The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-10

whercss. ON the srd day Of February. A. D. 1881
the Board Of Coassy Csam.ssicuers Of SsIis.
| county. u the ssate Of Kansas, daily made ans
49, 70 ss enssred q record upon the journal o
On this. the 3rd day Of Febru.ry. A. D. ISL, tn,
| Board 81 Ccunsy Conairstoaers Of Saline conniy
ka.s.s. bei.g Only convened in an adjourns.
| oeeeinS OF their regular session. n the effee o
the County Clerk Of said county In the CITY Of Sa
Iina, the county seat Of said county. pursuant I,
the statute 10 such case made and entsIe,
| OF record the following order, to.uit:
In the matter Of suhscripeicn TO the capital sor
OF the Topeka, Sasiua ssd Western kailrcad Com
pany BY Saline eosufy: whereas petition In writ
Ing. signed by Isaac h Burrh and va others Of ~,
resident Taxpayers 81 the county Of saline, ssai,
l Of Kansas. and being more than tuo-6lths Of III.
reside nj taxnayers in said county, has been thu
srd day o. February, A, D. issi, presented TO tn
Bari Of County Commissioners Of said county o
Saline, for the consideration ard action Of sait
Board. there being present W. b. Schoil chairman
and Ansoo Miller ard ufof Fsrsse members thes,o
County Clerk Of said county and clerk Of sa,c
Beard: which said petition, with the signature.
thereto omitted, ID In the words and figures follow
PETITION.
In the Natter Of Subscriptions to the Capital stoch
| 1.-THE Topeka, Salins and Western Railroad Com.
| pany by Saline county.
| h IL HossruNe Board Of C,~ssy Cbnmissioasrs o.
tae eo.sfy " SaLfse. .Sass II Ksssns:
Whereas, the Topeka, Sa'ina aud Western Rail-
road Company proposes to construct and ope rate
line Of railroad, of standard gauge. FINN the City
| Of Topeka, in the county OF Shswner, state Of
Kansas. vestvardiy, and In % doing q ths
same through the said county OF Saline and thence
westwznily Is authorized By its charter.
Nov therefore. ve. the undersigned resident tax
payers ot the said county of Saline, and State OF
Kansas respectfully represent to your Honorable
body that in our opinion the people of said county
are desirous Of aiding the said Topeka Salina and
ganized under the laws of The State Of Kansas in
the construction Of its line Of railroed into and
through said county OF Saline, the same is pro-
posed 10 be located constructed and operated there
in. and that said county shall extend such aid by
subscribing TO or for the capital stock II said rail-
road company To the amount OF Seveniy-fve Thou
sand coisrs. and issuin; and delivering the bonds
amount Of Seyrnty-ive thousand Dollars In pay
ment Of and for said subscription 10 OF for said
capital Sfock. The said subscription 10 be made
liverei, under and by virtue and authority OF and
In accordance with the provisions Of Law. appiiea
bic TO such cases contained In an act of the tesis
iature Of the State Of Kansas entitled " An Act to
enable Counties Township and Cities to all in the
construction Of railroads. and TO repeal section
eight Of Chapter thirty-nine Of the Laws of i,.tr
approved February 18th. lss6 aud the laws amend-
aiory thereof sad act being and eonsti,uiin,
Chapter lys Of the laws of lss6 and also said act
amended, being included In and constituting part
OF Chapter ~ Of the Compiled Laws of the State
Of Kansas OF ls.9 under the title aforesaid. and
beginning ~ paragraph 81 Go Of said Chapters
We therefore petition your Honorable body that.
rursuan. tO the statute In sach case made and pro-
vided, and at special election To be liked and called
by your Honorable body Tor such purpose and held
In said county You do subait and cause Ia he sub
mittcd 10 the qualified voters of the said county Of
Saline, in the manner provided by law, PROPOSE
tion providing fc- the making CT subscription 10
the capital stock OF the SAID railroad COMPANY n
aforesaid b. and ON behalf II sad county. and the
question Of thereby aiding said railruad ccmpsny
Is herein stated in the construction of its line OF
railroad into and within the limits Of said county
Of Saline and through the sIiJ county. And ne,
your petitioner respectfully ask that your Hon.
orable body shall make IN order providing for the
submitting u such question a aforesaid. and with
out unnecessary delay The terms and conditions
upon which IL Is asked and proposed by your petit
TONERS that said subscription shall b. made, and the
manner Of carrying out the same, are the follow
Ing. to-vif:
county Of Saline on behalf Of and in the name Of
said county Of Saline State Of Kansas shall In the
manner provided by law, subscribe and cause To be
subscribed, and order the County Clerk Of said
county Of Saline To subscribe for on behalf Of and
In the name Of said county Of Saline, Seyen'y.fve
Thousand Dollars to and for the capital stock Of
the said Topeka. salina ana Western Railroad
Company, and shall take and to he taken thai
amount Of stock In said corporation for and by said
county Of Saline. And that ON behalf of, and in
the name Of said county Of Saline, and in payment
Of the said stock, the said Board of County Com
missoners Of said county Of saline shall prepare.
execute, issue and deliver TO said railroad COM
pany, herein stated and IS provided by law. the
bonds Of said county for and on behalf Of. and in
the name Of said countv. 10 the said amour, of
Seventy Ave thousand Dolars: prov desi. however,
that said railroad company shah construct within
tie limit. Of said county Of Saline many miles
Of its line Of railroad that the said Sevcniy-6ve
thousand Dollars. the amount OF said county sub
scripton proposed taken together with all other
aid voted and subscribed TO said companys capital
stock by, and on behalf OF. AID in the name Of
said county. or any township or townships IN said
county, or by any city in said county, shall
coed four THOUSAND collars per mile for each mile
Of railroad constructed In said county BY said com
pany.
That said bonds Of said county, to be executed
and issued by. in the name and On behalf Of .aid
county, in payment Of said subscription and stock
dollar for dollar Aforesaid shall be signed by the
chairman Of the Board OF County Commissioners oi
said county. and attcsf-d by the County Clerk un-
der the seal Of said county. AMI in ether respects
shall he as provided by law herein specified nni
shall be Of the denomination Of One THOUSAND
Dsllars each. said bonds shall mature AMI M pay
able in thirty years from the day upon which they
are executed and shsi! hear interest the rate OF
six per cent. per snnun. payable semi-annualy, ON
the r,t day Of January and the first day or July 81
each wear aud shall have semi-annual Interest cou-
pons and both principal and interest OF sail
bonds shall h. PAYABLE at the sral Agency Of the
State of Kansas in the city Of New York. State of
New York. The interest accrued upon .ah bond,
at the time they are to he delivered TO said com
pany, as hereinafter provided, shall he COM
pued and adjusted that the said accrued int-rrs,
shall nure to the ben-ht Of said company only from
the tine tiey are 10 he delivered; il being un-
derstood that the interest said bn.ls -hal nurr
the benefit o, said company from the date OF the
completion OF eJch secflun OF said ratr,a1 and on
which said completion such bonds may b. due to
said company by the terms herein provided That
that the said stock Of said railruad company siia,l
he issued and delivered To- aid county and the .a!i
bonds Of said county shall I've executed and issued
and delivered to said railroad company. In tn,
amounts, al the times and In the manner herrin
provided. That 10 majority Of the qualified elec.
tors voting at said election shall FOR such sub
sription, your Honorable body thereupon shall or
der and car,se the County Clerk of said county In
behalf and In the name Of said county, to make
AaWs
lars Ia Tor for q capital stock Of said company
aud shall cause the bonds Of said county Of the
description Aforesaid, snd In the name aud on be
half u said county to the sail amount without de-
law to be prepared and duly executed as herein
ct forth and As provided by Law in such eases and
the said railroad company. without delay, shall
proper certificates Of its paiiup capital stock
To the like amour, of said subscription and issue
of bonds In thereof To he is-ui To- AMI fur
the and benefit Of said county; and the said
bonds Of said county, Aforesaid duly executed
and to be issued and the said certificates Of stock
said railroad company, thereupOn shall b. placed
In escrow with the Treasurer OF the State oi Kari
.as in the Office Of said Treasurer Of state, to lie
delivered rs follows, to-wu:
50 ~ said ccmpany's railrnal shall be built
aud completed In running orier into within and
through said county Of saline from . Tnint
the east line thereof where said compsnys prn.-
posed railroad crosses or shall cioss said
line, 70 the city Of SslinA. in said county aud
vestuardly from the city Of Topeka, ,oaniy 81
Shawnee. in said state VI Kansas, through said
county to said city Of Salina and shall BE- equip
ped and operated Tor the purposes Of trasic fTom
the said city Of Topeka. westwaruly, and over such
portion or section Of said rzilrosd within aid
county. extending bstusen the east line thereof
and to the saA city Of salina Sixty thousand Dol
lars Of said Seventy-hvc Thousand Dollars Of aid
paii-up stock Of said company shall DC deIiverd
BY said Treasurer Of State to the Treasurer of aid
county for and 10 the and bene ut Of said cotr-
ty and like amount, dollar for dollar Of the sail
bonds Of said county. duly executed by and in the
name. und ON behalf u ssid county, as aior~,aii
shall ss delivered by said Treasurer of state 20 the
treasurer Of said rsiroad company for and 10 the
use and beneht OF said eon.p any: and when the
said eompany's railroad shall further he extended
and completed fr"u said city Of Saiina to the norh
line Of said county. on ieh route the said corn
pany may adopt then the remainder Of the sabi
seventy-hve Thousand pollan Of such Iaii.up
stock OF said company shall be delivered ty said
Treasurer Of state % the aid Treasurer 9: aid
county, duly exeested for ITS benefit, and the re-
mainder Of said bonds, Issued by and on behalf
Of aid county IN PAYMENT Of All for said
Of state 70 the tleasnrcr Of said railroad
company. for its use: II being understood and In.
tended TO 10 provided thereby. that when the line
VI said confAnys railroad shai. be built eauipfsI
and operated ss Aforesaid within and through ssii
county, from the est line to the north line on such
route through said county az said company shall
adopt by way Of the points herein specially named.
leaving said county Of Saline on the north line
within three miles west Of the northeast corner Of
vnship thirteen, range Iour wesi Of >ixth Prin-
cipal Meridian then all Of said paid up stock sub
amount Of ssvsaty-five Tbousspd Dolizrs shall be
70 the Treasurer Of said canniy afors-
said Tor its benefit. and like amount Of said bonds
duly executed - herein provided by and on behalf
subscriptions and the stock Aforesaid thai be dev-
cred TO said treasurer Of said Iaiirosd company and
in psyme.t Of seki sssck
suitable and salkeiens depot buildings and track
facilities af such points In said county shall
eonnodste the bushes Of said company In aid