Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-14
Sh8riff'S Proclamation,
Walnut Township Rail Road Bond
Election:
y ~ LOWE,
County Clerk.

EI9CLlOns
I, John Is. Woods, Sheriff of Phil
lips County. Kansas. do hereby pro-
claim and declare that IA special cleo
ton will he held in the municipal
township of Walnut, in said Phillips
county. at the proper voting place in
said township on the l7th day OF
March, 1883, tor the purpose or voting
upon a certain proposition Tor sub
Scriptiun by said township to the cap
itui stock of the Solomon Valley, Phil
ll,sburg and NOrtheT Railway conpa-
ny and, in payment therefor. issuing
to the said railway company the bonds
OF said township 10 the amount sub
scribod-doiiar for dollar.
This special eIectnu is called in pUT-
suauce Of certain orders of the buuId of
county commissioners OF said county
Of Phillips OF record and embracing ia
ull the terms aud~ conditions OF said
subscription as petititiuntd for by the
requisite unmttr OF resident tax pay
crs in said township and the form Ui
/ the ballots 70 he used at said special
election, which orders Oi said board OF
county commissioners were duly made
/ ON The IIth day Of February, A. u.
/ 1888, and are in words and figures fol-
J lowing to- wit:
In consideration tine premises and
petition Uf tWO-liIths of the resident
! taX-IayerS of the municipal township
! OF Wa nut, in the county of Phillips
and state of Kansas, il is ordered by
/ the board of county commissioners OF
said county OF Phillips HAT the ques-
/ ton of Il subscription un behalf OF said
munich al tOWnShIpri Walnut for one
/ hundred share of one hundred dol
! lars euCu, of the capital stock OF the
/ Solomon Valley. PHilEpshurg and
z NftT cal
/ payment therefor, issuing tD The said
/ railway company twenty (2O) of the
! Unnis If said township, OF tile
( dcuuuliuat on of OF five hundred doll
/ lars each, payable to the bearer AT the.
/ Fiscal Agency OF the state OF Kansas
/ III New YORK city, thirty years after
/ date theI cot, bearing interest at the
/ rate oI six per cent per unuun payu-
/ bile annually, Tor which interest cou-
/ pous snail be attached, payable at the
fiscal agency aforesaid, shall be sui
mitTvd tnr adoption or re- cctiCn 10 the
qualified ELECTORS of said municipal
. township of Walnut az a Special ele; ion
/ 10 be leid un The I7lh day Of MaIcn,
/ 1855. at the usual voting places ln said
: township; sand Inscription OF stock 10
/ be mode and bonds 20 be issued upon
: The following tel Ms and O'ndltiunS, to-
/ wit: As soon as SAID proposition ~ha
/ be detei mined in the affirmative by ii
4 canvas uI The YUte- cast at said special
election & he boaI "a at county commission
els of sand county Phillips, for and on
! behalf of said municipal township Of
( Walnut Shall order the county clerk TO
make. aud he county clerk shall make,
said sEb cripliun IN tie name Ot "a d
mum cipal township O1 WamuJ for aid
one h. udI ed shares of The capital
J ~.
and when the railroad OF said railway
Company shall be built and compile ed
and ia operation by lease or Otherwise,
/ TO, n3O aud through said township of
] ~ aInut, and depot and side tracks at
the most convenient aud suitable place
in said toxin mp, and as near a ptaCli-
B cab e TO the center If laid township Oi
/ IS alhut; then SAID board of county
/ commission err shat cau-e such bonds ,
+ with coupons attachtd as aforesaid, 10
/ he IS ed In The name Oi said municipal
township OF Walnut, and shall deli or
. he same To said railway company on
. delivery or tender 10 the IT, a~uTer al
said municipal township, O. certificate
of said shares of the ful paid capital
STOCK of said railway company. equal
I'm amount with said binds dollar IOT
dollar Provided: Said ailrlad shall
. be bullt ana com plettu ana IN operation
by lease or otherwise, as af0Ie-aid by
or before the First day January, 1887,
and said depot and side tracks con-
st'ucted as above provided
Al electors voting in favor of said
proposition shall cast a ballot with the
following words thereon, tO-Wit: For
the subscription of stock and i--ue OF
b"rds tu The solomon Valley, Phillips
bu and Northern Railway company
All electors voting against said prop
o-itinu shall cast "a bahrt with the fol
l0wi q words thereon. t0-Wit: Against
the subscription stock and is-ue Oi
bonds to be solomon VALLEY, Phi Eps-
burg and Northern Railway company.
And il II further order ed by the said
board IF county commissioners that a
least lhWty days nutice of said specia
election shall be given In the Phillips
burg HERALD q newspaper published