Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-23

protect the interests Of said Thomas County
and thereupOn duly made an order granting
the prayer of said petition, and ordering that
a special election be held at the usual and es-
tablished places of voting in each voting pre-
cinct in said Thomas county on the nth day
of March 1883, to determine whether the said
Thomas County shall subscribe to six hun
dred shares Of the capital stock Of said Com
pany, and issue sixty bonds of the denou ina
ton of one thousand dollars each, of said
Thomas County to said Company in payment
therefor, on the terms and conditions set out
in said petition: and it was further
ordered by said Board that in the event that
a majority of the voters voting at said cleo
ton cast their ballots in favor Of said propO-
sition and vote to subscribe said six hundred
shares of said ca ital stock, and to issue said
sixty bonds in payment therefor, then the
County Clerk OF said County shall, forthwith.
for and on behalf of, and in the name Of said
County, subscribe to six hundred shares Of
the capital stock OF said Company; and it
WAS by said Board further ordered, that II
said Railway Company shall fully comply with
the conditions of said subscription, then
the chairman of said Board and the county
Clerk of said County shall duly issue to said
company said bonds of said County in the sum
and to the tenor and effect, in said petition
stated.
And it was by said Board further ordered,
that the ballots to be used at such election
should be in the form designated in saHl petit
ton; and that the Sheriff Of said county duly
make and issue his proclamation for the hold
ing of such special election i'll said Thomas
County at said date and places designated,
and that said Sheriff give due and legal notice
of said election for thirty days as provided by
law, a1d in said proclamation give the sub
stance of said order; said notice to be pub
lished in THE DEMOCRAT a weekly newspaper
printed and published in the city of Colby in
the county of Thomas and in general circula-
ton in said Thomas county.
And it was by said Board further ordered,
that said election be held and returns nude,
and the result ascertained and declared in ell
respects as provided by law.
Now, therefore, l, NJ. w. Witham, Sheriff of
the County of Thomas State of Kansas, by
virtue of the authority in me by law vested,
and in pursuance Of the abOve-recited order Of
said Board of County Commissioners do here
by make public proclamation. and give notice,
that special election will be held in said COun-
ty at the usual and established places of voting
in each voting precinct in said County on the
10th day of March A. d. 1883. to determine
whether said County shall make snch subscrip-
ton Of stock, and shall issue in payment there
for the bonds of said County on the terms and
conditions set out in said petition and such
election shall, in all respects, be conducted and
returns made, and result assertained and de-
clared, in the manner provided by law for
general elections.
In Witness Whereof, I, NJ. W. Witham.
Sheriff of Thomas County, State of Kansas,
have hereunto Set my hand, at the City of Col
by, this 18th day of February A. ID, 1885,
NJ. w. WITHAM,
Sheriff of Thomas County,