Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11


house and within the corporate limit:
of the city of Great Bend. PROVIDED
Also, that said railroad shall be built
and in operation by lease or other.
wise, from said line of said Kansas
and Colorado railroad in Barton
county to said city of Great Bend on
or before February Goth, 1887, unless
prevented by act of God or restrain
ing decree of some court of competent
jurisdiction. The form of ballots to
be used at said election shall be:
"For the subscription of stock and
issue Of bonds to the Kansas and Colo
RADIO railroad company" and Against
the subscription of stock and issue of
bonds to the Kansas and Colorado
railroad company"
And whereas, said board of
county commissioners having care
fully inspected said petition
and the signatures thereto, and hav-
ing received evidence as to the gen
uineness of said signatures, ard the
matter being now set down for hear
ing, the board find and. declare that
said petition is in writing, that it is
subscribed by more than two-fifths of
the resident taxpayers of said Great
Bend township, that it designates the
Kansas and Colorado railroad COM
pany, as the company to which it
is proposed to extend aid, and the
amount of capital stock fof which it is
proposed that said township of Great
Bend shall subscribe, that it sets forth
the terms of payment for said stock
together with the terms and condi-
tions upon which it is proposed to
make said subscription, and the form
of ballot to be used at said election,
and that the said petition is in all
respects in conformity with law.
Now, therefore, in accordance
with the prayer of said petition and
in accordance with the statute in
such case made and provided, it is
ordered by the board, that the prayer
of said petition be granted and that a
special election be held in said Great
Bend township, county of Barton, on
the seventh day Of December, A. d.
1886. for the purpose of voting on
said proposition, and that at said
special election the question and
proposition as set forth III the here
nbefore rccited petition, all Of which
said petition, is hereby made a part
Of this order, shall be and is hereby
submitted to the qualified electors of
said Great Benz township, for their
decision.
And it is further ordered AMI de-
clared that said election be held at
the usual places of holding general
elections in said Great Bend township,
and that it be held, and that the re-
turns be made and the. result be
accertained and declared in the same
manner as is provided by law for
holding general elections, and that
tho ballots to be used at said election
shall have written or printed thereon,
the words, o''For the subscription of
stock and issue of bonds to the Kansas
and Colorado Railroad Company
and against the subscription of
stock and issue Of bonds to the
Kansas and Colorado railroad COM
pany."
And it is further ordered by the
said board that the sheriff of said
Barton county, make due proclaim
ton and notice to the voters and
qualified electors of said township of
Great Bend, of the submission of said
question set forth in said petition, and
this order to and for their decision, at
the special election to be held as
by publishing the said
for thirty days or more,
next preceding the day of holding
said election, in the BARTON COUNTY
DEMOCRATS "a newspaper published in
the city of Great Bend, in said
county, and having a general circu-
lation in said township of Great
Bend. and that in said proclamation
the said sheriff set forth this order re-
citing said petition. And the County
Clerk is hereby directed to issue to
the sheriff of said county, a duly
certified copy of this order.
HENRY SCHwIER, Ch'r'n.
III. j. RoETZEL,
w. w. CARNEY,
Board of County Commissioners.
Attest
t'hAA'I County Clerk.