The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03

| At specal:meeting of the Board Of county
onice OF the county clerk in the city of lola. on
| the 2ith day Of October "A ID. lsS2, there were
present as members Of said board A. J. Nc
! Car,cy, chairman; ii. Ii. urance and G.. w.
| Noon: commissioners OF said county of Allen
and state of Kansas, and I. = slower, county
clerk of said county, petition was presented
TO said Board Of county commissioners signei
by more than two-liffls of theresitent tax pay
ers Of the township of lola, in said Allen coun-
| ~ aud state of Kansas, which, with the sigma
! lures omitted, was in words and figures as fol-
| lows, to-wit:
| In the matter of subscription t, the capital
STICK of the Nebraska, Topeka, lola Menu
phis Railroad Co., by lola township, In the
county OF Allen
To the honorable board Of County Commissioners
| of Allen county, in the state Of kdnsds:
| Whereas, the Nebraska, Topeka, lola & Men,
phis ltailruai Company, propose I" Construct
and operate a line of railroad of standard qua; G
| from the c ty of nirard, Kansas. In n 'rtherly
direction through the count es OF Crawford,
Neoshu, Alleu, Woodson, Coiry. Anderson,
| Usage and shawnee, to the city of Topeka, and
| thence north through the STATE of Kansas into
Nebraska: and in so doing to construct the same
| through the township OF lola, in the said coun-
! " of Allen. and thence north on said proposed
| roTte, AMI AZ authorized y its charter, Is
| hereinafter provided.
| Now therefore. we, the undersigned, bcing
m re tran two-fifths Of the reside.t lax payers
/ of the said 'wnsnip of lola, county of Allen,
and state of Kansas, respC ctfully represent t.
| Your Homo able Body that, in our olini III, tire
pc yple of said township of lola arc DESTROYS Of
/ aiding the sail Nebraska, Topeka, lola Il
| Memphis Railroad company Ga corporation
| daily organized and eZistjuS under the laws of
| the state of Kansas in the construction of its
line of IA lrold into and through the said town.
ship of lola as the same Is proposed to be- cat
eoi, cons ,ructtd AMI operated therein, and that
! said tJwnship shall extend such aid by sub
scribipg to tor foT) the capital stock of said
railroad company, to tn. amount of eight
thousand Il lars, and issuin: ami delivering
The bonds of said township to said lailr ,ad
company to an Iual amou-.t # eight thousand
dollar in pay ment of aud for saiu subscription
| to tor lori said capital stock he said sub
scrltion 10 be made, ana saia binds
10 be executed, issued, and deliv-
cred in payment there dollar for
dollar, under, and by virtue AMI authority
| of, and IN accordance wi II, tie provisions of
! law applicable t" such cas,s, contained in an
| act of the Legislature Of the State of Kansas,
entitled 'An Act TO enahte countics, 'wn-
! ship. and c ties To aid il the construction of
| rauroads, and to repeal Section ei@ht, OF chap
| ter thjrty-ninc of tn, laws Of ISL, approved
| February 2lth, lSIo, and the laws aReadatory
| thereof; salt act being ami constituting chap
| ter I0T Of the laws # Kansas Of 1876, and also
c pnsti uting part of cha ter - OF the conf
piled laws Of ti,t state Of Kansas of iS.9, under
the title afUresait, ana iegiHning at sectIou
siNty-tight of said chapter ~.
We therefore petition your iIOnnra' lie Body,
| that nur uanf t. the siaiut" in such case III ttc
and provided, ant 1t Il ecial election 10 lie
u
| provided by Law for sJch purpose. ami TO be
held in said township, you do subniit a:I,.
cause to he sub .itjcd to tht qualified iOtrrs OF
the said town, hip IN the ma her provided by
| law. pr pos. ton prOyidi Z for the max ng of
! 4 subscription to th- capital ST OK of tie said
railroad company as aior, Sail. a.,d by ami in
behalf of sal! township, aud the question oil
thereby aiding sad railroad company as here
in slated, i'll Use construction of its line Of
ra;lr al in;o aud within he Limits of said
township and through t!;e said Township upon
IA
adopt.
And We, your petitioners. respectfully ask
that your Honorable Body shall mae an orier
providing for such submission Uf said proppsi-
lion and question of aiding salt Company,
Without Unueci ssary delay.
The terms and conditions upon which it is
asked and proposed by yonr petitioners that
said subscription shall be made, and tn, man.
ner of caIrl in" out Tie s;ne are the fo. LOWING
TO wit: that the board of county comn ssion-
crs of said comfy of Allen on heiIaif If AMI in
the nam OF the -aid township in the county OF
Men, state I'll hausaS, shall, in The manner
prescribydiy law, AMI herein, suhscri; Z ana
case tn re subscribed, and order the county
clcrk of sal ic nhy Of ..leh 10 subscribe for, On
ehdif of. al in the name Of sIId township Of
lola, 81 hit tn US and dollars t. Tor I"r) the
capital st OK f the sLlu Nebrasna. T"peAa,
und shall take ana cause t. he taken that
.imJu I of stock in said C rporation for, on le-
hall OF ald 10y said township IF lola; aud that
IN behalf aud IN the name OF SAID township ami
in pay mcrt of aul for said Subscription and
ST ,ck, the sail, board -: COUNTY commissioner,
Of SAID county, s all prepare execute anu issue
aud 'eii, er 10 the sad railroad company, a. |
provided by law, the bonds Of said township |
or, AID on ehaf of, anu in the name Of raid
township, to the sai,. amount of eight thousand
dollars: PfOpidrd, hOtccrer, that a'd railrOad |
conn any shalt construct within the limits of |
said tIwn>hira Il county SO MANY mi eSo of its |
line OF railroad T. at the said eight thousand |
dollars, the ain ,unt of said township suhscrip- |
ton propas.l tikcu together with all olhe |
aid ,y't,d AMI subscribed to said compary's |
capital stock in said county Of .llen 10y ami on |
behalf oi, aud IN the rane of al [ ,wnShip or
any other township or townships, or by said |
county or 10y ary city in sail county, shall not |
exceed four Thousand dollars per nile Tor each |
mile of said railrt ad instructed in said cDun-
ty. That said bonds IF said township u be eN-
ecuted and issue in the name and ON behalf of |
said t,wnship uf lola in payment of sail sub
scriptiht and stock, dollar for dollar, as afure-
sail, shall be s.ghed by the c,airmIn Of
the b ard of county commissioners
of said county If Al!er and attested by the
county clerk under the seal Of sad county, ami
in other respects shall be as praGi'ied by law or
herein specified. and shall he of the dennmina-
iinn of five hundred dollars each. Said buuos
shall mature and be pagan e iii thirty ye RS from
the day upon which they are cXecut ii, and
shall bear interest at the rate Of six per cent.
per annum. PAYABLE sen-annuailv on the first
day of January and the first uay Of July If each
year, ana shall have sni-annual interest cpu-
pons attached, and both principal and interest
Of said b0nis shall he payable at the fl cal
agency of the state IF Kansas, in the city Of
-
stock of said railrIad company shall be issued
and deli, ere to said township, and the said
bombs of said township shall he executed, is
sued ard delivered to said railroad company in
the amounts, at the times, and in the manner
hereinafter provided. |
That, If a maj nrIty of the qualified electors of
said township, voting at said election, shall
vote for such subscri ption aud propos ton, and
50 soon as sail Cumpany's railroad $ Iall be
built and completed in running order iuto,
within and through said township of Lola to the
- n o. al H.
on such route through said township AS the
said company may q !opt, entering said town.
ship east of the line # The h. e., l. & ). X. Il
X: therein, and not crossing said line until
with one mile of the city of lola, on the route
proposed by said company, ard author
.Zed 10y its charter, and shall be equipped and
operated for the purpose of traffic, and cars
running thereon anu over such portion or sec
ton of said railroad within said township, and
to the said bridge Ships, and shall locate and
establish in the aforesaid bridge shOps' per-
the general railroad machine shops of
said company, equal in capacity and number of
emplJ yes, &c. To do the immediate business of
the company as such, and to be extended as tie
of said C mpany 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
asthe business interests If said company will
permit. Then The said eight thousand dollars
Of said Fslid up STOCK OF sdid company shall be
deliver, d by il to the treasurer of said town
ship, for and to the use and benefit of said
town snip; and a like amount Of bonds of said
township, dollar for dollar duly executed, as
provided by law, in the name and on behalf OF
said township. shall be delivered by 1t TO the
Of said railroad company, for and to
The use and benefit of said company, IL being (;
understood that when the line of said COM
pany's railroad shall be built equipped and
operated, and cars running thereon as afOre- |
said; then all Of said paid up stock Of said
company, to the amount OF said subscription, !
that is to say, to the amount of eight Thousand
dollars, shall be delivered TO the treasurer of