Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04
ORDER.

WHEREAS, a petition, signed by
T. o. Cole and thirtynine other per-
sons, the same being more than two
fifths of the resident tax payers of
the township of Great Bend, county
of Barton, state of Kansas, has been
presented to the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Bar
ton asking that a special election be
called and ordered in said township OF
Great Bend, county of Barton, for the
purpose of voting upon proposition
to subscribe to the capital stock Of
The Kansas Northwestern Railway
Company and issue the bonds of said
township of Great Bend, county of
Barton, in payment therefore: Which
petition exclusive of the signatures is
in words and figures as follows, to-
witt
. To The County Commissioners Of
Barton County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, resident tax
payers and legal voters of the Town
ship of Great Bend, in Barton County,
Kansas, respectfully petition your hon
orable body to submit to the qualified
electors of Great Bend township, for
their acceptance or rejection, at a
special election to be ordered by your
honorable body, under and in pur-
suance of the provisions of Chap. "a,
Article 2, General Statutes of Kansas
1901, the following proposition, with
terms and conditions herein specified,
to-wit:-
Shall the Township of Great Bend,
in Barton County, Kansas, subscribe
for One Hundred shares of $100 each
of the capital stock of the Kansas
North Western Railway Company, a
corporation organized and doing busi'
ness under the laws of the State of
Kansas, and i'm payment therefore is
sue to said Railway Company Ten
Bonds of said Township, Of the de-
nomination of $1,000 each, payable tt
bearer at the fiscal agency at the city
Of Topeka, Kansas, twenty years attel
the date thereof, and bearing inter
est at the rate Of 40 per cent, pay
able annually, for which interest cou-
pons shall be attached, payable at
the fiscal agency Of the State of Kan
sas at Topeka
This subscription Of stock and is
sue of bonds shall be upon the follow
ing conditions, viz: AS sOonas said
proposition shall be determined in the
affirmative, by a canvas OF the votes
cast at the said election, the Board Of
County Commissioners OF said County
of Barton, for and in behalf OF said
Great Bend Township, shall order the
County Clerl; of said county to make,
and the county clerk shall make said
subscription in the name Of said
Township for One Hundred Shares
Of the capital stock Of said Railway
Con .pany; and when the railroad Of
said Company shall be built, of stand
ard gauge and completed and in oper
alton from some point in the City OF
Great Bend to Galatia, Barton County
Kansas, The said Railway Company
shall receive Ten Thousand Dollars
Of said bonds, and issue One Hundred
Shares of Stock therefor.
The said Board of County Commis-
sioners shall cause such bonds with In
terest coupons attached as aforesaid,
to be Issued in the name Of Great
Bend Township, and shall deliver the
same to said Railway Company upon
deliver of tender to the county treas
urer of said County by the said Rail-
way Company of a Certificate for
One Hundred Shares of fully paid
up capital stock Of the said Rail-
way Company, equal in amount with
said bonds dollar for dollar. Provided
however, that there shall be built
and constructed and in operation, said
Railway, with freight and passenger
depots or stations established and
ready for business on or before
MGnch 1st, 1911.
And said Railway Company will &C.
cept the bonds legally voted and ten
dered them under this proposition,
and such acceptance shall be held as
covenant binding upon said Railway
Company, their successors and as
signs, to properly operate and main
tain said hne Of Railway between
the points herednbefore mentioned
The form Of ballots to be used ct
eadelectio0 shall be as follows:
Shall the following be adOptsdi
~
Shall the Township Of Grnat
Bend. Barton County, Kansas. vro
suhseribe for 100 shares of the