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ton for thirty (30) days as provided BY !
law, and IN said proclamation give the
substance Of this order; said notice 70
be published Ia the Ellis County News
a weekly newspaper published and hav-
ing q general circulation ID said town
ship and county. And said sheriff Is
further ordered and directed to post
notice as by law provided IN the matter
OF said election. And IL IS further or
dered that said election be held the re-
turns made and the results ascertained
and declared IN the same manner as b.
law provided for general elections.
1t is ordered that the County Clerk
/ duly enter this order on the Journal
record of this Board
Done at the City of Hgys, Ia Ellis
J County, Kansas, this 2lst day of De
4 cember, A. D., 1916, at o'alock p. m.
OF said day.
I Chairman of the Board of Commits
/ sioneFs. VIM. Grabbe,
Co. Com.
/ JOURNAL ENTRY NUMBER TWO.
Office of the County Clerk, of Ellis
County, Kansas.
December p, 1916, O'Clock P. N.
And now to-wit: December q, 1916,
at O. clock p. m, of said day at the
office of the Board of County Commits
&
/ Isaac Zeigler, chairman; and William
Grabbe, the same constituting a quorum
Of the duly elected, qualified ana acting
Board OF County Commissioners of FL
lis County, Kansas, and thereupOn con-
vened as said Board In special session.
The meeting was called TO order by
Isaac Zeigler, chairman; and a roll call
showed the above named members
present. Thereupon a petition was
Cd 70. Tl7,f Cd In Ia,
2. Stscklein and Kaspar Klaus and
eighty-Seven other tax payers OF Look
out township IN Ellis County, Kansas,
Certified and purportlng to be more
than two-fifthS of the resident tax pay
ers of said township praying said
Board OF County Commissioners to
cause an election 20 be held IN said
township and the vote of the qualified
electors TO be taken upon the matters
and things contained ia said petition.
On moJIon duly made, seconded put
and unanimously carried, the following
order was by said Board of County
Commissioners duly ma e.
WHEREAS, a petition duly signed by
John p. Stecklein and Kaspar Klaus
and eighty-seven other persons purport-
ing TO De tWO-fifthS of the resident tax
payers of Lookout township, in Ellis
County, Kansas, has this day been duly
presented TO the Board of County Com
missioners of said county and state,
praying said Board to make an order
embracing the terms of said petition
and calling and fixing the time for
holding a special election, which 1t Is
prayed may be held in said Lookout
township, to submit to the qualified
electors Of said township, proposition
TO subscribe for one hundred and fifty
(150) shares of one hundred dollars
(S100) each of the capital stock of the
Anthony and Northern Railway Com
pany, which company proposes to con-
Struct a line of railroad into and
through said township and delivering
exchange therefore thirty 800 bonds
of said township of the denomination
of five hundred (S500) each, or so many
thereof mot exceeding said number)
as shall amount to not exceeding two
thousand doll"rS (S2, 000) per mile OF
railroad track ana side track construct
ed in said township by said railway
company; said delivery to be made to
said company according to law ana
subject to the terms OF said petition.
Said bonds to bear five ~ percent in
terest payable semI-annua4iy, principal
and interest to be payable at the fiscal
fagency of the State of Kansas, which
principal IS to be due IN thirty 800
years with option to pay same at any
%
l TIE SAID petition emitting Signatures
ism words and figures as follows to-
wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners OF Ellis County IL
the State of Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more
5 than twO-ffths of the resident tax pay
/ ers of Lookout township, in Ellis Coun-
ty, Kansas, IN pursuance Of chapter
f 242 of the session laws of the State o.
j Kansas, for the year 1911, and the laws
to which 1t Is supplemental and amend
a atory, hereby respectfully petition you
2 honorable body to submit, IN pursuance
{ of said law, to the qualified electors OF
J., said Lookout township for their accept
ance or rejection, at a special election
G TO be order by your honorable body
the following proposition upon tn,
e terms and conditions hereinafter Sc
Il forth.
s Shall the township of Lockout, II
the County of Ellis, IN the State O.
n Kansas, subscribe for one hundred fit
5 (i55) shares of one hundred dollar.
d $500 each, of the capital stock OF TIT
q Anthony and Northern Railway Com
e pany, or said corporation under anothe
corporate name which company pro
poses to construct a railroad operated
Dy steam or Okner power into or I0rOugl
said township, and exchange therefor
thirty 800 bonds of said township O
the denomination of FIVE hundred dol
lars (S50O) each or so many thereof
mot to exceed said number) as shal
amount to not exceeding two thousan
dollars (S2, 600 per mile of railroal
track and side track constructed In sal
= township by said railway company
which said bonds shall be payable Z
bearer at the fiscal agency of the Stat
of Kansas, thirty years after dat
thereof, with option TO pay same q
a any time after ten years from date
G and shall bear interest at the rate o
/ five % percent per annum, payabl
te seIni-annually, which interest shall b
d. evidenced by coupon attached to SAL
e bonds and payable at said fiscal agency
e This subscription to stock and issue Q
d bonds being upon the following condi
n lions, / e.: