Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12

teen Thous and Dollars. issued by, in the mans.
| and on behalf of said Township, and duly exc
cuted, sholl be delivered to the said railway
company. for, and to Its use and benefit.
That said company shall locate and maintain
such suitable and sufficient depot buildings and
track facilities In said Township as shall accom-
Townfhip, said depot buildings to be located
within one mile OF the center Of 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 20 Is to be adapted for It's use and
operation ~ q railroad for the Transportation of
freight and passengers; and the same shall be
SO built, completed and operated, and have
cars running thereon In said township as afore-
said, on or before the first day of July, A. ID,
ISIS, within twelve months FROM the voting OF
said bonds and the making OF said subscription,
And provided, that II said railroad is not CON-
pieted AS aforesaid In said Township within
said twelve monlhs, 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 Eerenbefore
provided, shall become forfeited, and said
Board Of County Commissioners shall cancel
Thos as soon rs 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-
tlOD oil 92lu line OF so COulpieteu: anil
upon the said board being satisfied that the
same has been constructed and completed, and
Is operated rs herein provided, then the said
Board OF County Commissioners shall deliver
said bonds OF said Township, us OF hereinbe-
fore 1t 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 n point on the east line
Of said Township through it to a point on the
north line of said Township, and commence
the construction of the same within six months
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 said board for ten DAYS
after receiving such notice. to make such in
spection of said railroad SO 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 proposition; aud said railway
company shall receive and be entitled to re
| ceive said bonds in exchange for said stock, ac-
cording to the terms, and as hereinbefore pro-
vided, but without an inspection.
Add your petitioners designate to be used at
said election u written or printed ballot, con
tanning the words ''For the subscription to the
Ellsworth, Mcpherson. Newton Southeastern
Railway Company, or Ihe words, "A gainst
Newton 4 Southeastern Railway Company. -
said ballots 10 be connted for or against said
proposition accordingly
And your petitioners will ever pray.
And the said Board of County COMMISSIONERS
having carefully examined said petition, and
having all the facts before ii, and being fully
advised in the premises. finds that said petition
is in due, proper, and legal form, and in writ.
ing, and in print, ana was, and is duly signed
by more than two-fllhs t2-5). i. e. n majority
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 aud adjndged, that the prayer OF the
said petit iners be granted, and that special
Ia. bald t,,fl
on the 18th day of July. A. D. lssi, at the usual
voting places in said township, to vote for and
against the proposition sci forta in said Peii-
ton, n ca Y of the same (signatilres only being
omittedj iring hereinbeiore set forth, and upon
the quesii N of said Township voting aid to,
and subs Thing TO the capital stock OF saul rail-
way com ;,any, Ms set forth in said petition, eN-
cept thai in addition to the conditions set forth
In said etition, the said board do hereby add
the condition, viz; That all such bonds shall
be pa yable at the option Of said Township in
ten years from date OF issue, or AT any liine
thereafter, by payment OF the principal OF said
b nds, or any one OF them, and interest To the
date of payment of said principal OF said bonds,
or any one of them and accrued interest such
.eciion shall be held and the returns made,
and the result ascertained, and declared iu the
same manner as provided by law for general
elections, and rs conditioned aud specified in
said petition and this order.
II Is further ordered that notice of said cleo
ton be published thirty days prior 10 the hold
ing of the same, in the WICHITA EAGLE, n
weekly newspaper printed and published and IN
general circulation in Sedgwick County, Kan
sas, and in said Township of Lincoln, said no.
tice and proclamation 20 be published IN each
and every issue of said weekly newspaper dur
ing said thirty days prior Ia said election. And
il is ordered that the eherin of SAID County
duly make proclamation Thereof, aud do and
perform all 1ther acts necessary To be done In
the premises as by law provided.
In witness whereof, said Board has set us
hand officially on this 10Th day Of June A D.
list
The Buarl of County Commissioners,
By a. W. OLIVER, Charm.
j. \. NELSON, tom'r.
GEo. W. >TEESEoD, COM r.
Attest:
T. T. FoED, Comfy Clerk