Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
MAYORS PROCLAMATION

MAYORS PROCLAMATION
For special election In wichits city, sedg-
wick county, Kansas, In the matteI on tne
70 the Qualified Voters of Wichita City:
Whereas, On the 18th day of September, lSs6;
there was duly presented to the Mayor and
Councilmen of.Wichita, Kansas, (said mayor
aad council being duly convened In regular
session regularly called q petition duly Sign
wichita city, praying said mayor and council
to submit to the qualified voters of said city q
proposition to subscribe thirty thousand dol
lars to the capital stock Of the Wichita, Cedar
ditions as set forth in said petition, which
petition. signatures being omitted, is il words
and figures following, to-wit:
Wichita, Cedavale & Southeastern Ry.
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Council of the City OF Wichi-
ia, Sedgwick County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more than two
flths (2-5) of the resident tax payers Of the
incorporated city Of wichita, In said county
and state, hereby petition the mayor and coun-
Gil OF SAID city aboye.Iamsd 70 submit; :; a. s,a
city above named proposition to subscribe to
the capital stock ofthe Wichita, Cedarvsls
Southeastern Railway Company, railroad
company duly organized and existing under
the laws of the state OF Kansas, which proposes
to construct railroad into the city above
named.
Said subscription to be for thirty thousand dol
lars $3.50 ,000. co.. And In payment for said sub
scnption to the capital stock Of said company,
bonds Of said city, with coupons attached,
shall be duly issued and delivered in sums Of
the amount Of thirty thousand dollars (s3o,-
0000O, payable in twenty (20) years from date
of Tissue, each bearing six per cent. interest,
payable semi-annually; both principal and in
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of Kansas in the city of New York; such bonds
to be duly issued and delivered upon compn
ance with the conditions hereinafter set cut
and delivery OF stock In said ROAD as oy
law provided J he conditions upon which
said subscription to the capital stock Of said
company is made are,
That said Wichita, Cedarvale & Southeastern
ssSa company shs
and switches) into said city above named, and
have cars running thereon from some point On
the east line of Sedgwick county, Kansas, IN
to said city, on or before September 30th, g.
d. 1851. delays by act of God and orders of
court rjudge thereof exc epted9
And we pray that said mayor and council,
upon presentation of this petition, duly con-
vene and make an order, which order shall
embrace the terms and.conditions Of this petit
ton and such other conditions as said mayor
and council may deem advisable; and also hx-
Ing the time for holding special election
which we pray may be held, as by law proyid-
ed, under chapter 1G7, laws OF Kansas, 1876,
and amendments thereto, to determine whether
suchspbscription shall be made.
And the form OF the ballot to be used at such
special election for and against said PROPOSE
ton so submitted shall be as follows, each
qualified voter voting for said proposition shall
have printed or written on his ballot:
For subscription to the capital stock OF the
Wichita, Cedarvsle & Southeastern Hallway
Company -
Each qualified voter voting agaIrsssaid prop
osition shall have printed or written on his
ballot:
s'Against subscription to the capital stock
of the Wichita, Cedarvale Il southeastern Rail
way Company
And whereas, said board of mayer and coun-
Gil, IN pursuance TO said petition, being duly
convened as by law provided. anu after having
examined said petition, found that the same
was IN due form, and was duly signed by more
than two-ffths OF the resident tax payers of
said city, and duly made an order, granting
the prayer of said petition, and ordering that
special election shall be held in said city on
the ID day of November, A. d. 1856, to deter
nina whether said city shall subscribe thirty
thousand dollars to the capital stock OF said
company, and Issue bonds TO said company in
payment therefor, On the terms and conditions
all as set ont in said petition, AMI further or
dering that in the event that s majority of the
voters voting st said election, cast their ballots
ia favor of said proposition, and vote to issue
bonds in payment therefor, then the city clerk
half and in the name of said city, subscribe
$50, oO1. 90 TO the stack of said company. And
it was further ordered that if said railway
company fully comply with the conditions OF
said subscription, then the mayor of the city
and the city clerk of said ct.y, shall duly
Issue bonds Of said city In said sum; said bonds
to bear six {6) Per cent interest, principal and
interest to be due and payable SIS set out In said
petition.
And it was further ordered that the ballots
to be used at such election shall be as follows
to- wit:
Each qualified votgr, voting at such election
in favor of said propn3stion shall haze written
or printed on his bsllot,-
"For subscription TO the capital stock Of the
Wichita, Cedarvale Il Southeastern Railway
Company.
And each qualified voter voting against said
shall have written or printed on
Against subscription to the capital stock of
the Wichita, Ceearya'e 4 Southeastern Rail-
way Company"
And it was further ordered that such election
be held on the End day Of November, lSe6, at
the following voting precincts in said city, to-
wit
In the First wari-at S. W Ford's livery
stable On South Main street
In the Second ward-at Hahn's carpenter
shop on west side Of Main street between First
and Second streets.
In the Third vard-at No. l16 North Market
street
shop. corner of Main and Third streets.
In the Fifth wsrd-at Saaman'5 resi- estate
cffcc on Chicago avenue.
lished voting precincts in said city. And it is
further ordered that the mayor Of said city
duly make and issue this proclamation for the
date and at the places designated. and that he
give thirty days printed notice In the Wichita
Daily Beacon and Wichita Daily Eagle, print
ed and published and in general circulation
throughout said city. and that said mayor post
notices as required by law.
Therefore, 1, 3. ". Aldrich, msyov of Wlch-
tia, Kansas, by virtue Of authority in me by
law vested, and in pursuance to the sb1ve or
der of said council, do hereby give public proc
lamation and due notice that s. special election
shall be held in said city at t e places above
on November Fad, 4. d. lSS6, to
determine whether said city shall make such
and issue said bonds on the condi-
tons set out in said petition.
Such election stall in all respects be con-
Quoted. the returns made, result ascertainel
and declared, all as provided By law for general
elections.
In witness whereof l, 3. W, Aldrich, mayor
of Wichita, Kansas. have hereunto Set my
hand. at the city of wichita, this lst day OF
October, 1856.
2. W. ALDRICH,
Mayor OF Wichita. Kansas.
Attest: FRED SCHAITNEE, City Clerk