The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-13

AN ACT to enable townships to issue
ponds for the purpose of aiding railroad
corporations in securing and paying for
lands and water privileges and construct
ing water works and water pipe lines
needed for shops, roundhouses or other
terminal facilities
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. Any township in this state Is
township to an amount not to exceed ten
per cent. of the taxable property of said
township as determined by the assess
any railroad corporation having a railroad
constructed in or through such township
IN securing and paying for lands, upon
houses, or other terminal facilities or for
securing water privileges and construct
ing water works and water pipe lines
needed to supply water for such shops,
roundhouses or other terminal facilities.
Such bonds shall run not less than ten
years nor more than thirty years and
bear interest at not to exceed six per cent.
per annum, payable ,semi-annually;
Sec. 2. Before such aid shall be ex
tended and such bonds issued the PROPOSE
ton shall first be submitted by the town
ship board of such township to the quail
eral or special election Such election
shall be called upon petition of two-fifths
OF the qualified electors of such township.
The trustee of such township shall by
proclamation give notice of such election
giving the amount and purpose for which
bonds are proposed to be issued, the name
the time of maturity of the bonds and
the place or places where the election will
and publication thereof made in some
weekly newspaper published and having a
general circulation in such township FOR
election is to. be held and at least two
publications of such notice shall be made
in such newspaper. Such election shall be
held and returns thereof made and the
result declared as provided by the general
election laws of the state SO far as the
same are applicable.
cast upon such proposition be in favor
OF the issuing of such bonds the town
ship board shall cause the bonds of such
township to be issued to an amount not
exceeding that specified in the proc1an1a-
ton of the trustee. Such bonds shall be
clerk of the township issuing the same
and shall be made payable at the fiscal
agency of the State of Kansas in the City
OF New York or at such other place as
the township board shall designate = -
Sec. f., No bonds shall be issued under
the provisions of this act to an amount
which added to all the other outstanding
bonds of the township issuing. the same
shall make the total bonded Indebtedness
cent of the assessed valuation of such
township as shown by the assessment
sec t al aets and peafons of acts in
conflict with the provisions hereof are
hereby repealed. e-.s.--s.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
| In force after its publication in the official
I hereby certify that the above bill orig
mated in the House. and passed shat body
January %. 1908.
]. S. SIMMONS,
..-~ . Speaker of the House. p
G. H. BRILLIANT,
=~~r s-r Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the Senate January 90, 1905
w. J. FITZGERALD,
President of the Senate.
w. s. KRETSINGER,
Secretary of the Senate.
Approved January 81, 1908.
E. w. HOCH,
Governor.
STATE OF KANSAS
&g1 Office of the Secretary of State
I. c. e. Denton, Secretary. of State of the
state of Kansas, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a correct copy of
the original enrolled bill now on file in
my office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my off,
cial SEAL this 1st day of February, 1903
c. E. DENTON,
tSealJ Secretary of State.
- -s@ BY J. t. BOTKIN,
Assistant Secretary of State.