The Saline County journal., 1889-09-19
Ordinance No. 7Ig.


oRDISAscE AUrHoRIEING, DIRECTINo
AND CALLING SPECIAL ELECrioS ~
THE CITY OF sALiNA. KANSAS, fOh THE
rrRiS.E or svhs,TiSG ,i1,,s,g TO s,n,,y,,< & SJh.
TO AUTHORIZE SAID CITY ~ IssTE irs BON DS
10 THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY THOUsASD DoL-
LARs, FOR THE PURPOSE 90 AiDiS0 rHE
OMAHA. KANSAS soUTuERN RAILWAY
COMPANY ~ sECURISG AND PAVING FoR
LAND FOR RIoHT oF WAY, DEBUT GRoCNbs
AND TERsISAL FACILITIES, AND ~ FiN A
TINE FoR sUCH srEciAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS. A petition signed by 4. N.
CIanIn and isEl others oG the resident tax
payerr of the city of Silina, Kansas, and be-
Ing more than two fifths OF the resident tax
payers of said city, has been on this ath day
h Aug, lSSi. presented to the Mayor and
Council Of said city Tor the consideration and
action of said Mayor and Council, which SAIL
petition th the signatures thereto omitted,
u In words and figur,s as follows, to-wt:
PETITION.
To The Mayor dnd CoaHcii u ths Guy NJ Sd-
HJsa, Sdifas County, kdRsas:
we,the undersigned citizens and taxpayers
Of the city of Salina. In tre state of Kansas
being more than two-finhs Uf the resident
taxpayers of said city Of sallna. and state OF
men ol said city To submit at q special
election tn the qualified voters OF said city
proposition To authorize said city OF Salina
To issue Its bDnds to the amOunt &C twenty
Thousand C9O 0sll dollars, for the purIpb-e OF
aiding the Omaha, Kansas a southern rail-
way company In securing and paying for
land, for the right Of way, depot gruunds and
The conditions upon which said bonds shall
be voted and Issued Ca the said Omaha, Kan
sas Southern raiiway cnmpany are ns iol-
lows viz: Said company shall construct the
line of rAilruad standard gauge Including all
necessary side tracks and switches, and have
cars running thereon nom some point on the
north line Of Saline County, Kansas, to n
point within the corporat Ion limits uf said
city OF Salina. together with freight aud
passenger depot, situate within one mile
frcin the Intersection Of Irun avenue with
santa Pc avenue In said city of Salina, ON
or before Feb. lst, Isis
When said the Omaha. Kansas Southern
railway company shall h'Ne constructed Us
north line of said Saline county, into said
city Of Salina and io the point before inhi-
Gated with said track, switches and paSSen.
ger and freight depot as before set fOrth, and
have the cars running thereon within the
time above stated, then the Mayor and
Councilmen of the City OF Sallna shall issue
10 Sald the Omaha, Kansas 4 Southern rail-
way company said twenty thousand ten.0D
dollars Of bonds, said bonds To he issued In
sums Of ave hundred tsDl dollnrs, each pay
able In thirty Csp years frnm date issued,
bearing six per cent interest, payable semi
annually. boih principal Hnd Interest pay
able To the fiscal agents &C the state of Kan
sas nj New York Clty.
men upon presentation Of this petition, duly
convene Rnd make order, which order,
shall embrace the terms and conditions oi
this petition and such Other conditions as the
Mayor and COuncilmcn deem u advisable to
make, hxIng the time for holding said
special election, which We pray may be
laws Of Kansas, lSsi, AMI determine whether
such bonds shall he issued. and the FORM Of
the ballot tn IN, used at said SPECIAL election
for and against said proPisitlon, ~ sub.
mItted, shall beas follows: Each qualified
voter voting for said proposition, shall have
printed or written on the ballot, "for the
bontls." Each qualified voter voting against
saId proposition shall haNr printed or writ
ten on his ballot, Against the Bands " Aud
WHEREAS, The said PETITION having been
duly fled and set down for hearing. and the
MAYOR and Counrilmen having duly eN-
ainlnetl and considered the saue, and being
fuliy nd ised In the premisrs, do ind and
declare that the said petition u In writing
and that q II signed by more than two flfihs
Of the resident Taxpayers oft The said Ciiy of