Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-15
sHERIFF's PROCLAMATION.
Waco Township, Especially Elec-
ton Notice.

WHEREAS, The Board of County Commits
toner's of he County of Sedgwick, in the State
duly called and held on the 18th day OF May,
A. ID. 1854, made the following order, to-wit
At q special meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners in and for Sedgwick County, in
the State of Kansas, duly called and convened
at the Office of the County Clerk in and for said
county, in the City Of Wichita, Kansas, on the
18th day of May, A. ID. lssi, at three O'Clock p.
NJ. of said day, there present at said meet
ing as members of said Board, A ". Oliver as
chairman, and Geo. W. Steenrod and j. A.
Nelson the other two members Of said Board,
and all being and constituting the Board of
County Commissioners of Sedgwick County,
Kansas, and L. z. Ford County Clerk of said
county, was also present, n petition being pre-
sentcd to said board duty and legally signed by
more than one-half Of the resident taxpayers
of Waco township in said County, and all be-
ing majority of the legal voters of said town
sis, which said petition, signatures only be-
ing omittetD Is in words and figures as follows.
to-wit
To the Honorable Board of County CommissioneTs
offhe County Of Sedgrick, ia the State Of Kan
sds:
The undersigned, being more than one
half Of the resident taxpayers and also ma
jority of the legal voters in Waco township in
the county of Sedgwick. in the State of Kansas,
tsaid Waco township being municipal town
ship in said county, respectfully pray your
Honorable Board to submit to the qualified
electors OF said township, proposition to sub
/ sCTlDt SlJ.bV 10 the capital STOCK oil the 81.
Louis. Fort Scott a Wichita Railroad Company
q corporation, created and existing under and
by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas,
which proposes to construct line of railroad
into and through said township, and that in
payment of and for said subscription to said
company'5 capitol stock. bonds Of said town
ship shall be issued in sums OF five hundred
dollars each, payable in twenty years from
date of issue with interest payable semi-annu-
ally at the rate of seven per cent per sDnum,
and the principal and interest to be paid at the
fiscal agency of the State of Kansas in the State
of New York.
And the conditions on. which said subscrip-
ton to the capital stock of said company shall
be made, are; That said railroad company
shall construct and operate and maintain its said
railroad OF n standard gauge, from some point
on the north side of said township, and running
thence through said township to some point on
the south side thereof and have the same in OPP
eration ON or before the first day of August, L.
u. 1854, and shall build and maintain a depot
in said township. That bonds shall be issued
and delivered to said railroad company in pay.
ment for the said capital stock Of said railroad
company when IL shall have constructed its
line of road to some point on the south bounds-
r. of said township and have the cars running
thereon. And we further pray that you order a
special election to be h Id in said township in
pursuance of chapter l01 of the Laws of A. ID.
1s16 and thu acts of the legislature of the State
of Kansas, ameDdatorv thereof, to vote upon
the question of subscribing for said stock as
aforesaid. And the form of the ballots TO be
used at such special election and for such pro-
position TO be:
For Subscription to Stock of the Saint Louis,
Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad company.
And those against such proposition to be:
Against Subscription TO Stock of ST. Louis,
Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad company.
And the said Board of County Commissioners
having carefully examined said petition and
having all the facts before it, and being fully
advised in the premises finds that said petition
is in due and legal form, and is In writing and
in print and is duly signed by more than one
half % OF the resident taxpayers Of said Wa.
co Township, all being majority 81 the legal
voters OF said township: 1t istherefore by
said board ordered, considered, and adjudged
that special election be held in said Town
ship of Waco on the 10th day of June, A. ID.
1854, at the usual voting places in said Town.
ship. TO vote for and against the proposition
set forth in the petition, "a copy of the same,
signatures only being omitted being hereinbe-
fore set out. and upon the question OF said
Township, subscribing 10 the capital stock of
said railroad company set out In said petit
tition and all as provided In the said petition,
and snch election shall he held, and the re-
turns made, and the result ascertained and de-
clared In the same manner as provided by law
for general elections, and RS conditioned and
specified in said petition. II is further ordered
that notice Of said election be published thirty
days before and prior TO such election, in the
WICHITA EAGLE, a weekly newspaper printed
and published In Sedgwick county. Kansas,
and in general circulation in said Waco Town
ship, said notice or proclamation TO be publish
ed In each and every issue of said weekly paper
during said 80 days. And il Is ordered that the
sherin oil sa1d county duly make PROCLAMATION
of such election, and do and perform all other
acts necessary to be done in the matter of said
election by law provided In witness whereof
said board has set its hand officially this 18th
Of May, 1884.
4 W OLIVER, Chairman
j. a. NELSON, Commissioner.
STATE OF KANSAS; 10
County OF sedgwick,
|, Z. z. Ford, County Clerk in and for said
county, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Is a copy OF the proceedings and
der Of the Board OF County Commissioners Of
said county. In the matter Of the bond and
stock election Of Waco Township in said coun-
ty, as the same appears OF record in my Office.
Witness my hand officially and the seal of
my Office, May IL. 1884,
tskAL.t Il. T.. FORD, County Clerk
Now, therefore, pursuant to the above order
the qualified electors of said Waco Township,
In Sedgwick county, Kansas, are hereby noti-
fled that special election will be held in said
Township at the usual voting place or places
therein to vote upon the proposition above set
forth, on the sixteenth day OF June. A. ID. 1884.
The ballots sealed in a separate envelope,
should and must be /. turned with one Of the
poll books On or before the first Thursday fol-
lowing said election to the County Clerk of said
county.
Given under my hand officially, this 18th day
of May, A. ID. 1881
JOHN FISHER,
Sheriff OF Sedgwick County, Kansas.