The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-15
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF KANSAS 60
N-nNy GnWrZyHxg 30

STATE OF KANSAS
LYON COUNTY.
THE STATE OF KANSAS To ALL TO WHOM
THESE PRESENTS MAY COME-GREETISG:
TNOW YE, That l, John Bay, sheriff of
IN Lyon county, Kansas, by virtue of au-
thority in me vested, do, by this prOclama-
succeeding the First Monday In Now,
A. ID. 1870, there Will be held general
eleetiOn, and the officers at that time to be
chosen are as follows, tO-Wit: a County
Treasurer, q County Clerk, q Sheriff, Regis
ter of Deeds, a County Surveyor to fill vacan-
cy, one County Commissioner in district com
posed of EmpOria city and EmpOria town
ship, one County Commissioner from the dis
trict composed .ef jackson, Elmendaro, Cen
ter and Pike townships; one County Commits
siOncr from district composed CT Americas,
Agnes city, Waterloo, Fremont and Reading
townships; one Representative from district
No IS; one Representative from district
No. CO.
And also the following propositions, to-wit:
The Board of County Commissioners OF Lyon
county, Kansas, having at "a regular meeting
Of said board, held on the Sth day of Septem-
Der, 1873 adopted and caused TO be entered
upon the Journal Of their proceedings, the
following:
WHEREAS, The board of county commits
| FIRE subscribed TO the capital stock of the
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch.
the name OF which corporation has since
been changed to that OF tile Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railway Onpanyl in the sum of
two hundred Thousand dollars, and has issued
| the bonds OF the said Lyon county, Kansas,
| in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars
1 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 hum
drefi thousand dollars; and
WHEREAS, The board of county commits
| sioners 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 of said Lyon
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
Resoised, That at the next general election,
| to-Wit: on the 2d day of November, a. ID =,
/ 1915. in said county, the proposition author
| izIng the board of county commissions of said
| Lyon county, Kansas, TO sell all the stock OF
said county in said railroad companies or
| any portion thereof, on such terms and con-
| dttionS as they may deem tor the best inter
ests Oh said county, and apply the proceeds OF
| such sale toward the payment or purchase OF
the outstanding bonds OF said county; PROFIT
/ ded, that said 6oartl of county commissioners
cents ON the dollar, payable in cash or in the
bonds OF said county OF Lyon at their par
Resoteed, That the ballots on the proposition
| of said sale OF stock be written or printed as
i follows: ~for sale of railroad stock, Z"
"a gainst sale of railroad stock
And also the following propositions to
amend me CONSTITUTION OF the state of Kansas
shalt be voted upon in the manner therein
/ described:
PROPOSITION one: Section twenty five of
article TIVE shall be amended so rs to read A.
follows: SECTION %. All sessions of the Le~
| stature shall be held at the state capital AMI
beginning with the session of eighteen hum
dred and seventy seven, all reguISr sessions
shall be held once in two years commenciD1
on the second Tuesday of january OF each ali.
ternAte year thereafter.
| Pk0PoslFIoE TWO: section three of arti-
Gle cleyen shall be amended as to read as
follows: SECTION 3. The Legislature shall
PROV ide, at each regular session, Iof raising
sumclent revenue TO defray the current ex-
penses OF the State for two years
PRoroSlTToN THREE: The following shall
constitute section twenty mine of article TIVE;
SECOND - At the general election held in
eighteen hundred and seventy six and there
after, members OF the House OF Representa-
tivcs shah be elected for two years, and mem
bers OF the senate shall be elected for tour
years.
SEC. ?. The following shall be the meth
Oh OF Submitting said proposition OF amend
ment- The ballots shall he either written or
printed, or partly printed and partly written
In regard 20 proposition one. the form of the
ballot shall be- "for proposition one to amend
the Constitution" "a gainSt DFOnoSilion COs
70 amend the Constitution: - m revar,I -
proposition two the form OF the halloTs shall
be, For proposition two 20 amend the Con
| stftuticn,h 1.Against Proposition two ~
amend the Constitution - IN regard to prom
0sitton three, the form of the ballots shall Ia
For proposition three 10 amend the Cotl4ti.
s .s sasllst proposition three to amend
And votes OF electors for said officers and
propositions will be resolved at the nils OF
each election district in said county.
In witness whereof have neretInfo set NV
hand At my Office At Emporia in said eOun.y
THIS Slss day OF september; A .. 1sT5-
4-u Lyon county, Kan.