The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-09-26
Ordinance No. 7Ia.

Ordinance No. 71g.
ANoRpINANCE AUTuoRIEING, DtREcrINu
AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTIOS -
ns, - SF Sal, 49,, $500 ~ SUI, SoE 49,
IFiED VOTERS 90 SAID CITY, A PKOrOsITIoS
~ AUTuoRIEE sGIDCfTY To ISSUE Irs bon ~
10 rHE Aaou NJ oTIwESTY THousASD Doll
LARS, FoR THE PURPOSE 90 AiDtSO THE
OMAHA, KANSAS a SOUTHERN RAILwAT
CoMPASY ~ sECURiNO AND PANiSG FOR
LAND FoR RIOHr 90 WAY, DEBUT GROUNDS
AND TERMINAL FACILITIES, AND tn VIZ A
TINE FOR sUCH sPECIAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, A petition signed by A. NJ.
Clafiln and a. others Of the resident tax
payers Of the city Of S-lina, Kansas, and be-
ing more than two flftks Of the resident tax
Payers Of said city, has been ON this nth day
d Aug lsS9. presented Ia the Mayor aud
Council OF said city tor the consideration and
action OF said Mayor and Council, which said
petition " On the signatures thereto omitted,
II la words and figures rs follows, tO-wlt:
PETITION.
To fhs M0g0r and Council Of the Cffv oC iSd-
hiaa, Sdifar County, Kansas:
we,the undersigned citizens and taxpayers
of the city of salina, In state Of Kansas
taxpayers Of said city of Sallna, and state OF
Kansas, petition the Mayor and Council
men Of said city 90 submit at special
uropositiSn 20 anihoriir mid civ on saiIns
10 Issue Its bonds 10 the RrBnunt of twenty
thousand go CD dollars, Tor the purpose OF
aiding the Omaha, Kansas a southern rail
way eompany In securing and paying for
land. FOR the right Of way, depot grounds and
terminal facilities.
The conditions upon which said bonds shall
he voted and issued tn the I'D Omaha, Kan
sas a Southern railway company are NJ fol-
lows, viz: Said company shnll construct the
line Of railroad standard gauge including all
necessary side tracks and switches, and have
cars running thereon n ON some point ON the
north line Of Saline County, Kansas, to q
point within the corporal ion limits OF said
passenger depot, situate within one mile
frosn the Intersection Of lron avenue with
Santa Re avenue IN said city OF Salina, on
or before Feb. LIST, ISD.
When said the omaha. Kansas a Southern
railway company shall have constructed It's
said line Of railroad, from sDmo paint on tue
north line Of said Saline county, Into said
city Of Salina and tO the point before lndl-
Gated with said track, switches and pasSen.
ger and freight depot Is before set forth, and
have the cars running thereon within the
time above stated, then the Mayor and
Councilmen OF the city OF Salina shall issue
to said the Omaha, Kansas a southern rail-
way company said twenty thousand C1O.uOl
dollars OF bonds, said bonds To he issued In
sums OF I'VE hundred t5DOl dollars. each pay,
able In thirty CD years from date issued,
bearing six per cent Interest, payable semi
annually, both principal and Interest pay
able 90 the fiscaI agents OF the state % Ran
sas NJ New York city.
And We pray that said Mayor and Council
men upon presentation Of this PETITION, duly
convene and make an order, which order,
shall embrace the terms and conditions ol
this petition and such other conditions nS the
Mayor aud Councllmen deem % advisable 10
make, nxIng the time for holding said
special election. which We pray may he
held aS by Law prpVided Ender chaptsI 81,
laws Of Kansas, iSss, and determine whefhet
such bonds shall he issued, and the form OF
the ballo; 10 b. used nj said special election
for and against said proposition, sub
mltied, shall b. as follows: Each qualified
voter voting for said proposition, shall have
printed or written an tie taiint, "for tue
Bonds" Each qualified voter voting against
ten on his ballot. Against the Bonds" And
WHEREAS, The said petition having beeo
duly filed and set down Tor hearing. and the
Mayor and c0uncimen having duly eN-
amlne,l and considered the same. aud being
FULLY advised In the premises, do md and
declare that the said petition In In writing
Of the resident Taxpayers of The said city of