Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION.
Waco Township (SpeciaD Elec-
ton Nofica

WHEREAS, The Board Of County Commits
toner's of the County of Seigwick, in the State
of Kansas. at n special meeting oi said Board =,
duly called and held on the 18th day of NAV
A. D. 1854 made the following orCer, to-wit:
At a 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, 4. ID. 1851, at three O'Clock 4
NJ. of said day, there was present at said meet
ing as members Of said Board, \. W Oliver rs
chairman, and Geo. W. Steenrod ard J. A .
Nelson the other two members Of said Boa ri ,
and all being and constituting the Board al.
County Commissioners of Sedgwick County
Kansas, and T.. L. Ford County Clerk Of sail
County, was also present, petition being pre-
sented to said board duly and legally signed by
more than one-balf of the resident taxpayers
of Waco township in said County. and all be-
ing majority of the legal voters of said town
sdis, which said petition, (signatures only be-
ing omittetD Is in words and figures as follows,
tO-wit:
PETITION
To the Honorable Board Of County Commissioasrs
ofthe County Of Sedgn'ck, il, he State Of Ken
sas:
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 Sedgwck. in the State Of Kansas.
tsaid Waco township being municipal town
ship in said county, respectfully pray your
Honorable Board to submit to the uuaiified
electors Of said township, n proposition to sub
scribe SIS, $50 TO the capital stock of the st.
Louis. Fort Scott Wichita Railroad Company
a corporation, created and existing under and
by virtue OF the laws of the State of Kansas,
which proposes to construct lire 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 hGndred
dollars each, payable In twenty years from
date Of issue. with interest payable semi-annu-
ally at the rate of seven per cent per annnm,
a nA IA nr pn,l INT Ia In "a fIa
fiscal agency OF the State of Kansas in the state
of New York.
And the conditions on which said subscrip-
tiOp 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 day Of August, \
ID. lss4, and shall build and maintain u 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 rsilroad
company when it shall have constructed its
line OF road to some point on the south bounda-
ry Of said township and have the running
thereon. And We further pray that you order n
special election to he h Id in said township in
pursuance OF chapter 107 of the Laws of II.
1876, and the acts of the legislature of the State
of Kansas. amendatorv thereof, to vote upon
the question of subscribing for said stock as
Aforesaid. And the form of the ballots 10 be
used at snch special election aud for such pro-
posi- ;i0u to be:
For Subscription to Stock of the Saint Louis,
Fort Scott 4 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 Commissioner
having carefully examined said petition and
having all the facts before IL, 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 n majority of the legal
voters OF said township. II is therefore by
said board ordered, considered, and adlndged
that special election be held In said Town
ship Of Waco on the 18th day Of June, A. d.
1884, at the usual voting places in said Town
ship, to vote for and against the proposition
set forth In the petition, IA copy OF the same,
signatures only being omitted being hereiabe-
fore set out, and upon the question of said
Township, subscribing to the capital stock 81
said railroad company as set out In said petit
tition and all As provided in the said petition,
and such election shall he held, and the re-
turns made, and the result ascertained and de
ciared In the same manner rs provided by law
for general elections. and rs conditioned and
specified In said petition. 1t Is further ordered
that notice Of said election be published thirty
days before and prior TO such election, in the
WICHITA EAGLE, 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 30 days. And il Is ordered that the
sheriff OF said 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.
A W OLIVER, Chairman.
j. A. NELSON, Commissioner.
STATE or KANSAS,
County OF sedgwick, IS
I, L. r. Ford, County Clerk in and for said
county, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Is q copy of the proceedings and Or
der of the Board OF County Commissioners of
said county. in the matter OF the bond ard
stock election Of Waco Township in said conn
ty, as the same appears OF record in my Office
Witness my hand officially ard the sal Of
my Office, May Is. 1884,
IsKAL-G l.. +. FoRD, County Clerk
Now, therefore, pursuant TO the above order
the qualified electors Of said Waco Township,
In Sedgwick county, Kansas, are hereby noti-
fed that special election will be held In said
Township at the usual voting place places
therein to vote upon the proposition above set
forth, on the sixteenth day OF June, A ID. lssi
The ballots sealed In n separate envelope
should, aud must be n 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 nth day
of May, A. ID. 1884.
JOHN FISHER,
Sheriff of Scdgwick County, Kansas.