The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30

Iii@ DdA-1C u odtQ OASCn IVFfAASiAAE
Tor the said one hundred fifty shares OF
the capital stock of said railway com
pany.
The said bonds shall be deiiv red to
said railroad company only N event
said railway company equal IN amount
with the bond authorized and delivered
dollar for dollar and also and only
in event the said railway company have
constructed and In operation Its line Of
railroad between some point on the
south line of said town ship and the
station location of said railroad com
/ pany in the city of Hays IN said town
| ship at which time there shall be is
sued and delivered to said railroad COM
pany, the bonds SO voted and author
lied In an amount equal to two thou
sand dollars (S2, 000) per mile OF rail-
road track and side track so construct
| ed and In operation from said location
IN the city of Hays to some point on
/ the north line OF said township, the re-
mainder of bonds voted snail be issued
and delivered IN like amount per mile
from said point TO said North line Of
! said township, provided, however, that
/ the total amount of bonds delivered TO
said railway company shall not exceed
/ the toal face value OF fifteen thousand
dollars (S15.O00).
! Provided, however none of the bonds
/
pany unless the said railway Is so con-
| structed and IN operation between SAID
points and through said township at q
da te not later than December 81, 1918,
delays by litigation or other causes be-
yond the Railway Company'S control
excepted.
. We further petition your honorable
! body to adopt and use the following
form of ballot in submitting said pro-
I r. S,1
qualified voters of Big Greek township,
Ellis County, Kansas:
''Te vote in favor of any question
submitted upon this ballot make q
cross (x) mark In the square after the
word yes
''To vote against it make a similar
mark in the square after the word no.. -
Shall the following be adopted:
Shall Big Greek township, in
the County of Ellis, State of Kan
Sas, subscribe fer one hundred and
fifty shares of one hundred (S100)
each of the capital stochk Of the yes
Anthony and Northern railway
Company Tor said corporation IN
der another corporate name) and
deliver in exchange therefore thir-
ty bonds (30) Of FIVE hundred IN"
dollars (S500) each of said township
payable in thirty 800 years with
interest, at five (6) percent per annum
payable semi-BnnuaiIy.
Respectfully submitted.
And whereas, the said Board of
County Commissioners. having care
fully examined and inspected said petit
ton and the signatures thereto having
received evidence as to the genuineSS
of said signatures and that the petit
TONERS constitute and comprise two
fifths of the resident tax payers OF
said township, said Board finds and adj
judges that said petition is in due and
legal form and is duly legally signed
by two-ffths of the resident tax payers
of said township and that the prayer
of said petition should be granted, and
said Board further finds that the condI-
tons in said petition are sufficient and
ample for the protection of said town
ship.
, And whereas, the said, the Anthony
/ and Northern Railway Company has
; deposited with the said Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners bond in the sum OF
five hundred dollars $500 to secure
and pay the expenses of the proposed
election petitioned for, which bond and
: sum named therein is deemed sufficient
and is hereby approved by the saiC
! Board of County Commissioners fol-
. the said purpose.
! Comm ssioners in pursuance of said pc
. tltIon and the laws of the State OF
: Kansas in such cases made and pro
vid d, ordered and adjudge that the
prayer of said petitiod be G tanted anC
: that a special election be ana the same
, is hereby ordered and called to be helC
in said township In said county anC
state to vote on the question OF saic
! township subscribing for one hundred
chs Of hmm n
: (SI00) each of capital stock of the sait
: Anthony and Northern Railway Com
pany and issuing thirty (30) bonds o.
, five hundred dollars $500 each of saiC
township IN exchange therefore.
And it is hereby ordered that sucl
! special election shall be held on the
! 30th day of January A. D., 1917, a
!. the usual voting place in said township
!, IN said county, to-W1t:
= The court room at the Court Hous
, in Hays, Ci3y, Kansas.
= And it Is further ordered that tn
: ballots to be used in said election sha
: be in words and form and figures a
: follows:
+ ''To vote in favor of any questio
! submitted upon this ballot make a eros
: Ky mark IN the square after the Wor
. yes" To vote against 1t make
. similar mark in the square after th
: word mo.
L Shall the following be adopted:
Shall Big Greek township, IN Ell
lis Count Z, Kansas, subscribe for
Y one hundred and fifty Q5O} shares
n OF one hundre1 dol ars (S100) each yes
of the capital stock of the Anthony
e and Northern Railway Company Tor
? said corporation under another cor
IS porate name) and deliver in ex-
y change therefore ehirty (30) bonds
e of five hundred dollars $500 each 'tno
e of said township, payable in thirty
d (30) years with interest at the rate
l. OF five 81 percent per annum, pay
n able semi-annuaily.
d And it is further ordered that If
II majority of the qualified electors votin
: at said election vote and cast their ba
II lot IN favor of said subscription TO tn
/ capital steck of the Anthony an
l. Northern Railway Company and tn
issuance of thirty 800 bonds of .iv
n hundred dollars $500 each of sal
l. township IN exchange therefore; the
y the County Clerk of Ellis County forth
h with for and on behalf of said towI