The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-10
SherifTs Election Proclamation.

yEJHEREAS, on the 2Ist day of April, 1877,
Wv the Board of County commissioners OF
>eogwick county, in the State of Kansas, made
and entered on recoad the following order, to
wit
WHEREAS, petition signed by silas W Sack
EFT, Geo. Il Taylor and others, being more than
wo-ifths of the resident tax payers of the munlc-
pal township Of Viola, in the county of Sedg
wick, State of Kansas, was, on the 2ist day Of
April. ls73, presented to the Board of County
Commissioners of SAID county of sedgwick, which
said petition is in the words and figures follow
ing, 10 wit:
PETITION FOR SPECIA ELECTION.
To The Honorable Board Of County Commissioners Of
Sedgtrick County, State Of Kansas:
WHEREAS, the solomon, Arkansas Valley &
Eastern railroad company propose TO construct a
railway through the township of Viola, Sedgwick
county, State of Kansas Now therefore, the
dersgneSl, resident tax payers of said township,
would NEST respectfully petition your Honorable
Board 10 submit 10 the qualified voters of said
township, at special election To be called by
your honorable body tor that purpose, as provid-
ed for in an act entitled can act to enable cOun-
ties, townships and cities TO aid in the const uc-
tioi of railroads and to repeal section eight Isl of
chapter thirtvnine (39l of the laws of 1874, 9p-
proved February p, 1876. - and acts amendatorv
thereof; proposition, as provided for In SAID
acts, t. AID in the construction of said railway by
subscribing TO the capital stock of the solomon,
Arkansas Valley x Eastern railway company, TO
the amount OF eighteen thousand dollars, ISIS OO0J
and TO pay therefor by issuing and delivering to
said railway company the bonds OF said town
ship Of Viola, to an equal amount of eighteen
amount of the bonds of said township issued
and delivered 20 said railway company shall not
exceed iileen thousand dollars ISIS, U0O) and five
per cent additional of the assessed value of the
property OF, or in said township, shown by
the assessment last made prior to the issuing and
delivery of the last of said bonds; andthat said
township bonds shall mature and be payable thr-
" years after the date on which they issued
and shall bear interest at The rate OF ten 0) per
cent. per aunum, payable semi-annually, and
that the principal OF the bonds, issued by said
township in aid of the construction of said rail-
way, shall be paid by the payment of an annual
proportion thereofn each OF the last ten QO years
Ot the thirty 800 years said bonds have to run.
The subscription by said township TO the CAPT
tai stock of said company, shall be made upon
the condition that aid railway company shall, as
provided for in section eight (s) OF said first
named act, in exchange Tor 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 for dollar: Pr0rid
| cd, no such township bonds shall be issued and
delivered to said company until said railway is
built and the cars running thereon through said
township, and also provided there shall be q sta
ton established in said township of Viola, when
said bonds shall be delivered to said company.
At such election us your honorable body may
order in said township all ballots having written
OF printed thereon, ''FOr extending and to the
solomon, Arkansas Valley II Eastern railway
company shall be counted in favor OF the prop
ositiOn 10 extend such add and all ballots having
written or printed thereon, Against extending
aid to the solomon, Arkansas Valley Il Eastern
| railway company" shall be counted against