The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-09-06
oo,lnaIssIoNEEs. FRoCEEDINes.
Arrangements Made to Refund the Re-
mainE Railroad Indebtedness Of
the County.
sATuRpAY Sept. 81, 1es3

the County.
SATURDAY Sept. 81, 1888
The board met Ia the evening, all the
members being present TO receive the re-
port of the chairman and clerk, who had
in compliance with an order heretofore
visited Topeka TO deliver the refunding
bonds, when the following report was
presented and proceedings had thereon:
To the Board Of County Commissioners Of
Lyon county. Kansas-Gentlemen;
In pursuance OF your order sending
myself and the clerk of this board 60 To-
peka with the refunding bonds Of Lyon
county, we make the following report and
ask You to rstify the same if IL meets
your approval:
We turned over the refunding bonds
TO the state treasurer took his receipt
therefor, which Is hereto attached.
We then made arrangements with him
to turn over to the school fund commits
sioneFs of the state and receive therefor
the face Of each bond SO turned over, TO-
gefher with the accrued interest 70 date
of such delivery, and 70 pay ali bonds
OF the old issue or such ae have been
called for payment September 1, 1888,
together with the accrued interest to
September on the same, and to then
cancel said ponds and certify the fact OF
said cancellation to the auditor Of state
and for the purpose Of having the new
bonds registered.
]. E. JONES, ChairmAn.
WIZ. F. EwING, Clerk.
September 1, 1888.
Said report having been read TO the
board, the same was taken up for action,
and on motion the same was ratified in
all particulars.
Ordered by the board that the county
treasurer of Lyon county Is hereby au-
thorized and instructed to remit to the
treasurer of the state of Kansas the sum of
81, 600. to be by him placed to the credit
of Lyon county, and to be by him used
for the purpose of paying the accred in
terest on the outstanding bonds Of Lyon
county as they may be presented for
payment, said money to be taken by the
treasurer OF Lyon county from the bond
fund of Lyon county.
The chairman of the board also re.
ported that the balance of the railroad
Indebtedness of Lyon county, to wit:
$4,000 could be refunded upon the
sane terms as the $2OO,OOO.
The board after carefully considering
the matter concluded that it would be
for the best interests of Lyon county to
refund said Indebtedness to the amount
of at least $43, 600 the board having
heretofore made levy to pay of $1,000
of said Indebtedness.
The board thereupon made the follow
ing order or notice. and authorized the
county clerk to publish such order or
notice for at least thirty days IN the off,
cial paper of the county;
Notice to holders and owners of seven Per
cent. bonds issued by Lyon county. Kansas,
| Southern Branch:
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fed that all the bonds outstanding at
this date that have not heretofore been
called in for payment, issued to the Un-
ion Pacific Railway company, Southern
Branch, and bearing date January 1,
1870, and bearing interest at the rate Of
z per cent. per annum, will be paid al
the office of the county treasurer of Ly-
on county, Kansas, in the city of EN-
poria, on the LIST day of October, A. D.
1888. That after such date, to-wit, Octo-
Der 1. 1888, no interest will be paid on
said bonds. The bonds that will be
paid at such date are numbered
as follows. to-wit: Nos. 49,
ISL, 154. 1856, 156, 1877, 1911, 1872, 1853, 1874
165, 1855, 1877, 1859, ITO, I'll, 173, 1T, 178
183, 1S4, 1856, 1856, 1877, 1873, 189, 100, 1911
1872. 1913, 1914, 1876, 1877, 1913. 1919, and 200
Said bonds will also be paid at the
Office of the state treasurer in the city
of Topeka, Kansas.
In witness whereof the board OF
county commissioners OF Lyon county
Kansas, hereto set their hand this first
day of September 1888.
j. E. JONES, Chairman,
Attest-WILLIAM F. EWING, Clerk.
Ordered that the consolidated tele
: phone company be instructed to put il
telephone in the court house at cos
not to exceed $500 per month.
On motion board adjourned.
WILLIAM F. EWING County Clerk.