Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-04
PROCLA
For a Special Election in Park
Township, Sedgwich Coun-
ty, Kansas,
In the Matter Of the Wichita &
Colorado Railroad.
To Me qua.lees ro,ers of PARK 1'o,,nship.

To The qIl!iGei ro.ers Of PARK 7o,,aship.
wuEpE.s, On the 2j.h day of August, ISIS
there was duly presented to the board 0: county
commissioners OF Sedgwick county, Kansas
tsaid board being duly convened in special ses-
sion regularly called, n petition duly siRnc,
by two-aiths of the resident taxpayers of pars
township, praying said boaId OF commission.
ers to submit to the qualified voters of laid
township proposition to subscribe twelv.
thousand dollars to the capital stock Of tho
Wichita & Colorado Railway company, all OF
conditions rs set forth In said petetion which
petition. signatures only being omitted is In
words and figures following, to-wit;
PETITION
To the Board Of County Comm; Nsioacrs of Seso.
triok County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more thau two.
lifths {2-5) OF the resident tar PAYERS of tlt
municipal Township OF Park, ia he County o.
seagwick and State of Kansas, petition Tho
board of county commissioners of ..aid count,
to submit, at special election TO the qualified
voters Of said municipal township. a proIo-
81 ton to subscribe TO the capital stock of lin,
Wichita & Colorado Railway company. a rail,
road company duty organized and existing un.
der the laws of the state Of Kansas, which pro.
poses TO construct railroad through and into
said municipal township; said sllisc rption Il
he for the sum of twelve thousand dollars (si2.
O0n) And in payment of for said subscripIior
10 said canital stock of said company, bonds OF
said municipal township, with coupons at.
above set forth, shall he duly issued and deIly
cred, In sans Of i've hundred collars (s50o
each, payable In twenty t20) years from date Of
issue. each bearing seven per cent interest
payable semi-annually; botn principaI and in.
terest payable at the Fiscal Agency Of THE state
of Kansas in the City of New York; such bond.
\ To be duly Issued and delivered UPON comnIi.
ance with conditions hereinafter set forth and
delivery Of stock in said road rs by law pro.
vit.d. The conditions upon which said sub.
scrii.'ie to the capital stock Of said company
That said Wichita a Colorado Railway com.
pany shall construct railroad of standard
gauge fnciuding all necessary side-tracks snd
switchesl, into said municipal township and
have cars running thereon from come point on
| the south line OF said municipal township /,
some point on the west line Of said municipa
| township, on or before February ist 1856; pro
vided that said railroad shall enter said town.
ship section thirty four and 20 out on sectior
eighteen, all in TOWNSHIP twenty-six. rang.
| one, west, and shall also build and maintain !
| depot in said Park township.
And We pray that said board of county com.
missioners upon presentation Of tiis petition
| duly convene and make an order, which shall
embrace the terms and conditions of this De.
tiiion, and such other conditions as said board
may deem advisable; and also liking the tim,
for holding special election, which We pra,
may be held, as by law provided under chapter
l07, Laws OF Kansas, 1876, and amendment.
ton ehali be made.
And the form of the ballot to be usedi ut suel
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted shall be as follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said propo-
sition shall have printed or written on hi.
| ballot:
"FOr subscription TO the capital stock of the
Wichita a Colorado Railway company
Each qualified voter voting against said prop
osition shall have printed or written on hi.
ballot
Against subscription to the capital stock o
the Wichita 4 Colorado Halfway company"
And whereas, Said board of county commits
sioners, In pursuance to said petition, being
daily convened as by law provided, aud after
having examined found that the same was in
due form, aud was duly signed By more than
two-ffths Of the resident tax-rayels of said
Park township, and duly made in order, grant
ing the prayer of said petition, and ordered
that special election shall be held in said
township, on the
TwESTY-sIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A
D., 1855,
to determine whether said township shall SUBJ
scribe twelve thousand dollars to the capital
stock Of said company, and Issue bonds to said
conditions as set ont in said petition, and fur
Their ordering that in the event that majority
of the voters, voting ct said election, cast theI
ballot in favor of said proposition, and issue
bonds in payment therefor, then the county
clerk of said county shali forthwith, for and on
behalf and in the name of said township, sub
scribe twelve thousand dollars to the capital
stock of said company.
And it was further ordered that If said rail-
way company fully comply with the conditions
Of said subscription, then the chairman OF the
board OF county commissioners, and the county
clerk Of said county. shall duly Issue bonds Of
said township In said sum, said bonds to bear
seven "a per cent. interest, to be due and pay
able rs set out In said petition.
And 1t is urther orcered that the ballots to