Kan. Stat. § 19-1585
That any county having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) and in which there is no city of the first class, which prior to the effective date of this act, has levied taxes and created a special fund under the provisions of section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, for the purpose of acquiring a site for and building, equipping and furnishing a courthouse and jail, or for any one or more of such purposes the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution stating (a) the total amount necessary to pay for said project, and (b) the total amount necessary for such special fund as stated in the original resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (c) the total amount of bonds, if any, which have been issued under the provisions of section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1945, and section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (d) the total amount, to the date of adoption of said resolution, collected by said county pursuant to the levy authorized by section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (e) that the total amount so collected by tax levy is insufficient to pay for said project and that it is necessary to issue and sell bonds, stating the amount thereof.
Such resolution shall be published for three successive weeks in the official county paper; whereupon, such bonds, in an amount not exceeding that stated in the resolution, herein provided, as the amount necessary to be issued, which amount of bonds together with (1) the amount collected by the levy authorized by said section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (2) the total amount of bonds therefore issued under the provisions of section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1945, and section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, shall not exceed by more than one hundred twenty-five (125) percent the total amount stated in the original resolution of the board adopted and published in accordance with the provisions of section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, may be issued and sold under the term of this act: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued under this act until the question of issuing the same shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the county at an election as provided for in K.S.A. 19-1587.
K.S.A. 19-1585