The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-09


on or before December 81, 1894
1t is expressly understood and stipu-
lated that none of the above bonds shall
be issued and delivered by the city of
/ Wichita until each and all sf the above
! conditions shall have been fully COM
/ piled with on the part Of the said rail-
way company.
/ And We further respectfully petition
that said special election be held con-
formally to and as provided for by the
laws of the state of Kansas applicable
thereto, and that said bonds be issued and
delivered to said company in accordance
I with the laws Of the state of Kansas as
set forth in sections 5907-59l2. inclusive,
| Of the general statutes of the state of
Kansas, compiled under the authority
Of chapter 10 of the session laws of 1901,
and that the form of ballots to be used
at said election shall be prepared and
issued as required by law.
The petitiI to be submitted to the
county commissioners is as follows:
PETITION.
The proposition that Sedgwick county
aid The Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf Rail-
way company by subscribing TO its capt.
tai stock and issuing bonds of said county
therefor
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Sedg-
wick. State of Kansas:
Inasmuch as The Nebraska, Kansas and
Gulf Railway company propose TO con-
struct a line of railroad from the city of
Concordia, in Cloud county, southerly into
and through the county of Sedgwick in
the state of Kansas, the undersigned,
being more than two-ffths of the resi-
dent taxpayers of the said county, re-
specially petition your honorable board
to call a special election TO submit to the
qualified electors of the said county a
proposition that said county subscribe
for the capital stock of the said The
Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf Railway
company, a corporation duly organized
and existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the state of Kansas, to the
amount of two thousand dollars go, 100000
per mile, for each mile of railroad, exclu-
sive of side tracks. constructed by the
said The Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf
Railway company, within -Sedgwick
county, state of Kansas, and to issue the
bonds Of said county in like amount of
two thousand dollars 90, 000.eo) per mile
for each mile of railroad constructed by
said railway company in said county, in
payment of said subscription; that said
bonds shall be each of the denomination
of five hundred dollars $4,000 and num-
bered consecuuvely from one % upward,
each payable to the said The Nebraska.
Kansas and Gulf Railway company, or
bearer. twenty COD years after date, re-
deemable, however, at the pleasure OF the
said Board Of County Commissioners at
any time after ten 90 years after the
date of their issue and each bond bearing
interest at the rate of four and one-half
per cent az per cent? per annum. with
semi-annual interest coupons attached
payable on the first day of January and
July each year the principal and interest
of such bonds TO be payable at the fiscal
agency OF the state of Kansas. in the city
of New York.
The conditions upon which said sub
scription is to be made and said bonds
issued and delivered, as are follows:
That said railway company. its SUCCESSORS
or assigns. shall build a standard gauge
railroad from the city of Concordia, in
Cloud county. to a point on the north line
o. said Sedgwick county, thence to a
point On the south or east line thereof
and through the city of Wichita, with
passenger and freight depots in the said
city of Wichita. That said railroad shall
DC built and ready for opera ton OF en-
gines and cars over the same from the
city Of Concordia in Cloud county, to the
city Of Wichita. on or before June I. 1894,
and thence in southe-ly direction
crossing the south line of the state of
Kansas in either Sumner or Cowiey
counties. to a point in the Indian terri
tory fifty miles from the point AZ which
said railroad crosses the south line Of
the state of Kansas. on or before the
Slst day of December, 1895. unless the
construction Of SAID railroad De delayed
By acts Of Providence. strikes or iniunc-
tons: that when said railroad is con-
structed and in operation from the city
Of Concordia. in Cloud county 10 the
south line of the state Of Kansas bonds
OF the said Sedgwick county az par. TO
the amount OF one thousand dollars
lSl.eco.ool per mile for each mile % rail-
road constructed in said county. or one
the said county. shall be issued and de-
livered TO the said The Nebraska. Kansas
and Gulf Railway company. its succe ssors
or assigns. the remaining portion Of one
thousand dollars tSleo10al per mile fer
each mile Of railroad constructed in said
county By said railroad company 10 De
issued and delivered when the said rail-
road is constructed and in operation from
said county southerly 70 point IN the
Indian territory fifty ,5o} miles from the
point az which said railroad crosses The
south line Of The state OF Kansas.
And We further respectfully petition
that said special election be called and
held conformabjy 10 and SIS provided for
by the laws Of the state OF Kansas appli-
cable thereto. and that said subscription
be made and said bonds DC issued IN ac-
cordsrce with The laws OF the state OF
Kansas. as set forth in sections 5SS-5sal.
inclusive. Of The General Statutes e said
state. compiled under the authority Of
chapter 10 Of The session laws CT 1901. and
that the forms Of ballots 10 be used az