The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-17
First Published August 18th, 1929
NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION OF
SPECIAL CITY ELECTION

First Published August l1Cn, 1891
NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION OF
SPECIAL CITY ELECTION
To the voters of the City Of Liberal,
Kansas:
WHEREAS, on the 9th day of
August 1912, a petition signed by
two-fifths of the resident taxpayers
of the City of Liberal, Kansas, was
filed with the city council, which Pc
tition was in words and figures as
follows:
TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LIBERAL,
KANSAS:
We, the undersigned, being more
than two-ffths fthe resident tax
payers Of the city of Liberal, Seward
County, Kansas, (the same being a
city of the second class under the
laws Of said state), hereby petition
your honorable body to call and hold
special election and take a vote
therein of the qualified electors of
said city upon the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
Shall the City of Liberal, Seward
County. Kansas, aid the Kansas &
Oklahoma Railway Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, which company
proposes to construct line Of rail
road in or through said city, in Sc
uring and paying for lands for
right-of-way, depot grounds and ter
minal facilities. by issuing to said
company Forty (4O) bonds of said
ely of Liberal, of $4,000 each. Ito
falling $50, 000.00) payable to bearer
at the fiscal agency of the state of
Kansas thirty years after date, with
option to pay same at any time after
ten years from date, with interest at
the rate of six per cent (6%o) per
annum, payable semi-annually. which
interest shall be evidenced by cou-
pons attached to said bonds and paw
able at said agency.
Said bonds above referred TO shall
be Issued and delivered to said Rail-
way Company upon compliance with
the following conditions:
When said Kansas & Oklahoma
Railway Company. its successors or
assigns, shall have in operation its
track connections with the tracks of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway Company, and its line of
railway constructed therefrom to
point of location of its station in said
CITY, and from said station in south
,e,asterly direction, as proposed. to
the Kansas Oklahoma state line
tnen as said line of railway il con-
structed from the Kansas-Oklahoma
state line towards the proposed town.
site of Greenough, said bonds shall
ne delivered to the said Kansas e
oklahoma Railway Company in eoual
Instruments of $181S.1S, as said con-
struction progresses, one installment
TO be paid at the completion of each
mile OF railroad; all of which railroad
snail De completed and in operation
on or before one year from date of
issuance of said bonds.
we further petition your honorable
body to adopt and use the followino
form of ballot in submitting said
proposition above petitioned to quail
med voters Of the City of Liberal,
Seward County, Kansas:
TO vote in favor of anv ones
ton submitted on this ballot, make
cross K in the square after the
word yes. To vote against Il make
similar mark In the SQUARE after tho
word mo-. e aver 'ne
Shall the following be adopted.
Shall the City of Liberal
Seward County. Kansas, aid
the Kansas & Oklahoma
Railway Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, in secur-
ing and paying for lands for
right-of-way, depot grounds
and terminal facilities, by
issuing to It forty (40)
bonds of $4,000 each (to-
falling $20.000.00) Of said
city Of Liberal. payable In
Thirty years with interest Yes....
at the rate Of Six per cent
(6qe) per annum. payable
sen1f-annuallvf No.