The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28


shall in the manner provided by law, cause to be
subscribed for, on behalf of and in the name OF
said township twelve thousand dollars to (or for(
the capital stock of the said Topeka, Salina & |
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 as 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 denOmina
ton of one 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
num- pavable semi-annualy 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
be payable at the fiscal agency of the State Of
Kansas in the City of New York, State of New
York The interest accrued upon said bonds at
the time they are TO be delivered TO said company,
as hereinafter provided shall be computed and adj
justed so 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 majority 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 ha man and hphalf nj said
ship TO the said amount, To be prepared and
duly executed a. herein set forth, and provided
by law in such cases, and the said railroad company
shall cause proper certificates of its pad-up capt.
tai stock TO the like amount, dollar for dollar, of
said bonds and subscription, to be prepared and
issued, to and for the use and benefit of said town
ship: and the said bonds of said township, so as
aforesaid duly executed and to be issued, and the
said certificates of stock in said railroad company,
shall be delivered as follows, tO-wit: So soon a.
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, as the said company may
adopt, soon as 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 cars running
over such portion section of said railroad within
dollars of said paid up stock of said company shall
be delivered to the Treasurer of said township,
for and 10 the use and benefit of said township;
and like amount of said bonds of said township,
dollar for dollar, issued in the name and on behalf
of said township, and duly executed, shall be de-
livered to the said railroad company for and 10 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.
h.til1 i,.r ha
fixed within One-half mile of the southwest corn
er of the northwest quarter of section No. two %
in township No. sixteen Q6), 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, irOned and equipped in a
substantial, adequate, and suitable manner, and
so H. to be adapted for its and operation as u
railroad for the transportation of freight and pas
sengers; and the same shall be 30 built, complct-
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 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, hereinbefore
provided, shall become forfeited, and be surrend-
cred TO said Board of County Commissioners, to
be canceIed and destroyed
That as said portion of said rail-
road WITHIN SAID township snail ne completed ana
operated and have cars running thereon as afore
said, said company shall In writing notify the
Board of County Commissioners of that fact: and
thereupOn the said Board shall make, or 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 IL operated as herein provid-
ed then the said Board If County Commissioners
of said county shall deliver said bonds of said
township, hereinbefOre il is provided shall be
done, and applicable to 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 80 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 10 Receive said bonds
in exchange for SAID stock, according To the terms
and as hereinbefore provided, but without any i'll
spectiOn.
And your petitioners designate to be used at
said election, written or printed ballot contain
ing the words For the subscription to the TOpe
ka, Salina Il Western Railroad Company, or the
words against the subscription to the Topeka,
Salina " 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 it appearing the said Board
of County Commissioners that there has been an
election previously held in the said township for
the same Purposes, and ii further appearing that
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 i'll said petition to the qualified voters
of said township for adoption or 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 taid Topeka Salina Il Wes-
tern Railroad Company as the Company to which
il 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 it Is proposed
that said township of Hope shall subscriber that il
sets forth the terms of payment for said stock to-
gether with the terms and conditions upon which
il 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 town ship of
Hope on the 10th day of September, AID, 1884, for
the purpose ofvOtng said proposition, and that
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-shal 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, a. in said petition designated.
And it II further ordered and declared thar 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, ard the re-
suit he ascertained and declared in the same man.
ner AZ il 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 or the words
Against the subscription to the Topeka, Salina
and Western Railroad Company Said ballots
to be counted for against said proposition accor