The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27

lJWtES Euslless ana nituet lie following -fdeT,
tO-wit:
CFsIcs OF COUNTY CLsRK)
LOLA, ALLEN Con h sNsAs,
October ~. 49,.
Commissioners of All c uaty, Kansas, al he
oiEce of tie couat' cIer> in tn city of lola, ON
t e cath da Of October \ D.. is'2, there ,.,.re
pre- seri a. Iii ers sail boa Il 4. J. Nc
arle., cha rna3; II. Ii urance AID q. W
No N; commissioners all county Of Allen
a..i 'ta'e Of Kansas, ana 4. : Slower, coll.iy
tlerk. 4 sal ca. ,ty, petition was pres 'ntei
b. mora than t'y I-iifts of tIe resident tax ray
ers + the towns .iti of la, in said All II rOua-
~ aud STATE # Kansas, which, Will the sigma
lows, tu-Wit:
PETITION
Ia the nat or of subscription t. the capital
81 ck Of tie Nebra ka, Topeka, lola Mem
rhi~ Railroad Co., by Lila township, in the
county Of Allen
To ffs aoqorlble board of Coxgfy Commissioners
or ilisG county, IA The STATE Of hdnSGs:
Whereas, the Nebraska, Topeka, ia & Mem
PMS iailr a company. profoss nstr.ct
ald ,fcgae line or railroad 4 sta daTd .ia G
from tie c " Of 1irari, hansG5. in a u rth"'lE
d rect.od through the cOut es of era fort,
= osh", Allet, Woodson, Con- Anderson,
Os &c and shawnee, 10 the CRY Of Topeka, an l.
tgeuc,l ri,, IN tRrnaEtI the state OF Ka sas into
Nebraska: and in so doing TO construct he same
thru the 'wnship OF lola, in the said cDTn
q. Of Allen, ard the ca north on said 10, o.ed
route, an as .4thorized y it, charter, as
hereinafter provided.
Nav tirre ore Ne, the u ldcrsigned, being
more al two lgths If TIE r.'side I tax payers
Of the said wnsfip of lola, count of Allen,
al state of Na- sas, resp ct.ully re res Mt b
your Homo all Body ta.ai. H. cur %; iai ~, tie
pc pile IF >rii township of lola are 'sesirpIs f
aiding the sal Aeorasha, I"peka, lola
Memphis Railroad company Ga corporation
daily organized AMI eaistjug uader The las oi
tn site of la sas il the Cun-tructiOh of its
lire of IA /. u..d int AID thr ,ugh the sad wn-
Il I, Ia. =, L.. LOO
ed cons ruci q an DY Grated thereia, and that
aid tWBshtp shall extend such aid by sur
scribi -, to (6r for tn ca .ital stock Of ssId
rai!roa con. "a y, to tn amount or eight
h iISand d Lars, and ISSUING AMI delivering
the bands Uf said township to said laIlr al
company to an c .Uai ainou 4 4 e'ght 'hou~and
do lar in pa me { of a. d Tor sal suisse iitiuh
- TOR tori SAID c;lpi al stock .ile sdid sub
scri I;tiou to be made, and said mis-
20 he executed, i-snei, AID deiiy-
er"d . in payment there Z dollar for
dollar, under, and by virtue ami authority
o., a.,d n accITdince vi h, tie provisions OF
rs applicable to such cases, contained in az
&C. of the Ee-islatnTe Of ihe STAT. 81 hansds,
,Hluiei ''Aa Act 90 ena cou III, >, town
snip, AID t ties 10 aid in tn. obstruction If
Ia roads. ani 10 rereal sect on ei-ht, Of hap
ter hirts-nIns OF the laws is'i,' approved
ienru ,ry "a, $50, ami the laws aanenaatory
tIvreuf; said art bein- a NJ Constituting Ell p
Ter l01 If tnc laws { Kansas OF lo'G. and d so
said ac amended, bel < Ihel1'ed Ia, and
c I'll utng p.rtof chapter : of the com
the title afUueSai j.. AN, ie2inning at sectiou
s.Nt ghi Hf said chapt T -.
We her5.nre petition your honorable Body,
that ptIr uant t, the statitr in such case made
and prov idei, ana at "a se,ial election 10 lie
called ana iXet by your Honorable bouy, as
provided ~ la for 3 .ch par. ose. anu 10 be
| cause to lie sub itted TO III, qaai fed voters oil
tic said W hip il The ma mr. provided BY
iaw. pr position prov iii ( for the !! a. nS OF
suhscrptiD. t, tn capt'l st. ok OF toe sa.d
I NM "a n "a "A
tghalf Of sal. township, aLu the q.estiOn OF
thereby aidin sad IA lroad company IS mere
in -ia,eN, in the construction of It's lue ~
IL lr ad into and within he limits of said
TOWNSHIP ant through the said township upon
sucn ii e and roatc as The said company ma!
adopt.
that your II nr.Dly iody sh IL raa,e an ur'!er
providing frr sIch sub,n'ssi.n 4 SAID prop 81
Iiou and quest. Ii OF aiding saiu company,
with ut uHuec ssary del y.
Tn. terms ami conditions upon which II Is
a kr,i d pr y seat by your petition rs tn t
said Subscription shall he Ina,:e, ana tht mau-
ner It carr In out Tie sane, are tue fo.lowtn-
to wit: hat the board OF c uutE com n'ss o.
ers oil said county of Allea o. ieEait # and in
the naIn'' OF the ,aid township in the county of
Al en-, state If. haasa-, shall, in IN manner
poser b II by lsw, an her, in, suhscri'e ami
Cd Use 10 re subscribed, and ord r The county
81 TX of said cyuIty of Alel 10 subscribe for, ON
ehElf Of an in the name II saidt wnship OF
lola, ii hit tn ,us md dollars t. Tor iur) the
lola ii Mem his Ia lrDad company,
and shall take AMI cause t. We take. that
| amou of stock in said c rporation for, ON e.
hall of d a t'y said b. ashp Of lola; aud that
IN behalf and III the name OF said tow ship and
in pa m,rt of and for said sal scripiiTn and
st OK. the sail board Of county commissio ers
of said county, snail prepare execute and issue
| d .iel!.er TO the said railroad couiaHy, as
PROVIDED by law, tie bonds of said township
| IOF, aad on ellif Of and in the paIne of said
tywnshlp, TO the saia anlou II eli hit thousand
a fgs
co Al, any shall construct withn the lliGits of
| said .WnSAi a d county many mi ss 4 its
line OF railr 'ad t at the saia eight thousa ID
= liars, the am Itnt Of said township subscriJ-
ton proposed, Tx u together with all other
aid V Il ami suis9 ribed 10 said compa Us
capital stock in said county of allen by ana on
behalf OF, and in the Paine of -ai't iWnship or
am other township or townships, or by said
county or by a " city in sail county, shall not
exceed four th0usai d dollars per nile tor each
mile of said railroad Constructed in said cpuH-
". That said bonds # sail township t. be eX-
ecuted and issue in the uame aud on behalf of
sad township II l5la in payment Of sal sub
salt, shall be sighed by the ehsirm "a II
the b ard If county commissioners
yf s,id county If AIien and affected by tie
C ~ cl-rk under tue sea of SAID county, AMI
IN "theg resae I, shall r "a prJNiset by law 1r
here ; ec,fiei, and shall ne OF the den nini-
tim # i've hundred dollars each. SHir b,uus
sha mature aud bepayane IL thirty years irOIa
tie day upn which they aru eAecut.d, and
shall Tear tere.t NJ III rate IF sIN PER. cent.
per an Ua. IA, able ~eiii-snnulils ON the frst
ia Of JaHuary a - the iirst ,tiy If JGlY I each
YEAR, 5ni shall have mi-annuai interes cpa-
pOus attached, and both principal ara interest
" said honis shall he payable at the iircal
agency e tie state f Kansas, il the city #
Nrw York slate Il New York That the said
Il Ok { said ri.llr ad company shat he issued
AZ deli, eres TO s3id township, AID the said
bonds If aid tow ship shell he rx citei, is-
ssea ard delivered tn saia railroad com any in
the an gnnts, at the times, ami in the manner
Ia re natter lrOylded
Ina if a maj rity of the qualified electors II
III township, yuIi:g at said election, shall
vote for sucb subscription ani proposition, and