Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-26

is thus completed and trains thus run
ming thereon within twenty-four
months from the date of the election at
which said tax was voted. / further
certify thatsan exact copy of the no
tlce under which said election was held
is as follows:.
Notice of special election" i
"A petition having been presented to
the township trustees of Richland
township, WapeHo county, Iowa, signed
bv a majority OF the resident free hold
tax PAYERS OF said township, asking the
said township trustees to submit to
the qualified voters of said township in
the manner provided by sections 2oS4
to POOL, inclusive. of the Code of Iowa,
the question of aiding Ottunlwa and
Northern railway company Ia company
incorporated under the laws of Iowa)
to construct a line of standard or 4
feet s1a inch guage railway from OF
tumwa. Iowa. in "a northerly direction
through the town of Kirkville, Iowa,
TO some point on the Iowa Central rail-
wav or the Chicago and Northwestern
railway In MahaslSa county, Iowa, by a
tax OF per cent upon the assessed value
of the taxable property of the town
ship: one-half of said tax to be collect
ed the first year after said line of rail-
wav is completed: the other half the
following year. No part of said tax
to be collectible or payable until said
railway is comnleted and the cars run
ming thereon from Ottumwa, Iowa.
through the town of Kirkville, Iowa,
to the junction with the Iowa Central
railway ors.the Chicago and North
western railway in Mahaska county,
1owa.sand q depot is built within eighty
rods of the business center of said town
of kirkville, Iowa. no part of said mon
ey to be drawn from the county treas
ur- until said railway has been
competed from Ottumwa, Iowa to
some point on the Iowa Central rail-
way or the Chicago and Northwestern
railway in Mahaska county, Iowa,
and trains are running thereon from
Ottumwa. Iowa through said village of
kirkville to said junction point in Ma
haska county, Iowa, and a depot is
built within eighty rods of the business
centeriof said town OF Kirkville, Iowa.
Nor shall any of said money ever be
drawn unless said railway is thus COM
Jaeted and trains thus running thereon
within twenty-four months from the
date of the election at which said tax
is voted. Notice is hereby given that
a special election of the legal voters
of said township will be held at the
following named voting places in said
Richland township, to-wit: In the first
precinct at the town hall in the town
OF hirkville. lowa;, in the second pre-
cinct. at the school house in Keb, Iowa,
(said places being the usual voting
places in said township, on Saturday,
the 22d day of April, 1899, commence
ing at o'clock a. m, and closing at 8
o'clock p. NJ, the question to be voted
upon at said election being whether
the said Ottumwa & Northern Railway
companv shall be aided by tax of S
per cent upon the assessed value of
the taxable property of said township
in the construction .of a line Of stand
ard guage of railway from Ottumwa,
Iowa. in northerly direction through
the town of Kirkyille, Iowa, to some
point on the Iowa Central railway or
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
in Mahaska county, Iowa One-half of
said tax to be collected the first year
after said line of railway is completed
and the other half The following year.
The same to be payable by sthe tax
paxers and drawn from the county
treasurer by said company only upon
the completion of the work required to
be done by said petition as above set
forth in this notice, and upon compli-
ance with the terms and conditions OF
said petition as they are above set
forth in this notice.
Trustees of Richland township, Wa
pello county. Iowa:
J. P. Forsythe,
G. w. Kirkpatrick,
Fred McNair, Twp. Clerk.
In witness whereof l have shereunto
set my. official signature as township
clerk Of Richland township, Wapello
county, Iowa, at Kirkville, Iowa, this
25th day of April, 1899.
Fred McNair,
Township Clerk OF Richland Town
ship, Wapello County, Iowa.
(Ten cent revenue stamp duly cancel
led.)
Filed in my office April IS. 1899, at
11:30 a. M, Morgan Griswold, county
auditor of Wapello county, Iowa State
OF Iowa, Wapello county-fled for rec
ord this 2Sth day of April, A. D. 1892
Mt II O'Clock Il. M, and recorded in
book "a, page IA. C. I. Porter, Record
en-" ~
TO the County Auditor of Wapello
County. Iowa:
!, w. A. Stevens, city clerk of the
city of Ottumwa. Wapello county,
Iowa, do hereby certify that special
election was held in said city of OF
tumwa. at the usual voting places
therein. on the 22d day of May, 1899.
10 vote upon the following proposition,
so-wit:
Shall a tax of one and one-half per
cent on the assessed value of the tax
able property of the city of Ottumwa,
Wapello county, Iowa be levied to aid
0ttumwa and Northern railway COM
pany Ga company incorporated under
The law of lowal. to construct a line of
standard or feet SA inch guage rail
way from Ottumwa, Iowa, in a north
erN direction to some point on the
fowa Central railway or the Chicago
and Northwestern railway in Mahaska
t'oun'tY. Iowa. one-half of said tax TO
ne collected the first year and the 9TH
ar half the following year, no part Of
laid tax to be collectinle or payable
Until said raasyay is completed and the