The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

| Il OF County Commissioners of the
| county of Lyon, State of Kansas, dated
January 18th, 1877, /, Hiram Conner,
Sheriff of Lyon county, State of Kan
sas, do hereby proclaim and make known,
that there will be held. on the Goth day
OF February, 1877, a special election at
| the various voting precincts In said Lyon
/ county for the purpose of voting upon
! the following proposition. to-wft:
Shall the Board Of County Commission
ers of the county of Lyon, for and in be-
half OF said county. subscribe for and
| take the capital stock of the said Kansas
City, Emporia and Southern RaiIrond
Company TO the amount Of one thousand
shares OF ole hundred dollars each.naking
total subscription Of one hundred ihous.
and dollars, and in payment therefor IS
| sue and deliver TO said railroad company
| the bonds of said county to the amount
of one hundred thousand dollars, payable
principal and interest, at the fiscal agency
for the State Of Kansas in the City OF New
York, in thirty years after the date there
| or with the privilege reserved TO said
county of paying the wnoIe or any part
OF said bonds at any time after five years
nom the date thereof, and with the
Iurther privilege reserved to
| bonds at the time of the delivery thereof
as hereinafter provided, at the rate of IS
cents for each dollar of the face value of
said bonds SO paid for and redeemed;
said bonds to be issued in denominations
of five hundred dollars each, and to draw
| interest at the rate Of s per cent per an
mum, payable annually, from the date of
their delivery to the railroad company,
and not before, and all interest coupons
| matured or about to mature at the date of
| said delivery of the bonds to be cancelled
and returned to the county; said bonds to
be ISIS led in consideration of the eonStruc-
| ton, operation and maintenance of said
| railroad through said county as an indie
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bed or track Of any other railroad In said
| county; and as part OF this proposition
| for the purpose of securing the permanent
location, establishment and maintenance
OF the principal machine, repair and
manufacturing shops, and the general
| Emporia, in said county, shall the
| said Board of County Commissioners
| transfer to said railroad company the one
hundred thousand dollars of its capital
county; said subscription and transfer of
stock and issuance of bonds to be upon
the following conditions:
1st. Immediately after the proposition
is voted by the people of said county and
| the result of the election duly ascertain
ed and declared, said subscription to the
capital stock OF said railroad company
shall be made, and the said bonds of the
county shall be duly executed by said
| Board of County Commissioners accor-
| 0AA5 W AdWs duu UcpOsiteu Ill escrow
| with the fiscal agents of the State of Kan
sas at the fiscal agency of said State in
| the City of New York, or with such 9TH
| er party as may be mutually agreed upon
| by and be satisfactory TO the said Board
| of County Commissioners and said rail-
road company, and said bonds shall re-
main in the possession of their custodian
! aforesaid until delivered upon the certi-
| ficate of said Board of County Commis-
sioners as hereinafter provided; and at
the same time the said railroad company
| shall duly execute one thousand sh ares of
one hundred dollars each, and place the
same In escrow at the same place and to
the same party to whom said bonds shall
be entrusted as aforesaid, in whose pos
session said stock shall remain until its
delivery as hereinafter provided.
| I'd. The said Kansas City. Emporla and
| Southern Railroad Company or their as
signs, shall construct and equip, as afore-
said, and have in operation. railroad
of gauge of three feet, so constructed
as TO form one continuous, independ emf
and unbroken line of railroad communIca,
ton from Emporia in said Lyon county to
Arkansas City in Cowley county, within
| eighteen months from the commencement
of work on said road, as hereinafter spec
Ified. and from EmporIa to the eastern
line of said county of Lyon within two
years from the commencement of first
work on aid road; said road to be con-
| structed in a substantial manner. and
the equipm ent thereof to be first-cia IS,
| and sufficient for the traffic of the roau :
and the work OF the construction thereof
| to be commenced within thirty days
| after the deposit OF said bonds in
escrow. as aforesaid, and the voting of
| bonds and their deposit in escrow by the
| several counties along the line Of said
railroad from said county of Lyon to the
| southern boundary of the State along eth
| er division of said road to the amount OF
four thousand dollars per mile for each
mile of the line of said road,
and said work to be continued
uninterruptedly from the commence
ment to the completion thereof.
ID. No part OF said bonds shall be is
| sued and delivered to said railroad COM
pany. nor in any manner disposed of by
| the party holding them in escrow, nor be
OF any binding force or validity upon
| said county until the track of said rail-
| road shall be laid and trains running
thereon from the city of Emporia TO the
point where the line Of the road crosses
| the south or west line of said county of
| Lyon. and the machine shops and gener-
| al offices Of said company shall have been
| permanently located at Emporia, but
| when the railroad has thus been COM
pIeted from the city Of Emporia, to the
south or west line of said county,
and when the principal machine. repair,
/ and manufacturing shops and toe general
| oinceS OF said railroad company have
been permanently located at Emporia and
said railroad company shall have entered
| into sufficient written agreement with
the said Board of County Commissioners
Tor the permanent continuance and MAIN
tenanee of said shops and Offices at En-
| por1a, and when said railroad company
shall nave entered into sufficient writ
ten agreement with said Board of Coun-
| " commissioners to complete and equip
said road to the east line of said county
| within the time above specified. and TO
establish and maintain a depot aud side
| LEack within one-fourth of mile of the
toWnsite Of Neosho Rapids, in said coun-
| y OF Lyon. and said facts OF the compile
ton OF said road to the western or south
efn line OF the county, the location OF
SAID shops and offices at Emporia and the
que execution of the contract for their
perpetual maintenance ut Emporia, and
| the cue execution Of the contract Tor the
completion and equipment OF said road to
the eastern line Of the county, and the
| est3bIi Emeat anil r-s.pf19annn If said
QeEOt AID ssNe-trsek, ~ stGoTs- aia4. have
been eertilieU by ssio Beard OF County
commissioners TO the custodian Of said
bonds, the said custodian shall deliver
20 the said railroad company or its
assigns an amount Of said bonds and
Stock equal to four thousand dol
Jars per mile of the road so con-
structed; and when said railroad shall
have been completed from Emporia to the
east line of the said county of LYON
by the way OF the town of Neoeho Rapids.
Inc line OF said road to be within one
fourth OK mile Of said town. and a de-
pot and sfde-track established as afore.
saids and that fact has been certified to
the custodian OF said bonds and stock as
Aforesaid, and all the conditions Concern
Ing said shops and Offices shall have been
fully complied with, then the said Gus
todian shall deliver TO said railroad ccm-
pany the remainder OF said bonds and
stock.
4ih. The submission OF this PROPOSE
ton to be at 3 special election in said
county to be called and held and the re-
turns to be maze and the result ascertain
ed and declared according to the rules
and regulations provided In the general
election laws Of the State OF Kansas.
Those voting for the said proposition.
shall have written or printed en- theirbal-
lots the words, "For the proposition. %
and these voting against the said propo-
sition shalt have written or printed on
their ballots the words, against the
proposifIon."
Shsrlf's Office, January II, 1877.
HIRAM CONNER,
bow Sheriff Lyon county.
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