The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
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First Publication May 25. 1904.

First Publication May 20 lyi.
LEGAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD 31th DAY OF
JUNE, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that on the 24th
day of May, A. d. 1904, there was present
ed to the board OF county commissioners
of Sedgwiek county. Kansas. said board
being duly convened in adjourned day of
regular session, a petition duly signed
by two-fifths C2-5) of the resident tax
payers and majority OF the legal voters
Of Sedgwick county, Kansas. praying said
board OF county commissioners TO submit
to the qualified voters of said county
proposition that the said Sedgwick county
aid the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Railway company by subscribing to its
capital stock in the amount OF eighty
thousand dollars (SS0. .o)0e0l, one half 90
common and one-half a. preferred stock.
and the issuing of bonds of said county
in like amount, in payment of said sub
ecription, all upon the conditions as set
forth in said petition. which pc
tltion. signatures being omitted. is in the
words and figures following. to-wit:
PETITION
The Proposition That Sedgwick County
Aid the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Railway Company by Subscribing 10 Its
CAPITAL Stock and Issuing the Bonds
Of said County Therefor
To the Honorable Board of County Com
missioners of the County of Sedgwick,
State of Kansas:
Inasmuch as the Kansas City. Mexico
and Orient Railway company proposes to
construct a line of railroad into and
through the county Of Sedgwick. in the
state of Kansas; and inasmueh as the
said county of Sedgwiek heretofore voted
10 extend aid to said railway company,
which said aid will lapse and become in
effectual on December S1st. 1904:
The undersigned being more than two
fifths Of tlf resident tax payers in said
county. and being more than majority
Of the legal voters of said county. respect
fully petition your honorable board to
call a special election in said county al
as early a date as practicable and legal.
and at such special election 10 submit
to the qualified electors Of said county
a proposition that said county subscribe
for eighty thousand dollars (sso.0p0) (one-
half common and one-half preferred
stock of the capital stock OF said Kansas
City. Mexico and Orient Railway COM
pany, a corporation duly organized and
existing under and by virtue Of the laws
Of the state of Kansas. and 10 issue the
bonds of said county IN ike amount OF
eighty thousand dollars ($S00oO in pay
ment of said subscription; which said sub
scription. and the bonds 70 be issued in
payment thereof shall not exceed two
thousand dollars per mile for each mile
of railroad constructed in said county;
that said bonds shall be each OF the de-
nomination OF five hundred dollars $500
and numbered from ! to l60 consecutively,
each payable 10 the said Kansas City.
Mexico and Orient Railway company or
bearer. twenty years after date redeem
able. however at the pleasure OF the said
beard OF county commissioners at any tine
after ten years after the date OF their
issue, and each bond bearing interest at
the rate Of four per cent per annum with
semi-annuaI interest coupons attached.
payable on the first DAYS of January and
july OF each year. The principal and in
terest OF such bonds to he payable at the
fiscal agency OF the state OF Kansas in
the city of New York.
The conditions upon which said sub
scription is 10 be made and said bonds
issued and delivered are as follows: That
said railway company. its successors or
assigns. shall build standard gauge rail-
road from a point on the north or esst
line of said county TO point on the
south or west line thereof and through
the city OF Wichita. and shall build or
acquire by Iease or otherwise passenger
station. and shall build and maintain
freight depot IN said city. Ct capacity ana
dimensions sufficient 70 transact all Of the
business OF said railway company 81 said
city Of Wichita. That said railroad shah
be built and ready for operation Of en-
gines and cars over the same BY or before
the 3lst day OF December. iS97. from the
city OF Wichita southwesterly 20 the Red
river On the boundary lne between the