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

J. I. Lackey f. G. Rawson
| II. NJ. Rec L. j. Moore
g. W Anderson L. IL Randall
| l.. NJ. Pratt z. +. Hixson
| ID. Gonsadicr Il. n. Anderson
j. Divird A. G. Moore
| g. Harnden j. Moore
| L. W Baird b. NJ. Werner
| &. W. Wright y. j. Mccormick
] A. NJ Durand j. C. Brown
| \. j. Hartiand A. X O'DonnelI
| w. 5. Mackie S Maxwell
| II. ID. Heiserman DE. Mccormick
| ". O. Huss W. c. Brown
| j. Lemhert w W. Bodley
L. X. Fullum j NJ. Pow
y. j.. Watson NJ. Sharer
+ Dale j. s. Bcckwith
+. W. Ash w. S. Pratt
VIM Edtier &. G.. Strong
w Oyerman W. Il. Ogden
j. Green j. WIteck
q. RowIey j. w. Swacker
AND WHEREAS, IL has been shown 10 the salts
faction OF the said Board, and the said Beard so
Ends, adjudges and declares said petition has
been signed by and contains the names of more
than two-ffths of the Taxpayers actually resid-
ing in said township of Greedy.
Now Therefore pursuant TO the prayer of said
petition and the act of the Legislature of the
State of Kansas entitled san act to enable coun
ties townships and cities to aid in the construc
ton of railroads, and to repeal section eight of
chapter thirty mine of the laws of 1874" APP
proved February 18th 1876, and the acts amends
tory thereof.
II is hereby ordered by the Board of County
Commissioners of Sede wick County, State of
Kansas, that special election be held in the
township OF Greedy, III said County of Sedgwick
at the usual vo,ing place thereof, ON the 7tn day
of Juuc 1877, ut which said election the following
proposition shall be submitted TO 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 Greedy. IN said county and state
in aid OF the construction of the railway of the
Solomon Arkansas Valley and Eastern RailW.v
Company, cause the County Clerk of said County
to subscribe for in the name ofand for said town.
ship, the capital stock of the Solomon, Arkansas
Ill.
amount of twenty thousand dollars $50 ,O0G,)
and pay the. FOR by issuing and delivering TO
said Railway Company the bonds Of SAID town
ship Of GTeey, 10 an equal anourt of twenty
thousand dollars 60, eO0l Provided that the
whole amount OF the bonds of said township so
issued and delivered to said Hallway Company
shall ! OF exc ID fifteen thousand dollH.s ISIS,
co., and i've pei &C 1t. additional of the assessed
value of the property of Tor I'M said township us
shown by the assessment last made prior TO tae
issuing ant! delivery of the last OF said bonds,
and that SAID township bonds shall mature and be
payable thirty ye.rs after the date on which they
are issued and shall bear interest at the rate OF
ten tlOper cent. per annum, payable semi-an-
nually and that the principal OF the bonds Issued
by sad township in aid OF the construction OF said
railway, end in payment for the stock of said
company, shall be paid by the payment of an
equal proportion thereof in each OF the last ten
40 Of the thirty 500 years said bonds have to
run
The substitution by-or for and on behalf Of |
said township, 10 the capital stock of said COM
paIy. shall be made upon the condition that said |
RAILWAY Company shall is N section I
eight of the act ETst named IN SAID petition, In |
exchange fOr-ard in cons deraion of said town |
ship bonts-deliver 10 the treasurer of said town
shi D, stock in their said road equal IN amount |
ffh the bonds auil oriZed to be issued dollar fol,
dollar. Provided no such township bonds shall |
be issued and delivered TO said Railway Company
until said railway is built and the cars running |
thereon through said township, and also pro-
vided there shall be station in SAID township OF
Greedy, when said bonds shall be Issued and de-
liyertd to snid company.
All the foregoing Oruer TO be in accordance |
with the petition OF said resident tax payers of
said township. which petition Is made part OF
this order.
These voting ut said election, in favor Of said
proposition shall have written or printed ON their
ballots For extending aid TO the solomon Ar
kansas Valley and Eastern Railway Company,
AMI those voting, at said election, against said
proposit ion shall have written printed on their
ballots against extending aid to the Solomon |
4 arkansas Valley and Eastern Railway Company. |
And il is further ordered that the Sheriff oil said
County of Sedgwick, make due proclamation of
he holding of sid ell cion ID the voters of said
township, at the time and place aforesaid, by
publishing the same fer thirty days or more, next
preceding the day OF holding said election re-
luired by law, IN some newspaper published sr
having Il general circulation IN said township and
hat in said proclamation he set forth the forego-
Done by the Board Of County Commissioners of
;edgwick county, State of Kansas, this 18th day
If .spril, y. ID. ISL
j. NJ. STEELE,
o. G. JACOBS,
soard of County COMMISSIONS ), of sedgwick
county, Kansas.
Attest JOHN TUCKER,
TSeall County Clerk.
TATE OF KANSAS, lss
sedgwiek County. Sss
/ hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
true and correct copy OF the record of the pro- ,
ceilings OF the Board OF County Commissioners |
f Selgw!ck county, in the matter of the petition
or a special election, to vote upon the question f
ssuing bonds in the township of Greeley, to be !
eld on the eth day ofJune, A. ID. ISL.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
and and affixed the seal of my Office this 2sth Z
ay of April, 1871. JOHN IL CkER, Ii
LSeall County Clerk |
Now therefore, /, II, W. Dunning, Sheriff of !
edgwick county State Of Kansas, do hereby 1
reclaim and make known that on Thursday, the | !
til day of June, A. ID. ls5I, there will be held q
peciai election, ut the usual place of voting in :
ne municipal township of Greeley, in said conn /
= of Sedgwick, FOR the proposition contained in h
le above order, in the manner and form therein =
rovided and set forth. 4
Sherin's office, Wichita. Kansas, May LIST, A. 5
}. 1871. III. w. DJNSlNG,
s. Sheriff of Sedgwick county, Kansas. q