The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-02-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

| sas, do hereby proclaim and make known.
that there will be held. on the 20th day
OF February, 1877, special election At
the various voting precincts In said Lyon
county. for the purpose Of voting upon
| the following proposition. to-wIt:
Shall the Board Of County Commission
ers of the county of Lyon, for and in be-
| half of said county, subscribe for and
| city, Emporia and Southern Railroad
company 90 the amount of one thousand
shares OF ore hundred dollars each, making
/ total subscription of one hundred lhouS-
sue and deliver 70 said railroad company
the bonds OF said county 30 the amount
| OF one hundred thousand dollars, PAYABLE
principal and interest, at the hscaI agency
for the State Of Kansas 10 the City of New
York, in thirty years after the date there
county OF paying the wnoie or any part
| OF said bonds at any time after five years
nom the date thereof, and with the
further privilege reserved to
said county Of paying cash for and re-
deeming the whole or any part Of said
bonds st 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 bends to be issued in denominations
Of i've hundred dollars each, and to draw
interest at the rate of 8 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 constr uc-
| ton, operation and maintenance Of said
| railroad through said county as an indie
pendent line, unconnected with the road
bed or track Of any other railroad in said
| county; and as n part of this proposition
for the purpose of securing the permanent
i location, establishment and maintenance
OF the principal machine, repair and
manufacturing shops, and the general
offices of said railroad company at
Emporia, in said county, shall the
| said Board OF County Commissioners
| transfer to said railroad company the one
hundred Thousand dollars of its capital
stock subscribed for and taken by said
county; said subscription and transfer OF
stock and issuance of bonds to be upon
the following conditions:
list. 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-
| ding to law, and deposited in 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 ut the same place and TO
the same party to whom said bonds shall
| be entrusted as Aforesaid, in whose DOS.
| session said stock shall remain until its
delivery as hereinafter provided.
%. The said Kansas City, EmperIa and
Southern Railroad Company or their as
signs, shall construct and equip, as afore-
| said, and have in operation. a railroad
| of gauge Of three feet, so constructed
as TO form one continuous, independent
| 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
1ned. ana from Emporla to the eastern
| line OF said county OF Lyon within two
| years from the commencement OF first
work on laid road; said road to be con-
structed in substantial manner. and
the equipn ent thereof to be first-cIas IS,
and sufficient for The traffic of the ROAD
| 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 ia 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,
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 inning
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
pleted from the city Of Emporia, to the
| south or west line of said county
and when the principal machine. repair,
and manufacturing shops and the general
| offices 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
| for the permanent continuance and main
| tenance OF said shops and offices at EN-
/ porla, and when said railroad company
| shall mare entered into q sufficient writ
ten agreement with said Board of Coun-
/ ty 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
track within one-fourth of mile Of the
toWnsite Of Neosho Rapids, in said eoun-
/ ~ Of Lyon, and said facts Of the compile
ton Of said road to the western or south-
ern line Of the county, the location OF
| said shops and offices at Emporia and the
due execution Of the contract for their
perpetual maintenance at Emporia, and
tne due execution Of the contract tor The
completion and equipment Of said road to
| the eastern line Of the county, and the
| establishment and maintenance Of said
/ heDes a"sl si.le-t-~"iS. aforesaid have
Leea teriii.s. icy said Il. All "a county
| Commissioners To the custodian Of said
/ bonds. the said custodian shall deliver
to the said railroad company or its
| assigns an amount Of said bonds and
| stock equal TO four thousand del
! Jars per mile Of the road SO con-
strncted; 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 Eeosho Rapids
the line OF said road to be within one
fourth Of q mile OF said town, and de-
pot and side-traek established as afore-
/
the custodian OF said bonds and stock az
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 ecm-
pany the remainder OF said bonds and
| stock.
4th. The submission Of this PROPOSE
ton 70 be At 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 20 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 on theirLal.
lots the words, t.For the proposition, y
snd these voting against the said propo.
sition shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words, Against the
proposition"
Sheriff's Office, January II, 1917.
HIRAM CONNER
Bow Sheriff Lyon county.
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MANUFACTURER OF
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