The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-11

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| shall execute issue and deliver 10 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, 10 the said
| amount of twelve thousand dollars. That said
bonds of said township, to be executed and Issued
nv 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 a. provided by law,
or herein specified, and shall be OF the denOmina-
tion 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 al the rate OF SIX per cent per an
| num, pavable semi-annually, 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 nure
| TO the benefit of the said company only from the
| time they are TO be delivered. That the said
stock of said railroad company shall be issued and
delivered 10 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 the name and on behalf of said town
| ship TO the said amount TO be prepared and
duly executed herein set forth, and "a provided
by law in such cases, and the said railroad company
shall cause proper certificates of its paid-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 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 in said railroad company
shall be delivered as follows, tO-wit: So soon as
said cOmpany's 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, or so soon "a 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,
| the route proposed by said company, and author
lied by its charter and shall be equipped and Op-
Grated for the purpose of traffic. and cars running
over such portion or section of said railroad within
said township,-then the said twelve thousand
dollars of said paid up stock of said company shall
be delivered to the Treasurer of said township
for and to 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-
lvered 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 as shall accOmmO-
date the business of said company In said town
ship The said depot buildings to be located and
fixed within Onehaf mile of the southwest corn
or of the northwest quarter of section No. two 90
in township No. sixteen DO, of range No. three
OBJ 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
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railroad for the transportation of freight and pas
sengers; and the same shall be so 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 a. aforesaid through said
township, within said seventeen months, then the
said bonds of said township, issued i'll the behalf
and for the purposes aforesaid, and to which the
said Company shall not, at the expiration of said
seventeen months De entitled, hereinbefOre
provided, shall become forfeited, and be surrend-
cred to said Board of County Commissioners, to
be canceIed and destroyed.
That said portion of said rail
road within said Township shall be completed and
operated, and have 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, 80 completed: and upon the said Board
being satisfied that the 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 as herenbefore il l. provided shall be
done, and as 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 constructed and completed
within and through said township the same shall
be considered and held to be accepted and COM
plcted, and i'll operation according to the terms
of this proposition; and said railroad cOmpany
shall receive and be entitled to receive said bonds
i'll exchange for SAID stock, according to the terms
and as hereinbefore provided, but without any in
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, Salna IL Western Railroad Company or the |
words against the subscription to the Topeka, |
Salina n 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 1
of County Commissioners having duly examined |
and considered the same, and being fully advised
in the premises; and it appearing TO 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 |
pctitiOned 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 Salina IL IVES
tern Railroad Company as the Company to which
1t Is proposed TO extend aid in the construction |
and building of It's 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 subscribe: 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 ne
titiOn is in all respects in conformity to law
Now, therefore, in accordance with the prayer of |
said petition, snd 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
Hope, on the 10th day of September, A.D 1894 for
the purpose of voting on said proposition and that
said special election the question and proposition
as set forth i'll the hereinbefore recited petition
all of which said petition is hereby made a 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, a. 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.
ner as is provided by law for holding general cleo
anu thdl lhc DdllOts uSeU at salQ 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 countedfo for or against said proposition accor
dinghy. q
And tits further ordered by said Board that the
Sheriff of said Dickinson County make due proc
amation and notice to the voters and qualified
electors of said township of Hope, of the submits
SION of said question and proposition set forth in
said petition. and this order to and for their deci
on, at the special election IN no hold a. OFF, U