The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-04

subscribed for on behalf of and in the name of
said township, twelve thousand dollars to (or fOrD
the capital stock of the said Topeka, Salina 81
Western Railroad Company; and that on behalf of
and in the name of said township, and in payment
of and for said subscription and stock, the said
Board of County Commissioners of said county
Shall execute issue and deliver to said railroad
company, as herein stated and provided by
law, the bonds of said township for and on behalf
of, and in the name of said township, TO the said
amount of twelve thousand dollars. That said
bonds of said township, to be executed and issued
BY in the name of and on behalf of said township,
in payment of said subscription and stock, shall be
signed by the chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of said county, and attested by
the County Clerk under the seal of said county,
and in other respects shall be provided by law,
or herein specified, and shall be of the denOmna-
ton Of thousand dollars each. Said bonds
shall mature and be payable in thirty years from
the day upon which they are executed, and shall
bear interest AT the rate of SIX per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annuaily, on the first day of
january and the first day of July of each year, and
shall have semi-annual interest coupons attached.
and both principal and interest of said bonds shall
Kansas i'll the City of New York, State of New
York. The interest accrued upon said bonds at
the time they 10 be delivered 10 said company,
as hereinafter provided, shall be computed and adj
usted that the said accrued interest shall inure
to the benefit of the said company only from the
time they are to be so delivered. That the said
stock of said railroad company shall be issued and
delivered TO said township, and the said bonds of
said township shall be issued and delivered TO said
railroad company. in the amounts, at the times,
and in the manner herein provided
That, if a ma jOrity of the qualified electors of
said township voting at said election, shall vote
for such subscription, your honorable body there
upon shall order and cause the County Clerk of
said county. on behalf Of and in the name of said
township to make said subscription of twelve
thosuand dollars TO Tor fOr) the capital stock OF
said company, and shall cause the bonds of said
township, of the description aforesaid, and
in the name and on behalf of said town.
ship to the said amount, To be prepared and
duly executed as herein set FORTH and a. provided
by law in such and the said railroad company
shall proper certificates of it, paid-up CAPT
tai stock 10 the like amount dollar for dollar, of
said bonds and subscription, TO be prepared and
issued to and for the and benefit of said town
ship; and the said bonds of said township, so
aforesaid duly executed and to be issued, and the
said certificates of stock i'll said railroad company,
shall be delivered a. follows, tO-wt: So soon as
said companys railroad shall be built and cOmplet-
ed in running order into, Within and through said
township of Hope from the east line thereof to the
north line of said township and upon such route,
through said township, a. the said company may
adopt, or so said railroad shall be built
and completed in running order into, within and
through said township, and from the city of Coun-
Gil Grove in Morris county, in said State of Kan
sas, through said township, TO the north line, on
the route proposed by said company, and author
lied by its charter: and shall be equipped and OPP
Grated for the purpose of traffic, and running
such portion or section of said railroad within
said township,-then the said twelve thousand
be delivered to the Treasurer of said township,
for and to the and benefit of said township:
and like amount of said bonds of said township,
dollar for dollar, issued in the name and behalf
of said township, and duly executed shall be de-
ivered to the said railroad company for and to the
use and behefit of said company.
That said company shall locate and maintain
such suitable and sufficient depot buildings and
track facilities in said township shall accOmmO-
date the business of said company In said town.
ship The said depot buildings 10 be located and
within half mile nf the
of the northwest quarter of section No. two %
in township No sixteen (l6), of range No. three
~ east of the sixth principal meridian, in said
township of Hope.
That said railroad shall be of the standard guage:
shall be tied, bridged, rOned and equipped in
substantial, adequate, and suitable manner, and
so a. to be adapted for its and operation rs
railroad for the transportation of freight and pas
sengers: and the same shall be built, cOmplet-
ed, and operated, and have cars running thereon,
in and through said township, within seventeen
months from the voting OF said bonds and the max
ing of said subscription. And provided that if said
railroad is not completed as aforesaid through said
township, within said seventeen months, then 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
seventeen months be entitled, rs herenbefOre
provided shall become forfeited, and be surrend-
cred to said Board of County Commissioners, to
be canceIed and destroyed
That a. soon as said portion of said rail
road within said Township shall be completed and
said, said company shall In writing notify the
Board of County Commissioners of that fact: and
thereupon the said Board shall make, cause to
be made, an inspection of said portion of said line
of railroad, so competed and upon the said Board
being satisfied that the Same has been constructed
and completed, and is operated as herein prOvid-
ed then the said Board of County Commissioners
of said county shall deliver said bonds of said
township, hereinbefOre it is provided shall be
done, and applicable 10 the completed portion
of said railroad aforesaid, and receive said stock
from said company.
And on failure Of the said Board for ten DAYS
after receiving such notice, to make such inspec-
ton of said railroad so constructed and completed
within and through said township, the same shall
be considered and held to be accepted and COM
pleted, and in operation according to the terms
of this proposition; and said railroad company
shall receive and be entitled to Receive said bonds
in exchange for SAID stock according tn the terms,
and a. hereinbefore provided, but without any in
spectiOn.
And your petitioners designate to be used at
said election, written or printed ballot contain
inc the words For the subscription to the TOpe-
ka, Salina & Western Railroad Company or the
words against the subscription to the Topeka,
Sana ~ Western Railroad Company. Said
ballots TO be counted for or against said PROPOSE
ton accordingly.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
And, Whereas, The said petition being duly filed
and now set down for hearing, and the said Board
of County Commissioners having duly examined
and considered the same, and being fully advised
in the premises: and il appearing the said Board
of County Commissioners that there has been an
election previously held i'll the said township for
the same purposes, and it further appearing that
a majority of the legal voters of said township of
Hope have signed the above petition, and have
petitioned therein in writing, the said Board of
County Commissioners TO submit the proposition,
contained in said petition, to the qualified voters
of said township for adoption rejection: the
said Board do find and declare that said petition is
in writing: that it is subscribed by more than
majority of the qualified and legal voters of said
township of Hope, in said County of Dickinson:
that it designateS the said Topeka, Saina II Wes-
tern Railroad Company as the Company to which
it Is proposed to extend aid in the construction
and building of its railroad into, within and
through said township and the amount of capital
stock of said Company for which ii is proposed
that said township of Hope shall subscribe that il
sets forth the terms of payment for said stock to-
gether with the terms and conditions upon which
it is proposed to make said subscription, and the
ballot TO be used at said election asked and prayed
To be held in said township, and that the said pc
titiOn Is in all respects in conformity to law
Now, therefore, in accordance with the prayer of
said petition, and pursuant to, and by virtue and
under the authority of the several statutes in such
case made and provided, it Is hereby ordered and
declared by the said Board, that the prayer of said
petition be, and the same is hereby granted, and
that special election be held in said township of
Hope, on the 10th day of September, A. d., 1884 for
the purpose voting said proposition and that at
said special election the question and proposition
set forth in the hereinbefore recited petition
all of which said petition Is hereby made part of
this Order-shall be and is hereby submitted to the
legal and qualified electors of said township of
Hope, for their decision, by voting by bal
lot thereon, in said petition designated.
And it is further ordered and declared that said
election be held at the usual place of holding gen
eral elections in said township of Hope, and that il
be held, and that the returns be made and the re-
suit be ascertained and declared in the same man.
a. is provided by law for holding general cleo
tiOns, and that the ballots used at said election
shall have written or printed thereon, the words,
"For the subscription to the Topeka, Salina &
Western Railroad Company the words,
Against the subscription To the Topeka, Salina
and Western Railroad Company. said ballots
to be counted for against said proposition accor
dinghy.