Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-26
NOTICE, OF sPECIAL. ELEC-
TION.
FREEDOM TOWNSHIP BONDS. /.
County Court. July Term-Third d

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP BONDS. ca,
Lafayette County GoIrt,. July Term-Third Day
NOW. at tins day. Is presented to the court .
~, petition signed by fifty. and more Of the resi-
dent .tax-payers OF the municipal township Of
of Missouri. praying the court to submit and
cause to be submitted to the qualifed' voters of
said EteedOmf township. a. y special eiectioufO
to compromise the following ponded indebted
ness ,Of said Freedom township, upon the fol-
l' Tne p srf%ss ana ,spn saia po;n sssSii ia,deb,saoes.
being the sum OF twenty-five thousand d0llars
and accrued interest thereon up to the first day
OF September, 1882, of the Ontstanding bonds
Issued by said Lafayette county for aHdin be-
hall Of said Freedom township, 70 the Le1ing-
ton q st. Louis Railroad Company. TO aid in TIE
company, said. bonds being issued and dated. op
the Sd day OF April. 1871. bearing ~interest % per
coupons attached to saidsbOnds at the rate Of
ten per centum per annum. payable. seml-sn-
nunlly and said bonds maturiDg on the Sd day
Of April, 1875. /. af,s. y t-u.a sit 81
The said bonds and accrued interest to be
compromised at the rate of seventy five cents on
each dollar OF the principal, and seventy-6ve
ssnts ob s1 iss. d ISL. on 81 al In Sesds nev ost. ap y,
ing and upon which Judgments have not been
rendered. and eighty cent? on each dollar. Of
bonds and coupons. and eighty cents or each
dollar Of the interest accrued, on all such
judgments up to September l, 1881. to be paid by
The said funded or compromise, b0nds to. be
issued as OF date September 1, lsd2. and to be
dated September Il 1882. and to become due aud
payable twenty years after the date thereof, but
|rcdeemable at the pleasure OF the county court
Of said county, ut any time after the expiration
3. nSs % Sel bear T Io9er eae f Saas q tbe s said oS Safe.' s sssd
TENDER L, 1882. at the rate of six per cent. per
arnum, payable annually at the Office of the
treasurer of SAID Lafayette county, by coupons
attached. due on the drst day of September Or
each year. -.
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der the provisions of Article l, CHAPTER 80 OF the
Revised Statutes of 1879. entitled Of
missing and funding county and township
It 10. therefore. ordered by the court that q
special election be held in SAID. Freedom,
ship. at the usual voting places therein, on ted.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2Gru. A. D.. 1882, :.
for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
voters ofsaid Freedom township said proposi-
ton to. compromise ssid bonded debt Of said
township in accordance with, and upon the
terms and conditions named in said petition and
above set forth. as-st
And it is further ordered that this proposition
ing to law IN the Missonri Thalbote, . weekly
newspaper published in said Freedom township.
LAFAYETTE county, for Jour weeks before the date
ton. when said proposition to compromise and
innd shall be voted on. the last of said weekly
insertions to be at least ten days before the day
BY the County Court. r. r'@ TI-t
ID. a. PkATHER. Judge and President.
j. A. LoCKHAR ri; Judge. -ti,aE ir.-
Attest: WM. B.. STEELE Clerk.
BY SAMUEL J. ANDREW. Deputy, ."
STATE OF MISSOURI,
IS COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE. }sS.; % i
1. VIM, y. steele. clerk of Ihe county court
within and for the county and stale Aforesaid,
true copy OF the order OF the. aforesaid county
court. AS the same appears OF record In my said
ONCE. In book 70, ut page 266. :tr
In Testimony Whereof, !. do hersunto., set my
hand, and afix the seal Of said court this
II. S. 18th day OF july. A. d. 1852.
WIN. B. STEELE. Clerk.