the I'd day of November. A ID 4,
| izIng the board Of county commissions of said
| Lyon county, Kansas, TO sell all the stock OF
Il said county in said railroad companies or
| any portion thereof ON such terms and con-
dltionS as they may deem Tor the best inter
estS OF said county, and apply the proceeds of
| the outstanding bonds OF said county; Pr0ri-
ded, that said board OF county commissioners
l shall net 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 he it further
Reso!red, That the ballots on the propositio
Of said sale OF stock be written or printed -
| follows: "For sale of railroad stock, /"
| "a gRinst sale OF railroad stock
And also the following propositions TO
| amend the Constitution OF the state of Kansas
| shall be vote upon in the manner therein
/ PROPOSITION ONE: Section twenty Eve nj
| article two shall be amended so rs To read a.
| follows: SECTION %. All sessions OF the Leg
islature shall be held at the State capital. and
| beginning with the session OF eighteen HIM
dred and seventy seven, all regulIr sessions
shall be held once in two years, commencing
4 on the second Tuesday of January OF each All
| ternAae year thereafter.
| PROPOSITION TWO; Section three of arti-
Gle eleYen shall be amended so as to read As
follows: SECTION B. The Legislature shall
provide, At each regular session fol raising
sufficient revenue to defray the current eS-
penSes OF the State for two years.
| PROPOSITION THERE: The following shall
SECOND -. At the general election held in
eighteen hundred and seventy six and thera
after, members OF tile House of ReprpSents
tiYes shall be elected for two years ami mem
years.
SEC. 2. The following shall be the moth.
cd of submitting said proposition of amend
ment- The ballots shall be either written or
In regard to proposition one the form OF the
ballot shall be, ~ or proposition one to amcuti
| the Constitution Against proDoSition o1.s
| to amend the Constitution: - m regard 10
proposition two the form of the ballots shall
DC, Tor proposition two To anend the Con-
/ gtitutlca," 81 gainSt proposition two To
| amend the Constitution - in regard to Drs,r-
| Osition three, the form OF the ballots shall Ie
| "For proposition three 20 amend the COnsti
tuition. gainst proposition three TO amen,I
And votes OF electors for said officers and
propositions viii be received at the polls of
| each election district in said county.
In witness whereof have mercantile set my
hand at my oflice At EmpOFia in said conntT
this Ist day Of SeptembeE, A D, IST5.
A-u Lyon county, Kan.