Butte record., 1856-02-02

sustaining itself.
AN ACT to take the sense of the people of
Butte County, on the question Of removing
the county seat of said county.
The people Of the State of California, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly. do enact as
fellows:
sac. /. 1t shall be lawful or the electors in
and for Butte County. at the general election
for the yenr one thousand eight hundred ami
ffty-six to vote whether they will have sub
mitted to them at the next general election
thereafter the question of removing the ooun-
ty seat in said county, and for that purpose
shal. vote on the question OF sebmitring -
Those voting aiiirmatively shall vote by ballot
upon which shall be plainly endorsed, For
submitting the question Of removal OF the
county seat, and those voting negatively up
on their ballot shall be plainly endorsed,
Against submitting the question Of removal
Of the county seat, and il majority Of ali
the votes cast SHAH be IN favor Of submitting
the question of removal to the people, they
saall vote for said rem val upon the terms
hereinafter specified at the next general cleo
ton. and notice thereof shah be given accor-
d,ug to tie general election law.
See ?. In voting on the question Of removal
eieh eiec,or may vote for any place in he
county which he may prefer as the seat Of
Justice. the place to be plainly designated On
his ballot; and it shall require a maj,rity Of
ali the votes cast to make removal as herein
prescribed
See > The elections to be held ia pursu-
anee to this act, shall be held aud conducted
and the returns made and counted, in all re-
spec1s IL the manner prescribed by law in re-
gard to elections for county officers, and wLen
the returns for removal, should there be one,
shall have been received and compared, and
the result ascertained by the board Of Super
visors Of said county, aud if minority of the
legal votes cast shall be ia favor sf such re-
moval and if within eight months after said
election a commodiops and suitable CoHrt
II use, iail, and Offices for the county officers
shall be erected at said place, BY the iuhabi-
tants thereof or others, and conveyed to the
county Of Butte in fee, free Of all charge and
cost, the said Board of Supervisors upon being
by legal and proper evidence that the sald
buildings are proper aud suitable for said
county, and that there are no liens or mort
cages upon the same, and that the deed OF
conveyance has been properly executed and
recorded, they shall thereupon, by an order
entered at large upon their records, declare
the place that has received said majority OF
votes and that has erected or caused to be
erected said county buildings to be, from and
after the entry of said order, the county seat.
Sec. 4. The Boord of Supervisors Of said
couny shall cause the result Of the election
on the question Of removal to be published,
and if a maj lrity Of the votes are in favor Of
removal, they shall set forth in said notice,
the terms and conditions Of said removal as
prescribel by this aet, and that said removal
shall not be made except upon fun comph-
anoe with this law.
Would the Legislature pass bill
with provisions as shadowed forth above,
they would do justice to every portion
Of the county, and yet do no injustice to
OrovIlle. There are other sections Of
tn county, VIII ch will become important
business and mining loralities, within the
time required 10 effect q removal by the
above provisions, a.d thn people would
then be pre- AIRED t. fix upon Il perma-
nent location of the county seat, and
ren Ter futurt changes unhcce essary. L
is bad policy for the Legislature to
change county Sc t, merely because the
excitement Otto day las erected a ham-
let and demands it.
The provisions conce ning The erec-
ton of county buildings. We regard Is
css antially necessary. Similar pFovis-
ions were incorporated iu tAe bll remov-
ing the county seat from Hamiiton to
Bidweh, and the Court House aad jail
now occnpi d by he copny were fur
nj he'd free Of cost. The renewal then,
was decided Improvement as well il the
business cap city and central location Of
the place, as in the bull iings occupied BY
the county. If there be not too much
haste exhibited, the next removal may
also be an improvement, and be perma-
nent Butte County is fast wiping out
her md btedness, and should be subject
ed to no removals or divisi MS until the
last piece Of scrip has b zen redeemed By
The county Treasurer. This we hope to
see accomp ished before another genera
election.
The provisions Of the above bill are
jast and fair 10 every section of the
county. 1t will give time for Ill inter
ests 10 deyelope themselves. 1t doc.
not take snap judgment on any place or
interest, but the whole matter is referred
to tie people Forbstown and vicinity
has NJ sustained large mining popu-
l-tion, and Wyandotte has always done
SO when water could be procured. The
ditch to these points will be completed
inriuo the coplinp SIMMER and those