The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21

/ subscribed fo- on behalf Of and in the name OF
said township, twelve thousand dollars to Cor for)
| the capital stock of the said Topeka, Salina &
! Western RAILROAD Company; and that on behalf or
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, 10 the said
| amount of twelve thousand dollars. That said
bonds of said township, to be executed and issued
bv in the name of and on behalf OF said township,
in payment Of said subscription and stock, shall be
! stoned 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 as 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
mum, payable 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 ad-
justed so that the said accrued interest shall nure
| 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 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 as herein set FORTH and as provided
by law in such cases, land the said railroad company
shall 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 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 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, 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 op-
Grated for the purpose of traffic, and cars running
such portion or section of said railroad within
said tOWnshlp,-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 benefit 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 to be located and
fixed within Qne-haf mile of thp SOuth or
er of the northwest quarter of section No two (2)
in township No. sixteen DO, of range No. three
(3) east of the sixth principal meridian, in said
township of Hope.
That said railroad shall be of the standard ouape:
shall be tied, bridged, irOned and equipped in a
substantial, adequate, and suitable manner, and
so "a to be adapted for its use and operation as
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 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, as hereinbefore
provided, shall become forfeited and be surrend-
cred to said Board of County Commissioners to
be canceIed and destroyed.
That as soon as said portion of said rail-
road within said Township shall be completed and
OptTdOcuS anu CdTS running thereon as afOre-
said, said company shall in writing notify the
Board of County Commissioners of that fact: and
the said Board shall make, or cause to
be made, an inspection of said portion of said line
of railroad, so completed; 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, as hereinbefore it is 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 davs
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
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 10 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
ing the words For the subscription to the Tone
IA, Salina & Western Railroad Company" or the |
words against the subscription to the Topeka, |
Salina Il Western Railroad Company Said |
ballots to be counted for or against said PROPOSE
ion accordingly.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
And, Whereas, The said petition being duly filed |
md now set down for hearing, and the said Board
Of County Commissioners having duly examined |
md considered the same, and being fully advised |
N the premiseS and 1t appearing to the said Board
IF County Commissioners that there has been an |
election previously held in the said township for
he same purposes, and it further appearing that |
majority of the legal voters of said township of
Hope have signed the above petition, and have
Detitioned therein i'll writing, the said Board of |
county Commissioners to submit the DroDositiOn
contained in said petition, to the qualified voters
If said township for adoption or rejection; the
aid Board do find and declare that said petition is
II writing; that it Is subscribed by more than |
majority of the qualified and legal voters of said
ownship of Hope, in said County of Dickinson:
hat it designateS the said Topeka, Salina & WEES
ern Railroad Company as the Company to which
is proposed to extend aid in the construction
nd building of its railroad into within ard
through said township and the amount of capital
took of said Company for which it is proposed
hat said township of Hope shall subscribe: that it
cts forth the terms of payment for said stock to-
ether with the terms and conditions upon which
! is proposed to make said subscription, and the
allOt 10 be used at said election ked and PRAYED
D be held in said township, and that the said ne
tiOn is in all respects in conformity to law
Now, therefore, in accordance with the PRAYER of
aid petition, and pursuant to, and by virtue and
nder the authority of the several statutes in such
ase made and provided, it is hereby ordered and
ecared by the said Board, that the PRAYER of said
etitiOn be, and the same is hereby granted, and
nat special election be held in said township of
Iope, on the 10th day of September, A D., 1884 for
purpose ofvoting said proposition and that at
aid special election the question and proposition
; set forth in the hereinbefore recited petition
] of which said petition is hereby made part of
lis Order-shall be and is hereby submitted to the
gal and qualified electors of said township of |
ope, for their decision, by voting by bal ,
It thereon as in said petition designated.
And it is further ordered and declared that said
lection be held at the usual place of holding gen
al elections in said township of Hope and that it
held, and that the returns be made and the re-
lit be ascertaned and declared in the same man
er is provided by law for holding general cleo
Ons, and that the ballots used at said election .
lall have written or printed thereon, the words,
For the subscription to the Topeka, Salina & !
estern Railroad Company" or the words, .
Against the subscription to the Topeka, Salina
Id Western Railroad Company. Said ballots I
be counted for or against said proposition accor-
ngly.