Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-10-22
Public Notice
Petition

Greeley township, Audubon county,
| state of Iowa.
The resident free hold tax payers of the
| township OF Greeley, in the county of Au-
| dubon state of Iowa, and being major
lty of the resident free hold tax payers of
| said township or townships, respectfully
ask and request you to submit to the vo-
tiers OF said Greeley township at general
or special election to be called by you for
that purpose, as provided for by sections
2os4 and 2Os5 and 20s6 of the Code of 1897 of
Iowa, and acts amendatory thereto. the
question of aiding the Iowa & Omaha
Short Line Railway Company, a corpora
ton duly organized under the laws of the
state of South Dakota and subject to the
| filing laws of the state of Iowa, in CON
struction of a line of railroad to be oper-
ated by either steam electricity, gas or
gasoline, commencing at the city of
Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie county,
state of Iowa. running and extending
from said city of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
thru Kane township to keg Creek town
ship to Silver Creek township to Carson
township to Center township to Lincoln
township to Layton township, all in
| Pottawattam county, state of Iowa And
| Monroe township and Clay township in
\ Shelby county, state of Iowa. And Oak
| leld township, + Nira township and Gree
ley township in Audubon county, state of
| Iowa. And in Bear Grove township, Ba-
ker township, Valley township, Cass
township, all in Guthrie county. state of
| Iowa. In Lincoln township Washington
township, and in any other township or
townships in Dallas county and Polk
county or other counties in the state of
Iowa that the said Iowa Il Omaha Short
Line Railway Company may submit peti-
ton or petitions that may be legally au-
thorized by the statute of the Code of
Iowa. And any and all townships that
the Iowa " Omaha Short Line Railway
Company have surveyed or NAV survey
in the counties of Pottawattamie Shelby.
! Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas and Polk, all in
the state of Iowa. including the county of
Il Douglas in the state of Nebraska for the
purpose of establishing, building and
equipplng their line CT railway or rail-
ways between the cities of Omaha Ne
braska, including Council Bluffs Iowa
through the towns of Treynor, Iowa: Car
SON, Iowa; Oakland, Iowa: Walnut Iowa
near Elk Horn, Iowa; Extra, Iowa; via
North Branch, Iowa, to Guthrie Center.
Iowa, to Panora, Iowa, via Panther Iowa
",
Iowa, the following submitted taxes by
levy, collection and payment of tax of
hNe per cent (5) upon the assessed value
of the taxable property in said township.
townships or towns. Said tax to be levied
in the yea of 1909 upon the assess,nen+S
OF the year 1909, One-half of said tax to be
collected in the year of 1910, and the other
halt OF the said tax TO be collected in the
year OF 1911. The whole amount of said
tax shall be due and payable to the said
Iowa omaha Short Line Railway Com
pany, when the said line of railroad from
the said city of Council Bluffs, Iowa by
u the way of the heretofore mentioned
townships and as near practicable to
the heretofore mentioned towns to the
city OF Des Moines, Polk county iowa and
the Iowa Il Omaha Short Line Railway
Company to have their road Completed
TOR the passage of cars thereon and their
trains running thereon said road That
the said line of railway from the said city
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, to the said CITY of
4 Des Noines, Iowa. to be completed for the
passage of cars thereon by the 30th day of
December, 1912
We, the trustees of Greeley township
| Audubon county, state of Iowa.
a
ha Short Line Railway Company have
complied with Sections No. 2OS4-2 pose
Code of 1897, and acts amendatory thereto,
and ask for five per cent 90 tax levy
upon the assessed value of the taxable
property in this township town. Said
Railway Company hereby agree to give
the same stock as will be issued to any
investor, as required by law, upon full
and complete payment of said voted tax:
| first half to be collected in 1870 the second
half in 1911. Said tax to be used in aiding
said Railway, when the road is completed
| for passage of cars thereon, and subject to
said Railway Company's official order
Tax to be voted on at general election
| November Sd 1905
WILLIAM RUCKER,
WILLIAM WAHIERT
G. WHITE.
| w. NJ. CRKES, Clerk.
| IONA & OMAHA SHORT LINE
RAILWAY COMPANY.
! BY George w. Adams, President.
G. l.. kirkwood Vice President.
JJe &. spa ar astist Directors
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