Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

Kansas, MeQlCfne valley & Western
Railway Company, on the conditions as
set forth in said petition. which petit
ton, signatures being omitted. is in the
words and figures following, to-wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Bar
Der and State of Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more
than two-fifths (2-5) Of the resident
taxpayers of the Township of Lake
City 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
a date as practicable and legal, and
at such special election to submit to
the qualified electors of the said Town
ship proposition to subscribe the
sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,OO0)
Dollars Tin equal amounts of common
and preferred stock) to the capital
stock of the Kansas, Medicine Valley
& Western Railway Company, a cor
poration 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
railroad from Independence, Kansas, to
Trinidad, Colorado, and to issue the
bonds of said Township in like
s12,000), in payment of said subscrip-
ton: That said bonds shall be each
in the denomination of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) and numbered from
one to "a consecutively, each payable
to the Kansas, Medicine Valley &
Western Railway Company, or bearer,
twenty (20) years after date, and each
bond bearing interest at the rate of
four ca per cent per annum, with in
terest coupons attached payable on the
first days of January and July of each
year, and that the principal and in
terest 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 new Standard
Gauge Railroad through the said
Township, on or before May 1, 1907,
and said bonds shall be delivered to
said Railway Company, it's 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, applicable
thereto; and that said subscription be
made and said bonds issued in accord
ance 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
purpose of submitting said proposition,
the following language:
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE
ADOPTED?
The subscription to the Capt. -l-I
tai Stock of the Kansas, Yes
Medicine Valley & Western
Railway Company, by the = -
Township of Lake City ~,
and the issuance of the '
bonds of said Township l-l-l
therefor.
And said Board of County Commits
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 Lake City and duly made
an order granting the prayer of said
petition and ordered that q special
election should be held in said Town
ship of Lake City in said County on
the 9th day of June, 1905, to determine
whether said Township shall subscribe
the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars
to the Capital stock of the said Rail-
way Company, and issue bonds of the
said Township to the said Railway
Company in payment therefor in like
amount on the terms and conditions
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
lots in favor of said proposition, and
voted to issue bonds in payment
therefor, then the County Clerk of said
County, for and on behalf of the said
Township and in it's name, shall forth
with subscribe the sum of Twelve
Thousand Dollars to the Capital Stock
of said Railway Company 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 inter-
est to be due and payable at the time
and place stated in said petition, and
the SAID Board OF county COMMISSION
ers further order that the form of ball
lot to be used at said special election
be as stated and contained in said pc
tition.
And further ordered that the Sheriff
of said County issue his proclamat ton
for said special election, and that same
be held in said Township to determine
whether said Township shall make
such subscription and issue the bonds
of said Township on the conditions
set out in said petition, and that said
election be called, held and the re-
turns 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 election
so called, for the purposes aforesaid
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.