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

Election;
I, John B. Woods, Sheriff of Phil
lips county, Kansas, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that a special cleo
ton viii be held in the municipal
township of Freedom, in said Phillips
county, at the proper voting place in
said township. on the l7ih day Of
March, 1855 for the purpose of voting
upon q certain proposition for a sub
scriptiOn by said township to the cap
ital stock of tie Solomon Valley,
Phillipsburg and Northern Railway
Company, and in payment therefor
issueing to the said railway company
the bonds of said township the
amount MISUNDERSTANDING for dollar.
This special election is called in pur-
Suance of certain orders Of the Board
of County Commissioners of said
county of Phillips, of record and en-
bracing in full the terms and cOndit-
ions of said subscription as petitiOned
for by the requisite Humber of resi-
dent taxpayers 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 llth day Of
February, A. D, 1885, and are IN
words and figures following, tO-wit:
In consideration of the premises and
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resident taxpayers of the municipal
township Of Freedom, in the county
Of Phillips and State Of Kansas. l. is
ordered by the board of county com
misstOners OF said county of Phillips,
that the question Of a subscription on
behalf of said municipal township OF
Freedom, for one hundred shares OF
one hundred dollars each, of the CAPT
tai stock of the Solomon Valley, Phil
lipsburg and Northern Railway Com
pany, and in payment therefor Il is
sue said railway company twenty OF
the bonds of the said township of the
denomination Of Five Hundred Dol
lars each payable 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 aunum,
payable annually, for which interest
coupons shall be attached payable at
the fiscal agency aforesaid; Shall be
submitted for adoption or rejection to
the qualified electors of said municipal
township of Freedom, at a special
election to be held on the 18th day of
March, A. D. 1888, at the usual voting
place in said township. Said subscrip-
ton of stock to be made and bonds to
be issued upon the following terms
ana conditions, namely: As soon as
said proposition shall be determined
in the affirmative by caLvas of the
votes cast at said special election. the
beard OF county commissioners OF said
county Of Phillips, for and on behalf
of said municipal township of Free
dom, shall order the County Clerk To
make ard the county clerk shall
make said subscription In the nan-e
of said municipal township of Free
dom for said one hundred shares Of the
capital stock of said railway company,
and when the said railroad of said
railway company shall be built and
completed and in operation, by ease
or otherwise, to, into and through said
municipal township of Freedom, and
a depot with suitable side track con
structed in said township and as near
the center thereof as said railway com
panY may deem practicable, then said
board of county commissioners shall
cause such bonds with coupons at
tached as aforesaid to be issued in the
name OF said municipal township of
Freedom and shall deliver the same
to the said railway company on ten
der to the treasurer of said municipal
township of a certificate of said shares
Of the full paid capital stock Of said
railway company, equal in amount
with said bOnds-d0llar for dollar.
Provided. said railroad shall be built
and completed and in operation by
lease or otherwise, as aforesaid, and a
depot and side track be built and To-
Gated as aforesaid, by or before the first
day of January, "A. ID. 1887.
All electors voting in favor of said
proposition shall cast a ballot with the
following words thereon, t0-Wit: For
the subscription of stock and the issue
Of bonds 10 the Solomon Valley, Phil
lipsburg and Northern Railway COna-
Dany." All electors voting against
said proposition shall cast ballot with
the following words thereon, tO-Wit:
Against the subscription of stock
and issue of bonds TO the Solomon
Valley, Phillipsburg and Northern
Railway Company" And it is 1uE-
theI ordered BY the said board Of couE-