Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-11

line OF railroad built aud completed, in run
ming order, from point on the east line of said
township through 1t to q point on the north
line Of said Township, and have cars running
thereon, then. and in that case, Fourteen Thou
sand Dollars Of such paid-up stock OF said
company ANAL be delivered. as provided by
law. 20 said Township, for its use and benefit;
and IKE amount Of said bonds, to-wit, Four
teen Thousand Dollars, issued by in the name
and on Senaif OF said Township, and duly exc
company, for, and to its use and benefit
That said company shall locate and maintain
such suitable and safiicient depot buildings aud
track facilities In said Township as shall accom-
modate the business OF said company In said
Townfhip, said depot buildings to be located
within one mile OF the center 4 said Township.
That said railroad shall be of the standard
gauge; shall be tied, bridged, ironed and
equipped In substantial, adequate and suitable
manner, and so N TO be adapted for Its use and
freight and passengers; and the same shall be
built, completed and operated, and have
cars running thereon in said township, as sfCre-
said. on or before the first day Of July, A. ID,
1875, within twelve months from the voting of
said bonds and the ma king of said subscription,
And provided, that If said railroad Is not CON-
pieted As aforesaid in said Township within
said twelve months, then any Of the said bonds
Of said Township, Issued in the behalf and for
the purposes Aforesaid, and to which the said
company shall not, at the expiration Of said
twelve months, be entitled, as hereinbefore
provided, shall become forfeited. and said
Board OF County Commissioners shall cancel
and destroy the same.
Thot as soon as said railroad within said
Township shall be completed and operated,
and have cars running thereon IS aforesaid,
said company shall in writing notify the Board
OF County County Commissioners Of that fact;
and thereupon the said board shall make, or
cause to be made, an inspection OF said por-
ton of said line OF railroad, SO completed; and
upon the said board being satisfied that the
same has been constructed and completed, and
Is operated rs herein provided. then the said
RDAri of County (,Ommiaa0ners shall deliver
said bonds OF said Township, rs of hereinbe-
fore IL is provided shall be done, and receive
said stock, the amount then due from said
company. And IL said company shall fail to
survey said road from point on the east line
Of said Township through 1t to point on the
north line of said Township, and commence
from the voting of said bonds, 1t shall forfeit
all rights under this proposition, and said
bonds shall be cancelled.
And on failure of the SAIL board, for ten days
after receiving such notice. to make such in
spection OF said railroad constructed and
completed within said Township, the same
shall be considered and held to be acce ted and
completed and In operation according to the
terms of this propositions; and said railway
company shall receive and be entitled to re-
ceive said bonds in exchange for said stock, ac
cording to the terms, and hereinbefore pro-
yided, but without an inspection.
Add your petitioners designate to be used ut
said election, written or printed ballot, con- |
ming the words, "For the subscription TO the |
Railway Company or the words, Against |
the subscription to the Ellsworth Mcpherson, |
Newton Il Southeastern Railway Company" /
said ballots to be counted for or against said 4
accordingly.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
And the said Board OF County Conf ssioners 1
having carefully examined said petition, and /
having all the facts before it, and being fully /
dvised in the premises. finds that said petition 4
is in due, proper, and legal form, and In writ
Ing, and in print, and was, and is duly signed /
D. tsrs,- h. IA
Of the resident taxpayers Of the municipal
township Of Lincoln, in said County and state,
and Is presented to said Board IN behalf of the
citizens OF said Township.
Therefore, 1t is by said board considered,
ordered and adjudged, that the prayer of the
said petitioners he granted, and that a special
election be held in The said Lincoln Township,
sn the 18th day OF July, A ID. lsSi, at the usual
voting places in said Township, to vote for and
against the proposition set forth in said petit
ton, copy of the same (signatures only being
DmittedJ being hereinbeore set forth, and upon
the question of said Township voting aid to-
and subscribing the capital stock of said rail-
way company, AS set forth in said petition, ex-
cept that In addition to the conditions set forth
in said petition the said board do hereby add
the condition, viz That all such bonds shall
be payable at the option Of said Township in
ten years from date of issue, or ut any zine
thereafter, by pay ent OF the principal o. said
bonds, OF any one OF them, and interest to the
late of payment of said principal OF said bonds,
Or any one of them ami accrued interest Such
sHhli anu TeIuTu5
and the result ascertained, and declared in the
same manner as provided By law for general
and rs conditioned and specified in
,ad petition and this order.
Ii is further ordered that notice of said cleo
ion be published thirty days prior to the hold
ng OF the same, in the WICHITA EAGLE, n
weekly newspaper printed and Published and in
general circulation in Sedgwick County, Kan
IA, and in said Township of Lincoln, said no
ice and proclamation 10 be published in each
md every issue of said weekly newspaper dur
ng sad thirty days prior to said election. And
I is ordered that the sheriff Of said County
iuiy make proclamation Thereof, and do and
,erfOrm all other acts necessary to be done in
he premises rs by law provided.
In witness whereof, said Board has set its
land officially this 10th day of June IL. ID.
sst.
The Board Of County Commissioners,
by \. W. OLIVER, Charm.
j. A. NELSON, Com'r
GEo. W. STEESRoD, Com'r.
Attest:
L. p. FoRD, County Clerk. \)
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