Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12
PROCLAMATION.
Lincoln Township (SpeciaD Elec-
ton.


WHEREAS, The Board :. County Commits
siOners of the County of Srdswick, in the state
of Kansas, Mt special M citing OF said board,
duly called aHd held ON 5une 10th, a. ID. lsst,
made the order followit-, to-wit:
At a special meeting "f the Board of County
Commissioners in ani' for the County OF Selg-
wick, in the Stale uf kansas, duly called aud
convened at the office OF the County Clerk in
and for said County, IN the city of wichita on
June 10th, lSsI, at nine O'Clock y. m. of said
day, there were present at said meeting, as
members Of said Board, \. W Oliver as chair
mar, and Geo. W Steenrod and !. W. Nelson.
the other two members of the Board, and all
being and constituting the Board oil County
Commissioners or said Couny, and there was
also present T.. L. Ford, County Clerk In and
for said County, and petition being presented
by Oren smith, B f. McGrew, Philo Griffin,
and W IL. Yazel and others, duly and legally
signed by n majority of the resident taxpayers
Comfy, said petition signatures only being
emitteti) is rs follows, to-wit:
PETITION
Ia the matter of subscription to the capital
stock of the Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton
4 Southeastern Railway Company, by the
township of Lincoln. in the County OF Sedg
wick, State Of kansas.
To the Honorable Board Of County Commissioners
Of the Cou4fy Of Sedg'oics, in the State Of Kan
WHEREAS, The Ellsworth Mcpherson, New
ton Southeastern Railway Company proposes
TO construct and operate y line of railroad, Of
standard gauge, between the city of Ellsworth,
In the County of Ellsworth, to a point on the
st. Louis. TT Scott Il Wiehita Railroad. in the
County OF Butler, in the State OF Kansas, AMI
in so doing to construct the same through said
township and on the route rs authorized by its
charter.
Now, therefore, we the undersigned, resi-
dent taxpayers of the said Township, and state
of Kansas, represent that, in our opinion, the
people OF said Township will aid the said Els
worth, Mcfherson, Newton Il Southeastern
Hail xta IN gar in tlul mi
ed and existing under the laws OF the State of
Kansas), in the construction of its line Of rail-
road into and through the said Towship, rs the
same Is proposed TO be located, constructed and
operated therein, aud will adopt a proposition
that said Township shall extend such aid, by
subscribing To Tor for) the capital stock OF said
railway company to the amount of Fourteen
Thousand fsi4 900 Dollars, and issuing and
delivering the the bonds Of said Township To
said railway com "aly. TO an equal amount Of
Fourteen Thousand (sl4 ,000j Dollars, In pay
ment of and for said subscription TO or sor said
capital stock. The said subscription to be made
and the said bonds to be executed, Issued, and
delivered In payment thereof. dollar for dollar.
under and by virtue and authority Of the pro-
visions Of law appli able to such case. contain
ell In net of the Legislature of the State of
Kansas, entitled IAN Act to enable Counties,
Townships, and Cities 10 aid In the construc-
tion OF Railroads, and TO repeal section eight.
CT chapter thirty-nine, of the laws OF ls.4,"
approved February 18th, 1876, and the laws
aneDdatory thereof
We therefore petition your honorable body,
that, pursuant 10 the statute In such case made
and provided, and at special election, to he
liked and called by You for such purpose, and
held in said Township, you do submit and cause
to be submitted 10 the qualified voters OF the
said Township, In the manner provided by law,
a proposition providing for the making of n
subscription to the capital stock Of the said rail-
Railway Company as Aforesaid by and on be
half oil said Township, and the question Of
thereby aiding said railway company, Ms herein
stated. In the con- riIeton Of lis lines Of rail-
road into and within the limits al said Tatyn-
ship, upon such lines and route Ms the said com
pany may adopt
The terms and conditions upon which 1t Is
asked and proposed by your petitioners that
said subscription shall lie made, and the mani
ner OF carrying out the same are the following,
to-wit: That the Board of County Commits
sioner. Of the said County Of Sedgwick In the
state of Kansas, on behalf and In the name of
said Township, shall, in the manner provided
by law, canse to he subscribed for, on behalf
and In the name of said township, Fourteen
Thousand (sI4 ,000J Dollars TO tor for) the capt.
tai stock Of the said Ellsworth. McPhers0p,
Newton & Southeastern Railway Company, and
shall cause TO be taken that amount of stock Ia
sal corporation for and by said Township, and
that on behalf OF and In the name of said Town
ship, and in pay ment OF and for said subscrip-
ton and stock, the said County Commissioners
Of said County shall execute, Issue. and deliver
to said railway company, as herein stated and
as provided by law, the bonds OF said Town
snip TO the amount Of Fourteen Thousand Dol
lars That said bonds of said Township 10 lie
executed and issued by, in the name and ON
behalf OF said Township, in payment of said
subscription and stock, dollar for dollar rs |
aforesaid, shall be signed the chairman of the |
Board of County Commissioners, and attested
by the County Clerk under the seal OF said |
County, aud In other RESPECTS shall be as pro-
yided by law or herein specified, and shall he |
of the denomination Of One Thousand Dollars |
each Said bonds shall mature and be payable |
In thirty years from the day upon which they I
are executed, and shall bear interest at the |
rate OF six per cent per annum, payable |
ssmi-annually, on the first day OF January |
and the first day of July of each year, and J
shall have semi-annual interest coupons at !
tached, and both principal and interest OF said |
bonds shall be payable at the fiscal agency OF
the state of Kansas, in the City of New York I
Stale OF New York The interest accrued upon |
said bonds at the time they are TO be delivered
to said company, a. hereinafter provided. shall |
be computed and adjusted so that tia said ae- |
crusd interest shall inure TO the benaSt of said /
company only from The time said company shall
be entitled to receive the said bonds uI1er and l
in accordance with the terms and G11litions l
herein provided. That the said stQ #of said |
railway company shall be issued an D1iysred !
to said TOWNSHIP ), and the said bonds Of said /
Township shall be issued and delivered TO said |
railway company, in the amounts, at the times, |
and In the manner herein provided.
said II township voting at said election, shall
vote for such subscription and proposition,
your honorable body thereupon shall order and
cause the Clerk OF said County on behalf OF and
in the name Of said Township, to make said
OF Fourteen Thousand Dollars 10
Tor forj the capital stock Of said company and
shall cause the bonds of said Township, of the
description and amount Aforesaid, and In the |
name and on behalf of said Township to the
said amount, to be duly executed as herein set
forth, and rs provided by law In euch cases;
and the said railway company shall cause
proper certificates of Its paid up CAPT al stock,
10 the like amount, dollar for dollar, of said
bonds and subscription. to be prepared and Is,
sued, 70 and for the use and benefit Of said
township; and the said bonds of said Town
ship, 90 Us aforesaid duly executed and to be
Issued, and the said certificates of stock In said
railway company, shall be delivered as follows,
t0-wit:
First: So so0u as said company shall have Its
line of railroad built aud completed, In run
ming order, from point on the east line Of said
line Of said Township, and have cars running
thereon, then. snd In that case. Fourteen Thou,
sand Dollars OF sncb paid.up stock ~ said
shall he delivered, as provided by
aw, to said Township, for its use and bensfti
md q like amount of said bonds, to-wit, Four