The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK
!, ALLEN CoirTY, KANSAS,

| lola, ALLEN COtfTI, hANsA9,
| October 81, 49,
At q special:meeting Of the Board Of County
Commissioners Of AllPn county. Kansas, at the
Office OF the county clerk In the city Of Iola on
| the 2Itb day of October A. ID. 1857, there were
present as members OF said board A: J. Nc
Carley, chairman III. Liturance and q. W.
Nom; commissioners OF said county Of Allen
| aud state OF Kansas, and L. $. Slower, county
! clerk Of said county, petition was presented
| to said Board of county commissioners signeI
| by more than two-ffths of theresident tax pay
| " and state of Kansas, which, with the sigma
lures omitted, was in words and figures as fol-
lows, to-wit:
| In TIE matter Of subscription tn the capital
st ok of the Nebra.ka Topeka, lola Il Mem
| phs Railroad TO-, by Lola township, In the
| county of Allen
! To the honorable board of County Commissioner
of Allen county, in the state Of Kansas:
Whereas, the Nebraska, Topeka, lola & Mem
| phis Railroad Company, propose to construct
| and operate a line of railroad of standard gua-e
| from the CITY of Girard, Kansas. In a northrrly
direction tnronsh the count es of Crawford,
Neoshb, Allen, Woodson, Cofey. Anderson,
| Usage and Shawnee, to the city of Topeka, ant,
| thence north through the state of Kansas into
Nebraska: and in SO doing to construct the same
ty OF Allen, and thence north on said proposed
route, AMI as authorized ~ its charter, as
| hereinafter provided.
Now therefore, we, the undersigned, being
more than two ffths ~ the rssi,ie t tax payers
OF the said township of lola, county of Allen,
| aud state OF Kansas, respectfully represent t.
Your Homo able Body that, In our opinion, the
| pc pile OF said township of lola are DESTROYS Of
aiding the sal Nebraska, Topeka, lola &
Memphis Railroad company IA corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of
the state of Kausas) In the construction of its
line of railroad into and through the said town.
snip Of lola AS the same Is PROPOSED to be loci-
said township shall extend such aid 10y sun
scrihiag to Tor for) the capital stock of said
railroad company, to the amount OF eight
Thousand dollars. and issuing and deliyerins,
| the bonds of said township to said railroad
company to TN equal amount IF eight thousand
dollars, In payment of and for said Subscription
to Tor for) said capital stock. The said sub
scription to be made, and said b,nis
to be executed, Issued, and deliv-
cred In payment there f dollar for
dollar, under, and by virtue AMI authority
of, and in accordance wi b, tne provisions of
law applicable to such cases, contained ia an
act of the Legislature of the State OF Kansas,
entitled An Act to enahie counties, t'wn-
ships and cities 10 aid In the construction Of
railroads, and to repeal section eight, of chap.
ter thirty nine of the laws of Is7f, approved
February 18th, 1876, and the laws ainendatory
thereof; said act being and constituting chap-
ter lot Of the laws If Kansas of 1876, and also
said act rs amended, being included in, AMI
C ,nsp utiDg part of chapter A of the COM
piled laws of the state of Kansas of iS.9, under
the title aforesaid, and Leg inning at section
sixty eight Of said chapter 81.
We therefore petition your Honorable Body,
tndI pursuant 10 TIE statute IN sucH case Niue
and provided, anu at a special election to he
called and Fixed by your Honorable !iody, as
provided by law for such purpose, AMI to be
held in said township, you do submit a;rl
cause to lie sub, itteu to the qualified voters OF
the Said township in the manner provided by
law, Proposition providing for the making of
subscription & the capital st ok of the said
railroad company Is Aforesaid, Aud by anu in
behalf of sai,i township, aud the question OF
thereby aiding SAID railroad company as here
in stated, in tae construction Of its iihe Of
Int, mil az 1nf
township AMI through the said township upon
such lie and route as the said company may
adopt.
And we, your petitioners. respectfully ask
that your Honorable Body shall maze an Ur,,rr
providing for such submission Of said prop'si-
ton and question of aiding saiu COMPANY,
without unnecessary delay.
The terms and conditions upon which 1t is
asked and prposssl by your petitioners that
said subscription shall be ma,le, and the mao
ner uf carr, ing out the same, are the 70. lowin.
TO wit: that the board Of unity cOmnss. on
ers OF said county of Allen on iealf If aud In
the name of the said township In the county OF
prescribed by law, AMI herein, subscribe AMI
cause to he subscribed, aud order the county
clerk of said unity of Allen to subscribe for, on
hehalf of. AMI in the name Of said township of
lola, ei.ht thousand dollars t. Tor fpr) the
capital st ,ck of the said Nebraska, Topeaa,
lola ad Memphis Railroad Company,
and shall take amt cause t. lie taken that
amou t Of stock in said C rporutiOn for, on i.e
half OF afd by said township ar lola; a:,d that
on behalf and in the name of said township unri
in payment of and for said subscription and
stick, the salt board of county commissioners |
of sad county, snail prepare execute aud issue
and deliver to the said railroad coai any, a. |
provided by law, the bonds of said t'wnship |
Ior, and on ehaif of, and in the name Of said |
township, to the said amount Of eight Thousand |
dollars: PIouiced, hoTerer, that said railroad |
company shalt construct WITHIN the limits of
line of railroad ttat the said eight Thousand |
dollars, the amount of said township suliscrip
ton as proposed. takeu together with all otbe |
aid vut,d AMI subscribed to siid cOmpauy's |
capital stock in said county of Allen by and ON |
behalf OF, and in the pane of sail township or |
any other township or townships, or by said |
exceed four Thousand dollars per mile tor each |
mile of said railroad constructed in said coun- |
ty. That said bonds If salt township to be eN- |
ecuted and issuei In the name and ON behalf of
said township of lola in payment of sail sub
scrpti0n and stock, dollar for dollar, as afore-
SAID, shall be sighed by the chairmin Of
the board Of county commissioners
county clerk under the seal Of said county, AMI
in other respects shall be as provided by aw or
herein specified, and shall be Of the denohinn-
tion'of five hundred dollars each. Said bonds
shall mature and be payable in thirty ye rs from
the day upon which they are executed, and
shall bear interest at the rate Of six per cent.
per annum, payable sen-annua'ly on the first
day of January and the first day Of July uf each
y ear, and shall have srmi-annual interest cOu-
pons attached, and both principal and interest
d
agency of the state Of Kansas, in the city of
New York, state of New York. That the said
stock of said railroad company shall be issued
and delivered to said township, and the said
bonds of said township shall be executed, is
sued and delivered to said railroad company in
the amounts, at the times, and in the manner
hereinafter provided.
That, il amajnrity of the qualified electors of
said township, voting at said election, shall
vote FOL such subscri ,ition and propos tim, and
so soon as said Company's railroad nall be
ftsh In RIM mi Ing GrflGr int
within and through said township of lola to The
bridge shopsh near the city of lola, and up
on such route through said township as the
said company may ADOPT, entering said town
ship east of the line of the X. c., L. Us. X. Il
X. therein, and not crossing said line until
within one mile of the city Of lola, on the route
proposed by said company. and author
lied by its charter, and shall be equipped and
operated for the purpose of traffic, and cars
running thereon and over such portion or sec
ton of said railroad within said township aud
70 ss saq o shd shp and shall Locate and
the general railroad machine shops of
said company, equal in capacity and number of
employees, &c, to do the immediate business Of
the company as such, and to he extended as the
necessities Of said Company may require from
time to time; and shall also locate and estab-
lish in the city of lola the general headquarters
and offices of said railraOad company SO long
rs the business interests Of said company will
permit. Then The said eight thousand dollars
Of said paid up stock OF SAID company shall be
delivered by 1t to the treasurer Of said town
ship, for and to the use and benefit Of said
township; and like amount of bonds Of said
township, dollar for dollar, duly executed, rs
provided by law, In the name and on behalf OF
said township, shall be delivered by 1t 10 the
treasurer OF said railroad company, for and to
the use and benefit of said company, It being
that when the line of said COM
pany's railroad shall be built, equipped and
operated, and ears running thereon as afore-
said; then all Of said paid up stock Of said
company, 70 the amount OF said subscription,