The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-17

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Whsrsas .. the ssd day Of February. A. D. 1881,
county. h the ssste q Ksnsas, daily made and
eausd 10 b sueesed q record uPou the journal Of
~ Beerd the following order. to-vit:
Bsssi q County q sslise county ~
Ksnna. bsing daily convened In an sdjcurued
neeting Of their regular session. q the odiee Of
INA, shs county sess Of ala county, pursuant to
the stss1te In s1eh pevvided m.ae and entered
Of record the following order. to.vit:
Of the Tepeka- salins ssd Western Railroad Com
pany W s.iine county: vhereas petition in writ
lag, signed BY Isaac A. Burra and sss o,hen Of tie
rs.idsnt ta.P.yen Of the county Of saline. State
resident taxpayers In said county has been, this
sri Day Of February. A, D. ISL, presented to the
Bcsri Of Comfy Comni.sioners Of said county q
Board, there being present W. d. Scholi chairman
and Anson Miller And Olof Forsse members thereof
Constituting . fall Beardh and Joseph ssrzer !,
Board which s.id petition. With the signatures
thereto omitted. b I'm the vords and figures follow
ing. to-vit:
In the natter Of Subscription to the Capital stock
paay ~ ssliss county.
n ~ H5.srsSje Board q Cbss,y enmissis.rs Of
IL e0sniI Of Saiiss, SLATE Of kaasds:
whereas. the Topeka, ss.ina and Western Rail-
Inc 81 q standard ss
Of Topeka, In the county Of Shawnee. State OF
Kansas. vsstvsrily, and In doing to run the
the ss ssS1 ~ 2. and
Nov, therefore. ve the unde signed resident tax
payers Of the said county Of Saline. and State Of
Kansas, respectfully represent to your Honorable
body that In opinion. the people Of said county
are desirous Of aiding the said Topeka. salna and
Western Railroad Company IA eorporation duly or
CANNED under the laws Of the State Of Kansas in
The construction Of its line Of railrce into and
through said county Of Saline as the same Is pro-
posed TO be located constructed and operated there
in and that said county shall extend such aid by
rad company 10 the amount Of Scven,y-6ve Thou
sand Dollars and issuing and delivering the bonds
Of said county 10 said ralroad company to an equal
amount Of seyenty-6ve Thousand Dollars, In pay
mcnt Of and for said subscription 10 or for said
capital Stock. The said subscription 10 be made,
and the said bonds to be executed, issued and de.
in accordance With the provisions Of i.~. spplies
BILE to such cases. contained In set OF the Legis-
iAturs OF the State OF Kansas, entitled An Act to
enable Counties, Township and Cities TO aid in the
construction Of railroads, and TO repeal Section
eight Of Chapter thirtynine Of the Laws OF lSit,
approved February 18th. 1850 and the laws amend
atory thereof sad act being and constituting
Chapter 10. Of the laws Of ls.s and ai.o said
amended, being included In and constituting part
Of Chapter ~ Of the Compiled Laws Of the State
Of Kansas Of 1853. under the title aforesaid and
beginning At paragraph "a IS Of said Chapter -.
We therefore petition your Honorable body that.
pursuant TO the statute in such case made and pro-
vided and at special lection TO be fixed and called
BY your Honorable body tor srch purpose aud held
in aid county, you do submit and cause 10 be sub
mitted. TO the qualified votery OF the said county Of
Saline. In the manner provided BY Law. PROPOSE
tim providing for the making CT subscription TO
the capital stock Of the said railroad company
Aforesaid By and behalf Of SAID county and the
question Of thereby aiding said railroad company
herein stated In the construction Of its line Of
railroad into and within the limits Of said county
Of Saline and through the said county. And We,
your petitioners, respectfully ssk that your Hon.
submitting Of such question Aforesaid. and with
out unnecessary delay The terms and conditions
upon which IL e asked and proposed by your petit
tonsn that said subscription shall be made and the
manner Of carrying out the same, are the follow
That the Board Of County Commissioner, Of said
said county Of Saline State Of Kansas shall in the
manner provided by law, subscribe and TO be
subscribed, and order the County Clerk Of said
county Of Saline 70 subscribe for behalf Of and
in the name Of said county Of saline Seventy
Thousand Dolan TO and for the capital stock Of
the said Topeka, sslina and Western Railroad
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
missioners Of said county Of Saline shall prepare.
execute. issue and deliver TO said railroad
pany, herein stated and as provided by law the
bonds Of said county for and behalf u. and in
the name OF said countv. to the said amount Of
Seventy FIVE thousand Dollars: provided, however.
that said railroad company shall construct within
the limits Of said county Of Saline many miles
II its line Of railroad, that the said Seventy q
thousand Dollars. the amount OF said countys sub
scrption proposed taken together With all other
aid voted and subscribed TO said companys capital
ssck by, and on behalf Of. and In the name Of
said county, any township or townships IN said
county or by any city in said county, shall not
coed four thousand dollars per mile for each mile
Of railroad constructed in said county by said COM
That said bonds Of said county, to be executed
and issued by. in the name and on behalf Of said
county In payment Of said subscription ard stock
dollar for dollar, As Aforesaid shall Be signed BY the
chairman OF the Board Of County Comm ssioners Of
said county, and attested by the County Clerk,
Ter the seal Of said county, and in other respects
shall be as provided by Law herein specified. and
shall be Of the denomination OF One Thousand
Dsllap each. said bonds shall mature and be- pay
able in thirty years from the day upon which they
executed, and shall bear interest the rate Of
six per &C Mt. per annum, payable semi-annually on
the first day Of January and the FIRST day Of July Of
each year. and shall have sem-annual interest cou-
pons attached and both principal and interest Of said
bonds shall be payable ut the Fiscal Agency Of the
state OF Kansas In the City OF New York. State Of
New York. The interest accrued upon saii bonds
nj the time they are 10 be delivered To said com
pany, as hereinafter provided, shall be COM
putcd and adjusted that the said sccrue interest
shall inure to the benefit Of said conpany only fr0ni
the time they are 20 be delivered; IL being un-
dersood that the interest said bonds shall ;nure
to the benefit OF said company from the date Of the
completion Of each section Of said railroad and ON
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said company by the term, herein provided. That
that the said stock OF said railroad company shall
be issued and delivered said county and the said
bonds Of said county shall he executed and issued
and delivered to said railroad company. in the
amounts. nj the times and in the manner herein
provided. That II q majority Of the qualified cleo
tors voting At said election shall vote for such sub
scription, your Honorable body thereupon shall or
Ter and cause the County Clerk Of said county in
behalf and in the name OF said county to make
aid subscription Of Seventy-dve Thousand Dol.
lars TO Tor for the capital stock Of said company
and shall cause the bonds Of said county, Of the
description Aforesaid and In the and on be
half Of said county n the sail amount without de-
lay, TO be prepared and dcly executed as herein
set forth and provided by Law in such cases and
the said railroad company, without delay, shall
cause proper certificates Of Its psiiup pltai stock
10 the like amount Of said subscription and issue
u bonds In paymen; thereof he issuel TO ani for
the use and benefit Of said county; and the said
bonds Of said county, 50 rs aforesaid duly executed
and TO be issued and the said certificates Of stock
IN said railroad company, thereupon shall be placed
in escrow with the Treasurer Of the State OF Kan
szs In the oiice Of said Treasurer Of State to he
delivered as follows, to-wit:
So as said company's railroad si..i; BE- buii:
aud completed in runnin; order into within ard
through said county of Saline from n point on
the east line thereof where sail eompany's pro-
posed railroad or shall eros, ssid
line, to tn. city Of Saiins in said county. anil
westwardly from the city OF Topeka. .oanfy OF
shawnee, In said State OF Kansas through said
county 10 seid city of Salina and shall be equip
ped and operated for the purposes Of traffic from
the said city Of Topeka wesixar,ily and over such
portion section OF said railroad within said
county, extending between the east line there
and TO the said city of Salina Sixty thousand Dol
lars ofsaid Sevenfy-fve Thousand Dollars OF said
paid-up stock Of said company shall he delivered y
said Treasurer Of State 10 the said Treasurer Of said
county for and 10 the and bene ~ Of said eoup-
~. and like amount dollar for dollar Of the sajd
bonds OF said county duly executed by and In the
name. and ON behalf Of said county as aforesaid
shall be delivered by said Treasurer OF State TO The
treasurer Of said railroad company for and 10 the
use and benefit OF said COMPANY; and when the
ssid cempany's railroad shall further be extended
and completed from said city Of salna to the nor,
line Of said county. on such route tn. said COM
pany may adopt then the remainder of the aid |
Seventy-hve Thousand Dollars Of such paid.up
,sock OF said company shall be delivered BY said |
Treasurer 81 State TO the said Treasurer Of aid |
county, duly executed for ITS benefit. and the RE-
nainder Of said bonds, issued BY and on behalf \
81 said county In payment OF and for saji 4
'toek, shall be delivered by said Treasure
'f state to the treasurer Of said railroad |
company, fer its use: Il being understood and in
ended to BE- provided the reby thai " rs N IN. IT,.