The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
COMMISSIONERS PRocEEDINcs

County Commissioners, having care
fully examined and inspected said petit
ton and the signatures thereto and 1
having received evidence as TO the /
genuineness of said signatures and that /
the petitioners constitute and com
prise two-fifths of the resident tax
payers of said township Said Board I
finds and adjudges that said petition is /
in due and legal form and is duly and 4
legally signed by two-ifths of the resi-
dent tax payers OF said township and 4
that the prayer of said petition should 4
he granted and said Board further finds /
that the conditions in said petition are 1
sufficient and ample for the protection /
of said township.
And whereas, the said Anthony /
and Northern Railway Company has |
deposited with the said Board of Coun- |
ty Commissioners bond In the sum of /
five hundred dollars (S500l 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 said
Board OF County Commissioners for the !
said purpose
1t is therefore, by the said Board of
County Commissioners in pursuance of
said petition and the laws of the State
of Kansas in such cases made and pro-
vided, ordered and adjudges that the
prayer of said petition be granted ard
/ that special election be and the same
I is hereby ordered and called to be held
in said township in said county and
state to vote on the question of said
/ township, subscribing for one hundred
and fifty Q50) shares of one hundred
! dollars $1,000 each of the capital stock
/ of the said Anthony and Northern Rail
way Company and issuing thirty 900
bonds of five hundred dollars (S5OO)
each of said township in exchange
therefore.
And it is hereby ordered that such a
special election shall be held on the
Both day of January, 1916, A. D., at
the usual polling places in sa i'd town
ship, In said County, to-Wit:
The school house In the town OF An
tonia, Kansas, and the school house in
the town of Schoenchen, Kansas.
And it is further ordered that the
ballots used in said election shall be in
words and form and figures as follows:
To vote In favor of any question sub
mitted 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
mo
Shall the following be adopted:
Shall Lookout township, in Ellis
County, Kansas, subscribe for one
hundred fifty Q5O) shares of one ives
hundred dollars $1,000 each of the
capital stock of the Anthony and
Northern Railway Company, or
said corporation under another cor
porate name and deliver in ex-
change therefore thirty 800 bonds
of five hundred dollars (s5O0) each mo"
of said township, payable in thirty
(30) years with interest at the rate
of five % percent per annum, pay
able semi-annually.
And It is further ordered that if a
majority OF the qualified electors voting
at said election vote and cast their bal
lot In favor of said subscription TO the
capital stock of the Anthony and
), Northern Railway Company and the
issuance of thirty 800 bonds of five
hundred dollars $500 each of said
township in exchange therefore; then
the County Clerk of Ellis County forth
. with for and on behalf of said township
and in the name thereof, make such
subscription to the capital stock of the
said Anthony and Northern Railway
Company for one hundred Q50) shares
of one hundred dollars (s10O) each.
And it is further ordered that in
event said Anthony and Northern Rail
way Company comply with the terms
{ of said subscription as set out in said
petition and duly deliver the one hun
, kdred fifty (150) shares of one hundred
dollars (S100) each of the capital stock
l of said railway company to the proper
: township officer, then the chairman OF
said Board of County Commissioners
and the County Clerk of said County
: shall duly sign, attest, issue and deliver
n to said railway company the bonds OF
said township to-wit: Thirty (s0)
bonds of five hundred dollars $4,000
each, bearing five 81 percent interest,
payable Seml-annualIy and all as set
out IN said petition herein before SET
!. forth, which bonds bear the seal OF
E said Ellis County, Kansas All pro
= vided, however, that said subscrib tior
to the capital stock and said bonds tt
. be delivered shall be subject to the
: limitation that no more shall be sub
= scribed and no more bonds shall be is
sued and delivered than shall equal two
thousand dollars $4,000 per mile fol
: each mile of railroad track and side
: track constructed in said township.
And it is further ordered that the
sheriff of said Ellis County, Kansas
I duly make and publish his proclamation
= for holding of such a special election IL
said township on said date az the place
designated, and that sheriff give due
and legal notice of said election fol
i, thirty 1901 days as provided by law,
e and in said proclamation give the sub
f stance of this order, said notice to be
! published in the Ellis County News, z
! weekly newspaper and having general
e circulation In said township and county
K And said sheriff is further ordered anC
4 directed to post notice as by law pro.
: vided In the matter of said election
And it is further ordered that said
e election be held the returns made am
Y the results ascertained and declared IL
: the same manner as by law provided
: for general elections.
: It is ordered that the County Clerl
d duly enter this order on the Journal o.
2 this Board.
0 Done at Hays City, in Ellis County
Kansas. this 21st day of December, A
D., 1916, at o'clock p. m, of said day
!. Isaac Zeigler,
= Chairman of the Board Of Commits
sieners, VIM. GTabbe,
County Com
The Board of County Commissioner
f being informed that George Mack /;
1 ~ e.