Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-25
ORDER.

WHEREAS, a petition, signed by
7. o. Cole and thirty-nine 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 special election be
called and ordered in said township Of
Great Bend, county of Barton, for the
purpose of voting upon a 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, fol
their acceptance or rejection, at 6
special election to be ordered by youl
honorable body, under and in pur
suance Of the provisions of Chap. "a,
Article 2, General Statutes of Kansas
1901, the following proposition, witt
terms and conditions herein specified
to-wit:-
Shall the Township Of Great Bend
In Barton County, Kansas, subscribe
for One Hundred shares of 500 eacl
OF the capital stock of the Kansa.
Northwestern Railway Company,
corporation organized and doing bust
ness under the laws Of the State o
Kansas, and in payment therefore is
sue to said Railway Company Tel
Bonds of said Township, of the de
nomination Of $1,000 each, payable
bearer at the fiscal agency at the cit
OF Topeka, Kansas, twenty years afte
the date thereof, and bearing intel
est at the rate of Az per cent, pay
able annually, for which interest cou
pons shall be attached, payable a
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 sal
proposition shall be determined in tn
affirmative, by canvas of the vote
cast at the said election, the Board O
County Commissioners of said Count,
Of Barton, fol and in behalf of sad,
Great Bend Township. shall order tn
County Cler!; Of said county to make
and the county clerk shall n AXE sal,
subscription in the name of sal,
Township for One Hundred Share
OF the capital stock of said Railwa,
Con pany; and when the railroad o
g sald Company shall be built, of stand
ard gauge and completed and in oper
Stlon from some point in the City o
Great Bend to Galatia, Barton COUNTY
Kansas, The said Railway Compan
shall receive Ten Thousand Dollar
G VI said bonds, and issue One Hundre
Shares of Stock therefor.
The said Board of County Commi:
sioners shall cause such bonds with
terest coupons attached as aforesaid
to be issued in the name of Grea
Bend Township, and shall deliver tht
same to said Railway Company upo
|, d liver of tender to the county trea.
urer of said County by the said Raj
way Company of a Certificate fo
One Hundred Shares of fully pal
up capital stock of the said Raj
sway Company, equal in amount wit
. said bonds, dollar for dollar. Provide
however,. that there shall be bui
and constructed and in operation, sal