The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-06
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Election Proclamation.
Notice is hereby given that a special !
election will be held at The several vot- |
ing precincts in jackson township, Lyon |
county, Kansas, ON the 4th day of May, |
A. ID. 1882, to vote upon a proposition |
10 vote bonds in aid of, and TO subscribe |
to the capital stock OF the Kansas City |
& Emporia railroad, 10 accordance |
with the following terms and conditions,
to-wit:
Shall the board of county commission |
ers of Lyon county, Kansas, subscribe |
for and in behalf OF jackson township,
in said county, take the capital stock of |
the Kansas City s. Emporia railroad |
company TO the amount of $25 900, and |
in payment thereof issue and deliver 10 |
said railroad company, the bonds of said |
township 10 the amount of $25 900, pay
able principal and interest, at the fiscal
agency of the state of Kansas, in the city
OF New York, III thirty years after the
date thereof, with the privilege reserved
TO said township OF paying the whole or
part of said bonds at any time after five
years from the date thereof, by giving
notice thereof for twelve months to the
fiscal agent. Said bonds TO be issued in
denominations OF $4,000 each, and to
draw interest at the rate of seven per
cent per annum from the date of their
SdAO CSiHp dula puJd-
bic semi-annually, on the 18th days of
January and July of each and every
year, and all interest coupons matured
or about 10 mature at the date of de-
livery of said bonds to be cancelled and
returned to the board of county COM
missioners of said county.
Said bonds to be issued IN considera-
tiOn of the construction, operation and
maintenance of the SAID railroad
through said ownship, as hereinafter set
forth.
Immediately after said proposition is
voted by the legal electors of said town.
ship, and the result of said election
duly ascertained and declared. said sub
scriptiOn to the capital stock of SAID
railroad company shall be made, and
the said bonds OF the township shall be
duly executed by the said board of
county commissioners according to law,
and deposited in escrow with the fiscal
agency of the state of Kansas in the
city of New York, and at the same time
the said railroad company shall execute
an amount of its capital stock equal in
amount to said bonds, and place the same
in escrow with said fiscal agency in the
city OF New York, in whose possession
said bonds and said stock shall remain
until their delivery as hereinafter pro-
vided
The said Kansas City & Emporia rail-
road company or its assigns, shall con-
gauge, so constructed as to form one
struct and equip as aforesaid, and have
in operation u railroad of a standard
continuous line from Kansas City in the
state of Kansas to the city of Emporia,
in said state, within fourteen months
from delivery of said bonds and stock in
escrow as hereinafter set forth; said
road TO be constructed in a substantial
manner, with steel rails, and the equip
menls thereof to be such as are ordiDarI-
ly used in constructing and operating
such roads, and shall be sufficient for the
ordinary traffic of the road; the work of
constructing said road TO commence
within two months after the deposit of
said bonds and stock in escrow as afore-
said. That no part of said township
bonds of said Jackson township shall be
delivered or in any manner disposed of
by the party holding them in escrow,
nor be of any binding force or validity
upon said township, except as follows:
When SAID road shall be substantially
completed and trains run thereon the
entire length of said road through said
township, crossing the Cottonwood riv-
er on the southwest quarter of section
No. %, in township No. 10, range No.
10, east, in said township, and perma-
neatly locate a depot within within
where said road crosses said river, and
also run said road across the TOWNSHIP
of Neosho Rapids, in said township, and
permanently locate depot on said town.
site, and the same certified to by the
county commissioners of said Lyon
| county, then bonds, to the amount of
| $25, 600 shall be delivered 10 said rail-
road company or its assigns, and a
like amount ofithe stock of said company
shall at the same time be delivered to
the said board of county commissioners.
1t is, however, provided that in case
the sand railroad company or its assigns
| shall be hindered or delayed in the con-
struction or equipment of said road by
any legal proceedings, that the time so
consumed shall be added to the periods
hereinbefOre fixed for the completion of
said road; and it is further provided
! that in the event that this PROPOSE
ton shall tbe voted by the legal
electors of said Jackson township, and
the said county commissioners shall, in
accordance with the terms and condi-
tions of said proposition, by its order
duly made, cause the subscription to
| the capital stock of said railroad compa-
| ny to be duly made, and the bonds of
said township in payment therefor to be
duly issued, then the bonds of said town.
| ship and the capital stock of said rail-
road company to the amount of
$4,000 each, which were heretofore
| placed in escrow with the fiscal agency
of the state of Kansas, in the city of
New York, on the 18th day of July, A. d.
1881, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of certain proposition voted
by the legal electors of said township,
on the 10Th day of February, 1881, shall
be Immediately withdrawn from said
| fiscal agent, the said bonds to be deliv-
cred to the said board of county COM
missioners, and the said stock TO said
railroad company.
The form of the ballots to be used at
such election, for and against SAID prop
| ositIon, shall be as follows:
| The ballots in favor of said PROPOSE
ton shall contain these words:
| "For the subscription of stock and is
suance of bonds in aid of, and to the
Kansas City s. Emporia Railroad Com
pany."
| The ballots against said proposition
shall contain these words:
against the subscription of stock and
issuance of bonds in aid of, and to the
Kansas City 81 Emporia Railroad Com
pany."
The polls at said election shall be
opened at O'Clock Il. III. and closed at
6 O'Clock p. m. on SAID day.
Given under Fay official hand this first
day of April, a. D., 1882.
T. L. Ryan,
| Sheriff of Lyon county. State OF Kansas