The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-10
Sheriff's Election Proclamation.
GPEEIy ToWSsAIp.


VTTwHEREAS, on the 2sth day of April, 1871,
Wv the Board of County Commissioners OF
Sedgwick county, in the state of Kansas made and
entered on record the following ortler, TO wit:
WHEREAS, a petition signed by j. Il. Lacsey,
f. G. Rawson and others, being more than two
fifths of the resident taxpayers of the mu-
Sedgwick, State of Kansas was on the 2sth day
OF April ISL, presented to the Board of County
Commissioners Of sand County of sedgwick,
which said petition is in the words and figures
following, to-wit:
PETITION FOR SPECIAL ELECTION.
To he Honorcbls Board Of County Commissioners
Of Sedgcick County, State Of Kdasas.
WHEREAS, the Solomon, Arkansas Valley and
Eastern Railway Company propose to con-
struct railway through the township of Greedy,
SedSwiok County, State OF Kansas NoC There
fore, the undersigned resident taxpayers of said
township, would most respectfully Petition your
Honorable Board TO submit to the qualified voters
OF said township-ata special election 10 be called
| by your Honorable Body for that purpose. as
provided for in an act entitled ''sn act to- zen
able counties, townships and cities to aid in the
| construction of railroads and to repeal section
eight (s OF chapter thirty mine (S9) OF the laws of
1874, approved February 18th 1876 and acts amen
! datory thereof. n proposition, rs provided for
in said acts, TO aid the construction of said Rail-
| way by subscribing to the capital stock of the
Sel0men, Arkansas Valley and Eastern Railway
Company to the amount OF twenty thousand dol
lars $50 0O0) and to pay therefor by issuing, and
| delivering to said Railway Company, the bonds
| OF SAID township of Greedy to equal amount OF
twenty thousand dollars. PrOrided that the whole
amount Of the bonds of said township so issued
and delivered to said Railway Company shall not
| exceed fifteen thousand dollars isis, 000l and fv
per cent additional of the assessed value of the
property OF Tor in) said township as shown by the
assessment last made prior to the Issuing and de-
livery 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 issued and
shall bear interest at the rate of ten l0) per cent
per anntlIn payable semi annually anG that the
principal of the bonds issued by said township in
aid of the construction of said Railway, shall be
paid by payment of an equal proportion thereof
in each of the last ten l0) OF the thirty (30l years
said bonds have to run. The subscription, by
said township, to the capital stock OF said com
PAM, shall be made upon the condition that said
Railway Company shall as provided for IN sec
tlol eight ~ of said first named act, in exchange
foI said township bonds, deliver to the treasurer
Of said township, stock in their said road equal
IN amount with the bonds authorized to be ISSUED
dollar Tor dollar. Pr0gided such towrshi /
bonds shall be issued and deli Gered TO said com.
pany until said railway is built and the run
ming thereon through said TOWNSHIP p and also pro
vded there shall be Il station established III salt
township of Greedy, when said bonds shall be de-
llvered 10 said Company. At such election Is
your Honorable Body may order in SAID township
all ballots having written or printed thereon
''For extending aid 10 the Solomon arkansas Yale.
cad Eastern RGiiirGy Company shall be counted il
favor Of the proposition TO extend such aid, ant
ali ballots having written or printed Thereon
| AgGIHsf extending aid to the solomon, Arkansa
Valley and Eastern Railway Company shall b.