The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
EXCLAMATION.
Elm Township Election Motto,

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Whereas. the Board Of County commissioners
regular meeting duly held on the 9Th day Of July
|1SSO. made the following order, to-wit:
At regular meeting of the Board OF County
Commissioners, in and for the county Of Allen.
and state Of Kansas, at the Office of County
Clerk in the city OF lola, on the 9th day
Of July, 1880, there were present as members Of
J. McCarley and Peter Long, Commissioners Of
Allen county, Kansas, aud I. 5. Slower, county
clerk.
A petition was presented to said Board signed
by more than two-dfths Of the resident taxpayers
OF Elm township, Allen county State of Kansas,
which, with the signatures omitted, Is in the
words following, to-wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable the Board of County Commits
sioners Of the County Of Allen in the State Of Kansas
of the resident Taxpayers of Elm township, q
municipal township in said County and State,
respectfully pray your honorable body to sub
init to the qualified electors Of said township
lars to the capital stock Of the Saint Louis Fort
Scott & Wichita Railroad Company, q corpora
ton created and existing under and by virtue Of
to construct line of railroad into and through
said township.
And that in payment Of and for said subscrip-
be issued in sums Of Five Hundred dollars each,
payable In twenty years from date Of issue, with
interest, payable semi-annually, at the rate of
m and the
State of Kansas in the city of New York
And the conditions upon which said subscrip-
ton to the capital stock shall be made, are:
That the said railroad company shall construct
said railroad Of standard giage, from some point
on the east side Of said township, and running
thence through said township to some point on
the west side thereof, and have the same in
operation on or before the first day Of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1881.
That at least one station, depot building and
side track shall be established, constructed,
and maintained, In said township.
That said bonds shall be issued and delivered
to said railroad company when its railroad is
constructed and In operation through said town
the cars running thereon.
And we further pray that you order special
election, to be held in said township, in pursu-
acts of the Legislature Of the State of Kansas
amendatOry thereto, to vote upon the question
of subscribing for said stock as aforesaid
And that the form Of the ballots to be used at
scription to Stock of the Saint Louis, Fort Scott
& Wichita Railroad Company" and those
against such proposition to be against Sub
& Wichita Railroad Company
And the said Board of County Commissioners
having examined and considered said petition,
and being duly advised in the premises, doth
find that said petition is in due and legal form,
more than two-fifths Of the resident Taxpayers
Of said township of Elm.
1t is therefore ordered that an election be held
in said township of Elm on the 10th day of Au-
gust, 1850, to vote for against the proposition
mentioned in said petition. And said election
shall be held, and the result ascertained and de-
clared according to the provisions of the statute
and the specifications Of said petition
1t is further ordered that notice of said cleo
ton be published thirty days before the same is
held, in The lola REGISTER, q weekly newspa-
per published in lola, and in general circulation
in said township of Elm.
Witness our hands and official character this
9Th day of July, A. D. 1880.
JAS. w. CHRISTIAN, Chairman.
A. j. MCCARLEY,
PETER LONG,
Commissioners of Allen county, Kansas
Attest: