The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-09-28


I SHERIFF OFFICE, wIcnIrA, KANSAS,
| September 9Th, iss2.
STATE OF KANSAS
Sedgwick County,
The State of Kansas 10 Ill trhom M,s. presents mag
Gene, Greeting:
vested in me rs Sheriff of the county of Sedgwick
and State OF Kansas, that general election will
| be held in Sedgwick county on the first Tuesday
| succeeding the first Monday in November, the
same being the
| SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. d. 1852,
Mt hich time, and places hereinafter mentioned,
the following list OF officers are to be chosen and
the following proposition voted upon, to wit
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State.
Auditor of State.
Attorney General
State Treasurer.
Associate Justice of the supreme Court.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Member of Congress for the Third Compression
al District
Four Members of Congress for the State at
Large.
Member OF the House of Representatives for
the Eighty ninth Representative District.
Member OF the House of Representatives for
the Ninetieih Representative District.
County Attorney.
Clerk of the District Court.
Probate Judge.
County Commissioner for the Second District
And at the said election, in accordance with
the published resolution OF the Board of County
Commissioners of Sedgwick county, Kansas, the
following bridge proposition viii be voted upon
at the same time AMI places
WHEREAS. The Board of County Commits
sioners OF Sedgwick county, Kansas, at special
meeting, duly held and called, at the Office OF the
County Clerk in Wichita, Kansas on the 18th
day of September, 1882. determined that the
bridge across the Arkansas river at Wichita,
Kansas, is in a dangerous condition, and that
the demands of trade and public travel require
that good and substantial bridge be erected and
maintained across said river; and.
WHEREAS, Said Board of County Commits
siOners. at said meeting, made order that, in
accordance with section ?, chapter &c, laws of
1879, proposition be submitted to the qualified
electors of said Sedgwick county, Kansas, EN-
bracing the following questions, to wit:
Shall the Board OF County Commissioners of
Sedgwick county, Kansas, be empowered TO con-
tract for the erection of an iron bridge the
Arkansas river at Wichita, Kansas: Prorided,
Such bridge when completed shall in no event
cost more than twenty-five thousand dollars?
Shall the Board OF County Commissioners of
Sedgwick county, Kansas. be authorized to issue
orders on the county treasury in the amount of
twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for the purpose of erecting
said bridge at said point: said sum OF twenty
five thousand dollars, or SO much thereof as may
be necessary, TO be due in three yearly install
ments. the last instalment to be due not later
than three years from the date of the completion
of said bridge ut said point?
Now, therefore, in accordance with said rec
tion of the statutes of the State of Kansas and
in compliance with said order of the Board of
County Commissioners of se,igwick county, KAN
sas, made on the 18th day of September, rs ufore-
said it is ordered that at the general election
be held at the several voting precincts in sedg-
wick county, Kansas, on the
Serenh day Of !yorcm5cr, A. d. 1882,
the qualified electors of said county shall vote
Commissioners of Sedgwick county, Kansas, to
contract for the erection Of an iron bridge
the Arkansas river at Wichita, Kansas: Pro-
rided, Said bridge when completed shall not cost
to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, and au-
thorzing said Board of County Commissioners
to issue orders on the county treasury in the
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, so
much thereof as may be necessary, in payment
therefor: said required sum not exceeding twen-
ty-fve thousand dollars, to be due in three
mcnts to be due within three years from the date
of the completion of said bridge.
Those voting in favor of said proposition will
have written or printed on their ballots, ''For
the proposition authorizing the Board of County
Commissioners to contract and pay for the cree
tion of an iron bridge across the Arkansas river
at Wichita, Kansas, as provided in section >,
chapter Is, laws of 1879.
Those voting against said proposition will
Against the proposition authorizing the Board
of County Commissioners to contract and pay for
the erection Of an iron bridge across the Arkan-
sas river at Wichita, Kansas, as provided in Sec
ton 2, chapter IS, laws of 1879. -
In witness whereof We, the undersigned, have /
hereunto set our hands as members of the Board |
of County Commissioners of Sedgwick county, |
Kansas, this 18th day of September, A. ID. 1852. |
c. w. STEENROD, Chairman,
u. W. WALTERS.
As attest, my signature County Clerk and !
clerk of said board, and the official seal |
[sEAL Of said county, hereto affixed
L. \. DORSEY,
County Clerk.
Said election TO be conducted in accordance |
with the provisions of the general election laws
of the State of Kansas, and the votes of the cleo
tors for officers enumerated above to be received |
at the usual place of voting in each precinct in |
the county. The polls will ne opened at eight |
o o'clock NJ, the day of the election, for the
purpose of receiving ballots, and will remain |
open until six O'Clock 7. NJ, of the same day. |
Judges and clerks of election are cautioned to |
exercise due vigilance in signing and certifying |
the proper returns and conveying them to the |
COUNT seat for official canvass.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set my !
hand at my Office in the city of Wichita, |
county and State aforesaid, on the day and |
year first above mentioned.
ii. Il. WATT,
sheriff of Sedgwick county, Kansas.