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

VN THEREAS, on the 2sth Day Of April, ISL,
Wv the board of county Commissioners OF
Sedgwick county, in the state Of Kansas, made
and entered record the following order to wit
WHEREAS, petition signed by VIM. Lawson,
Alvin Minick and others, being more than two
fffhs of the resident taxpayers of the municipal
township of Alton, in the county of Sedgwick
state of Kansas was, the 18th day of April ,ls77,
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 INJECTION.
To the honorable board of County Commissioners of
Sedgciek Ccastg, State Of Kansas.
WHEREAS the soloman, Arkansas Valley and
Eastern railway company proposes TO con-
structa railway thorough the township OF Alton,
Sedgwick county, state of Kansas, now therefore
the Undersigned resident taxpayers of said town
ship, would most respectfully petition Your
honorable Board to submit to the qualified voters
of said township-at special election To be call
ed by your Honorable Board for that purpose, rs
provided for in act entitled AN act to enable
counties, townships and cities to aid Ia the con-
structon of railroads and to repeal section eight
Of chapter thirty nine of the laws of ls74,'' APP
proved February 25. 1s76, and acts amendatery
thereef-a proposition, az provided for IN said
acts 10 aid in the construction of said railway by
subscribing TO the capital stock of the solomon,
Arkansas Valley and Eastern railway company
to the the amount OF eighteen thousand dollars
ISIS, Q00) and to pay therefor bg issuing and de-
liverng to said railway company, the bonds of
the said townsbid OF Alton, 10 equal amount
Of eighteen thousand dollars. Provided, that the
issued and delivered to said railway company,
shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars isis, 900
and five per cent. additional of the assessed value
of the propeoty of Tor I'M said township shown
by the assessment last made prior to the issuing
and delivering of the last of said bonds, and that
said township bonds shall mature and be payable
thirty years after the date on which they are is
sued and shall bear interest at the rate of ten pei
cent. per aun,m, payable senIi-annually and that
the principal of the bonds, issued by said town.
ship in aid of the construction of said railway |
shall be paid by the payment Of an equal paopor-
ton thereof in each of the last tea Of the thirty
years said bonds have 20 run.
The subscription, By said township, to the |
capital stock of said company shall be made upon
the condition that said railway company shall, as !
provided for in section eight Of SAID first named
act, in exchange for said township bonds deliv |
n to the treasurer of said township, stock in the
said road equal in amount with the bonds author
zed TO be Issued, dollar for dollar. Provided no
such township bonds shall be issued and deliver
ID to said company until said railway is built and
he cars running thereon through said township,
md also Provided, there shall be station es-
ablished in said township of Alton, when said
,onds shall be delivered to said company.
At such election as your honorable body may
rider in said township, all ballots having written
II printed thereon ''For Extending Aid TO the
Arkansas Valley and Eastern Railway
Company shall be counted in favor of the
roposition to extend such aid. And all ballots
ayIas written or printed thereon against ex-