The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-20
OUR NEW ROAD.
Charter Cersfn~ate Sof she IeaveD.
worth, Council Grove and Sterling
Railroad Company In the State of
K0nsas.

Y nBbtSt sHe
worth, Council Grove and Sterling
Railroad Company In the state of
Kansas.
We, the undersigned citizens OF the State
OF Kansas and Pennsylvania, do hereby as
socIate ourselves together and form q corpor.
alton under the laws of the STATE OF Kansas,
for the purposes here enafter stated
FIR>T-The name OF the corporation here
by former L., and shall he, the Leavenworth,
papy
purpose OF constructing, maintaining and
opersti ng first-c as three feet susge rail
wty, ana TELEGRAPH line IN connecti III trere-
with, from and TO the places and throGs b line
couutie> hereinafter namr-.
THIRD-Tne railway and telegraph line TO
be cou>ti ucted, maintained an operated by
this corporation, sra rur from or near the
city of Sterling, IN hire county and -iste OF
Kansas, To the ci'y II L+-N'-nwpitf- IN the
cuun O. Lsayenwo ortn "a u Inc state Of Kan
sas.
FoURrH-The line of Ia lway and telegraph
intended to be e. .n>trIcle'i. msintaiu.d and
operated by TINS corporation shall run
through the coun les of Rice. NcPherson,
Marion, Dickin-ou, Morris. Wsbaunsee,
Shawnee, Jefferson and Leav.nwortu.
FIFTH-Tne estimated !ength OF the line Of
rail wsy and telegraph intended To be built
by this corporation Is two hundred and twen-
" mile.
sIxTH-The business OF the CORPORATION
sha / be n. nsaci. q st the city of Sterling, in
the county Of Rice, and the state OF Kansas,
and at such Other aces a. The Interest O
said COZ pUratlOn may from time 10 Time re
quire.
SEvFNTH-This corporation shall exist for
the .rm OF ninety y-uiue years.
kIGhTH-ihe business al, ,lTs OF this cor
poratIon shall be mansg d by q bO.ri of
eight direct n, and the name. and reside =
ces of tnos- who are app pinted Directors for
the first y. ar are as 70 lows.
Ansel X. Clark, sterling, Kansas; L. T.
Daniels, Sterling, Kansas; j. II Smith, Stari-
ing. Kansas; G. ID Uimer, Sterling, Kansas
F. A. iIenderfi-r, Lancaster, Penn. Wm.
West, Nc Pnerson city, Kansas; " W Gi'G-
miester, Council Grow, Kansas; ii. Z Rich
ter, COuncli Grove ksns-s.
NISrH-The amount Of capital sock OF
this corporation, shall =, ard Is five hun
dred T. ousand dollars $50, CU0), .nd the st'ue
is divided into five hundred shares of one
hundI ed dollar (3lOOl eacn and no certificate
of stock shall be issued by said corpor'stinn
until the stock represented by such certifi
ctte shall have b.e paid for in full AT par IN
money or its equivalent.
TkSTH-rhis corporate on shall have power
and au hority Ia in Tease or dimish the capi-
tai stock and to Increase or diminish the
Tumber OF its Directors At any time ia such
kansas, and the by laws OF this corporation
Ia be hereafter adopted. Witness our hsuds
and seals the twenty second day of Febru
.ry, A. ID. Eighteen Hundred and Seventy .
niue.
J. H. SMITH,
W II PAGE,
& I. DANIELS,
CHAs. 10. ULsER,
l.. c. RAFF,
WI RATHyoN,
+. a. .DIFFENDERFTEH.
STATE OF KANSAS, lss
COUNTY OF RICE.}
be IL remembered that on the 22d day OF
February, A. ID Eighteen Hundred and sew
enty mine, b fore me, Notary Pubic In an
for the county Of Rice, in the state of Kan
sas, personally appeared =. T. Dsniels, j. Ii
Smith. W r. RatnvOu, c. ID. Timer. l.. {.
Rsn and W. II Page, ali Of the county of
Rice, State Of Kansas, and r. A. Dlu-ndeTf II
er, of Lancaster, PeDnsy!vsnia, and they
each duly acknowledged the execution OF
the foregoing certificates az their voluntary
acts and deeds for the uses and purposes
therein mentioned. Witness nv hand and
official seal this the 22d day OF February, A.
D., Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-n me.
lsEAL.I JOHN HINRoD,
Notary. ubic.
l. James Smith, Secretary of Stat, Of the
Sfaf" 90 Ep".a~, do hereby certify that the
Oiis A. 4 las. uinent of writing flied in INV
Office on the Goth day of February, A. -. 1879
In testimony whereof. have herewith SUBJ
scrihed my name ard af.ixed IN,
GREAT Seal of ~Iste. Done st To-
SEAL p ka, Kans 3, the Goth day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1879
JAMES SMITH.
Secretary of State.