Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

ANA salq haliWay company having also h!ed
with said Board designation in regard to
building and operating said Railroad into, in
and through Barber county, Kansas, in which
the general course of said Railroads line was
substantially described as: beginning at the
point where the Denver, Enid 4 Gulf Railroad
shall intersect the State line between the
State OF Kansas and the Territory of Okiaho-
ma. near the City of Kiowa, in Barber county,
Kansas, thence in northerly or northwest
erly direction into, in and through said City
of Kiowa to the north or west corporate limit
line thereof, thence in a nOrthePiy or north.
westerly direction in, along, on. over and
through the lands lying between Medicine river
thereof or adjacent thereto, in Kiowa, Moore.
Nippawalla aud Medicine Lodge townships in
said county to the City of Medicine Lodge,
thence through the said City and Township of
Medicine Lodge to the west line OF the said
last named township, thence in northwestern
ly direction in, on, along. through and over the
lands in or adjacent to the Medicine river val
ley to the town of Lake City, thence westerly
route through Lake City, Sun City and Turk
ey Cree townships in said County to the
County line as may be determined and fixed
by the final survey, map location and pro-
file TO be filed by the said Hallway Company
as required by law.
And said Board of County Commissioners,
pursuant to the prayer of said petition, at
said regular session of said Board duly found
that said petition was duly signed by more
than two-fifths of the resident taxpayers of
said County of Barber, and thereupon duly
made an order granting the prayer of said petit
ton, and ordered that special election be
held in said County of Barber on The 18th day of
November, 1905, to determine whether the said
County shall subscribe for One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars Of the capital stock of The Den
yer, Kansas and Gulf Railway Company and is
sue bonds of the said County to the said Rail-
way Company in payment thereof in like
amount, all On the terms and conditions set
out in the said petition.
And further ordered that in the event that
a majority of the qualified voters voting at
said election, cast their ballots in favor of
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bonds in payment for the said stock, then the
County Clerk of said County, for and ON be-
the said county, shall forthwith subscribe for
One Hundred Thousand Dollars of the ca pital
stock of the said The Denver, Kansas and Gulf
Railway Company as stated in said petition;
And further ordered, that if the said The
Denver, Kansas q Gulf Railway Company fully
comply with the conditions of the said sub
scriDtion then the Chairman of the Board of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and the CountyCerk of
said county, shall duly issue the bonds of said
county In the said sum of 800, 10000, the said
bonds to bear interest at the rate of five per
cent. per annum, the principal and interest to
be and become due and payable at the time
and place stated in said petition; provided
bonds to the extent of $4,000 per mile of track
constructed and operated, and no more, shall
be issued, and not to exceed for fifty miles at
said rate; and further ordered that the form of
ballots to be used at the said special election
shall be as stated in said petition
And further ordered that the sheriff of said
county. duly make and issue proclamation
tice by publication of said proclamation in
The Medicine Lodge Cresset, and of this notice
of special election in The Barber County In
dex, each being weekly newspaper printed
and published in said county and having gen.
eral circulation in the said county, and that
said special election be held in all respects as
required by law.
WHEREFORE. The said Board of County Com
| missioners do hereby give public notice that
the said special election so called for the pur-
poses aforesaid will be held at the time ard in
the manner herein described and set forth.
In Witness Whereof, The board of County
Commissioners, attested by the County Clerk.
have hereunto set their hands this End day of
October. 1905. RILEY LAKE,
Chairman.
P. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner.
B. E. WADSwORTH,
Attest: Com missioner.
| (Seai:) And as The Board of County
Commissioners of Barber County, Kansas.
| C. w. WILSON, County Clerk.