The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-17
Sheriff's Election Proclamation.
GREELY TOWNSHIP.


VX7WIEREAS, on the 2sth day of April, l577,
wv the Board of County Commissioners OF
Sedgwiek county, in the State of Kans made and
entered on record the following order, to wit:
WHEREAS, petition signed by j. t. Lackey.
Z. e. Rawson and others, being more than two
dfths of the resident taxpayers of the mu-
sedgwick, State of Kansas was on the day
OF April ISL, presented to the Board of County
Commissioners OF SAID County OF Sedgwick
which said petition is in the words and figures
following, to-wit:
PETITION FOR SPECIAL ELECTION.
To lie Honordbls Board of County Commissioners
81 Seag1ctek County, Slate of Kansas.
WHEREAS, the Solomon, Arkansas Valley and
Eastern Railway Company propose to con-
s'rnci q railway through the township of Greedy,
scdgwick County. State of Kansas Nor There
yoFe, the undersigned esldcnt taxpayers of said
township, would most respectfully Petition your
honorable Board to submit to the qualified voters
OF said township--at special election 10 he called
by your Honorable Body for that purpose as
provided for in an actentitled San act to- SEN
able counties, townships and cities to aid in the
construction CT railroads and to repeal section
eight s) of chapter thirty-nine f9Iof the Laws of
lSI, approved February 18th 1876 and acts amen
datory thereof A proposition, as provided for
in said acts, TO aid the Construction OF said Rail-
way By subscribing to the capital stock of the
solomon, Arkansas Valley and Eastern Railway
Company 70 the amount OF twenty thousand dol
I Is lo-o ana to pay therefor by issuing, and
delivering TO said Railway Company the bonds
OF said township of Greedy TO an equal amount of
twenty thousand dollars Propided that the whole
amount Of the bonds of said township SO issued
and delivered TO said Railway Company shall not
eAceed hiieen thousand dollars (Si5 CO0l and iv 2
per cent additional of the assessed value of the
properly OF Tor I'M said township as shown by the
assessment last nliie prior to the issuing and de-
livery OF the last of said bonds and that said
township ponds shall mature and be payable thirty
years altef Inc Gate on which they are issued and
shall pear interest at the rate of len i0) per cent
per annuin, payable seml-annuaily and that the
principal OF the bonds issued by said township in
aid OF the construction of said Railway, shall be
PAID by pay nent OF an equal proportion thereof
IN eaeh OF te last ten QO) of the thirty 30 years
salu bonus nave 10 run. The subscription, by
said township, 10 the capital stock of said COM
pany, snail De made upon Tie condition that said
Railway Company shall 81 provided for IN Sec
ton eISIt - OF said first named act in exchange
for SAID township bonds, deliver to the treasurer
OF siid '9wnsh,p, stock ia their sad road equal
IN amount VITA the bonds authorized to be Issued
dollar Tor dollar. Pr0rided, no such township
bonds shall be issued and delivered to said COM
pany untii said railway is built and the cas- run
ming thereon through said township and also pro-
Viued there shall be q station establish d in said
township OF Greeiy, when said bonds shall be de-
llFered TO SAID Company. At such election as
Your honorable liody may order in said township
AZ ballots having written or printed thereon,
fof extending ed 10 the Solomon arkansas Tdiiey
ana Eastern Rdiitrdy Company shall be counted in
iaV0r OF the proposition to extend such and, and
All Dallots having written or printed thereon
against extending aid 20 the Solomon Arkansas
Valley and Eastern Railway Company shall be