The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-16


money by Wayne township, Wayne
county, Indiana, for the purpose of aid
ing in the construction of the Rich
mond-Hamilton Traction company's in
terurban railroad.
Whereas, petition was heretofore
presented to the board of commission
ers of Wayne county, Indiana, by more
than twenty-five free-holders of Wayne
township, Wayne county, Indiana, ask
ing for public aid by the said township
and appropriation of one hundred
thousand ($1OO, OOOOO) dollars to aid
in the construction of the Richmond
Hamilton Traction company's interur-
ban railroad; and
Whereas. the said board of commits
sioners having taken the said petition
under advisement, by proper order, Or
dered an election to be held at the sew
eral voting places in the said township,
on the Bird day of November, 1914, by
the qualified voters of the said town
ship upon the subject:
Now therefore be it known, and no.
tice is hereby given to the qualified
voters Of Wayne township, Wayne
county, Indiana, and to all persons con
cerned, that the polls will be opened
on the 3rd day of November, 1914 the
same being the day EqFetofore fixed
by the order of thes board of commits
sioners of the said county, at the sew
eral voting places in the said township
to take the votes of the legal voters
thereof, upon the subject of the said
township aiding in the construction of
the decentralization Traction COM
pany's interurban railroad, to the
amount of one hundred thousand
($1O0,Oo0.0O)) dollars, and appropriat-
ing the said sum to the said Traction
company for the purpose of aiding in
the construction thereof, as prayed for
in the said petition; which petition is
duly recorded and entered at full
length in the record and order book Of
the said board of commissioners, in
Commissioners ReedrHTp. 81, Pages
278 and 279 Of the repbrdS Of the said
board of commissioning, to which ref
erence is hereby made for greater
particularly.
At the said election the Judges and
Inspectors of the same shall be gov
erned, in the reception of votes, by
the laws in force regulating general
elections and the whole voting, taking
and certifying thereof shall be con-
Quoted, as nearly as may be in the
manner provided by law for conduct
ing the voting and certifying the votes
at the general elections for state and
county offices.
The ballots used at the voting at
the said election shall contain the
words:
For the Interurban Railroad
Appropriation
YES
No
The words Yes" and mo" to be
placed under, the words ':For the In
terurban Railroad Appropriation" sub
stantially in the same manner above
appearing. Those voters desiring to
vote for and in favor of the said ap-
preparation shall make a cross, thus
(X) in front of the word "Yes," and
those voters desiring to vote against
the said aid and appropriation shall
make similar mark in front of the
word NO"
Said legal voters, of the said town
ship, are further notified that the said
election will be held at and in the sew
eral precincts in the said township, as
now established by law and that the
voting places therein shall be the same
as the general election of state, coun-
ty and township officials will be held,
and which voting places will be adver-
tised later as provided for by law for
general elections.
In witness whereof, l, Lewis S. Bow
man, as auditor of Wayne county, In
diana, have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the official seal Of
the board Of commissioners of the
county OF Wayne and state OF Indiana,
this 10Th day Of September, 1914.
(SeaD LEWIS 8. BOWMAN,
Auditor Wayne County.
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