The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-17

tending Aid 10 the Solomon, Arkansas Valley and
Eastern Railway Company" shall be counted
against said proposition
G,,stave Barth Henry Pennington
William Lyman 4 l. Lyman
VIM Thompson w Nj Mnick
Jonh atiller Peter Smith
II Pine 5 III MaIderman
w s johnson William Lawson
Alvin Inick w G. Moore
NJ N Davis John 4 Bailey
AndreW MinicS Samuel ii Hoover
Jonn Webes Andrew Lohn
> u Nebber L j Peters
A Weber 4 Peters
George Coy William Nichols
Jernigan Thomas-Jetrery
Edward Beyer John g Ioche.
A J Wright DC johnson
X Anderson Thomas Jones
James Holman Andrew Chamberlain
James Cham berlain Isaac Havcraft
\ III Pruitt WIN w Rupp
III Il smith G. Enley
Thos Campbell Marshall Mcclure
Ehlers \ Jpeuce
L ID Armstrong Jim Anderson
j n Howard L X Martin
William DEpy W A Martin
James III Mctsrilr
And whereas it has been shown to the satisfac-
ti9n OF the said board, and the said board SO finds
auJuuSss and declares said petition has been
signed by and contains the names of more than
two-hiths of the taxpayers actually resident in
said township of Alton; Now, therefore
pursuant to the prayer Of said petition and the
act Of the Legislature of the State of Kansas ,en-
titled An act TO enable Counties, townships and
cities TO aid in the construction of railroads. and
to repeal section light of chapter tbirty-nine of
tne laws OF 1874, approved February 2Jth, 1876, >"
and tne acts amendatory thereof.
III Is hereby ordered by Ihe board of county
commissioners of sedgwick county, State of
kansas, that q special election be held in the
township Of Alton, in said county of sedgwick,
ut the Usual voting place thsre0i, on the
ITH Day OF JUNE, 1877,
at which said election the following proposition
shall be submitted 10 the legal voters of said
township for their decision, to wit:
shall the county commissioners of Sedgwick
county, state of Kansas, for and on behalf of
said township of Alton, in said county and State,
II. aiG OF the construction of the railway OF the
solomon, Arkansas Valley & Eastern Railway
company cause the county clerk of said county
township, the capital stock of the Solomon, Ar
kansas Valley X Eastern Railway Company to
the amount Of eighteen thousand dollars (SlS.900i
and pay therefor By issuing and delivering to said
railway company the bonds of said township of
Alton to an equal amount of eighteen thousand
doiiars Proefded, That the whole amount of the
oohcs Oh said township so issued and delivered
70 SAID railway company, shall not exceed fifteen
Thousand dollars 1915, 000l and i've per cent. adj
dltlonal OF the assessed value of the property Of
orln, said township, IS shown by the assessment
last made, prior to the issuing and delivery 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,
sha bear interest at the rate Of ten l0) per cent
cent. per annum, payable seIni-annually, and
mat the principal OF the bonds issued by said
township. in aid of che construction of said rail-
p2ny, shall be paid by the payment oil IN equal
proportion thereof in each Of the last ten l0) of
the thirty (S0) years said bonds have to run.
The subscription by or for, and on behalf Of
said township, TO the capital stock of said com
pany, shall be made II on the condition that said
railway company shall, rs provided for in zectiOn
eight OF the act first named in said petition, in
exchange for and IN considera ion of said town
ship bonds, deliyer 10 the treasurer of said town
ship, stock in their said road equal in amount
with the bonds authorized to be issued dollar for
dollar; Pr0rided, No such township bonds shall
be issued and delivered To said railway company
until sand railway is built and the cars running
thereon through said township; and also provid-
ed there shall be 4 station established in said
township of Alton, when sand bonds shall be is
sued and delivered to said company.
All the foregoing order to be In accordance with
the petition of said resident taxpayers of said
township, which petition is made part of this
order.
Those voting at said election, in favor of said
proposition snail have written or printed on their
ballots: For extending aid to the solomon, Ar
kansas Valley & Eastern Railway Company - and
those voting at SAID election against said PROPOSE
ton shall have written OF prltted their ballots,
"a against extending aid 10 the Solomon, Arkan-
sas Valley Eastern Railway Ccmpany, -
And it is further ordered that the Sherif of said
county of Sedgwicls make due proclams ton of the
holding Of said election, to the voters of said
township az the time AID place aforesaid, by pub
fishing the same for thirty days OF more, next
preceding the day Of holding said election a. re-
quired by law, in some newspaper published or
having general circulation in said township
foregoing order.
Done By The board of county commissioners of
Sedswick county. State of Kansas, this 18th day
of April, A. ID. ls17.
J. NJ. STEELE, o. q. JACOBS, j. \. NELSON. /
Board OF county commissioners OF Sedgwick
county, State of Kansas.
lSeal.l Attest: John Tucker, County Clerk.
State of Kansas, County of Sedgwick, So.
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Is true and correct copy Of the record of the pro-
ceedings of the board OF county commissioners
Of Sedgwck county, in the matter of the petition
Tor special election 10 vote upon the question of
issuing bonds in the township of Alton, TO aid in |
Inc construction of the solomon. Arkansas Valley
Y Eastern Railway, and orders of the board IN |
relation thereto.
Witness my hand and official seal this 2sth day !
Of April, ISL. JOHN TUCKER,
l5eail County Clerk. |
Now, therefore, /, H. W Cunning. Sheriff OF |
seagwick county, State of Kansas, do hereby pro-
claim and make known that on
THE 1TH DAY OF JUNE, A. ISL,
here viii be held special election al the usual
pldce of voting in The municipal township of |
Afton in said county Of SedglTrck, for the propo-
lticn contained i'll the above order, in the man |
Ter and form therein prov ided and set forth.
sheriff s office, Wichita, Sedgwick county, |
KANSAS, May LIST, lST7
II. w. DUSNING,
Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas.