Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

than two-fifths (2-y) of the resident
taxpayers Of the Township of Sun City
in the County Of Barber In the State Of
Kansas. respectfully petition your
Honorable Board to call special cleo
| ton in said Township, at as early q
date as practicable and legal, and at
| such special election to submit to the
qualified electors of the said Township
| a proposition to subscribe the sum Of
Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500)
Dollars Gin equal amounts of common
and preferred stock to the capital
| stock of the Kansas, Medicine Valley &
| Western Railway Company, a corpo-
| ration duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the
| State of Kansas, for the purpose of
| building. owning and operating a rail-
| road from independence, Kansas, to
| trinidad, Colorado, and to issue the
| bonds of said Township in like
amounts of Seven Thousand Five Hun
| dred Dollars ($7,500), in payment of
said subscriptions: That said bonds
shall be each in the denomination Of
Five Hundred Dollars (s500.00) and
| numbered from one to Is consecutively.
| each payable to the Kansas, Medicine
| Valley & Western Railway Company.
or bearer, twenty (2O) years after date.
and each bond bearing interest at the
|
| with interest coupons 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
subscription shall be made and said
bonds issued are as follows: That said
Railway Company, it's successors or
| assigns, shall build a new Standard
| Gauge Railroad through the said
Township, on or before May L, 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 opera
ton through said Township, If on or
before May 1, 1907.
And we respectfully petition that
said special election be called and held
| conformably to, and as provided by the
| laws of the State of Kansas, applica-
| BILE thereto; and that said subscription
be made and said bonds issued in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State OF
| Kansas.
And that the form of ballot to be
| used at 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:
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE
ADOPTED?
| The subscription to the Capt.
tai Stock of the Kansas, 'o'
Medicine Valley & Western - -
Railway Company, by the
Township of Sun City No
and the issuance of the
bonds of said Township
therefor.
sioners in pursuance to the prayer of
said petition at said special session
thereof found that said petition was
| duly signed by more than two fifths :
of the resident taxpayers of said
Township of Sun City and duly made
an order granting the prayer of said
petition and ordered that a special
election should be held in said Town
ship of Sun City in said County on
the 9Th day of June, 1905 to determine
whether said Township shall subscribe
the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hun
| dred Dollars to the Capital stock Of
the said Railway Company. and issue
bonds of the said Township to the said
Railway Company in payment therefor
| in like amount on the terms and condi-
| lions all as set out in said petition.
And further ordered that in the
event that a majority of the voters.
voting at said election cast their bal
iOtS III favor OIL SAID pTOpOSlliOu, ana
voted to issue bonds in payment
therefor, then the County Clerk Of
said County, for and on behalf of the
said Township and in its name. shall
| forthwith subscribe the sum of Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars to the
| Capital Stock of said Railway Com
pany as stated in said petition.
And it is further ordered that If said
Railway Company fully comply with
| the conditions of said subscription.
| then the Chairman of the Board of
| County Commissioners and the County
Clerk of said County shall duly issue
bonds of said Township in said sum.
said bonds to bear interest at the rate
of four per cent, principal and interest
to be due and payable at the time and
place stated in said petition, and the
| said Board of County Commissioners
further order that the form of ballot
to be used at said special election be
as stated and contained in said petit
| ton.
And further ordered that the Sher-
| if of said County issue his proclama-
| ton for said special election, and that
same be held in said Township to de-
terrnine whether said Township shall
| make such subscription and issue the
| bonds of said Township on the condi-
| lions set out in said petition. and that
said election be called, held and the
| returns thereof made, and the result
| thereof ascertained and declared in
the same manner as prescribed by law
| for general elections.
| WHEREFORE, The Board OF
County Commissioners hereby give
public notice that said special cleo
ton so called, for the purposes afore-
said will be held at the time and 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 on this 22nd day of April, 1905.
RILEY LAKE,
Chairman.
P. w. FLANAGAN,
COmIniSS ioner