Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
First Published in The Barber County Index
October 20, 1902
ShGriff's Proclamation
For Special Election to be Held
Tuesday, November D, 1909.

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For Special Election to be Held
Tuesday, November q, 1909.
To the qualified voters of Ewood Township.
in Barber County. Kansas.
Whereas. on the 10th day of October. 1909.
there was presented to the Board of County
Commissioners of Barber county, Kansas.
petition, signed by two fifths i2-5l of the res
ident 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 Kic-
wa, Hardtner & Pacific Railway Company by
subscribing to its capital stock or loaning the
Twenty-T T ' i lsss. Ooooo, Dollars.
and that it issue the bonds of said township
IN like amount in payment of sand subscrip-
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
sloners OF Barber county, In the State OF
Kansas.
The undersigned. being and constituting
more than two-fifths of the resident taxpay-
ers of the Township of Elwooo in the County
of Barber, and State of Kansas, do hereby re-
spectfully petition your honorable body 10
call special election in said Township OF El-
wood for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters OF said townshipa proposition
TO extend aid to The Kiowa, Hardtrer & Pa
cifc Railway Combany by subscribing for
Twenty-Five Thousand ($22. OO0O0) Dollars Of
the capital stock of said Company, said stock
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 demon
nations of Five Hundred ($50000) Dollars
each, to be payable TO 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
nC frh no avid nod hv fA<-r
on attached, the same to be payable at the
fiscal agency aforesaid; Provided that NO
such bonds be issued until the said Railway
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 westerly direc-
ton from said town of Hardtner to u point on
the wesJ 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 FL
wood, in the County of Bar
Der, in the State of Kansas,
Hardtner s. Pacific Railway
for SSnFP seggty * su %hoasanGa Yes
($22 100000 Dollars of the - -
capital stock of said Com
pany, the same to be paid NO l.
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
ttlOn found that the same was in due and le-
gal form. and was signed by more than two
fifths (2-5) of the resident tax payers and o $
majority of the legal voters of said township; :
and said Board of County Commissioners
and ordered that special election be held at
the usual and legal voting place in said town.
ship, on
TUESDAY, the 23rd Day Of NOVEMBER,
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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 cast 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
po1s
And said Board of County Commissioners
further ordered that when the said Hallway
stated in the said petition, that then the
Chairman OF the said Board of County Com
missioners and the County Clerk of said coun-
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
sign 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. /, J. D. Mathews. Sheriff Of
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 o special election will be held
at the usual and legal voting place in Elwood
township. Barber county, 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 aecertained
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 l6.h day of October. 1903. =,
I'D. MATHEWS,
Sheriff OF Barber county, Kansas.
Attest: 8. w. IRELAND.
tseal:) County Clerk.