Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION.
Waco Township (SpeciaD Elec-
ton Notice.

WHEREAS, The Board of County Commits
toner's OF the County of Sedgwick, In the State
OF Kansas. at Il special meeting OF said Board
duly called and held ON the 18th day OF May
\. ID. lssi, made the following order, wit:
At special meeting of the Board of COUNTY
Commissioners In and Tor Sedgwlck County, II
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 tn,
18Th day Of May, \. ID. 1sSt, at three O'Clock L
NJ. of said day, there was present ut said meet
ing as members of said Board, A. ". oliver a
chairman, and Geo. W. Steenrod snd j. A
Nelson tine other two members Of said Board
and all being and constituting the Board o
County Commissioners of Sedgwck County
Kansas, and f. z. Ford County Clerk of said
County, was also present, n petition being pre-
sented to said board duly and legally signed by
more than one-haif OF the resident taxpayers
of Waco township in said County, and all he.
ing majority Of the legal voters of said town
sdis. which said petition, (signstures only be
ing omitted) ~ in words and figures as follows
to-wit;
PETITION
To the Honorable Board Of Comfy Commissioner,
cfhe County Of sedgicies, in 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,
(said Waco township being municipal town.
snip In said county, respectfully pray youI
Honorable Board to submit to the qualified
electors of said township, a proposition TO sub
scribe 900 to the capital stock of the ST.
Louis. Fort Scott X Wichita Railroad Compan :
a corporation, created and existing under and
by virtue oil the laws of the State of Kansas
which proposes TO construct a line of railroad
into and through said township, and that in
payment Of and for said subscription to said
company's capital 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 pay able semi-annu-
ally at the rate of seven per cent per annun,
anil tan "a tf..
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 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
GRAFTON on or before the first lay OF August, 4 .
ID. lssa, and shall build and maintain n depot
In said township. That bonds shall he 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 sonth bounda-
ry OF said township and have the ears running
thereon. And We further pray that you order n
special election to be h I'D in said township in
pursuance of chapter l0' of the Laws of a ID.
l516, and thu acts of the legislature of the State
OF Kansas. amendatory thereof, to vote upon
the question of subscribing for said stock as
aforesaid. And the form OF the ballots 10 he
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 4 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 a majority of the legal
voters of said township Ii is therefore by
said board ordered. considered and adjudged
that special election be held in said Town
ship of Waco on the 18th day Of June, \. u.
1881, at the usual voting places in said Town
snip, 10 vote for and against the proposition
set forth In the petition, IN copy OF the same,
signatures only being omitted being hereinbe-
Tore set ont, and upon the question Of said
Township, subscribing to the capital stock If
salu railroad company set ont In said petit
tition and all as provided In the said petition,
and such election shall be held, and the re-
turns made, and the result ascertained and de-
ciared In the same manner AS provided by law
Tor general elections. and ~ conditioned ana
specified In said petition. 1t is further ordered
that notice of said election he published thirty
days before and prier to such election, in the
WICHITA EAGLE, n weekly newspaper printed
and published in Sedgwiek county, Kansas,
ship, said notice or proclamation TO be publish
ed In each and every issue of said weekly paper
during said 30 days. And 1t is ordered that the
sheriff OF said county duly make proclamation
OF snch election, and do and perioi m 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, 1854
A w. OLIVER, Chairman.
j A. NILSSON, Commissioner.
STATE OF KANSAS, l.,
County OF Sedgwick,
l, L. p Ford, county Clerk in and for said
county, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is 3 copy of the proceedings and or
der OF the Boari of County Commissioners of
said county. in the matter of the bond and
stock election OF Waco Township in said coun
fy, as the same appears OF record in my Office.
witness my hand officially and the seal of
my Office, May Is, lss4,
tsEAL. Il. T.. FoRp, County Clerk
Now, therefore, pursuant to the above order
the qualified electors OF said Waco Township,
In Sedgwick county, Kansas, are hereby aoti-
fed that u 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 D. 1854.
The ballots sealed in a separste envelope,
should, and must be RI turned with one OF the
poll books On or before the first Thursday Tol-
lowing said election to the County Clerk of said
county.
Given under my hand officially, this 18th day
81 May, A. ID, 1ss4.
JOHN FISHER,
sheriff OF Sedgwick County, Kansas.