Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-09
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC.
TION.

WARRINGTON TO WNSHIP BONDS
LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURT. MAY TERM-rIr1H
DAY-AAY 8. 1855.
NOW: at this hay, ia presented to the court u
!dent taxpayers Of the municiual township Of
Washington, in tire county OF Lafayette anu
state OF Missouri, pra, Ing the count To submit
Of said Washington township, AT II special cleo
lion to be called and held Tor that purpose, II
proposition 10 compromise the following bonded
Indebtedness OF said Washington tuWisi,ip upon
the following termB anu conditions. to wit:
Tho principal being the sum Of ioriy-seven
t~housand dollars anu accrued Interest thereon
up TO the bret day OF july. A. ID . 1885,. OF the
outstanding bonds issuet by said I..,iayett.
county for and ON behalf o said Washington
township 10 the Lexington. Cnililcothe aud CUT
Railroad eonipsny. u aid in the builuing and
construction OF said road. or company, said
bonds being Issued on the 18th day Oh July, ls70,
braring interest. rs per coupons attached, al The
rate OF ten per cent. per annum. pasabi- A.
nually. and maturing on the i9th la, of July,
\. D.. 1878, 1877. 1879. 1881. eni 1885 That is
/" gay. thirteen ihnnsani dollar. 20 due on the
lSIh day OF July: "a. D., 1875. and ten Thousand
dollars due On the 10th day Of July. Isl. ana
thirteen thousand dollars due ON The 18th d.y of
July, A. H.. 1879, and three thousand dollars
dur on the l8tn day OF July. a. D.. 1851, and
right thousand dollars due ON the 18Th day OF
July, A. D., 1855. Said bonds and accrued IN
terest 10 be compromised Al Tue rails oil aity-
seven par centum on all bonds and coupons not
reduced to judgment. and sixty-hvC pr crn,um
ON ali bonds and coupons reduced 10 judgment,
win legal interest on sald judgment up 10 The
fret day OF July. A. d 1856, cour COST. I, b.
paid in new bonis. The sad new. boud, shall
be date'i respectively July lst, ls.5, and To be.
come due and payable Is twenty-five sears from
De date hereof. and 10 be.r ~iatcIe,t IrOn late
Al IT," i. te of siA per cent. per annum. payable
annually. and for The purpo . OF redsmvlion IN.
new Dond. shall he dividei INTO Iouf Glasses.
aud shall be redeemabis al the pleasure OF said
10 nship, as iullCws: Those oil the nrst clas,
Al any time after the !apse IT five yeare from ,h-
date thereof; those OF the secuurt clus, ~ uay
time alter the lapse OF ten years from TIE dale
| fharsnIs fhnaA NJ n hIrd lac
date thereof, those of the fourth class
shall b. r~edeemeble ut maturity. kncn
bond Re teemsble before maturity sh iii
specify upon its face When 1t shall become
redetnah!e, and e :cn person B. COMPROMISING
sha all be- entitled " receive bonds OF eacn of an ri
Glasses In equal amounts, As nearly as NAV be
Said new bonds shall tie Ia denomIns,i6n. II
not less than $lOU or more than ST. O00 each, and
each bond shall bear interest AT i Der CENT. Der
annun. payable annually, Ms AZORES I'd, and 10
This sEd such bond shall: have annual coupons
thereto attached, and the lad rev bunds an !
coupons shall be mad payable IL bearer ~ the
state Savings Association IN the city of 81
Louis, Missouri, or al the 0fice oil lie county
treasurer of said county OF Lafayette, us NAV
lie found most convenient 10 ail Concerned
This proposition 10 compr) mise bang ,mad-
under the propos ton Of til, bOaGhoid-rs OF sad
TO" nshlp on their behalf, ant under aud pur-
suant TO the lava of the state einbTao Il la Chap
ter 50 of the general statutes OF Missouri.
1t is therefore ordered By the court rhi a
special election be held in said Washington
township, ut the usual voting places therein, on
SATURDAY. JULY IL. A. D., lssj,
tor The purpose of suhnitting 10 The qualified
voters OF SAID Washington township SAID uropo-
sition to compromise sali bonded debt OF slut
4 township In accordance VITA and upon the
terms and conditions nane', IN said petition,
above set forth. And IL is further ordered Ihr
this proposition and notice oi sad elect. on he
published, according 10 law, in the Lexington
Weekly lnteliigencer, the Odessa Herald and
the Odessa Democrat, weekly newspapers pub-
lishsd IN said Lafayette county Tor four succp..-
i've weeks before The date anu lime OF the herein
mentioned special election when said promo
sition TO compromise and fund shall be voted
on, the last oil SAID weekly insertions 10 lie al
least ten days b; fore the day of said spgciul
election. And thar not less than twenty Il We
printed hand- bills be posted up in the most pub
lie places IN said township AZ least four Weeks
before the day Of such election, giving notice
thereof.
This done by the county court.
A: BARNETT, Judge and prc,:.
ROBERT HALE,
ii. II. ELLING,
Attest: WN Is. STEELE. Clerk.
By SAM'L }. ASpREw, ID {.
STATE OF MISSOURI, tss
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE. 5e''
], VIM b. Steele, CLERK OF the county cour.
within ard Tor the county and state alto, al.
do hereby certify that the foregoing is n full! and
true copy of the order of the Aforesaid county
court, as the same appears of record in my said
Office, In book 81
In testimony whereof, ! do hercunio set nv
lsaALl hand, and sth> the seal OF said court.
this 9Th day of May. A. ID lssS
WM. 3. STEELE, Clerk.
' By SAk'L j ANDakw, D.. c.