Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-18
PROCLAMATION.
For q Special Election in Park
Township, Sedgwick Coun.
ty, Kansas,
In the Matter Of the Wichita &
Colorado Railroad.
PROCLAMATION.
To the qualified rioters Of Park Toun.hip.

To the qualified roters Of Park Tounship.
there was duly presented to the board Of county
commissioners Of Sedgwick county, Kansas
tsaid board being duly convened In special SEES.
sion regularly called. petition duly signed
township, praying said board Of commission
ers TO submit to the qualified voters of said
township q ,Proposition to subscribe twelve
thousand dollars to the capital stock Of the
conditions as set forth In said petetion, which
petition. signatures only being omitted, is in
words and figures following, to-wit
To the Board of County Commissioners of Sedg-
cick County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more than two
ffths t2-5) OF the resident tar payers OF the
municipal Township Of Park, in the County OF
Sedgwick and state Of Kansas, petition the
board Of county commissioners OF said county
to submit, at special election, to the qualified
voters Of ssid municipal township, q propo
sition TO subscribe to the capital stock OF the
road company duly organized and existing un-
der the laws OF the State OF Kansas, which pro-
poses to construct railroad through and Into
be for the sum Of twelve thousand dollars (sI2,-
COO. And in payment of for said suhscrjption
TO said capital stock OF said company, bonds Of
said municipal township, with coupons at
above set forth, shall be duly issued and deliv-
cred, In sums OF i've hundred dollars tSJO0)
each, payable In twenty GO, years from date OF
Issue, each bearing seyen per cent interest,
payable semi-annually; 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-
apce with conditions hereinafter set forth and
delivery Of stock In said road as by law pro-
vided. The conditions upon which said sub
scription TO the capital stock Of said company
That said Wichita 4 Colorado Railway com.
pany shall construct q railroad OF standard
gauge dDcluding all necessary side-tracks and
switches), into said municipal township and
the south line Of said municipal township TO
some point on the west line of said municipal
township, on or before February LIST, 1855; pro-
led that said railroad shall enter said town
p on section thirty-four and go out on section
hteen, all in townshsp twenty-six, range
e, west, and shall also build and maintain q
.epot in said Park township.
And we pray that said board OF county com
missioners upon presentation of this petition.
duly convene and make order, which shall
embrace the terms and conditions Of this pc
tition, and such other conditions as said board
may deem advisable: and also fixing the time
for holding special election, which we pray
may be held, IS by law provided, under chapter
100, Laws Of Kansas, 1876, and amendments
thereto, 70 determine whether such subscrip-
And the form of the ballot to be used at sueh
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted shall be ss follows:
Each qpalided voter voting for said propo-
sitiOn shall have printed or written ON his
ballot;
"For subscription to the capital stock OF the
Wichita Colorado Railway c6mpany''
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 4 Colorado Railway company"
And whereas, Said board of county commits
si0ners, In pursuance to said petition, being
duly convened as by law provided, and after
having examined, found that the same was In
two-ffths Of the resident tax-payers Of said
Park township. and duly made an order, grant.
ing the prayer Of eaid petition, and ordered
that . special election ehall be held In said
township, on The
TwENTY-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 iesue bonds to said
company in payment therefor on the terms and
conditions as set out In said petition. and fur
Of the voter. voting q said election, cast their
ballot in favor of said proposition, and issue
bonds In payment therefor, then the county
clerk Of said county ehall forthwith, for and on
scribe twelve thousand dollars to the capital
stock of said company.
And IL was further ordered that IL said rail-
way company fully comply with the conditions
OF said subscription, then the chairman OF the
board Of county commissioners, and the county
} Id township IN said sum, said bonds 10 bear
! ven a per cent. interest to be due and pay
lebIs g Get out In said petition.
And II ID further orcsrsd that the ballots Q