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

Hays, Kansas, December Il, 1916.
To Isaac Zeigler, Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, OF Ellis
County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned members of the
Board of County Commissioners of Ell
lis County, Kansas, respectfully re-
quest you to call a special session of
the Board of County Commissioners of
Ellis County, Kansas, for the purpose
of taking and discussing matters pre-
tanning to petitions for the extension
of the Anthony and Northern Railroad
through Ellis County as far north as
Hays Isaac Zeigler,
VIM. Grabbe,
Commissioners.
Hays, Kansas, December q, 1916.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Ellis County,
Kansas:
Gentlemen
At the request of yourselves as two
members of the Board of County Com
missioners of Ellis County, Kansas, you
are1hereby notified that said request
for special session IS hereby granted,
and that you are notified TO appear at
the Office of the County Clerk in Hays,
Ellis County, Kansas, at 5 o'clock p.
M, for the purpose of taking up and
0ISCuSS41lS AlldLIClS DLCId1A-1AAS " IAAC
petitions for the extentlOn OF the An
thony and Northern Railroad through
Ellis County as far north as Hays,
Kansas. Isaac Zeigler,
Chairman.
Hays, Kansas, December 81, 1916.
To the Chairman of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Ellis County,
Kansas:
W. +1a ,5ovsOic-,,oj T,oonoborc Of tho
Board of County Commissioners of Ell
| lis Comfy, Kansas, do hereby acknowl-
edge due and personal service upon US
of the foregoing notice, advising US of
| the special session of the Board of
County Commissioners of Ellis County,
| Kansas. Isaac Zelgler,
VIM. Grabbe.
Commissioners.
Hays, Kansas, December q. 1916.
The Board of County Commissioners
| of Ellis County, Kansas, met this day
pursuant to call by the Chairman.
Members present: Isaac Zeigler, Chair
man; William Grabbe, County Commits
sioner; Geo. H. Brown. County Clerk.
And now, to-wit:-December Fl, 1916
at o'clock p. m, of said day at the Of
| fee of the County Board of Commits
sioners of Ellis Counly, Kansas, came
|
tGrabbe, the ssme constituting aquOrum
of the duly elected, qualified and acting
Board of County Commissioners of Ell
lis County, Kansas, and thereupon con-
Yened as said Board in special session.
The meeting was called to order by
Isaac Zeigler, Chairman of the Board
and roll call showed the above named
members present. Thereupon petit
! tion was presented to said Board, signed
|
Schoendaller and forty-seven (47) other
tax payers of Big Creek township, in
Ellis County, Kansas, Certified and
purporting to be more than two-ffths
! of the resident tax. payers of said
township praying said Board of Coun-
| ty Commissioners to cause an election
to be held in said township and the
vote of the qualified electors to be taken
upon the matters and things contained
| in said petition. On motion duly made
seconded and unanimously carried, the
following order was made by said BoarC
of the County Commissioners Of Ellis
County, Kansas:
WHEREAS, a petition duly signed by
John r. Chittenden and Frank Schoen.
dailer and forty-seven 40 other taX
payers purportlng to be two-fifths Of
the resident tax payers of Big Creek
township in Ellis County, Kansas, has
this day been duly presented to the
Board of County Commissioners of sale
County and State, praying said BoarC
to make an order embracing the term:
OF said petition, and calling and fixing
the time for holding special election
which it is prayed may be held In sale
Big Greek township, to submit the
qualified electors of said township, {
proposition to subscribe for one hun
dred and fifty (150) shares of one hun
-dred dollars ($100) each of the capita
stock of the Anthony and Northern
Railroad Company, which compan,
proposes to construct line of RAILWAY
into and through said township and de
liver in exchange therefore thirty go
bonds of said township of the denomi
nation of five hundred ($500) each
or so many thereof, mot exceeding sal,
nHmber) as shall amount to not exceed
/ ing two thousand dollars 10000 pc
mile of railroad track and side trace il
said township by said railroad company
said delivery to be made to said com
pany according to law and subject t
the terms of said petition. Said bond
to bear five % per cent interest, pay
able semi-annually, principal and in
terest to be payable to the fiscal agen
of the State of Kansas, which princi
pal is to be due in thirty (30) year
.
otter ten years from date thereof. Tn
said petition emitting signatures, is i
words and figures as follows, to-wit:
PETITION.
] To the Honorable Board of Count
Commissioners OF Ellis County /
the State of Kansas:
/ We, the undersigned, being NOR
than two-fifths of the resident tax pay
/ ers of Big Creek township in Eli
County, Kansas, in pursuance of chap
/ ter PAP of the session laws of the Stat
of Kansas, for the year 1911, and tn
laws to which it is supplemental an
; amendatory hereby respectfully pet
ton your honorable body to submit,
pursuance of said law, to the qualifie
electors of said Big Greek township fC
their acceptance or rejection, at spe
cial election to be ordered by you
honorable body, the following propos
ton the terms and conditions hereiT
after set forth.
Shall the township of Big Greek,
the County of Ellis in the State of KaI
sas, subscribe for one hundred fit
shares of one hundred dollars $500 eac