Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-05-20
NOTICE oF PETITION

To the taxpayers of the Town of North
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin,:
You are hereby notified that the
Chicago Short Line Railway Company,
a Wisconsin corporation, has submit
ted to the said Town of North LancaSt-
er for acceptance by said town, a prop
oSitiOn for subscription by said town
to the capital stock of said company
and that said proposition, OF which a
copy is hereto annexed and made a.
part of this Notice, is now on file.
You are further notified that, pur-
Suant to Section 946 of the Wisconsin
Statues of 1898 and the several acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary
thereto, after the 18th day of June,
1914, there will be presented to you
for your signatures a Petition to the
proper authorities of said Town of
North Lancaster, praying that said pro-
position may be accepted by said Town
of North Lancaster, and carried into
effect by said Town of North Lancaster
which Petition embracing a copy Of
said proposition is hereto annexed and
made part of this Notice.
Dated this 18th day of May, 1914.
Signed, o. M. SMITH,
Town Clerk.
Town of North Lancaster, Grant
County, Wisconsin.
PETITION
To the Town board of North Lancaster
Grant County, Wisconsin,:
We, the undersigned persons who
were assessed for taxes on real or per-
sonal estate in the town of North Lam
caster, Grant County, Wisconsin, at
the last assessment for said town, in
the amounts set opposite our respec-
tive names, as shown by the last as
sessment roll for said Town of North
Lancaster, do hereby respectfully pc
utlon you as follows:
That the proposition heretofore sub
mltted to said Town of North Lancast-
er by The Chicago Short Line Railway
Company, a Wisconsin corporation,
pursuant to Section GAG of the Wis
consin Statutes of 1911, and of the sub
mission and filing of which due and
regular notice in the manner prescribed
by law is hereby acknowledged, be &C
caster as submitted, and carried into
effect, pursuant to Sections 946 and
948 of the Wisconsin Statutes of 1911.
in so far as any action on the part of
said Town of North Lancaster be neceS-
sary.
That a subscription be made, in ac-
cordance with the terms of said pro-
position and pursuant to Sectfon 94S
OF said Statutes, on behalf of sa own
of North Lancaster on the books the
said The Chicago Short Line Railway
Company, for One hundred eighty (18O)
shares of the stock of said Railway
Company at the par value of One hum
dred (10O) dollars per share.
That in accordance with the terms
of said proposition and pursuant to
Section 948 of the Wisconsin Statutes
of 1911 said shares of stock so sub
scribed for be paid for in bonds to be
executed by said Town of North Lam
caster through it's properly authorized
officers
That in accordance with the terms
of said proposition and pursuant to
Section 948 of said statutes, the said
Town of North Lancaster, acting
through it's properly authorized Off
GERS, do execute bonds of the said
Town of North Lancaster of the par
value fixed in said proposition, and to
mature on the dates fixed in said pro-
position, said bond issue aggregating
Eighteen Thousand dollars ($1S,0O0.00),
at par value and said bonds to be
delivered to such trustee, and at such
time as is provided in said PROPOSE
ton, a copy of which is hereto annexed
and made part of this Petition:
Signed: