Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-07
SherifPs Proclamation.

PhiIIIpsburg Township Railroad
Bond Election
1, John B. Woods, sheriff of Phillips
county, Kansas, do hereby proclaim and
declare that a special election will be
held in the municipal township of Phil
ipsburg, in said Phillips county, at the
proper voting place in SAID township on
the 18th day of March, 1885, for the
purpose Of voting upon certain prOpO-
sitiOn for a subscription by said town
ship to the capital stock of the Solomon
Valley, PhillipsCurg & Northern Rail
way Company, and in payment there
for issueing to the said Railway com
1any the bonds of said township
the amount Observation-Disclosures for
dollar. This special election is called
in pursuance Of certain orders Of the
Board of County commissioners OF said
county OF Philips of record and en-
Dracing In full the terms and conditions
Of said subscription as petitiOned for by
the requisite number of resident tax
PAYERS in said township and the form
Of the ballots to be used at said special
election which orders Of said Board of
County Commissioners were duly made
on the 18th day of February, 1855, and
are IN words and figures following, to-
wit: In consideration of the premises
and upon the petition of two ffths of
the resident tax payers of the munich
pal township OF Phillipsburg in the
county of Phillips and State of Kansas.
1t is ordered by the Board of County
Commissioners of said County of Phil
lips that the question of a subscription
on behalf Of said municipal township Of
Phiilipsburg tor two hundred shares of
one hundred dollars each of the capital
stock of the Solomon Valley, Phillips
burg q Northern Railway Company
and in payment therefor issueing to the
said Railway Company forty of the
bonds Of said township of the denOmin-
alton of five hundred dollars each pay
able to the bearer at the fiscal agency
Of the State OF Kansas in New York
City thirty years after the date thereof
bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum payable annually for
which interest coupons shall be attached
payable at the fiscal agency aforesaid,
shall be submitted Tor adoption or re-
iecl ion to the qualified electors of said
municipal township OF PhilIipsbUrg at a
special election to be held on the 18th
day OF March, 1885, at the usual voting
place in said township. SAID subscrip-
lion Of stock TO be made and bonds to
be issued upon the following terms and
conditions, tOWit: AS soon as said prop
OsitiOn sha be determined in the attil m
alive bv a canvass of the votes cast at
said special election the Board Of
County Commissioners of said county of
Phillips for and on behalf of said NUM-
cipal township of Phillipsburg shall or
der the county clerk to make and county
clerk shall make said subscription In
the name of said muHicipal township Of
PhilHpsburg for said TWO hundred shares
OF the capital stock of said Railway
Company And when the said railroad
Of same Railway company shall be built
and completed, and in operation by
lease or otherwise from a connection
with a main line of q railroad or rail
roads Il direct communication with the
Missouri River to and into the township
OF PhIllipsburg and freight and passen-
ger depot with side track and stock
yards built and located at "a point with
IN one hundred and sixty rods Of the
court house in the city of Pbillipsburg
county Of Phillips in the state of Kansas,
then said Board of county commission
ers shall cause such bonds with coupons
attached as aforesaid, TO be issued in
the name of said municipal township Of
Phillipsburg and shall deliver the same
to said railway company on delivery or
tender to the treasurer of said munich
pal township of certificate of said
Shares of the full paid capital stock of
said railway company equal in amount
with said bOnds-dOllar for dollar,
provided said railroad shall be built and
completed and in operation by lease or
otherwise as aforesaid, and a depot,
side track and stock yards be built and
located as aforesaid by or before the 1st
day of January, A. ID. 1887. All cleo
tors voting in favor of said proposition
shall cast a ballot with the following
words thereon, tOwit: For the subscrip-
ton of stock and issue of bonds to the
solomon Valley, Phiilipsburg & North
eFn Railway Company. All electors
voting against said proposition shall
cast a ballot with the following words
thereon, tOWit Against the subscriD-
ton of stock and issue of bonds to the
Solomon Valley, Phillipsburg & North
ern Railway Company and Is IS further
ordered by the said Board Of county
Commissioners that at least thirty days
notice of said special election shall be
given in the PhilIpsburg HERALD q
newspaper printed and published in
said township of Philhpsburg and Of
general circulation in said township
and In the county OF Philips, and that
the sheriff give proper notice of said
special election BY proclamation pub
iish IS aforesaid and posting up printed