Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-27
sHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION.
Lincoln Township (SpeciaD Elec-
ton.

| WHEREAS, The Board of County Commits
| sioners OF the County Of Sedgwick, In the State
| duly called and held on June 10TH A d. Issl.
| made the order following, to-wit:
AT q special meeting OF the Board of County
| wick, In the State OF Kansas, duly called and
convened Mt the Office OF the County Clerk in
and for said County, In the city of Wichita. on
| June 10th, 1854, at nine O'Clock a. m. of said
Gay, there were present ut said meeting as
| members OF said Board, A. W Oliver as chair
man, and Geo. W. Steenrod and j. W. Nelson.
the other two members OF the Board, and ali
Commissioners OF said Couny, and there was
also present +. T.. Ford, County Clerk In and
for said County, and petition being presented
and W. II. Yazel and Others duly and legally
signed by majority of the resident Ia xnsyers
Of the municipal township OF Lincoln, in sai Il
Comfy, said petition (signatures only being
enhtted) Is rs follows, to-w1t:
PETITION
In the matter Of subscription to the capital
stock OF the Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton
Il Southeastern Railway Company, by the
township OF Lincoln, In the County of Se,ig-
wick, State OF Kansas.
To The Honorable Board Of County Commissioners
Of the Cousiy Of Sedgrick, in tie State Of Kan
sds;
WHEREAS, The Ellsworth Mcpherson, New
ton Il Southeastern Railway Company proposes
To construct and operate u line Of railroad, of
standard gauge, between the city of Ellsworth,
In the County of Ellsworth, TO a point on the
st. Louis, Fit. Scott 4 Wichita Railroad in the
County OF Butler, in the State OF Kansas and
In 50 doing u construct the same through said
township and on the route Ms 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 Ellis
worth, Mcpherson, Newton 4 Southeastern
Railway Company IA corporation duly ORGANIC
ell 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, as 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 sand
railway company to the amount of Fourteen
Thousand tSl4 900 Dollars, and Issuing and
delivering the the bonds OF said Township to
said railway comrany, to an equal amount of
Fourteen Thousand tSl4 ,0O0) Dollars In nav
ment of and for said subscription to or for 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 applicable to such case. contain
ed In an act of the Legislature of the State of
Kansas, entitled IAN Act to enable Counties.
Townships. and Cities TO aid In the construc-
tion OF Railroads, and to repeal section eight
of chapter thirty -nine, of the laws of ls74,''
approved February 25th, 1876, and the laws
aInendatory thereof.
We therefore petition your honorable body |
that, pursuant To Ihs statute In such ease made
liked and called by you for such purpose and |
held In said Township, you do submit and cause |
To lie submitted to the qualified voters of the |
said Township, In the manner provided by law, |
a proposition providing for the making of a |
subscription to the capital stock of the said rail-
Railway Company rs aforesaid. by and ON be- |
half OF said Township. and the question Of
thereby aiding said railway company, as herein |
stated, In the construction OF Its lines of rail- |
road into and within the limits of said Town |
ship. upon such lines and route rs the said COM
pany may adopt
The terms and conditions upon which II Is /
asked and proposed by your petitioners that |
said subscription shall be made, and the man
ner of carving out the same, are the following
to-wit: That the Board Of County Jommis-
sioners 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 be subscribed for, on behalf |
and In the name of Said township, Fourteen !
Thousand tsl4 500 Dollars to (or forj the capl-
tai stock Of the said Ellsworth, Mcpherson,
Newton Southeastern Railway Company, and /
shall cause to be taken that amount OF stock In |
said corporation for and by said Township, and |
that on behalf Of and in the name of said Town
ship, and in payment of and fos sale, subscrip-
ton and stock, the said County Commissioners |
of said County snaii execute, Issue, and deliver
TO said railway company, Us herein stated and /
as provided by Law, the bonds Of said Town
ship to the amount Of Fourteen Thousand Dol
lars. That said bombs Of aa,d Township to be
executed and issued by, in the name and on |
behalf OF said Township, In payment OF said
shall be signed The chairman OF the
Board OF County Commissioners, and attested
by the County Clerk under the seal Of said
County, and in other respects shall be AS mo-
vided by law or herein specified and shall be |
OF the denomination Of One Thousand Dollars
each. Said bonds shall mature and be payable
in thirty years from tho day upon which they
are executed, and shall bear Interest at the |
rate OF six per cent. per annum, payable
sami-annually, ON the first day of January
and the first day of July of each year, and |
shall have semi-annual interest coupons at
tached, and both prime pal and interest of said |
bonds shall he payable at the fiscal agency OF |
the State of Kansas, In the City Of New York,
Stale of New York. The interest accrued uppn
said bonds at the time they are to be delivered
to said company, AS hereinafter provided. shall
be computed AMI adjusted so that the said ac-
crued interest shail inure to the benefit Of said
company only from the time said company shall /
be entitled 20 receive the said bonds under and /
In accordance with the terms and conditions
herein provided. That the said stock OF said
to said TOWNSHIP, and the said bonds of said /
shall be issued and delivered to said |
railway company, In the amounts, at the times,
and in the manner her Elm provided.
That IL n majority of the qualified electors of
said Township, voting at said election, shall |
vote for suoh subscription and proposition.
your honorable body thereupon shall order and
cause the Clerk of said County on behalf of and
In tho name of said Township, to make said
subscription Of Fourteen Thousand Dollars TO
Tor for) 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
iorth, and as provided by law in such cases;
md 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 ind is
sued, to and for the and benefit of said
Township; and the said bonds Of said Town
ship, so rs aforesaid duly executed and to be
ssied, ami the said certificates of stock In said
railway company, shall be delivered as follows,
,o-wit:
First: So soon as said company shall have its
Inc of railroad built aud completed, In run
,ing order, from point ON the east line Of said
Township through it TO point on the north
Inc of said Township, and have cars running
hereon, then. and In that case, Fourteen Thou
and Dollars of such paid up stock of said
company shall be delivered, as provided by
aw, to said Township, for It's use and benefit
md q like amount of said bonds, to-wit, Four
cen THOUSAND Dollars. issued by, lin the name,
md on behalf of said Township, and duly exc
uted, sholl be delivered to the said railway
company. for, and ~ Its use and benefit.
That said company shall locate and maintain
uch suitable and sufficient depot buildings and
rack facilities In said Township as shall accom-
nodate the business OF said company In said
said depot buildings to be located
within one mile OF the center Of said Township.
That said railroad shall be Of the standard
auge; shall be tied, bridged, ironed and
qulpped In q substantial adequate and suitable
manner, and so AS to be adapted for its and
peration ~ a railroad for the TRANSPORTATION of
reight and passengers; and the same shall be
0 built, completed and operated, and have
ars running thereon In said Township. as afore-
aid, on or before the first day of July, A. ID,
s75, within twelve months from the voting of
aid bonds and the making Of said subscription,
Ind provided, that If said railroad is not COM
ieted rs aforesaid In said Township within
aid twelve mon,hs, then any of the said bonds