Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
sh.riff's Proclamation for Special
Election


To the Qualified Voters of Township
of Medicine Lodge, Barber County,
Kansas
WHEREAS. on the 22nd day OF APP
rii. 1905. there was duly presented to
tie Board of County Commissioners of
Barber County, Kansas. a petition duly
signed by two-fifths of the resident
taxpayers of the Township of Medicine
Lodge. praying the said Board of
County Commissioners to submit to
the qualified voters of said Township.
the proposition to subscribe Seventeen
Thousand Dollars TO the Capital Stock
of the Kansas, Medicine Valley &
Western Railway Company, all on
conditions as set forth in said petition.
which petition. signatures being omit
ted Is In the words and figures fol-
lowing. to-wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners of the County of
Barber and State OF Kansas:
We. the undersigned. being more
than two-fifths (2-5) OF the resident
taxpayers of the Township of Medicine
Lodge in the County of Barber in the
State Of Kansas. respectfully petition
your Honorable Board to call a special
election in said Township. at as early
date as practicable and legal. and
at such special election to submit TO
the qualified electors of the said
Township proposition TO subscribe the
sum of Seventeen Thousand (s17 000)
Dollars lin equal amounts OF common
and preferred stOck) TO the capital
stock Of the Kansas. Medicine Valley &
Western Railway Company. a corpora
ton duly organized and existing under
and by virtue OF the laws of the State
OF Kansas. for the purpose of building.
owning and operating q railroad from
Independence, Kansas. to Trinidad
Colorado, and 10 issue the bonds of
said Township in like amounts of Sew
enteen Thousand Dollars (s17. 000). in
payment Of said subscription: That
said bonds shall be each in the deuoni-
nation of Five Hundred Dollars
tsoOO.OO) and numbered from one to 81
consecutively. each payable TO the
Kansas. Medicine Valley & Western
Railway Company. or bearer. twenty
goo years after date. and each bond
bearing interest at the rate of four (4)
per cent per anuum. with interest cou-
pons attached payable on the first
days Of January and July of each year. |
and that the principal and interest of
such bonds be made payable at the
Fiscal Agency OF the State of Kansas. |
In the City OF New York
That the conditions upon which said |
subscriptions shall be made and said
bonds issued are as follows: That said
Railway Company. its successors or
assigns. shall build new Standard
Gauge Railroad through the said
Township. on or before May I. 1907 and
said bonds shall be delivered to said
Railway Company, its successors or
assigns. when said railroad shall have
been built and shall be in operation
through said Township. If on or before
May /. 1907.
And we respectfully petition that
said special election be called and held
confornably to. and as provided by the
laws of the State Of Kansas. applica-
bic thereto; ard that said subscription
be made and said bonds issued in ac-
cordaEce with the laws of the State OF
Kansas
And that the form OF ballot TO be
used ~ said election shall be prepared
and issued as required by law. and
shall have printed thereon for the pur-
pose of submitting said proposition.
the following language: