Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1914 — NOTICE. [ARTICLE]

NOTICE.

In the Matter of th* Petition for an Election to Vote Aid to the Indiana Northwestern Traction Company in Jordan Township.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Jordan Township, in Jasper County, in the State of Indiana, that, pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of said County of Jasper, made at a regular session of the Board held on the Ist day of June, A. D. 1914, that the polls will be opened on Saturday, the 2&th day of July, A. D. 1914, at the usual voting places in the several precincts of said township to take the votes of the legal voters of said township upon the question of said township voting aid for the construction of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Company in building its railroad the entire distance north and south along the section line between sections 24, 25, 36, 19, 30 and 31, in said township of Jordan, by an appropriation of a sum of money equal to 17989.32 and not exceeding one (1) per cent -of the taxable property of the said township of Jordan as shown by the tax duplicates of said Jasper County delivered to the Treasurer thereof for the year 1913, the said sum of $7989.32 and not exceeding one (1) per cent, to be upon the amount of taxable'property both real and personal in said township; at least one-half of said amount to be levied by a special .tax on the duplicate for the ensuing j|fesr of 1914 and the residue thereof by a special tax on the duplicates for the tmsuing year 1915, the collection to be suspended as provided by law; the said appropriation to be made upon the following conditions to-wit: That said aid, if voted, Is to be paid to the railroad company from time to time as provided by the stautes of the State of Indiana, and only after said railroad company has complied with the conditions of said statutes on its part to be performed, and further, It is agreed by said railroad company, and Its express desire Is, that should said appropriations be made to issue to each taxpayer at par value, one or more shares of the capital stock of said corporation. in exchange for a tax receipt verified by the records in the office of the Treasurer of Jasper County, Indiana, to be a receipt for his tax on account of said donation; provided, however, that in event said tax receipt or receipts call for an amount less than the par value of said stock, then the taxpayer may at his option, pay the difference and demand his one or more shares of stock, the intention being in all things to carry out the evident intent and purpose of Sections 5464 to 5519, inclusive, of Burns’ Revised Statutes 1908. It is further agreed by the said traction company that it will locate a switch track in said township. It is further agreed by said traction company that it will haul freight in package, parcel or car load lots, consisting of live stock, grain, etc., on each twelve miles or more of its line as fast as completed to points where transfers can possibly and practicably be made to reach destination of said freight, and it also agrees to build a standard guage road with a good substantial road bed and rails to weigh 60 to 70 pounds to the yard. This election will be governed in all respects by the law now in force governing general electrons. Witness my hand and the seal of the Board of Commissioners this Ist day of June, A. D. 1914. (Seal) JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County, Indiana. June 12-19-26-July 3.

- Miss Anna StocksiCk, Charles Wheeler, Harold, Luella and Mary Harmon returned last evening from Chatsworth, 111., where Luella attended school for several months and where the others had spent the past week visiting.

Mr«. Geo. E. Murray returned last evening from Madison, Wis., where she had spent several days with her daughter, Miss Helen, who has gone to Rice Lake, Wis., "to spend several days with college friends before returning home.