Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-14
snern-s r,ecs,on ..roclamation.
STATE OF KANSAS,

STATE OF KANSAS, l..
COUNTY OF SEDGwICK.
The State of Kansas to all whom thes<
presents shall come, greeting:
/ know ye, that /, W. w. Hays. Sheriff
of Sedgwick County, State of Kansas, dc
legal voters of Sedgwick County, State OF
| Kansas that on the Tuesday next succeed
/ ing the first Monday in November, 1888
| (being the sixth 10TH of the month";
| there will be an election held in each OF
| the voting precincts throughout said
| County of Sedgwick, for the purpose OF
electing the following officers, to-wit:
| For Presidential Electors.
| Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court
l Governor
| Lieutenant Governor.
! l Secretary Of State.
Treasurer of State.
| l Auditor of State.
l Attorney General
l State Superintendent of Public In
! struction.
$ 1 Member of Congress, eth Congress
sional District.
g ] State Senator
Representatives.
l County Attorney.
v Probate Judge.
] Clerk of District Court.
l County Superintendent of Public
instruction.
l Commissioner of ID District
Amendments to Constitution as
follows:
Proposition to amend Section one, Article
eight of the Constitution by str king out the
wor white" SO that said section IS amend
ed shall read as follows: "Section l. The
militia shall be composed of all able bodied
male citiZsns between the ages Of twenty
one and forty-five years of yetrs, except
such as are exempted By the laws Of the
United States or OF this State but all cit
liens OF any religious denomination what
ever who from scruples OF conscience may
be aVerse to bearing arms shall be exen pted
thsrefrom upon such conditions as may be
prescribed by aw.
Those voting ia favor of this proposition
10 amend the constitution snail have written
Or printed on their ballots, For the amend
ment to Section one Article eight, of the
Constitution" Those voting against the
proposition TO amend the constitution, shall
have written or printed Oh their ballots,
Against the amendment to Section one,
Article eight, Of the Constitution"
Proposition TO amend Section seventeen,
OF the bill OF rights OF the Constitution of the
State of Kansas, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows: "Section II.
No distinction shall ever be made between
citizens Of the State of Kansas ana the citi
Unite; States in reference to the purchase,
enjoyment or descent OF property. The
rights Of aliens in reference to the purchase,
enjoyment or descent of propsrty may be
regulated by law"
Those vctipg in favor Of this proposition to
amend the Constitution shall have written
or printed, or partly written and partly
printed on their ballots: ''For the PROPOSE
ton to amend Section seventeen of thu bill Of
rights OF the Constitution OF the State of
Kansas, concerning the purchase, enjoyment
and descent OF property those voting
against said proposition shall have written
or printed OF partly written and partly
printed GA their ballots: "Againsg the prop
ositioa TO amend Section seventeen, of the
bill of rights Of the constitution OF the State
of Kansas, concerning the purchase, enjoy
ment and descent of property"
Whereas, the county bonds heretofore
voted by the people and issued by the
county commissioners of Sedgwick county,
Kansas, for the purpose Of building a court
house for said county, have been found
insufficient in amount to complete the
court house now in process of construction
III said county, and for the purpose of
raising the necessary funds to complete
said court house. the board of county COM
nIssioners have ordered that the following
proposition be submitted to the legal vo-
tiers Of said county:
wick county, Kansas. be authorized to
issue additional county bonds to tho
amount of $4,000, for the purpose of com
peting the court house now in process of
construction in said county?
Those voting in the affirmative shall
have printed or written on their ballots,
For the bonds"
printed or written on their ballots,
AGAINST the bonds"
Whereas, the Centennial Park and Gem
etery grounds, located in Grant township,
Sedgwick county, Kansas, have been do
mated TO said township, and a petition
signed by two-thirds of the legal voters of
SAID township having been presented to
the board OF county commissioners re-
Questing said board to submit the question
of receiving said park and cemetery grounds
as township property to the legal voters of
said township; and that in pursuance of
said request said board has ordered the
following proposition to be submitted
to the legal voters of said
Grant township: Shall Grant township,
Sedgwick county. Kansas. receive the Cen
tennial Park ana Cemetery grounds, To-
Gated in said township, as the property of
said Grant township.
Those voting i'll the affirmative shall have
written or printed on their ballots "For
receiving Park and Cemetery grounds as
township property" Those voting in the
negative shall have written or printed on
their ballots Against receiving Park and
Cemetary grounds rs township property
Polls opened at S o'clock in the morn
ing and closing at o'clock in the evening
of the said day.
Given under my hand at the sheriff's of
flee in the city of Wichita, Sedgwick
county. state of Kansas, this 3rd day of
October, a. d. ISIS.
W. ". HAYS.