Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

NOTICE In the Matter of the Petition for an Election to Vote Aid to the Indiana Northwestern Traction Company. Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Marion Township and the city of Rensselaer, in Jasper County, in the State of Indiana, that pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of the county of Jasper made at a regular session of the Board, held on the 6th day of January, 1914, that the polls will be opened on Tuesday, the 10th dav of February, 1914, at the usual voting places in the several precincts of said township to take the votes oj the legal voters of said township upon the question of said township aiding in the construction of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Company into or through said township, by an appropriation of a sum of money equal to two per cent, of the taxable property in said township of Clarion, in said County, including the city of R'ensselaer, as shown by the tax duplicates of said Jasper County, delivered to the Treasurer thereof for the year 1913, for the purpose of aiding said' railroad company in constructing its said railroad, the said sum of two per cent to be upon the amount of taxable property both real and personal in said township, including said city of Rensselaer; at least one half of said amount to be levied by a special tax on the duplicate for the ensuing year of 1914, and the residue thereof by a special tax on the duplicates for the year 1915, the collection to be suspended as provided for by law; the said appropriation to be made upon the following conditions to-wit: That said aid if voted is to be paid to said railroad company from time to time as provided by the statutes of the State of Indiana, and only after said company has complied with the requirements of the statutes on its part to be performed, and further,

ft is agreed by the said railroad I company, and its express desire is, i should said appropriation be made, 1 to issue* to each taxpayer at the 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; proyided, however, I that, in event said tax receipt or re- 1 ceipts call for an amount less than I tiie 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 ot' Sections 546 4 to 5519, inclusive, of I Burns’ Revised Statutes of 1908. It is further agreed by the said’ Indiana Northwestern Traction Com