The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-11-18
Ivy Township Railroad Proposition

WHEREAS, On the 18th day of November, A.
D. 1885, the Board of County Commissioners of
the county of Lyon, in the Stale of Kansas.
duly and legally convened, duly made AMI
the county clerk of said county, the following
order, to-Wit:
Now on this 18th day Of November, 4. D.
1886, at q special meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners of Lyon county, duly and
legally convened, pursuant to request and call
therefor as is provided by law, present 7. E..
Mcmillan, chairman, and VIM. flickinger and
J. S. Grimsley, members of said board and Re
land Lakin, county clerk of said Lyon county,
comes 4. II. Best, Jr., resident tax payer Of
Ivy township, in the county of Lyon, state Of
Kansas, and with him comes thirty-fv other
resident tax payers of said Ivy township, and
presents to the Board of County Commissioners
Of Lyon county, in the state of Kansas, their
petition in writing, praying for q special cleo
ton to be called in said Ivy township fer the
purpose of submitting to the qualified voters OF
said township proposition for said township
TO subscribe twenty thousand dollars to the
capital stock of and to take twenty thousand
dollars in the capital stock Of The Kansas,
Colorado and Texas Railroad company and to is
sue the bonds of said Ivy township to the amount
of twenty thousand dollars to said railroad
company, in payment for said stock so taken
upon the terms and on the conditions in said
petition stated and described and the said Board
of county Commissioners Of said Lyon county
having duly heard, examined and considered
said petition and the evidence Of witnesses In
trodnced in support thereof, doth find;
That said petition is in writing, and that sat
petition Is signed by more than two fifths Of tn
resident tax payers of said Ivy township, ant
is in all respects in conformity with the Law
the following being copy of said petition, tn
signatures of the petitioners thereto only being
ivy TOWNSHIP BOND ELECTION.
| To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF County coNMIs
sIoSERs OF LYON County, IN THE STATE o.
| Kansas:
The undersigned, your petitioners, beini
resident taxpayers of Ivy township, in tn
county of Lyon, in the State of Kansas, re
spectfu1Iy petition your honorable body TO sub
/ nit to the qualified voters of said Ivy township
| at special election to be called for that Pur
! pose, a proposition for said township TO sub
| scribe for and take twenty thousand dollar
! 1926. 0Oe) Of the capital stock of the Kansas
/ Colorado and Texas Railroad company, and {
| issue the bonds sf said Ivy township TO th
amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20, 00o
to said railroad company in payment for sal
/ stock, and to aid in the construction Of the lin
/ of railroad which said railroad company Pre-
poses to construct from Kansas City, in til
| state of Missouri, into and through said Lyo
/ county, and through said township Of Ivy, {
the south line Of the Etate of Kansas.
The amount Of aid intended to be hereb
| voted by said Ivy township TO said railroa
company, and the amount proposed TO Be suh
scTfbed 70 and taken N the capital stock OF sal
| railroad company by said Ivy township, and tn
mount hereby petitioned and asked for, Is th
sum Of twenty thousand dollars (s20, o00.)
The bonds Of said township to be issued III
der authority hereof, 70 be ofthe denoninatio
Of enc thousand dollars 81, 90e) each, and [
run thirty years, bridesmaids at any time aftt
ten years from their date, at the viii Of ii
township, Whea any instailmeat Of interest fai
duel, TO bear interest II the rate Of six per cen
Per anEuD, payable seni-annuAIIy, prineipi
and interest 70 be paid ct the fiscal agency I
the State Of Kansas, IN the city Of New YorI
The said railroad, when and IS % built, sha
extend from Kansas City, IN the state Of Mi
souri, aforesaid, by lease or otherwise, to poiI
in johnson county, in the state Of Kansas, an
from thence shall be built as an indspendel
and main line into and through said Igy tow
ship, IN said Lyon county, state Of KansAs; IN
shall enter said township on the north or e.
line thereof, and extend through said TOWNSHIP
IN westerly or sonthHestsrIy diraetson, rur
ming through or touching the south east on
fourth Of section twenty l7o1. township ssxtsel
"a. range twelve. Il eass. in said Ivy township
with suitable freight and passenger dSpS
withis sssd south east gaaFteE o. ssesisn tFs5t