Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

ShGritf'S Proclamation
For Special Election to be Held
Tuesday, November %, 1909.
To the qualified voters of Elwood Township.
in Barber County, Kansas.
Whereas, on the 10th day of October. 1909
there was presented TO the Board of County
petition. signed by two fifths t2-5l of the res
fdent taxpayers and a majority of the legal
voters of said Elwood Township. praying that
said Board of County Commissioners submit
TO the qualified voters of said township the
proposition that said township aid The KiO-
wa, Hardtner Pacific Railway Company by
subscribing to its capital stock or loaning the
credit OF said township thereto. in the sum OF
Twenty-Two Thousand ($22 .OO0O0) Dollars.
in like ,sf of said soSserip
ton or loan. all upon the conditions as stated
and set forth in said petition. which petition,
the signatures being omitted, is in words and
figures as follows, to-wit:-
PETITION
To the Honorable Board of County Commits
sioners of Barber county, in the State of
The undersigned, being and constituting
more than o-ffths of the resident tax-pay-
ers of the Township of Elwoof i, in the County
of Barber, and State of Kansas, do hereby re-
spectfully petition your honorable body to
call special election in said Township of FL
wood for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of said township proposition
to extend aid to The Kiowa, Hardtrer Pa
elfc Railway Combany by subscribing for
the capital stock of said Company. said stock
to be paid for by issuing and delivering to said
Company like amount of the bonds of said
township, all in manner and form as provided
by law, the said bonds to be issued in denom-
nations of Five Hundred ($50O00 Dollars
each. to be payable 10 bearer at the fiscal
agency of the State of Kansas in the City of
New York. in the State of New York twenty
years after the date thereof. and to bear in.
terest from date at the rate of five per cent
per annum, payable semiannually, the inter-
est thereon to be evidenced by coupons there
on attached, the same to be payable at the
fiscal agency aforesaid; Provided that no
such bonds be issued until the said Hallway
Company shall have completed and put in
operation line of standard guage railroad
commencing at the town of Hardtner. in said
township. and extending in a westerly direc-
ton from said town of Hardtner to Il point on
the west line of said township.
The form of the ballots to be used at such
election shall be as follows:-
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED
Shall the township of Ell
wood, in the County of Bar
Der, in the State of Kansas,
extend aid TO The Kiowa,
Hardtner & Pacific Railway -
Company by subscribing yes
l$222. 100000 Dollars OF the - -
capital stock of said Com
pany, the same to be paid NJ
for by issuing and deliver J
ing to said Company like
amount of the bonds of said
township, all in manner and
form as provided by law?
And whereas, said Board of County Com
missioners, upon the presentation of said Pc
titlon found that the same was in due ana le-
gal form, and was signed by more than two-
ffths (2.5) of the resident tax payers and o
majority of the legal voters of said township;
| and said Board of County Commissioners
| thereupon granted the prayer of said petition
| and ordered that special election be held at
| the usual and legal voting place in said town.
| ship, on
TUESDAY, the 2Srd Day of NOVEMBER,
| l909 to determine whether said subscription
| or loan should be made, and whether said
| bonds should be issued in payment of said
subscription or loan upon the terms and con-
ditions set out in said petition; and said Board
| OF County Commissioners further ordered
| that in the event majority of the voters vot-
ing at said election ca ct their ballots in favor
| of the said proposition then the County Clerk
| of said county should forthwith for, In behalf
and in the name of said township, make such
I'D posq OF
And said Board of County Commissioners
| further ordered that when the said Railway
Company has complied with the conditions
stated in the said petition, that then the
Chairman of the said Board of County Com
| missioners and the County Clerk of said coun-
7 ty should sign and attest the bonds of said
| township, in said amount, In all respects as
required by said petition. and issue and deliv-
er the same as in said petition required in ex-
! change for a like amount of the capital stock
| of said company.
And the said Board of County Commission
ers further ordered that the form of ballots
| to be used at said election should be in the
| form stated in said petition; that the under
sigL ed as sheriff of said county should duly
issue and make proclamation for said special
election, and post and publish the same in the
manner required by law.
Now, therefore. l, J. d. Mathews, Sheriff of
l. Barber county, Kansas, by virtue OF authori--
ty, by law in me vested, and in obedience to-
the above order and direction OF the Board
of County Commissioners OF said county, do
hereby make public proclamation and give
due notice that special election will be held
at the usual and legal voting place in Elwood
township. Barber C unity, Kansas. on Tues
day, the 23rd day of November. 1909, to deter
mine whether said township shall make such
subscription or loan. and issue said bonds,
upon the conditions set out In said petition.
such election shall In all respects be con-
Quoted and the ballots therefor distributed
and returns made and the result ascertained
and declared, all as provided by law for gen.
eral elections.
In witness whereof, I. the said sheriff OF
Barber county. Kansas, have hereunto set
my hand. at the City of Medicine Lodge, in
said county, this 18th day of October. 1909.
I'D. MATHEWS,
Sheriff OF Barber county, Kansas.
Attest: 8. W. IRELAND,
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