Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-02
PROCLAMATION.
For q Special Election in Park
Township, Sedgwick Coun-
ty, Kansas,
In the Matter Of tho Wichita &
Colorado Railroad.
PROCLAMATION.


To the qualified poters of Park Tornship.
WHEREAS, On the 25th day of August, 1885,
there was duly presented to The board Of county
commissioners OF Sedgwick county Kansas,
tsaid board being duly convened In special ses-
sion regularly called, a petition duly signed
by two-ffths of the resident taxpayers of Park
township. praying said board of commission
ers to submit tn the qualified voters of said
township q proposition to subscribe twelve
thousand dollars to the capital stock of the
Wichita 4 colorado Railway company, all on
conditions as set Z 'rth In said p-tetion. which
pc iiion, signatures only being omitted, is in
words and figures following, to-wit:
PETITION.
To the Board Of County Commissioners of Sedg-
rick County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more than two
6frhs (2-5) OF the resident Ia, payers of the
municipal Township of Park, in the County of
Sedgwick and State II Kansas, petition the
bOari OF county commissioners OF said county
to submit, at special election, to the qualified
voters OF said - municipal township. propc-
Wichita Colorado Railway company, rail
road company duly 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 subscription To
be for the sum OF twelve thousand dollars t$l2,-
000). And in payment Of for said subscription
TO said capital stock of said company, bonds of
said municipal township. with coupons at
tached, to the amount OF said subscription as
above set forth, shall be duly issued and deliv-
cred, In sums OF five hundred dollars ($JG0l
each, payable In twenty COY years from date of
Issue, each bearing seven per cent interest,
payable semi-annuslly; both principal and in
terest payable at the Fiscal Agency Of the state
of Kansas In the City Of New York; such bonds
to be duly issued and delivered upon compli-
ancc with conditions hereinafter set forth and
delivery Of stock In said road as by law pro-
vded. The conditions upon which said sub
scription to the capital stock OF said company
That said Wichita & Colorado Railway COM
pany shall construct q railroad of standard
gauge Including all necessary side-trncks and
switches). into said municipal township and
have cars running thereon from some point on
the south line of said municipal township to
some point on the west line of said municipal
township, on or before February LIST, lss6; pro-
vid, d that said railroad shall enter said town.
chip on section thirty -four and go out on section
eighteen, all In Township twenty-six, range
one, west, and shall also build and maintain
depot In said ParE township.
And We pray that said board Of county COM
missioners upon presentation of this petition.
duly convene ard make an order, which shall
embrace the terms and conditions of this pc
tition, and such other conditionsss said board
may deem advisable: and also fixing the time
for holding special election, which we pray
may be held, as by law provided, under chapter
l07. Laws Of Kansas, 1876, and amendments
thereto, to determine whether such subscrip-
ton shall be made.
And the form OF the ballot to be used at such
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 his
ballot:
For subscription to the capital stock of the
Wichita 4 Colorado Railway company"
Each qualified voter voting against said prop
osition shall have printed or written on his
ballot:
Against subscription to the capital stock of
the Wichita q Colorado Railway company"
And whereas, Said board OF county commits
sioners, In pursuance to said petition, being
duly convened as by law provided, and after
having examined, found that the same was In
due form, and was duly signed BY more than
two-ffths Of the resident tsx-payers Of said
Ing the prayer Of said petition, and ordered
that special election shall be held In said
on the
TwENTY-sIxTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.
D., 1885,
to determine whether said township shall SUBJ
scribe twelve thousand dollars to the capital
stock Of said company, and issue bonds to said
c, .mpany In payment therefor on the terms and
conditions aA set ont in said petition, and fur
Their ordering that in the event that majority
Of the voters. voting 1t said election cast their
bonds in payment therefor, then the county
clerk Of said county shail forthwith, for and on
behalf and In the name Of said township, sub
scribe twelss thousand dollars to the capital
stock OF said company
And 1t was further ordered that IL said rail-
way company fully comply with the conditions
Of said subscription, then the chairman OF the
b ard Of county commissioners. and the county
clerk OF said county shall duly issue bonds Of
said soWnship In said sum, said bonds to bear |
seven a. per cent. intere 6 10 be dine and pay |
able g set out In said petition.
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