Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-15
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC-
TION.
LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP BONDS.

Lafayette County Court. July Term-First Day
July Sd, 1SS2.
NOW. at this day is presented to the Court
resident taxpayers of the municipal Township
OF Lexington, in the County Of Lafayette. and
and cause to lie submitted to the qualified voters
of said Lexington Township, ut a special election
to be called and held for that purpose, . promo
sit:on to comp omise the following bonded M
debtednessO of said Lexington Township upon the
following terms and conditions, to-wit:
being the sum of seventy five thousand dollars
and accrued Interest up to September. lSa2, Of
the outstanding bonds ISSUED by said Lafayette
County Tor and in behalf Of said Lexington
Township to the Lexington. Chillicolhe y Gulf
Railroad Company to aid in the building and
construction of the RAILROAD Of SAID Company;
said bonds being issued AMI dated On the 18th
day of July, 1870. bearing interest as per cou-
pOns attached to said bonds at the rate OF ten
per cent; per annnm. payable, a,, annually nm"
teen thousand dollars in .aci, OF said years.
The sail bonds and accrued interest tn he COM
promised ut the rate OF fOrty-ive cents Oh each
dollar Of principal. ami fOrty-iive cents on caci
dollar OF interest accrued up to September /,
1882, on all bonds now outstanding and upon
which Judgments have not been rendered, and
iOrty-eeven and Onr-haif cents on each dollar OF
the amount of all judgments rendered on said
bonds and coupons. and lorty-seven and one,
half cents on each dollar OF the interest accrued
IN all such Judgments ap to September l. lSS..
to be paid by giving funded or comprom's.
Il oohNAo I1C W.
The said funded or compromise bonds to be
issued rs OF date September l, lSs., nad to be
dated September l, 1882. and to become due and
payable twenty years alter the date thereof, bul
redeemable at The pleasure Of the county conf
Of said county At any time alter the expiration
| OF five years from the date of SAID bonds. satd
bonds to bear interest from the said date Septem-
Der l, 1882 at The rate OF six per cent per amman,
| payable annually ut the Office of the treasurer Of
said Lafayette county by coupons attached, dut
ON the first day of Septemb. + Of each year.
The sald funded or compromise bonds to ht
issued on behalf of said Lexington township
under the provisions of Article l. Chapter Sd. q
the Revi ed Statutes OF 1879. entitled Of ''com.
promising and funding county and township
bonds.'
1t is therefore ordered by the court that q
special election be held In said Lexington town
ship ut the usual voting places therein. on
SATURDAY. AUGUST 10TH. a. D., 1852.
for the purpose OF submitting to the qualified
voters OF said Lexington township, suid prOp0
sltion to compromise said bonded debt Of sait
township In accordance with and upon the term!
and conditions named in said petition ant
above set forth.
And 1t Is further ordered that this proposition
and notice of said election be published accord
ing to law, In The Lexington Weekly Inleiligen
Ger, u weekly newspaper published IN said Lex
ingtOn township, for iour successive weeks be
special election, when said proposition to coas
promise and fund shall be voted on, the las
OF said weekly insertions to be NJ least ten day
before the day OF said special election.
This done by the county court.
j.. A. PRArAER, Judge and President.
j. w. HARRISON. Judge.
j. A. Judge.